F-35 News

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Israel moved a step closer to receiving its first stealth fighter jets this week after the Israel Air Force submitted an official Letter of Request (LOR) to the Pentagon to purchase its first squadron of 25 F-35 stealth fighter jets.
Also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F-35 will be one of the most-advanced fighter jets in the world and will enable Israel to phase out some of its older F-15 and F-16 models. The JSF is manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
Defense officials said that while the LOR was submitted this week, negotiations regarding the final price of the plane - estimated at around $100 million - as well as the integration of Israeli systems would continue.
The LOR will be followed by the signing of a contract in the beginning of 2010. The first aircraft are scheduled to arrive in Israel in 2014.
The first stage of the deal will be the purchase of 25 aircraft, which will compromise the first Israeli F-35 squadron. In a later stage, the IAF plans to purchase an additional 50 aircraft, some of them with vertical take-off and landing capabilities.
According to senior IDF officers, the Defense Ministry and the Pentagon have reached understandings on most of the major issues that have been at the core of disagreement between the sides.
Israeli demands have focused on three issues - the integration of Israeli-made electronic warfare systems into the plane, the integration of Israeli communication systems and the ability to independently maintain the plane in the event of a technical or structural problem.

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[gaitero]

Israel moved a step closer to receiving its first stealth fighter jets this week after the Israel Air Force submitted an official Letter of Request (LOR) to the Pentagon to purchase its first squadron of 25 F-35 stealth fighter jets.
Also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F-35 will be one of the most-advanced fighter jets in the world and will enable Israel to phase out some of its older F-15 and F-16 models. The JSF is manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
Defense officials said that while the LOR was submitted this week, negotiations regarding the final price of the plane - estimated at around $100 million - as well as the integration of Israeli systems would continue.
The LOR will be followed by the signing of a contract in the beginning of 2010. The first aircraft are scheduled to arrive in Israel in 2014.
The first stage of the deal will be the purchase of 25 aircraft, which will compromise the first Israeli F-35 squadron. In a later stage, the IAF plans to purchase an additional 50 aircraft, some of them with vertical take-off and landing capabilities.
According to senior IDF officers, the Defense Ministry and the Pentagon have reached understandings on most of the major issues that have been at the core of disagreement between the sides.
Israeli demands have focused on three issues - the integration of Israeli-made electronic warfare systems into the plane, the integration of Israeli communication systems and the ability to independently maintain the plane in the event of a technical or structural problem.

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Particularmente falando, se eu pudesse comandar o Brasil...

Eu compraria apenas 72 caças no F-X, 2 lotes de 36. E modernizaria um total de 48 AM-X, mesmo que tivessemos que comprar alguns italianos. Assim a FAB teria 120 caças.

E em 2020/25, onde se iniciará a substituição dos AM-X, eu compraria o F-35.

Sonho meu, sonho meu...

[Valdemort]

Former F-35 worker sues Lockheed, alleges software lapse

By Stephen Trimble

A newly unsealed lawsuit accuses Lockheed Martin of developing corrupt and possibly dangerous software for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight control system and then lying about it to the government.

Sylvester Davis, former software lead and software product manager for the F-35 flight control application at Lockheed Martin, has filed the False Claims Act suit in US District Court for the Virgin Islands.

Davis' lawsuit recommends to the court that Lockheed should "immediately" stop developing software for the F-35 to "avoid further waste" of resources and the "serious risks" to F-35 pilots.

"The software contains substantial corruption," says the lawsuit, "which has multiplied significantly the risks that the software will not operate as intended."

The lawsuit also alleges that Davis informed Lockheed managers of the software problems and attempted to change their processes to meet the government's contractual standards.

While initially Lockheed presented Davis with an award for raising awareness of the issue, the lawsuit says, the company failed to correct the underlying problems.

Davis continued to raise concerns about the software integrity both within the company and to government officials, according to the lawsuit. Davis alleges that prompted a series of internal reprisals, ending in his "constructive termination" from his Lockheed job, court documents say.

"Much of the hundreds of millions of dollars spent, thus far, have been wasted because of [Lockheed's] dishonest conduct which has created an unacceptably dangerous product," the lawsuit says.

When asked to respond to Davis' allegations, a Lockheed spokesman sent a statement by email: "We do not find merit to any claims raised in the complaint by Mr. Davis and we will vigorously defend this matter in court."

Davis's claims stand in sharp contrast to glowing reviews of the F-35's software maturity to date, with more than 100 test flights since Davis left the company.

US Marine Corps Brig Gen David Heinz, the F-35 programme executive, told reporters on 3 June that Lockheed has achieved a higher level of software maturity on the F-35 than any previous US weapons programme at this stage of development.

Lockheed has also stated that no flight test has been disrupted or delayed by software issues in the flight control system.

For his part, Davis is seeking a jury trial to award monetary and punitive damages from Lockheed to himself and to the US government.

The case is one of several lawsuits brought against Lockheed under the False Claims Act by Houston-based lawyer Samuel Boyd. Boyd's other clients include purported "whistleblowers" from inside Lockheed's F-22 and Deepwater programmes.

[HIGGINS]

Parece um "boi mochado"[1], isso sim.


[1] - Animal que tem os chifres cortados e quimados (nas pontas cortadas).

[Penguin]

F-35 Lightning II News
First U.S. Navy F-35 rolls out
July 29, 2009 (by Eric L. Palmer) - A ceremony today at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant marked the rollout of the U.S. Navy's first-ever stealth fighter, the F-35C Lightning II. The aircraft will enable the Navy to possess 5th generation fighter capabilities at sea, extending America’s reach and reducing the timeline from threat to response.


Top Navy leadership, signal flags and a crowd of employees, including reserve and retired Navy personnel, were on hand to celebrate the strike fighter's unveiling. Adm. Gary Roughead, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations, welcomed the new aircraft to the fleet.

"The JSF will show the world that our Sailors will never be in a fair fight because this airplane will top anything that comes its way," Roughead said of the F-35. “It will give our Sailors and pilots the tactical and technical advantage in the skies, and it will relieve our aircraft as they age out.”

Tom Burbage, a former Navy test pilot and the vice president and general manager of F-35 Program Integration for Lockheed Martin, thanked Navy leadership for being fully engaged in the F-35's development and "actively working to define joint and coalition tactics that will exploit this platform in ways we've never envisioned. We at Lockheed Martin are both proud and humbled by the trust the U.S. Navy has placed with us to lead the development and introduction of the Navy’s newest stealthy, supersonic strike fighter."

The first F-35C, known as CF-1, will undergo a wide-ranging series of ground tests before its first flight, scheduled for late 2009. CF-1 is the ninth F-35 test aircraft to be rolled out, and joins a fleet of F-35A (conventional takeoff and landing) and F-35B (short takeoff/vertical landing) variants that have logged more than 100 flights.

The F-35C is on schedule to meet the Navy's Initial Operational Capability in 2015, and represents a leap in technology and capability over existing fighters, combining stealth with supersonic speed and high agility. The Lightning II employs the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever incorporated into a fighter.

The F-35C possesses uncompromised carrier suitability and low-maintenance stealth materials designed for long-term durability in the carrier environment. The Lightning II's operational and support costs are forecast to be lower than those of the fighters it will replace.

[Jacobs]

O bico curto do F-35 da uma carinha de "pompa" pra ele nao?

[Wolfgang]

Eu até acho que não é tão feio o F-35.

[Wolfgang]

Aliás, esse bico curto não significa uma antena curta?

[Carlos Lima]

AESA amigo... AESA

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[Jacobs]

Aliás, esse bico curto não significa uma antena curta?

O radar AESA é bem pequeno... e também não se move. Por isso o bico pequeno.

[Wolfgang]

Putz, é verdade... esqueci completamente desse "detalhe"..

[Penguin]

F-35C Rollout

[PRick]

O bico curto do F-35 da uma carinha de "pompa" pra ele nao?

Depois falam do bico do Rafale, então o F-35 é o ceguinho segundo!

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[Penguin]

O bico curto do F-35 da uma carinha de "pompa" pra ele nao?

Depois falam do bico do Rafale, então o F-35 é o ceguinho segundo!

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Dizem que a antena do APG-81 possui 700mm de diâmetro. A sua posição é mais recuada:


Se não me engano o Rafale possui uma antena de 550mm, não é isso?

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[PRick]

Depois falam do bico do Rafale, então o F-35 é o ceguinho segundo!

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Dizem que a antena do APG-81 possui 700mm de diâmetro. A sua posição é mais recuada:


Se não me engano o Rafale possui uma antena de 550mm, não é isso?

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Dizem é ótimo, porém, as fotos são bem claras, o F-35 tem um biquinho.