Hover pit tests completed two days ago moved the first short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 within days or weeks of its first flight. A Lockheed spokesman ...
Our boy Steve Trimble posted a piece this morning on a series of hover pit tests conducted by Lockheed Martin with it's F-35B prototype -- they're calling it the BF-1. Hover pit tests completed two ...
Lockheed Martin flew the second short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) F-35B Joint Strike Fighter for the first time on Feb. 25. Aircraft BF-2 will be used from conventional up-and-away flight ...
Lockheed Martin's flight-test fleet for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme has been boosted with the debut flight of its second short take-off and vertical landing example, BF-2. Performed at ...
TWO’S COMPANY: The second short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, known as BF-2, made its first flight from Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant on Feb. 25. The aircraft ...