The Aviationist

F-22 Raptors Flying with B757 Test Bed Suggest New Upgrades and Sensors are Coming Up Fast

The Boeing 757 FTB is the F-22’s highly modified and instrumented aircraft that tests avionics and systems, saving costs and development timelines. Amid reports of the F-22 Raptor being slated to ...
Flightglobal

US Air Force receives F-35A instrumented for flight-test work

The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter that will be employed for testing software updates and new weapons. The “new specially instrumented F-35A” will join the ...
The Aviationist

F-35 Completes First Dual External GBU-54 Laser JDAM Drop

An F-35C of VX-9 assigned to the United Operational Test Team at Edwards AFB performed the first dual drop of externally mounted GBU-54 LJDAM bombs, engaging a remote controlled High-Speed Moving ...
American Machinist

Pentagon Orders Modernized F-35 Test Jets

Lockheed Martin was granted a new $180-million Pentagon contract modification to its existing contract covering planning and production for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Specifically, the ...
Stars and Stripes

F-35 production still marred by quality woes, Pentagon test office says

(Tribune News Service) — Lockheed Martin Corp. is still delivering F-35 fighter jet aircraft with quality defects after 13 years of production, according to the Pentagon test office’s annual ...