The US Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar
System (Joint STARS) test bed aircraft took to the air Saturday,
powered by new Pratt & Whitney JT-8D-219 engines. This flight
marks the start of Northrop Grumman's E-8C-specific military
airworthiness certification test program, which will last into next
spring.
First Production-Spec Conventional Lightning II In Test
Program
Lockheed Martin announced this week it rolled out the first
weight-optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of
the F-35 Lightning II fighter on December 19. The new F-35A, called
AF-1, joins three weight-optimized F-35B short takeoff/vertical
landing variants currently undergoing testing.
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