DefenceTalkThe Pentagon will buy another 43 F-35 fighter jets worth roughly $4 billion from aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, officials said Tuesday, four months after it was briefly grounded following an engine fire. Although final details have to be worked out, the “handshake agreement” will mean the price of each plane will drop slightly within America’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-agrees-deal-to-buy-43-more-f-35-fighters-pentagon-60894/

DefenceTalkDefence Secretary Michael Fallon today announced that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has reached agreement in principle on an order for the first production batch of four Lightning II stealth combat aircraft – which will operate from both the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers and RAF land bases. A formal contract is expected to be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-mod-set-to-order-its-first-batch-of-f-35-lightning-ii-combat-aircraft-60884/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement in principle for the production of 43 F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Officials anticipate the Low-Rate Initial Production lot 8 (LRIP 8) contract to be finalized in the coming weeks. The contract is for fiscal year 2014 with deliveries beginning in 2016. Cost details […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-and-lockheed-announce-principle-agreement-on-purchase-of-f-35s-60882/

DefenceTalkOver 130 aircraft of various types will participate in the 10th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition to be unveiled on November 11, 2014 in Zhuhai of south China’s Guangdong province, and the J-31 stealth fighter will also appear in Zhuhai and conduct a demonstration flight, according to Nanfang Daily. The J-31 stealth fighter is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/j-31-stealth-fighter-to-appear-at-zhuhai-air-show-60839/

DefenceTalkThe unique air system increases fighter jet’s jamming resistance and damage tolerance, as well as neutralizes enemy’s signature control systems The Radio Electronic Technologies concern provided the Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAC FA) T-50 with the first batch of Himalayas electronic warfare systems. “We are currently testing it,” General Director Nikolay Kolesov told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-5th-gen-fighter-t-50-electronic-warfare-system-60815/

DefenceTalkThe Republic of Korea finalized its formal selection of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II aircraft for its F-X fighter acquisition program, announcing its intent to sign the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) between the U.S. and Korean governments for 40 F-35A Conventional Take Off and Landing variant jets with initial deliveries beginning in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-approves-procurement-of-lockheed-f-35a-lightning-ii-60640/

DefenceTalkFor the first time the leaders of the multinational F-35-program will meet in Norway. This happens as all nine partner nations in the program assemble in Oslo for their second JSF steering board of 2014. The F-35 Program is expected to deliver around 3,000 aircraft for the nine partner nations as well as several direct […]https://www.defencetalk.com/norway-opens-f-35-summit-to-media-60550/

DefenceTalkThe F-35 Joint Program Office has selected the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center to perform independent software safety analyses of the next-generation strike aircraft commonly called the Joint Strike Fighter. The single-engine, single-seat F-35 will be manufactured in three versions: a conventional-takeoff-and-landing variant for the Air Force, an aircraft-carrier variant […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-selected-for-joint-strike-fighter-software-assessment-60345/

DefenceTalkThe 26 Air Force F-35s Lightning II joint strike fighters assigned here returned to limited flight operations July 17 with the approval of commanders and Air Force airworthiness authorities. The decision to return to flight was coordinated between the F-35 Joint Program Office, Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command and Air Force Materiel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35s-return-to-limited-flight-operations-60207/

DefenceTalkTogether with the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) we have today revealed that Taranis, the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle demonstrator, has successfully completed a second phase of flight testing Taranis – the most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers – flew in a fully ‘stealthy’ configuration, making it virtually invisible to radar during […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taranis-ucav-demos-stealth-capabilities-in-second-phase-of-flight-trials-60169/