Development of Jet Fighter F-35 Forwarded

The visitors saw the plane near the F-35 fighter made by Lockheed Martin on display at the Singapore Air Show 2010. The aircraft was not operated and is still in testing stage. This aircraft type could fool enemy radar, and has various advantages of all previous-generation fighters.

Procurement program sophisticated fighter jets and cheaper cost, F-35, still continues. In the process it produced aircraft Lockheed Martin is not as cheap as planned. Time of manufacture also delay the planned schedule.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday (3 / 2), continuing commitment fighter procurement programs combined F-35's. Boeing Company to take advantage of the weakness of the F-35 program. Boeing offered a contract extension F/A-18 fighter procurement.

To move back to F-35 program as planned, Gates dismissed a senior general who served as program manager for F-35. Bonus of 614 million U.S. dollars was promised to Lockheed Martin officials also canceled due to poor performance of the F-35 program.

The decision was embarrassing Lockheed Martin officials, the biggest U.S. military contractor. Even so, Pentagon officials say they want to make sure the program does not die. This never happened on other weapons programs and then fall off in the middle of the road.

2400 aircraft

U.S. daily The New York Times said, the Air Force, Navy, and U.S. Marines plan to buy more than 2400 F-35 aircraft.

However, delays in production can make them have to spend billions of dollars to buy other aircraft that are less advanced. This redundancy can reduce the number of orders for the F-35, a fifth-generation aircraft with a chair.

F-35 aircraft is projected to replace the F-16 fighter planes and other fighters of old.

Lockheed Martin has actually produced a model F-35, but only two percent of flight test programs that have been made.

Production of F-35 flew the five tests for the first time. In addition was made to model a horizontal takeoff (conventional), F-35 is also made to model off with a short runway and vertical landing model.

U.S. Congress is often questioned the F-35 program. Gates and Navy Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also Admiral Mike Mullen acknowledged the F-35 program problematic. However, with restructuring efforts led by the Pentagon, the F-35 program was believed to be running smoothly.

Mullen said the Pentagon would launch F-35 training in 2011. Price of one unit of the F-35 of about 122 million U.S. dollars, far cheaper than advanced combat aircraft F-22 is worth 350 million U.S. dollars. Until now, only 187 units of F-22 that was produced.

According to the site Lockheedmartin.com, F-35 fighter aircraft designed as a more nimble when landing and take off with supersonic speed and difficult to detect the enemy. The aircraft is also designed to be closer to the target and can hit multisasaran in a single blow.

F-35s to Israel Early?

Israel's relationship with the F-35 program has been rocky at times, but its re-admittance restored its Security Cooperative Participant status in the program, and the IAF still plans to buy about 100 F-35s to replace much of its F-16 fleet.

Now the Jerusalem Post reports the Pentagon has agreed to supply the F-35A Lightning II variant to Israel as early as 2012, instead of in 2014 or 2015.

This would make Israel one of the first nations to receive the aircraft, and very possibly the first foreign nation. Previous objections to Israel's installation of its own technology in the F-35 (as it has done with every US fighter it has received) were also reportedly overcome; at present, the only Israel technology in the standard version will be the JSF HMDS helmet mounted display system, designed in cooperation with Elbit Systems.

Israel also asked to manufacture aircraft locally at a 1 : 2 ratio, but the reports did not indicate whether that request was granted.

The timing and technology agreements reportedly came in the wake of a Washington meeting between Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and may represent an attempt to deflect Israeli calls for an export version of the F-22A Raptor, which has more stealth and capability, and whose production line is currently scheduled to close in 2010.

Israel Buying 25 F-35 For Against S-300 Iran

Israeli daily Jerusalem Post reported Israel ordered at least 25 stealth fighter F-35 Lightning II made by Lockheed Martin. Tel Aviv has sent Letters of Request (LOR) to the Pentagon, but the conversation above the price of the aircraft estimated 100 million dollars and a detailed technical agreement continues.

Israel asked for discussion of technical issues to focus on three issues - the integration of electronic warfare systems into the Israeli-made aircraft, communications systems integration into the Israeli-made aircraft and the ability to independently fix the technical problems and structural aircraft.

Lor will be followed by the signing of the contract in early 2010 and the first aircraft arrived in Israel in 2014. Israel Air Force plans to buy 50 additional aircraft units, some will be equipped with the ability to land and take off vertical.

Tel Aviv to buy the F-35 to ward off the threat air defense system of Russian-made S-300 purchased Iran and Syria. Tel Aviv need the F-35 aircraft because the F-15 and F-16 is owned by the Israeli Air Force does not move slightly against air defense systems S-300. Based on the number of computer simulations clearly demonstrated the aircraft stealth F-35 missiles able to conquer Russia.
Meanwhile, Israel is trying to prevent delivery of intensive air-defense system S-300 to Iran under a contract in 2007. Israel and the United States insisted on sending this air defense system would destroy the balance of military power in the region.

Until now, Russia is still delaying the realization of an agreement with Iran. Although Iran has not received S-300, but Moscow has reiterated a commitment to fulfill these contracts are worth millions of dollars.

Air defense systems S-300 last version of S-300PMU2 Favorite reach a distance of up to 195 kilometers (120 miles) and capable fighters ambushed and ballistic missile at an altitude of 10 meters to 27 kilometers. This system can be compared with the air defense system the United States made MIM-104 Patriot.

Australia to buy F-35 JSF

Young Australian Defense Minister Greg Combet visited the aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, to see the progress of a fighter jet program F-35 JSF.

Combet around the JSF production line as well as discussions with senior leaders of Lockheed Martin.

Australia will buy about 100 jet fighters F-35. Until now the Australian government has not issued a formal commitment regarding the purchase. The Australian Government should consider an appropriate price, flight schedule and the ability of the desired result.

Combet said Australia will decide on the purchase of F-35. In discussions with Lockheed Martin, Combet said the F-35 aircraft the right to meet the expectations of Australia's air combat capability in the future and represent value for money which the taxpayer paid.

If realized this will make the purchase the purchase of one of the greatest war machines in the history of Australia.

Meanwhile, the Israeli government to consider reducing the number of F-35 aircraft to be purchased, which is not related to the price according to the initial budget.

Israel F-35 Order

Israel ordered 25 planes F-35 Lightning II. F-35 purchased to ward off a sophisticated air defense system S-300 Russian-owned Iran and Syria, a computer simulation shows the F-35 can eliminate the S-300 and this order may be signed in early 2010.

F-35 For U.S. Navy

Will strengthen the U.S. Navy fighter fleet with the purchase of jet fighters F-35 as many as 480. In task F-35 fighter will accompany F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets that have become a mainstay of the U.S. Navy.