Ground tests clear a pivotal safety and integration hurdle The most important development is that the Meteor has now been physically proven inside the F-35A, not just in simulations or on test stands.
Two Meteor live-fire tests were conducted as part of the BVR-X Technical Exercise in the Natal region. The Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira – FAB) announced a major milestone on Nov. 29, ...
Back last December, MBDA and Lockheed Martin, the U.S. prime contractor for the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation stealth fighter, “completed a series of critical ground-based integration tests” to ...
The F-35A completed ground vibration testing and fit checks at Edwards Air Force Base ahead of the beginning of flight testing. The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has announced the completion of a ...