A community portal about Fighter aircraft with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to...
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A community portal about Fighter aircraft with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and maneuverable. They were developed in response to the fledgling use of aircraft and dirigibles in World War I for reconnaissance and ground attack roles. These early fighters were mostly wooden biplanes with light machine guns. As aerial warfare became increasingly important, so did control of the airspace. By World War II, fighters were predominantly metal monoplanes with wing-mounted cannon. Following the war, turbojets replaced piston engines as the means of propulsion, and missiles augmented or replaced guns. For historical purposes, jet fighters are classified by generation. The generation terminology was initiated by Russian defense parlance in referring to the F-35 Lightning II as a "fifth generation" plane. Years are not exact and intended as a guideline. Modern jet fighters are predominantly powered by one or two turbofan engines, armed primarily with missiles, with a cannon as backup armament, and equipped with a radar as the primary method of target acquisition.
Taxpayers should gasp at BAE’s latest bleat of how it was obliged in a highly competitive market to provide offsets of 400% to secure its arms deal contracts (Painted into arms deal corner, September 17). Only a moron would swallow such nonsense that every R1 spent on armaments could generate R4 in offsets to create more than 65000 jobs. Yet the former defence minister, the late Joe Modise, assured Parliament in March 1999 that the arms deal would “enormously benefit South African industry... Read Full Story
Computer spies have hacked into the Pentagon's costly program for a new fighter jet, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, but the Defense Department said sensitive technology for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft had not been compromised. Citing current and former government officials, The Wall Street Journal said cyber-intruders were able to copy vast amounts of data on the 300-billion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter project, also known as the F-35 Lightning II. The newspaper cited unnamed former... Read Full Story
Computer spies have hacked into the Pentagon's costly program for a new fighter jet, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, but the Defense Department said sensitive technology for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft had not been compromised. Citing current and former government officials, The Wall Street Journal said cyber-intruders were able to copy vast amounts of data on the 300-billion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter project, also known as the F-35 Lightning II. The newspaper cited unnamed former... Read Full Story
The first test Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jet will cost almost just under €110m which is within budget, says junior defence minister Jack de Vries in a letter to parliament on Monday, reports the Trouw. The letter comes two days before MPs are to decide whether or not to approve the purchase of two JSF aircraft. Selecting a replacement for the defence department’s current fleet of fighter jets is a long-running and controversial issue within the government. Read more Read Full Story
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp, its top supplier, discounted a Wall Street Journal report that cyber spies had stolen secrets of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft being built for the United States and nearly a dozen allies. "I'm not aware of any specific concerns," Bryan Whitman, a Defense Department spokesman, said of the reported compromise of the Pentagon's costliest arms acquisition plan. He spoke after the Journal said on Tuesday that "terabytes" of data about the plane's... Read Full Story
THE JET SET
The winners and losers are being sorted out in the wake of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' Apr. 6 announcement that he wants to shake up Pentagon procurement. A big winner in his proposed budget is the Joint Strike Fighter, known as the F-35 Lightning II. Gates wants to speed up purchases of the Lockheed Martin-led project and offered "surprising long-term visibility" for Lockheed's largest program, says Credit Suisse Group's team of defense analysts. Gates said the Pentagon... Read Full Story
Press TV
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:51:37 GMT
Computer hackers have repeatedly breached Pentagon’s USD 300 billion high priority fighter plan known as Joint Strike Fighter project.
Citing current and former government officials the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that cyber spies successfully copied and took away several terabytes of sensitive data related to design and electronic systems of the costly F-35 Lightning II fighter.
The data leakage, the officials... Read Full Story
Maj. Joseph T. "O.D." Bachmann today became the first U.S. Marine Corps pilot to fly the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, logging the flight-test program’s 90th mission. He is the fifth pilot to fly the stealthy, multi-role fighter. Bachmann departed the runway at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant at 11:29 a.m. CDT and flew the aircraft to 15,000 feet, checking handling qualities and engine response before landing one hour and 15 minutes later. “The plane performed wonderfully,” said... Read Full Story
One of Russia's newest military aircrafts, fighter-bomber Su-34, is to take part in West 2009 strategic exercise. It has been stated by deputy commander of Chkalov Russian Air Force's combat employment and retraining centre Colonel Yuri Sushkov. He noted that a group of Su-34 arrived to Belarus on September 16. Read more Read Full Story
Hover–Pit Ground Tests Validate Propulsion System and Aircraft Response. The F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant has demonstrated during testing that it produces excess vertical thrust – more than required to carry out its missions. The tests, conducted on a specially instrumented 'hover pit,' also validated the performance of aircraft software, controls, thermal management, STOVL-system hardware and other systems. 'The performance level measured was absolutely... Read Full Story
