Earlier today and just 24 hours after meeting personally with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, President-elect Trump launched another Twitter strike on the F-35 program. Mr. Trump said that he has asked Boeing to price out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet! President-elect Trump is clearly willing to use his position of power to create a sense […]
Earlier today and just 24 hours after meeting personally with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, President-elect Trump launched another Twitter strike on the F-35 program. Mr. Trump said that he has asked Boeing to price out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet! President-elect Trump is clearly willing to use his position of power to create a sense […]
If you recall it was just a couple of weeks ago that President-elect Trump tweeted to ‘cancel’ the new Air Force One purchase from Boeing because it was too expensive. Today after a meeting with the President-elect, Dennis Muilenburg, the CEO of Boeing stated that he had a “very productive” meeting and promised to produce […]
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) took delivery of their first two F-35I ‘Adir’ stealth fighter aircraft on December 12th arriving in country at Nevatim AFB. Many dignitaries including US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, the President of Lockheed Martin Marillyn Hewson and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu were in attendance. “Today, the fifth generation revolution begins. […]
About a week ago President-elect Trump caused a major stir when he tweeted that the cost Boeing was charging for the new Air Force One program was too much and that he wanted to cancel the program. Today the President-elect went another step further stating the F-35 Lightning II costs are “out of control” and […]
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has drawn criticism once again, this time, from President Elect Donald Trump. The incoming president took to Twitter to voice his concerns about the high costs associated with the development of the F-35, which is on track to become the most expensive weapons system in human history by a wide […]
Lockheed Martin announced that flight operations for the T-50A advanced trainer aircraft were underway from their Greenville, South Carolina final assembly and checkout facility. The aircraft is a joint partnership between Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries. Described as a complete 5th generation training platform which also includes a ground based training system, the T-50A […]
Boom Technology, Inc, a Colorado based aviation startup has a vision! They plan to offer everyday travelers supersonic passenger service that is routine, affordable and safe. Tuesday, November 15th the Richard Branson backed company, introduced the ‘Baby Boom’ XB1 Supersonic Demonstrator. The XB1 Baby Boom is a one third sized version of the Mach 2.2, […]
According to a report in The Hill newspaper, which we first linked here on SOFREP back in September, the Navy SEALs are in the process of procuring a new mini-submersible vehicle to complement (and one day, perhaps replace) their fleet of SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDVs). I thought I would go a little further in depth on […]
At a projected lifetime price tag of $1.45 trillion dollars, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has secured its place as the most expensive weapons system in the history of mankind. It’s easy to look at a price tag like $1.45 trillion and recognize it as a big number, but without context, it can be difficult […]
The impact expands further than the operational F-35 inventory, as there are 42 aircraft currently on the production line that has received parts from the same provider. That includes three three Norwegian aircraft scheduled for delivery early next year. It is unclear if those parts will need to be replaced or if other nations planes will be impacted.
New software is expected to solve the F-35 Generation III helmet mounted display problem. Pilots have complained of too much ‘green glow’, skewing their night vision. A new software load will be tested in the coming days to hopefully eliminate the problem of ‘green glow’. The software should adjust and decrease the contrast of the […]
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