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The article reports that the production of Lockheed Martin Corp.'s stealth fighter lines may be interrupted by unfriendly congressional funding and poor export prospects of F-22. The chances of securing congressional approval of a three-year contract for a batch of 60 U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors continues to be bleak. U.S. Senate heavyweights remain ranged against the F-22 multiyear purchase , as also Japan accepting the price structure of the F 22 aircrafts.

This article focuses on a new wave of concepts that has emerged from the U.S. Air Force quest for unmanned Hunter-Killer aircraft. But most of the aerospace industry's responses, from Northrop Grumman, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Aurora Flight Sciences and Lockheed Martin, remain shrouded in mystery. Northrop Grumman aggressively spun up two designs, an unmanned version of Scaled Composites' Proteus research aircraft and a smaller, Global Hawk look-alike. Aurora Flight Sciences and Israel Aircraft Industries teamed on an armed version of a turboprop twin-boom, 8,500-lb.

The article reports that Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Skunk Works division is secretly developing a stealthy, long-endurance unmanned aircraft for penetrating deep inside hostile airspace to collect intelligence. The division is perceived as lagging rivals Boeing and Northrop Grumman Corp. in the unmanned aerial vehicle field. By early next year at the latest, the company is expected to announce that, with the U.S. Air Force's backing, it is building one or more demonstrators of what the Pentagon has newly designated as an unmanned aircraft system.

This article discusses the investigation related to crash of the test aircraft F/A-22. Early analysis of the recent Lockheed Martin Corp. manufactured F/A-22 crash at Nellis AFB, Nevada is for the most part, producing theories of what did not cause the accident. The test did not involve flying with a heavy ferry-load of fuel, shifting the aircraft's center of gravity or taking off with insufficient speed. One early inquiry involved determining if there was an aircraft taking off on a parallel runway that could have produced a wake or vortices that affected the F/A-22.

The article presents information related to aeronautics in the U.S. Lockheed Martin Corp. designers are taking the wraps off four concepts they are offering to the U.S. Air Force to meet its requirements for an interim long-range strike platform to fit in between the B-2 and whatever will replace the 21 stealth bombers in the 2035 period. Pratt & Whitney Corp. officials say they arc testing derivative F119 engines both for new long-range strike and long-range reconnaissance aircraft concepts.

The article presents information on recent developments, from across the world, related to aviation. U.S. Air Force leaders plan to buy short takeoff F-35B Joint Strike Fighters to give better close air support to the Army and Marine Corps. The U.S. Air Force's top leaders say the service will buy several wings of the short takeoff/vertical landing F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, following the news from Lockheed Martin Corp.'s engineers that the aircraft is shedding more than a ton of weight and gaining thrust.

Focuses on Lockheed Martin's envisioned midsize transport called the new strategic aircraft (NSA). The aircraft to rapidly shift between airlift, refueling and air drop duties; The aircraft to spin off derivatives that would embrace several roles; Four basic concepts being investigated by Lockheed Martin; Planned retirement of aircraft giving momentum to Lockheed Martin; Possibility of US Air Force interest in new transports.

Lockheed Martin Corp. has unveiled the concept for a new assault seacraft that borrows heavily from first-generation stealth aircraft as well as from special operations and attack helicopters. The covert, two-man, high-speed attack and reconnaissance craft is designed to fight off swarms of enemy suicide boats, attack diesel submarines and disable mines, says George Root, director of advanced programs. Lockheed Martin analysts hope will reach 50 kt., is considered to be another defense, Root said.