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The article discusses contract negotiations between aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Defense Department. According to the article, development of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes has fallen behind schedule and both organizations believe the other should be responsible for the resulting overruns.

The article discusses the potential shutdown of the production run of the F-16 jet fighter by the aerospace company Lockheed Martin. Deals with countries including Oman, Iraq, and Taiwan have been delayed due to concerns about the ability of pilots to operate the system, unrest in the Middle East, and objections from China. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) does not plan to procure more F-16s, but it waiting for the introduction of the F-35 fighter plane.

The article discusses the negotiations between manufacturer Lockheed Martin, the U.S, and Israel regarding the price restructuring of the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as part of the F-35 program. Topics include an overview of the F-35 program, which was approved by the U.S. Department of Defense, and cost overruns that prompted Israel to buy less than they previously agreed.

This article reports that two recent measures in the U.S. Congress could breathe new life into production and sales of the Lockheed Martin Corp.-built aircraft. U.S. Representative Kay Granger, who represents Lockheed Martin's massive Fort Worth, Texas production facility, sponsored the amendment last week that repealed an earlier law prohibiting F-22 sales internationally. Representative David Obey proposed the restrictive language in 1997. It has been law since and will remain so until U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Fiscal 2007 defense spending bill.

The article focuses on the advocacy of defense firm Lockheed Martin for high flying U-2 aircraft due to the U.S. Department of Defense shift towards Global Hawk unmanned aircraft upgrade program. Topics include the reduced cost plan of the firm to optionally man U-2 due to the same, the disadvantages of Global Hawk outlined by U-2 advocates like lacking of defense systems, and lower high flying than U-2 , the design of upgraded U-2 which includes a center wingbox and a space behind the cockpit.

The article discusses the testing of a redesigned tailhook on F-35 aircraft from the manufacturer Lockheed Martin and describes the ongoing development of the aircraft as of September, 2012. Topics include helmet performance, the Autonomic Logistics and Information System management tool software, problems with tailhook damper device design, and the pace of F-35 aircraft construction and testing.

The article discusses the impact of the relationships between the aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of Defense, and stakeholders on inhibiting an F-35 fighter aircraft development program, focusing on the comments of U.S. Air Force Major General Christopher Bogdan in a speech delivered in September, 2012. Topics include contract negotiations, project financing, and anticipated cost of the fighter's maintenance program.

The article discusses the design, testing, and specifications of weapons bays for the F-35 jet fighters developed by aerospace company Lockheed Martin in 2012. The thermal and acoustic properties of the bays need to be tested against different types of weapons, such as the ground attack GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). Design margins, jet weight, and the Raytheon AIM-120C7/D Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (Amraam) are also mentioned.

The article focuses on the development of the F-35 fighter plane model by the nine-nation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. It says that a delay in production is due to the strike at aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth. It states that the introduction of Block 2A software in low-rate-initial-production (LRIP) 4 aircraft is intended for flight training. It adds that program officials focuses in flight trials which is a requirement to reduce costs in flight testing and production.

The article discusses the end production of the F-22 Raptor fighter plane by Lockheed Martin. The F-22 program was funded by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the Raptor was sold only to the USAF, since international sales were forbidden. Jeff Babione of the F-22 program discusses the storage of tooling, the use of Lockheed Martin's facility in Marietta, Georgia for producing the C-130 and the C-5, and the use of multimedia resources to record the methods of line workers.

The article discusses the high sustainment cost of the F-35 aircraft, a jet fighter developed by aerospace company Lockheed Martin and in use by the U.S. military. Vice Admiral David Venlet, who oversees the program, is running deep-dive studies, virtual wargames, and other forms of analysis to fully understand the maintenance costs of the aircraft. He says that reducing the price of the jet will reduce part costs for consumers.

The article examines the development and production of the F-35 jet fighter plane by the aerospace industry company Lockheed Martin. Additional flight testing and computer software development needed to produce the F-35 are discussed. It is noted that flight testing of the final software standard for the aircraft is not scheduled until June, 2015.

The article considers contracts between the defense industries firm Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Department of Defense for the construction of the F-35 jet fighter plane. The per-unit price targets for various versions of the plane, all of which are over $100 million, are considered, and it is noted the prices are declining as more orders for the plane are being placed. A Defense Department official responsible for procurement says that additional cost reductions for the F-35 are necessary.

The article examines production management by aerospace industries firm Lockheed Martin of the construction of the F-35 jet fighter plane. The U.S. Department of Defense's 2010 decision that the company was not qualified to use is Earned Value Management System (EVMS), a production management computer software tool for scheduling and cost control, is discussed.

The article looks at the development of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter plane, focusing on the difficulties of finding funding for the project. The author notes that U.S. defense spending may be restricted in 2011. The proposition of developing a F136 alternate jet engine using F-35 funding is discussed.

This article reports that Lockheed Martin is releasing classified information about the maintenance costs for the stealthy Joint Strike Fighter plane. Lockheed Martin is attempting to deflect criticism about cost overruns and schedule delays in the production of the aircraft. The plane is made of low-observability material called fiber mat.

The articles reports that aerospace and defense technologies firms Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have formed teams for the sixth-generation fighter competitions to win the contract for U.S. Air Force's long-range strike bomber.It presents views of Tom Vice, president of Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, on the issue. It also mentions the bomber contract won by Northrop Grumman for the B-2 bomber.

The article reports on the hopes of the aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin on the implications of the China's hypersonic re-entry strike vehicle testing on its dormant plan to create a design for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) air defense system. The topics discussed include the amount spent by the U.S. government on diverse missile defenses and the hopes of Lockheed to obtain funding from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to finance its development program.