Category: Notizie Estero

Lockheed Wins $8M to Prepare Single Contract to Fix F-35 Faults

Lockheed Wins $8M to Prepare Single Contract to Fix F-35 Faults

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $7,955,000 cost, cost-share order (N00019-20-F-0565) against basic ordering agreement N00019-19-G-0008.

This order is to consolidate Lots 12-14 known issues, funding and requirements on a single contract vehicle to ensure the most fiscally …

How Resilient Does the Industrial Base Need to Be?

How Resilient Does the Industrial Base Need to Be?

Cast your mind back to the distant past – three weeks ago – when Senate Republicans drafted a bill they call the “Health, Economic Assistance Liability Protection and Schools Act,” or HEALS Act for short. This was a volley in the intramural Capitol Hill tennis match of negotiations on the next round…
US Air Force Tanker Squadrons Rotate in Qatar

US Air Force Tanker Squadrons Rotate in Qatar

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — The 50th Air Refueling Squadron from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, along with several of their KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as part of a mass unit deployment, Aug. 18, 2020.

This marks the first time the 50th ARS has deployed a…

Italian Air Force F-35s Reach 5,000 Flight Hours

Italian Air Force F-35s Reach 5,000 Flight Hours

The 32nd Wing of the Italian Air Force reached 5,000 flight hours with the F-35A on August 12, the Italian Air Force announced.

The 5,000 flight hours milestone is testimony to the experience achieved in operations with the F-35: since 2018 the aircraft was integrated in the Italian airspace surv…

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