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Lockheed Martin argues that the F-35 is the only possible replacement for the Harrier Spanish Armada
13/05/2009 (Infodefernsa.com) - The U.S. company Lockheed Martin exhibited for the first time before a group of journalists at its Spanish factory Forth Worth (Texas, USA) for the vertical takeoff fighter F-35B should be stated that the substitute natural Harrier aircraft currently in service with the Spanish Armada.
The new fifth-generation fighter, still under development, incorporates many cutting-edge technologies and its invisibility to radar and has a single jet engine, which in its naval version, operating in vertical takeoff and landing and has overcome with better evidence of the required vertical thrust.
The first test pilot and director of assessment F35B, Jon Beesley, assured reporters that the new naval fighter, the Navy hopes to recruit to provide the Strategic Projection Ship Juan Carlos I, will have a range of fighter approximately 600 miles and more stealthy, invisible to the radar-F22., Europa Press reported.
Officially, Spain is not a partner in the consortium of several industrial countries that finance the development of the airplane while the Spanish Armada has privately expressed his interest in the match F35B by Lockheed Martin that it would be one of the candidates to replace in a few years the Spanish Harrier.
According to the newspaper business, staff of the Spanish Armada is already in the facilities of Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, familiarizing themselves with the new aircraft, which demonstrated, he adds, that the stake of the U.S. multinational for making this new client Spain plane, has no reverse and has officially begun.
Single plane
The JSF program general manager, Tom Burbage, said that the new game out for its operational and meets "all" the qualities that characterize the four previous generations of fighter aircraft. He emphasized that his company hopes to get a game "killer" and while "affordable" compared to other combat aircraft in service. "It will be a single plane," he predicted.
Located at one of the naval fighters, who starred in the pilot's first flight with vertical takeoff F35 stressed that, when fully operational, the 'Lightning II' will be "ten times more effective in combat missions than any fighter that the preceded it in military aviation.
It also stressed its ability to survive and their interoperability, in addition to its ability to network with other weapon systems. Finally, the JSF over the previous game as combat aircraft to be multi-conceived from its development to complete any task operation.
Lockheed Martin also showed the Spanish press to the final assembly line of the three versions of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F35A, B and C (conventional take-off vertical and short take-off). The model of interest to Spain and has made fourteen test flights.
¿European Option?
The Business Daily says that the experts do not consider that there may be a viable option European F35B to medium term. However, since the division of EADS Military Air Systems in Spain is a different version for the successor to the Harrier. Unofficial sources from the company told the business daily that the naval version of the Eurofighter is no longer a mere project, and proceed to negotiations with the Spanish Armada.
Since EADS is believed that the game could be "navalizado" with little difficulty, thanks to its short take-off run of only 700 meters, and the availability of the vector nozzles designed by the Spanish company ITP, among other things.
13/05/2009 (Infodefernsa.com) - The U.S. company Lockheed Martin exhibited for the first time before a group of journalists at its Spanish factory Forth Worth (Texas, USA) for the vertical takeoff fighter F-35B should be stated that the substitute natural Harrier aircraft currently in service with the Spanish Armada.
The new fifth-generation fighter, still under development, incorporates many cutting-edge technologies and its invisibility to radar and has a single jet engine, which in its naval version, operating in vertical takeoff and landing and has overcome with better evidence of the required vertical thrust.
The first test pilot and director of assessment F35B, Jon Beesley, assured reporters that the new naval fighter, the Navy hopes to recruit to provide the Strategic Projection Ship Juan Carlos I, will have a range of fighter approximately 600 miles and more stealthy, invisible to the radar-F22., Europa Press reported.
Officially, Spain is not a partner in the consortium of several industrial countries that finance the development of the airplane while the Spanish Armada has privately expressed his interest in the match F35B by Lockheed Martin that it would be one of the candidates to replace in a few years the Spanish Harrier.
According to the newspaper business, staff of the Spanish Armada is already in the facilities of Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, familiarizing themselves with the new aircraft, which demonstrated, he adds, that the stake of the U.S. multinational for making this new client Spain plane, has no reverse and has officially begun.
Single plane
The JSF program general manager, Tom Burbage, said that the new game out for its operational and meets "all" the qualities that characterize the four previous generations of fighter aircraft. He emphasized that his company hopes to get a game "killer" and while "affordable" compared to other combat aircraft in service. "It will be a single plane," he predicted.
Located at one of the naval fighters, who starred in the pilot's first flight with vertical takeoff F35 stressed that, when fully operational, the 'Lightning II' will be "ten times more effective in combat missions than any fighter that the preceded it in military aviation.
It also stressed its ability to survive and their interoperability, in addition to its ability to network with other weapon systems. Finally, the JSF over the previous game as combat aircraft to be multi-conceived from its development to complete any task operation.
Lockheed Martin also showed the Spanish press to the final assembly line of the three versions of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F35A, B and C (conventional take-off vertical and short take-off). The model of interest to Spain and has made fourteen test flights.
¿European Option?
The Business Daily says that the experts do not consider that there may be a viable option European F35B to medium term. However, since the division of EADS Military Air Systems in Spain is a different version for the successor to the Harrier. Unofficial sources from the company told the business daily that the naval version of the Eurofighter is no longer a mere project, and proceed to negotiations with the Spanish Armada.
Since EADS is believed that the game could be "navalizado" with little difficulty, thanks to its short take-off run of only 700 meters, and the availability of the vector nozzles designed by the Spanish company ITP, among other things.
