Lockheed exec: Navy will test F-35C nose gear, helmet-mounted display fixes at sea this summer, fall

By Lee Hudson / March 21, 2017 at 4:40 PM
The Navy will most likely begin testing fixes for the F-35C nose gear and the helmet-mounted display on a ship this summer or fall, according to a Lockheed Martin executive. Jeff Babione, F-35 program general manager for Lockheed Martin, said March 21 during the company's annual media day in Arlington, VA, the F-35C carrier variant just recently wrapped up nose gear testing at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, NJ. One of the fixes was changing the way the pilot straps...

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