Lockheed: F-35, Aegis combat system link will be tested at sea in 2018

By Justin Doubleday / March 24, 2017 at 4:41 PM
The Navy will continue experimenting with its nascent distributed battle network by pairing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with the Aegis combat system at sea in the summer of 2018, according to a Lockheed Martin official. Jim Sheridan, director of Aegis U.S. Navy programs at Lockheed, said his company, the F-35 Joint Program Office and the Navy's program executive office for integrated warfare office are collaborating on pairing the F-35 and Aegis combat system at sea after demonstrating the capability...

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