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The article elaborates on efforts by global aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin in order to meet a 2019 full-rate production goal for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter. Topics covered include the expansion of the workforce at the Fort Worth manufacturing facility in Texas, the investment in additional electronic mating and alignment system stations, and the improvements in manufacturing processes and tail-end of production including final assembly and flight testing.

The article discusses issues over the F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft of aerospace firm Lockheed Martin as of September 2014. Topics covered include the fire that damaged the engine of the jet's U.S. Air Force version prior to a training flight on June 23, 2014, comments of Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Project on Government Oversight, on F-35, and the status of Lockheed's contract negotiations with the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO).

The article reports on how prime contractors including Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman are chasing big business by retooling old F-16 fighter jets. It informs that the global F-16 upgrade market is estimated at more than 3 billion U.S. dollars worth of work on about 3,000 aircraft. The article also mentions that the U.S. Air Force plans to spend 2.8 billion U.S. dollars to upgrade 350 of its 1,000 F-16s.

The article announces the debut of the first Italian model of the Lockheed Martin F-35 at the Cameri air base in Italy on March 12, 2015.

The article reports the move by defence firm Lockheed Martin as of early March 2015 to propose to countries in the Middle East and South America to upgrade their Lockheed F-16 aircraft fleets with the combat avionics programmed extension suite (CAPES) advanced radar system. The aim is to convince the U.S. Air Force (USAF), which cancelled the programme, to eventually approve it. The comment by Lockheed Martin's Rod McLean on developments is also cited.

The article offers brief information on the Legion pod, the fifth-generation infrared search and track (IRST) pod, from Lockheed Martin.

The article reports on the effort of Lockheed Martin, American aerospace company, to reduce the cost of landing and take-off of the fighter plane F-35A.

The article details updates in the civil and commercial markets for small unmanned air vehicles (UAV) in the U.S. as of January 27, 2015. Topics covered include the exemptions issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FDA) for applications of UAV in aerial surveying and film making, aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin's decision to focus on the civil and commercial markets, and the military platforms that can be transitioned to civilian uses including General Atomics' MQ-1 Predator.

The article reports on the delay in the completion of the software testing for Lockheed Martin's F-35 joint strike fighter programme and looks at how it will affect the U.S. Marines Corps' ability to meet its initial operational capability deadline of July 1, 2015. The delay was caused by the slow progress in mission systems, weapons integration and flight sciences testing. Also mentioned is the programme's failure to complete all the accuracy tests for weapon delivery.

The article deals with a report released by the Canadian government that the capability of Lockheed Martin F-35A aircraft is the same with other combat aircraft. Topics covered include the impact of the report on the potential opening of the door to a competitive acquisition process to replace the country's fleet of Boeing Hornets.

The article highlights a contract finalised by primary contractor Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government for the Joint Strike Fighter programme's production lot of 43 F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft. Topics covered include the details of the 4.7 billion U.S. dollars low-rate initial production (LRIP) deal, pressure on Lockheed to lower the per-unit costs for the F-35, and the contract terms' elimination of the government's exposure to risk.

The article informs about the possibility that the U.S. Marine Corps might fail to meet its initial operating capability target for 10 Lockheed Martin F-35B aircraft by July 1, 2015 following the loss of 45 flight testing days.

The article reports on the Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II Joint Striker Fighter aircraft of the U.S. Navy which made its first shipboard landings on the USS Nimitz during flight test from Yuma, Arizona to southwest of San Diego, Californa. It describes the stability of the F-35s that was augmented with a delta control law. An overview of phase two of the developmental testing activity for the aircraft is provided.

The article reports on status of planned deployment of Lockheed Martin F-35C aboard the USS Nimitz in November 2014, citing comments of programme executive director Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan at the meeting of the F-35 joint executive steering board in Oslo, Norway in September. Topics discussed include work on software development, flight restrictions from an engine fire in June this year on a US Air Force F-35A and concerns on estimates from the F-35 Joint Program Office.

The article discusses the upgrading of Taiwan's fleet of F-16 jet fighters by the aerospace engineering company Lockheed Martin, focusing on the advancements added to the F-16V that will be sold to Taiwan, as well as a similar project in South Korea by aerospace engineering company BAE Systems.

The article focuses on efforts being made by different companies to make American combat gear, power weapon sights and communication equipment more acute. Topics discussed include designing of Kinetic Boot for the U.S. soldiers for transforming kinetic energy of footsteps into power source by the company STC Footwear and the aerospace company Lockheed Martin Corp., energy harvester PowerWalk M-Series by the company Bionic Power, and a device integrated with footwear sole by InStep NanoPower.