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  • Navy Tests Lockheed's F-35C Aboard Carrier at Night - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Lockheed’s F-35C Aboard Carrier at Night

    Lockheed Martin‘s F-35C Lightning II aircraft has completed an initial round of at-sea development tests aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, where the Joint Strike Fighter performed nighttime landings and other maneuvers. The U.S. Navy said Monday that the F-35 Lightning II Integrated Test Force of the Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 evaluated the aircraft’s suitability and […] More

  • Navy Test Flies Northrop X-47B, Boeing F/A-18 on Theodore Roosevelt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Test Flies Northrop X-47B, Boeing F/A-18 on Theodore Roosevelt

    Northrop Grumman‘s X-47B unmanned aircraft completed a series tests on deck operations aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier to see how the drone maneuvers in a flight pattern alongside manned aircraft. The U.S. Navy said Sunday that the drone demonstrated catapults, arrested landings, flight deck taxiing and refueling and integration functions with the F/A-18 as part of […] More