<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; JSF Watch</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/jsf-watch/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Did Chinese Espionage Lead to F-35 Delays?</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/02/06/did-chinese-espionage-lead-to-f-35-delays/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/02/06/did-chinese-espionage-lead-to-f-35-delays/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:33:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cyber Security Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16336</guid> <description><![CDATA[Did Chinese cyber spying cause the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s cost spikes and production delays? That’s the question Pentagon budget officials are asking according to Aviation Week. Chinese spies apparently hacked into secure conference calls and listened to meetings discussing the classified technologies aboard the jets. In particular, China may have stolen info about the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/02/06/did-chinese-espionage-lead-to-f-35-delays/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>213</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Video: F-35’s First Night Flight</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/24/video-f-35s-first-night-flight/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/24/video-f-35s-first-night-flight/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:32:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video Lounge]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16140</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week we showed you pics of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s first night flight that happened on Jan. 18 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Well, Lockheed just released the video from that dusk flight in which an F-35A took off at 5:05 pm and landed shortly after sunset at 6:20 pm. This [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/24/video-f-35s-first-night-flight/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>58</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Photo Gallery: F-35’s First Night Flights</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/20/photo-gallery-f-35s-first-night-flights/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/20/photo-gallery-f-35s-first-night-flights/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:02:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16086</guid> <description><![CDATA[As the Marine Corps F-35B short take-off and vertical landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter comes off ‘probation” today, we thought we’d give you these pics of the A-model of jet making the JSF’s first ever-night flight on Jan. 19. The pics show an an F-35A with a Lockheed test pilot at the helm making its first [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/20/photo-gallery-f-35s-first-night-flights/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>56</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>USMC’s First F-35s Arrive at Eglin</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/11/usmcs-first-f-35b-jsfs-arrive-at-eglin/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/11/usmcs-first-f-35b-jsfs-arrive-at-eglin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:37:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16002</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Joint Strike Fighter schoolhouse at Eglin Air Force Base, Fl., recieved its first two F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variants of the JSF today. The two jets — the Marines’ first two production model F-35s — are the seventh and eighth JSFs to be sent to Eglin since last summer. No word on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/11/usmcs-first-f-35b-jsfs-arrive-at-eglin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>154</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Japan Buying F-35 Joint Strike Fighters</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/japan-buying-f-35-joint-strike-fighters/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/japan-buying-f-35-joint-strike-fighters/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:41:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15739</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, the F-35 Join Strike Fighter got a major shot in the arm last night when Japan chose the JSF to its next fighter jet. Tokyo decided to buy four F-35A conventional model JSFs next year to kick start its effort to replace two squadrons of ancient F-4 Phantoms. Last night’s news validates reports that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/20/japan-buying-f-35-joint-strike-fighters/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>61</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lockheed Gets $4 Billion for 30 F-35s</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/lockheed-gets-4-billion-for-30-f-35s/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/lockheed-gets-4-billion-for-30-f-35s/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:03:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15683</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon just gave Lockheed Martin a $4 billion contract for 30 early production model F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. The batch of planes, officially known as Low Rate Initial Production lot-5 (LRIP-5), was priginally supposed to include 35 jets. However, the Pentagon cut the deal to 30 aircraft due to cost increases and delays in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/lockheed-gets-4-billion-for-30-f-35s/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>117</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pentagon: Slow F-35 Production</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/02/pentagon-slow-f-35-production/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/02/pentagon-slow-f-35-production/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:07:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15572</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, the interwebs are abuzz this morning with news that the man in charge of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program wants to slow down production — and therefore deliveries of the jet. The slowdown is needed to install fixes to numerous structural cracks and “hot spots” that have been found in the plane over [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/02/pentagon-slow-f-35-production/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>131</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Hits Max Speed</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/07/f-35-joint-strike-fighter-hits-max-speed/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/07/f-35-joint-strike-fighter-hits-max-speed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:48:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15264</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here’s a little something that was tucked in at the bottom of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight test update that Lockheed Martin sent out last Friday.  An F-35A — test jet AF-1 — out of Edwards Air Force Base in California hit the JSF’s max speed of Mach 1.6 for the first time on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/07/f-35-joint-strike-fighter-hits-max-speed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>86</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>F-35 JSF Flight Test Update</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/04/f-35-jsf-flight-test-update/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/04/f-35-jsf-flight-test-update/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:29:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15242</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, Lockheed Martin just released the latest numbers for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight testing. Here’s the quick and dirty from Lockheed: October was the busiest month for flying in the history of the F-35 flight test program, with F-35 aircraft executing 122 flights. The F-35B aircraft known as BF-2 accomplished 22 flights, the most [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/04/f-35-jsf-flight-test-update/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>54</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Monday F-35 Update.</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/31/monday-f-35-update/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/31/monday-f-35-update/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:18:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[JSF Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15194</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week’s barrage of small but significant F-35 stories continues as the sixth F-35A Joint Strike Fighter arrived at Eglin Air  Force Base in Florida on Oct. 26. The jet is joining what will be the F-35 schoolhouse for thousands of JSF pilots and maintainers from the U.S. and international F-35 operators. Still, there’s no [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/10/31/monday-f-35-update/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>27</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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