April 25, 2024

Morning Coffee

A morning roundup of news from Pax River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond.

Ingenious Engine Tool Solves Tricky JSF Problem

Teamwork and ingenuity will save valuable time and money for the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter program undergoing test and evaluation.

Carrier JSF hooks up to Pax catapult

Navy F-35 flight test aircraft CF-1 approaches the TC-7 catapult at Naval Air Station Patuxent River March 22.

Navy Test Pilot Completes First F-35C Flight

On Feb. 11, the carrier variant of the F-35 (CF-1) flew for the first time with a Navy test pilot at the controls.