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P-8 Poseidon MMA: Long-Range Maritime Patrol, and More
25-Oct-2009 13:21 EDT |
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P-8A Poseidon
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The P-8A emerged from the ashes of the P-7 Long Range Air ASW Capable Aircraft program that was begun in 1988. That program originally envisaged an improved P-3 Orion design, but cost overruns, slow progress, and interest in opening the competition to commercial designs led to cancellation for default in 1990. The successor MMA program was begun in March 2000, and Boeing beat Lockheed’s “Orion 21” for the contract with a design based on the ubiquitous 737 passenger jet.
This is DID’s FOCUS Article concerning the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft, and it will be updated as events and contracts are announced. Filling the P-3 Orion’s shoes is certainly no easy task. What missions will the new P-8A Poseidon face? What do we know about the platform, the project team, and ongoing developments? Will the P-3’s level of global customer coverage give its successor a comparable level of export opportunities? Australia and India have already signed on, but has the larger market shifted in the interim?
In the latest news, Saudi Arabia is looking to add itself as an export customer…
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Events & Contracts 2007-08 (updated)
17-Dec-2008 13:31 EST |
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F-35A AA-1
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The F-35 Lightning II is a major multinational program which is intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role strike fighter that will have three variants: the F-35A conventional version for the US Air Force et. al.; the F-35B Short Take-Off, Vertical Landing for the US Marines, British Royal Navy, et. al.; and the F-35C conventional carrier-launched version for the US Navy. The aircraft is named after Lockheed’s famous WW2 P-38 Lightning, and the Mach 2, stacked-engine English Electric (now BAE) Lightning jet. System development partners included The USA & Britain (Tier 1), Italy and the Netherlands (Tier 2), and Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Turkey (Tier 3). Now the challenge is agreeing on production phase buys, with initial purchase commitments expected around 2008-2009. Export interest is also beginning to stir in a number of quarters, even though full testing will not be complete until 2014.
DID’s FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record. This updated article has expanded to feature more detail regarding the $300 billion F-35 program, including details regarding the different F-35 variants, associated contracts for the aircraft, and notable events on the bumpy road toward stable production. New material is in green type. Recent additions include a sharp response from Saab re: the Norwegian competition, noise issues spreading to the Netherlands, and an engine contract between Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce…
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: SDD Contracts & Events 2006
14-Dec-2006 09:31 EST |
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F-35 Variants
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The F-35 Lightning II is a major multinational program which is intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role strike fighter that will have three variants: the F-35A conventional version for the US Air Force et. al.; the F-35B Short Take-Off, Vertical Landing for the US Marines, British Royal Navy, et. al.; and the F-35C conventional carrier-launched version for the US Navy. The aircraft is named after Lockheed’s famous WW2 P-38 Lightning, and the Mach 2, stacked-engine English Electric (now BAE) Lightning jet.
This article covers the $300 billion international program’s events, main contracts, and ancillary programs during FY/CY 2006. Some of the links below lead to the most current version of our coverage, which has been updated to reflect the most recent research and developments. Those items are indicated by **.
Lockheed Delivers $170M JSF Contract to Stork
16-May-2006 08:44 EDT |
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F-35B vertical landing,
flaperons in use
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While Norway engages in high-stakes negotiations in order to improve its industrial share of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighterprogram, and is not sure whether it will even buy the plane in the end, the Netherlands is holding firm. Meanwhile, leading Dutch firm Stork Aerospace continues to pick up JSF-related orders.
In addition to existing contracts for design and (prototype) production of doors and hatches, the electrical aircraft wiring, the wiring and structural components for the Pratt & Whitney engines, the arresting gear, and special titanium machining processes for the F135 engine, JSF Prime Contractor Lockheed Martin has just selected Stork Aerospace for pre-production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s flaperons. The selection represents a potential turnover value of at least US$ 170 million, spread over the period from 2009-2013.
“Flaperons”?!? DID explains…
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Norway to Back out of F-35 JSF Over Industrial Share?
03-Mar-2006 07:50 EST |
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F-35 JSF Variants
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DID reader Endre Lunde drew our attention to an article that was published March 1, 2006 on the official web-site of the Norwegian military. The article is in Norwegian, but Mr. Lunde helps by explaining:
“It is reporting from a recent visit by representatives of the Norwegian MoD and key figures of the RNoAF to the Lockheed Martin JSF research plant. In this article, as it reads, the secretary of state of the ministry of defense (equals deputy minister) states that if there are no signs of improved industrial relations between Lockheed Martin and the Norwegian defense industry by the time the next partnership-payment is due, Norway will resign its JSF partnership. This payment, due in June, amounts to roughly 18 million US dollars. It is said, however, that a notice of intention to withdraw must be posted by April. This means, that if there are no new contracts or general improvement of relations within two months, Norway might just be withdrawing from the JSF development project.”
Norway is a Tier 3 JSF consortium member who joined on June 20, 2002 with a $125 million contribution. Gripen International director of sales Bob Kemp seems to think withdrawal is a real possibility, and Mr. Lunde adds:
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Stork Applies High Performance Machining to Titanium, Wins Another F-35 JSF Contract
21-Nov-2005 02:21 EST |
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On November 17, 2006, Stork Aerospace N.V. of the Netherlands and U.S. firm Pratt & Whitney announced an agreement for the production development of components for the new P&W F135 jet engine, one of the two interchangeable engines that will power the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. DID has covered the F135 program before. This agreement involves new High Performance Machining (HPM) technology for titanium components, and represents a breakthrough in titanium machining as an advanced and efficient production technology for aircraft jet engines.
High Speed Machining (HSM) is a production technology for components by means of the machining of solid aluminum to create the desired final form and dimensions. It creates weight savings, consistent quality and substantial cost savings through the elimination of sub-assembly work. HPM is a further development of HSM that works with harder materials like titanium. This allows for a number of improvements, including:
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$25M to Stork to Deliver JSF Electrical Systems
06-Jul-2005 06:25 EDT |
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F-35 JSF
Lockheed Martin and Dutch company Stork Aerospace signed a contract extending the existing order for the design, prototype production, and development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s wiring, including the mission systems. The contract extension includes extra design work and represents a value of USD $25 million, small earlier contract changes included.
This brings the total value of the wiring systems order to USD $82 million, which means the potential JSF order value for Stork and its subsidiary Fokker Elmo now amounts to USD $315 million. The added work will be carried out over the next two and a half years.
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