BOEING SUBMITS ITS DATA ON JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PLANE.Byline: Daily News Boeing has given the U.S. government its final flight-test data, validating val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. how well the Boeing joint strike fighter A strike fighter is a fighter aircraft which is also capable of attacking surface targets, including ships. It differs from an attack aircraft in that the aircraft remains a capable fighter. performance matched predictions. Boeing completed its JSF (JavaServerFaces) A standard framework of components for building rich user interfaces for Java applications. JavaServer Faces run on the server, but are displayed on the client. JSF - JavaServer Faces flight-test program July 28 with five flights, two of them supersonic su·per·son·ic adj. 1. Having, caused by, or relating to a speed greater than the speed of sound in a given medium, especially air. 2. Of or relating to sound waves beyond human audibility. . ``We had to prove that our solution is not only the best, but also the lowest risk as well,'' said Frank Statkus, Boeing vice president and JSF general manager. Boeing said it completed 66 flights in the X-32A test aircraft and 78 flights in the X-32B. Boeing used the X-32A to show it could meet U.S. Air Force requirements as well as take off and land from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The X-32B demonstrated short-takeoff and vertical-landing requirements for the U.S. Marine Corps and the United Kingdom Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The U.S. government is expected in late October to pick between Boeing and Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. for moving ahead with the next phase of developing the new jet. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) The U.S. government is scheduled to decide in late October whether to pick Boeing's version of the joint strike fighter, seen here, or the version built and tested by Lockheed Martin for development. |
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