2023年5月24日 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE – The 531st Commodities Maintenance Squadron officially opened their new 24,000 square-foot F-35 canopy shop in building 850 on May 17, allowing for future forecast needs by tripling the former workspace.

2024年6月6日 · GKN Aerospace today announced plans to double the F-35 canopy production capacity of its Garden Grove, California, site, creating more than 100 new jobs. A customer investment of up to $150m will support tools and equipment for the state-of-the-art new production line, which will help meet continued demand for the F-35 Lightning II over the ...

2019年7月23日 · WASHINGTON: The government office that runs the F-35 program says the plane should meet the mandated readiness rate of 80 percent by 2020 if the problems with the plane’s canopies and spare...

2024年6月24日 · GKN Aerospace is doubling production capacity for F-35 fighter jet canopies at its site in Garden Grove, California, the defense contractor announced on June 6. Canopies allow light to pass through the jet glass and change direction, protecting a pilot’s vision.

2005年12月1日 · With the first full-scale, full-specification optical coating trials successfully completed on the Integrated Transparency Systems (ITS) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, GKN Aerospace recently delivered the first fully functional flight part to Lockheed Martin. The F-35 canopy systems incorporate key features never before applied in an ...

2014年12月9日 · The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently received a national manufacturing award for developing a method to build canopies for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II that could save the...

On Friday, 27 March, testers from the Holloman High Speed Test Track, in conjunction with members of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, Lockheed Martin, Martin Baker, and BAE Systems, successfully conducted an F-35 static ejection seat test to evaluate pilot survivability using a canopy transparency from a new manufacturer.

Canopy assembly production for the Lockheed Martin F-35 will be doubled by GKN Aerospace in 2027, addressing a chronic shortage that has hampered production and readiness of the stealth...

Testers from the Holloman High Speed Test Track, in conjunction with members of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, Lockheed Martin, Martin Baker, and BAE Systems, successfully conducted an F-35 static ejection seat test to evaluate pilot survivability using a canopy transparency from a new manufacturer, March 27.

2023年5月24日 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE – The 531st Commodities Maintenance Squadron officially opened their new 24,000 square-foot F-35 canopy shop in building 850 on May 17, allowing for future forecast needs by tripling the former workspace.