more complex component) is expected next year.--Stephen V Cole
The Lockheed Martin X-35A Joint Strike Fighter prototype began 20 hours of flight tests on 24 October. After that, it will be converted into an X-35B short-take-off/vertical-landing (STOL) aircraft for another 20 hours of flight tests early next year. Only 11 minutes before the X-35A took off, an F-16 modified with the new JSF flight control system took off on its first