Lockheed Martin, after X-35C first flight, hopes for fast-paced program

First flight Dec. 16 of Lockheed Martin's X-35C Joint Strike Fighter carrier variant begins what company officials are saying will be fast-paced flight-test schedule. Joe Sweeney, the company test pilot who made the flight from Palmdale, Calif., to nearby Edwards AFB, said Navy Field Carrier Landing...

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