Lockheed Martin begins X-35B hover pit testing
Lockheed Martin has begun hover pit testing of the X-35B, the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) version of its Joint Strike Fighter. In the tests, which began Feb. 22 at Palmdale, Calif., the aircraft is fixed atop a ground-level metal grate over a pit, a large rectangular basin with...
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