Northrop Grumman Delivers Center Fuselage for First Japanese F-35 Aircraft
08 Décembre 2015 - 5:11PM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has delivered the center
fuselage for Japan's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an F-35A
conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft designated AX-1.
"This on-time delivery marks another important step in the F-35
team's drive to support and help fulfill our allies' 21st century
national security requirements," said Brian Chappel, vice president
and F-35 program manager, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.
"We're proud of the role that Northrop Grumman's F-35 Integrated
Assembly Line [IAL] is playing in increasing the affordability
and availability of this fifth-generation, multirole fighter."
The center fuselage is a core structure of the F-35 aircraft. As
a principal member of the Lockheed Martin-led F-35 industry team,
Northrop Grumman designed and produces the center fuselage for all
three F-35 variants: the F-35A; the F-35B short takeoff vertical
landing variant; and the F-35C carrier variant.
Each F-35 receives an alphanumeric designation based on its
variant type (A, B or C), the country for which it flies (e.g., F =
U.S., K= United Kingdom, X = Japan), and sequence number of the
jet.
The AX-1 center fuselage is one of 42 F-35 center fuselages that
Northrop Grumman is producing for Japan. It is the 206th center
fuselage that the company has produced at its Palmdale Aircraft
Integration Center of Excellence, and the 44th such unit delivered
this year.
The first four Japanese F-35As, including AX-1, will undergo
final assembly and checkout (FACO) at Lockheed Martin's F-35
facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The remaining 38 Japanese jets (AX-5
through AX-42) will be completed at Japan's new F-35 FACO facility
in Nagoya, Japan.
The IAL is a highly automated set of work cells developed to
assemble – efficiently, affordably and with high precision – the
center fuselage for all three F-35 variants. In 2013, the IAL was
designated the "Assembly Plant of the Year" by Assembly Magazine,
the first and only time to date that this honor has been bestowed
on an aerospace and defense contractor.
Northrop Grumman plays a key role in the development and
production of the F-35 weapons system. In addition to producing the
jet's center fuselage, the company produces its radar,
electro-optical, avionics and communications subsystems. It also
develops mission systems and mission-planning software; develops
and maintains pilot and maintainer training systems courseware; and
manages the team's use, support and maintenance of low-observable
technologies.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Brooks McKinney, APR
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310-864-3785 mobile
brooks.mckinney@ngc.com
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