Boeing's decision to use a direct-lift, short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) propulsion system was the main weakness in its unsuccessful Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) bid, says the head of the ...

The Joint Strike Fighter program achieved a milestone Aug. 8 when a short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) F-35 was the first of the developmental, stealthy fighters to release a weapon during a ...

The F-35 Lightning II fighter jet was designed as a joint strike fighter to serve the needs of the United States Air Force, Navy, and Marines, as well as many US allies and partners around the world.

Lockheed Martin's X-35B Joint Strike Fighter STOVL aircraft made its first conversion from conventional wingborne to Short Takeoff and Landing mode and its first supersonic flight July 9, company ...

The Cavour aircraft carrier will carry out F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) qualification off the U.S. East Coast. According to journalist Xavier Vavasseur, the imminent trials were ...

Boeing expects its short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) JSF to make its first vertical landings "in the next couple of weeks". The company has flown its X-32B aircraft to the US Navy's test base ...

"It was definitely a paradigm shift," says Design News 2004 Engineer of the Year Paul Bevilaqua, recalling when DARPA awarded contracts to develop a common, affordable, strike fighter to Lockheed ...

Inside the Navy covers Navy and Marine Corps programs, policy and modernization efforts. Focus areas include shipbuilding, the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, the P-8A Poseidon aircraft, unmanned ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Short takeoff/vertical landing variant to be used by U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines and the United Kingdom, equipped ...