Working a Lightning II Simulator: Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter has tapped Rockwell Collins to develop the image generation system for the JSF pilot training simulators. A Rockwell statement says the contract calls for two configurations, one for the full mission training device and another for the deployable mission rehearsal trainer.
A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes in the Middle East are flying with fresh modifications as the Air Force looks to make the plane more versatile amid America’s ongoing blockade of Iranian ports and a tenuous ceasefire in the U.S. air war against Iran.