Sentences with phrase «joint strike»

MPs have collectively deplored the coalition's hurried decision to switch the type of joint strike fighter (JSF) to be used on Britain's aircraft carriers.

But it comes with a side of risk because it is building a facility for the new Joint Strike Fighter which has become a bit of a political football.

The Cavour will be eventually be stocked with the F - 35B Joint Strike Fighter, replacing the aging Harriers.

Before joining the team, Del Bagno was an F - 35A Joint Strike Fighter evaluator pilot and chief of standardization and evaluation with the 58th Fighter Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Joint strike by probation staff and solicitors brings parts of the justice system to a standstill, as Chris Grayling faces his latest crisis

The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».

Unless the government does an about - turn on its plans to force public sector workers to work longer and pay more for much less pension in retirement, this first joint strike will include 750,000 public servants.

The NUT and the NASUWT have already announced joint strike plans over pay, pensions and workload.

1942: Joint Strike combines classic shoot - em - up gameplay with 3D HD graphics.

Full details on everything Joint Strike adds, including balancing adjustments, can be found here.

Sci - fi dogfighter and Oculus Rift debutante EVE: Valkyrie will receive its latest update today — named Joint Strike.

Ahead of Valkyrie's PlayStation VR launch on October 13, Joint Strike sets Rift players up for cross-platform support with their console cousins, and sees a range of new features introduced to the space - flung multiplayer shooter.

Whilst we've been expecting a new Rainbox Six title for some time, Joint Strike features protagonists from Third Echelon, Team Rainbow and Ghost «future soldiers»... along with what appears to be a reference to the Assassin's Creed franchise?

Earlier this month, the United States announced the first deployment of its cutting - edge F - 35B vertical takeoff Joint Strike Fighter — by far the most sophisticated aircraft of its type — to an amphibious assault ship in the region.

MPs have urged the government to pull out of a # 140 billion joint strike fighter unless the US provides the information needed to operate the planes independently.

The spokesperson added: «Difficult decisions had to be taken to deal with the MoD's financial blackhole but we are moving towards an enhanced future carrier strike capability with the new Joint Strike Fighter arriving at the same time as the next generation of aircraft carriers.

The company, the prime contractor for the F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter program, has been negotiating with the Pentagon on the next contract since last year.

Are you going to stick around long enough to fly the new F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter?

Gyrfalcon is China's multirole, (claimed) low - observable tactical aircraft roughly analogous, in mission if not in capability, to the F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Governments continue to spend on next - generation weapons like Lockheed Martin's F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter (Andy Wolfe / U.

In a presentation to a conference in Sydney, an official from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) intelligence agency said technical information on smart bombs, the Joint Strike Fighter, the Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and several naval vessels was stolen.

About 30 gigabytes of data was stolen in the cyber attack, including details of the Joint Strike Fighter warplane and P - 8 Poseidon surveillance plane, according to a presentation on the hack by a government official.

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne says the Joint Strike Fighter is right for Australia and the United States, despite criticism from US President - elect Donald Trump.

For the second time in two years, lawmakers are attempting to block the sale of F - 35 Joint Strike Fighters to Turkey.

Mr. Speaker, while other partner countries in the joint strike fighter project are hitting the brakes because of costs rising from $ 50 million to $ 92 million per plane, the Conservative government is going full throttle and is planning to stick Canadians with the bill.

Then, after that competition, it was the Liberal government that signed on with the joint strike fighter program in 2002, after an extensive competition to choose the F - 35 Lightning.

Just this week, the pentagon said (AGAIN) that they have no use or desire for the F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The alternative engine for the joint strike fighter is something the military does not want, but it's a lucrative deal for G.E. Aircraft Engines and is supported by the local (Republican) politicians.

On specific programmes he added: «It is disappointing that the first of the navy's two new aircraft carriers will not have new aircraft to operate from it when it enters service because of delays on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft programme.

Committee members, publishing their report into the MoD's equipment programmes, also criticise delays to the Joint Strike Fighter programme which will see two new aircraft carriers operating without air support when they enter service in six years.

The government has signed up to the next stage of the # 140 billion joint strike fighter (JSF) programme with the US, after assurances that it could use it independently.

The engines are for the joint strike fighters destined to be deployed on Britain's delayed aircraft carriers.

That is why I announced two weeks ago that the military equipment budget will rise in real terms by over # 3 billion between 2015 and 2020, with new helicopters being ordered, new money for our armoured vehicles, the Carrier programme and guaranteed spending on the Joint Strike Fighter.

The F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter will revert to using the short take - off and vertical landing (Stovl) configuration rather than the catapult and arrestor gear system the coalition had originally backed.

Chief of the defence staff General Sir David Richards commented: «Our armed forces have a successful history of operating short take - off and vertical landing aircraft and our pilots are already flying trials in this variant of the Joint Strike Fighter alongside our US allies.

Shadow defence minister Gerald Howarth endorsed the MPs» findings, saying Britain was a key partner in the joint strike fighter project and must be able to «operate, maintain or upgrade the aircraft without the approval of the US government».

The greatest set - back to military cooperation came when Britain U-turned on plans to make its next generation F - 35 joint strike fighter able to land on French aircraft, which use a different launching system, due to costs.

The report says: «If the required assurances are not obtained by the end of the year, we recommend that the MoD switch the majority of its effort and funding on the programme into developing a fallback «Plan B», so that an alternative aircraft is available in case the UK has to withdraw from the joint strike fighter programme.»

They will be replaced with the new Queen Elizabeth II class carrier and its joint strike fighters.

Under plans agreed in the SDSR, HMS Queen Elizabeth will be fitted with catapults and traps allowing it to operate the carrier variant of the joint strike fighter.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer put his weight behind a proposal in Congress to add $ 100 million in spending for the F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter, a controversial stealth fighter jet produced by Lockheed Martin Corp..

That $ 75 billion budget covers a vast array of projects, from perfecting new weapon systems like the Joint Strike Fighter plane to studying pure physics.

Highlighting the cost of the F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the most expensive in the Pentagon's history, brings into stark relief how skewed our national priorities are.

The new American state - of - the - art F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft will be equipped with Israeli - developed mounted display systems in their helmets which incorporate and display all vital flight data.

The on - line history of the JAST and F - 35 Joint Strike Fighter Program.

1942: Joint Strike is fundamentally the same game we've seen before.

As a result, once a major weapons contract, such as the F - 35 joint strike fighter, is obtained from the DOD, Lockheed essentially gains a near monopoly of fighter aircraft not just in the U.S., but also in the majority of the free world.