Meteor BVRAAM Nears F-35A Flight Testing

The F-35A completed ground vibration testing and fit checks at Edwards Air Force Base ahead of the beginning of flight testing.

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has announced the completion of a series of critical ground-based integration tests with the Meteor missile and F-35A Lightning II in cooperation with MBDA and Lockheed Martin, the manufacturers of the weapon and the jet, respectively. These tests pave the way for the beginning of flight testing, few months after flight testing of the variant also started with the F-35B variant. Contents The F-35A completed ground vibration testing and fit checks at Edwards Air Force Base ahead of the beginning of flight testing. Meteor Integration on F-35A European Weapons on the F-35

Meteor Integration on F-35A

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