With the installation of horizontal tails on the first F-35, the
Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team has completed
assembly of the aircraft's major structural components. The next
milestone in the aircraft's march to first flight is engine
installation, planned for early 2006, with the jet's first flight
expected in Fall 2006.
Boeing has delivered the first AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-role
combat helicopter for the Japanese government to Fuji Heavy
Industries (FHI), the Japanese aerospace company teamed with Boeing
to produce the Apache Longbow in Japan. Two AH-64DJP Apaches will
be delivered to the Japanese government by FHI in March 2006.
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