Saturday, 6 February 2016

Testing Times Ahead for the Royal Navy F-35B Lightning II Fighter

The Royal Navy’s strike fighter of tomorrow will be tested to the limit by BAE Systems – without ever leaving the ground. Scientists and experts on Humberside will be putting strains and stresses on the F-35 Lightning II – the aerial punch of HMS Queen Elizabethand Prince of Wales – to ensure the stealth fighter-bomber is up to a lifetime of demanding operations.