MBDA Meteor Makes Long-Awaited F-35 Test Flight

f-35 with meteor attached
Credit: Dane Wiedmann/Lockheed Martin
LONDON—MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile has been flown on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the first time. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B from Naval Air Station Patuxent River flew with a clipped-fin variant of the missile in the weapons bay, the UK Royal Air Force...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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