Harking back to World War II’s mass-produced fleets of fighters, bombers, and cargo aircraft, the Los Angeles Times reports that the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be the first assembly line produced military aircraft in a generation. Northrop Grumman will have one line in Palmdale, Calif., to assemble the fuselages, which then will go to prime contractor Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Tex., where another line will mate the fuselages to other parts. Northrop anticipates turning out one center fuselage per day. The companies plan to establish the assembly lines over the next few years.
The Defense Department hasn’t seen an increase in domestic violence reports among military families since the new coronavirus crisis began, despite the COVID-19 pandemic reportedly causing a spike in such activity across the globe, the head of the Pentagon’s Office of Military Family Readiness Policy told reporters Oct. 29. However,…