AGVs Help Jet Fighters Fly Off the Line

Lockheed Martin recruited a special breed of guided vehicle to enable precision assembly of a fighter plane a day. The right stuff means not only being automated, but autonomous

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) owes a bit of its existence to Henry Ford. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics adapted his concepts of mass production and common parts to affordably produce this multirole aircraft for multiple branches of the U.S. military—Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps—as well as U.S. allies. There’s not much that’s simple about this 5th generation fighter’s technology. It combines stealth, fully fused sensor information and network-enabled ...

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