Vought Aircraft Industries will perform a series of drop tests starting in January on a full-scale version of the carrier-based F-35C Joint Strike Fighter.rnThe tests - scheduled between January and April - should verify that the landing gear and airframerncan survive repeated landings on aircraft carriers, according to Vought, whose Structures Test Lab will install special fixtures, systems and instrumentation to capture more than 500 channels of data recorded during the drop tests.
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