Pratt & Whitney says that the delayed first flight of a McDonnell Douglas F-15B equipped with the company's axisymmetric thrust-vectoring nozzles is now expected before the end of the year, under the NASA/US Air Force advanced control technology for integrated vehicles programme. P&W also says that its F100-229 engine and production-configured vectoring nozzle, with fail-safe dual-redundant actuation system, will be installed on the USAF's Lockheed Martin NF-16D variable-stability in-flight simulator test aircraft in 1996.
Source: Flight International