A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B flew the first test missions with the Meteor missile, starting the integration of the European air-to-air missile on the Lightning II. The Royal Air Force announced on ...

During these initial flights, the F-35B was equipped with an inert Meteor missile to collect environmental data, a crucial step toward integrating UK-specific weaponry into the F-35 platform.

The US Marine Corps’ aircraft conducted the first test flight of the missile from Naval Air Station Patuxent River. MBDA’s Meteor missile has undergone its first test flights on a US Marine Corps ...

In addition to the F-35 Lightning II, the Meteor missile is already approved for fitting on Eurofighter Typhoon, JAS 39 Gripen, and Dassault Rafale fighter jets. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B ...

The long-delayed process of integrating MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile with the Lockheed Martin F-35 has finally begun for the UK. A US Marine Corps-operated F-35B recently ...

A US Marine Corps F-35 carries an inert Meteor BVRAAM in one of its two internal weapons bays during tests that will eventually see the missile integrated on Italian and UK aircraft. (US DoD ...