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January 1, 2001
   
cost more, and each plane can carry fewer of them.--Stephen V Cole

Lockheed Martin has test flown an F-16 rebuilt with the revolutionary "power-by-wire" flight control system that it will use on its Joint Strike Fighter design. This uses electric rather than hydraulic power to activate flight controls, reducing cost