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BOLT OF LIGHTENING
The latest chapter in Lockheed Martin’s history of building the world’s finest military aircraft – the F-35 Lightning II – brings together stealth, agility and lethality to deliver fifth generation capabilities.
The F-35 Lightning II is an advanced multi-role fighter – providing unmatched capabilities to military forces around the world, securing high-tech, high-skill jobs for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, and elevating international security by allowing for more integrated coalition operations.
Variants
All variants – the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL), short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) and carrier variant (CV) – are currently flying and will continue to fly for the next 40 years or more. With each flight hour and major milestone – including first flights, vertical landings and flights at supersonic speeds – pilots, maintainers and engineers learn more about the F-35 Lightning II. From defense of the homeland to the establishment of air dominance, the F-35 Lightning II defines the meaning of a fifth generation multirole stealth fighter.
All-aspect, advanced stealth enables the F-35 to dramatically reduce the detection and engagement ranges of enemy defense systems or aircraft. The F-35’s shape, embedded antennas, aligned edges, internal weapons and fuel, and special coatings all contribute to its Very Low Observable (VLO) stealth capability.
Fully integrated sustainment
The F-35 establishes new levels of operational readiness through a fully integrated sustainment system and performance-based logistics environment. Aircraft share common parts, support equipment and technical data – producing greater reliability and economies of scale to yield long-term affordability. Parts requirements are anticipated and requisitioned quickly across the global supply chain,providing higher sortie generation rates and keeping aircraft mission ready.
F-35 sustainment is a total life-cycle system – a new paradigm for fighter aircraft support that dramatically streamlines maintenance and keeps the aircraft where it belongs – in the air, performing its mission.
Technology team
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company designs and manufactures the finest military aircraft in the world. The company’s innovation on the F-35 program is enhanced
by an exceptional technology team.
Northrop Grumman provides strong support in sustainment, modeling, and simulation and mission planning.
BAE Systems is responsible for the fuel, crew escape, life-support, prognostics and health management system, and integration support of the F-35 aboard the U.K. future carrier.
Pratt & Whitney builds the F135 engine, which is physically and functionally interchangeable across all three F-35 variants.
With three US services, eight international partners and two foreign military sales, the F-35 is a truly global program, fostering international cooperation and allowing for enhanced interoperability between allies. The global nature of the program also results in significant cost savings for all involved. By 2019, the cost of the F-35 will be comparable to the cost of legacy aircraft.
AESA radar
The F-35’s Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar is designed to enable F-35 pilots to effectively engage air and ground targets at long range, while also providing outstanding situational awareness for enhanced survivability. AESA’s solid-state technology and elimination of mechanical moving parts will enable the radar to far surpass current standards for systems reliability.
Distributed Aperture System
The F-35’s Distributed Aperture System (DAS), developed by Northrop Grumman, is the only 360-degree, spherical situational awareness system. The DAS sends high resolution real-time imagery to the pilot’s helmet from six infrared cameras mounted around the aircraft, allowing pilots to see the environment around them – day or night – without loss of quality or clarity. With the ability to detect and track approaching aircraft from any angle, the DAS also greatly reduces the potential for mid-air collisions and virtually eliminates surprises.
The DAS is completely integrated with other sensors within the aircraft, so if the F-35s radar detects something of interest, DAS’s software will closely analyze it and make the pilot aware of potential threats. When there are multiple threats, the DAS is able to identify the highest value targets and recommend the order in which to deal with each threat. The DAS provides:
• Missile detection and tracking
• Launch point detection
• Situational awareness IRST & cueing
• Weapons support
• Day/night navigation
• Fire control capability
• Precision tracking of wingmen/friendly aircraft for tactical maneuvering.
EOTS
The F-35’s Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) is the world’s first and only sensor that combines forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and infrared search and track (IRST) functionality. The high-performance, lightweight, multi-function system enhances F-35 pilots’ situational awareness and provides precision air-to-air and air-to-surface targeting capabilities.
“[The F-35] brings an unprecedented sensor fusion with the radar and its optical capabilities, its data link capabilities and its radar warning receiver capabilities. It’s going to be our multirole fighter for the Air Force and provide close-air support missions, offensive counter air, defensive counter air, suppression of enemy air defenses and the destruction of enemy air defenses,” says Lt. Col. Carl Schaefer, Joint Strike Fighter Integration Office.
Helmet Mounted Display
The F-35’s Helmet Mounted Display Systems provide pilots with unprecedented situational awareness. All the information pilots need to complete their missions – airspeed, heading, altitude, targeting information and warnings – is projected on the helmet’s visor, rather than on a traditional Heads-up Display.
The F-35’s DAS streams real-time imagery to the helmet from six infrared cameras mounted around the aircraft, allowing pilots to “look through” the airplane. Using this technology, pilots can see the entire environment surrounding them. The helmet also provides pilots with night vision through the use of an integrated camera.
CNI system
The Communications, Navigation and Identification (CNI) system is the most advanced integrated avionics system ever engineered. The integrated CNI is developed by Northrop Grumman and provides F-35 pilots with the capability of more than 27 avionics functions. Using software-defined radio technology, the CNI allows for simultaneous operation of multiple critical functions, such as identification friend or foe, precision navigation, and various voice and data communications, while greatly reducing size, weight and power demands.
Global partnerships
Global partnerships and technological innovation are foundations of the F-35 program which builds on existing aerospace industry capabilities, incorporates national strategic desires and offers sustained growth in technology, development, employment and profitability. These partnerships are leading to unprecedented technology transfer and innovation.
The aircraft is now in production, with companies around the world building components and support equipment, international jets rolling off the production line, and new foreign military sales customers selecting the F-35 for their armed forces. The global vision of the Joint Strike Fighter program is coming to life in the F-35 Lightning II.
The F-35’s nine partner countries are Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Suppliers in all the partner countries are producing F-35 components for all aircraft, not just those for their country. Many partners have ordered their first aircraft, and pilots and maintainers from the United Kingdom took delivery of their first F-35B jets at Eglin Air Force Base, where they are training with their US counterparts.
F-35 international partner countries currently constitute a production program of record of more than 3,100 aircraft to be built through 2039.
Over the past three years, the F-35 program has met major milestones, completed complicated testing, verified performance through flight tests and delivered more than 90 jets – including the first five international aircraft. Airplanes are flying daily, verifying the aerodynamic and mission systems performance, completing night flights and refueling, and testing the unique aspects of the three different variants. In addition, mission systems testing and pilot training are progressing on schedule.
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