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Description
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, single-engine stealth multirole fighter that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air defense missions. The F-35 has three different models; one is a conventional takeoff and landing variant, the second is a short take off and vertical-landing variant, and the third is a carrier-based variant.

The F-35 is descended from the X-35, the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Its development is being principally funded by the United States, with the United Kingdom and other partner governments providing additional funding. It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin with Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems as major partners. The X-35 demonstrator first flew in 2000,and the F-35's first flight took place on 15 December 2006.

The United States intends to buy a total of 2,443 aircraft for an estimated US$323 billion, making it the most expensive defense program ever. The USAF's budget data in 2010 projects the F-35 to have a US$89 million flyaway cost over its planned production of 1,753 F-35As. Lockheed Martin expects to reduce government cost estimates by 20%.

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 51.4 ft (15.67 m)
* Wingspan: 35 ft (10.7 m)
* Height: 14.2 ft[nb 1] (4.33 m)
* Wing area: 460 ft²[62] (42.7 m²)
* Empty weight: 29,300 lb (13,300 kg)
* Loaded weight: 53,682 lb[nb 2][275] (24,350 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb[nb 3] (31,800 kg)
* Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
o Dry thrust: 28,000 lbf[276] (125 kN)
o Thrust with afterburner: 43,000 lbf[276] (191 kN)
* Internal fuel: 18,480 lb (8,382 kg)[nb 4]

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 1.67[277] (1,283 mph, 2,065 km/h)
* Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel[278]
* Combat radius: 610 nmi (1,110 km) on internal fuel[278]
* Service ceiling: 60,000 ft[279] (18,288 m)
* Rate of climb: classified (not publicly available)
* Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight:
o With full fuel: 0.80
o With 50% fuel: 0.97
* g-Limits: 9 g[nb 5]

Armament

* Guns: 1 × 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-22/A cannon, internally mounted with 180 rounds[nb 6][58]
* Hardpoints: 6× external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg)[58][62] and 2 × internal bays with 2 pylons each[62] for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg)[278] and provisions to carry combinations of:
o Missiles:
+ Air-to-air: AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-132 ASRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-T, Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM) (after 2020)[280]
+ Air-to-ground: AGM-154 JSOW, AGM-158 JASSM[67]
o Bombs: ***Mark 84, Mark 83 and Mark 82 GP bombs
+ Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
+ Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
+ Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
+ Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
+ JDAM-series
+ B61 nuclear bomb (for F-35A in 2017)[281][282][283][284]

Avionics

* Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar

Description
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, single-engine stealth multirole fighter that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air defense missions. The F-35 has three different models; one is a conventional takeoff and landing variant, the second is a short take off and vertical-landing variant, and the third is a carrier-based variant.

The F-35 is descended from the X-35, the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Its development is being principally funded by the United States, with the United Kingdom and other partner governments providing additional funding. It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin with Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems as major partners. The X-35 demonstrator first flew in 2000,and the F-35's first flight took place on 15 December 2006.

The United States intends to buy a total of 2,443 aircraft for an estimated US$323 billion, making it the most expensive defense program ever. The USAF's budget data in 2010 projects the F-35 to have a US$89 million flyaway cost over its planned production of 1,753 F-35As. Lockheed Martin expects to reduce government cost estimates by 20%.

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 51.4 ft (15.67 m)
* Wingspan: 35 ft (10.7 m)
* Height: 14.2 ft[nb 1] (4.33 m)
* Wing area: 460 ft²[62] (42.7 m²)
* Empty weight: 29,300 lb (13,300 kg)
* Loaded weight: 53,682 lb[nb 2][275] (24,350 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb[nb 3] (31,800 kg)
* Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
o Dry thrust: 28,000 lbf[276] (125 kN)
o Thrust with afterburner: 43,000 lbf[276] (191 kN)
* Internal fuel: 18,480 lb (8,382 kg)[nb 4]

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 1.67[277] (1,283 mph, 2,065 km/h)
* Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel[278]
* Combat radius: 610 nmi (1,110 km) on internal fuel[278]
* Service ceiling: 60,000 ft[279] (18,288 m)
* Rate of climb: classified (not publicly available)
* Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight:
o With full fuel: 0.80
o With 50% fuel: 0.97
* g-Limits: 9 g[nb 5]

Armament

* Guns: 1 × 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-22/A cannon, internally mounted with 180 rounds[nb 6][58]
* Hardpoints: 6× external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg)[58][62] and 2 × internal bays with 2 pylons each[62] for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg)[278] and provisions to carry combinations of:
o Missiles:
+ Air-to-air: AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-132 ASRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-T, Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM) (after 2020)[280]
+ Air-to-ground: AGM-154 JSOW, AGM-158 JASSM[67]
o Bombs: ***Mark 84, Mark 83 and Mark 82 GP bombs
+ Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
+ Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
+ Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
+ Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
+ JDAM-series
+ B61 nuclear bomb (for F-35A in 2017)[281][282][283][284]

Avionics

* Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar