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Mounted on the FA-50PH [35] Air-to-surface missile and precision-guided munition; AGM-65G2 Maverick: United States Infrared air-to-ground missile: Mounted on the FA-50PH [35] Roketsan Cirit: Turkey: Air-to-surface, anti-armor missile Mounted on the T129B [36] [37] Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket: Israel Precision-guided munition
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole fighters that first entered service with the United States in 2015. The aircraft has been ordered by program partner nations, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, and Australia, and also through the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales program, including Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
In comparison to the US$400,000 purely-slaved and aircraft-dependent F-35 helmet that must be custom-built for each pilot, [9] IVAS attached to any helmet, was estimated to cost US$29,205 per unit, and could optionally work independently of the aircraft when the crew dismounts. [10]
The F-35 has had to develop a thick skin. From my former colleagues in Congress to defense-industry experts, the world’s premier fighter jet is accustomed to criticism for issues with cost ...
A few months ago, Northrop Grumman delivered its 500th AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) sensor to Lockheed Martin for integration into the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The DAS imagery is ...
As of 2010, a Royal Danish Air Force F-16BM (ET 210) is stationed at Edwards Air Force Base for flight testing of the F-35. The Danish test pilot Lieutenant Colonel Casper Børge Nielsen is part of the Joint Strike Fighter program. [173] On 13 March 2013, Denmark restarted their selection process for 30 new fighter aircraft.
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