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  2. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II development - Wikipedia

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    Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II development started in 1995 with the origins of the Joint Strike Fighter program and culminated in the completion of operational testing and start of full-rate production in 2021. [6] The X-35 first flew on 24 October 2000 and the F-35A on 15 December 2006.

  3. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Bill Sweetman - Wikipedia

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    Strike Fighters: The F/A-18E/F Super Hornets (War Planes) Supersonic Fighters: The F-16 Fighting Falcons (War Planes) The Hamyln concise guide to Soviet military aircraft; Ultimate Fighter: Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter; United States Naval Air Power; YF-22 and YF-23: Advanced Tactical Fighters: Stealth, Speed and Agility for Air ...

  5. Joint Strike Fighter program - Wikipedia

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    After a competition between the Boeing X-32 and the Lockheed Martin X-35, the latter aircraft was selected for a contract award and developed into the F-35 Lightning II, which will replace various tactical aircraft, including the US F-16, A-10, F/A-18A-D, AV-8B, EA-6B and British Harrier GR7, GR9s and Tornado GR4.

  6. F/A-XX program - Wikipedia

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    An early rendering of a proposed Boeing F/A-XX design. In April 2012, the Navy issued a formal request for information for the F/A-XX. It calls for an air superiority fighter with multi-role capabilities to initially complement and eventually supersede the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft in the 2030s, while complementing the F-35C Lightning II and UCLASS unmanned aircraft ...

  7. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II operators - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System - Wikipedia

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    The AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) is the first of a new generation of sensor systems being fielded on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. DAS consists of six high-resolution infrared sensors mounted around the F-35's airframe in such a way as to provide unobstructed spherical (4π steradian ) coverage and functions around the ...

  9. Joint Combat Aircraft - Wikipedia

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    This gave the UK significant input into aircraft design and the choice between the Lockheed Martin X-35 and Boeing X-32. [4] On 26 October 2001, the DoD announced that Lockheed Martin had won the JSF contract. [citation needed] On 30 September 2002, the MoD announced that the Royal Navy and RAF will operate the STOVL F-35B variant. At the same ...