|
The F-35 Lightning II : A 5th Generation Combat Aircraft For Today’s Forces
The F-35 calls for an entirely new way of thinking about fighter capabilities. The F-35 enables air dominance around the clock in any threat environment.
With the Lightning II, joint and coalition forces can attack any target, any time, with the freedom to operate anywhere on Day One of a conflict. By integrating different capabilities, the fighter brings a quantum leap in lethality and survivability. There are three variants of the F-35 Lightning II built from a common design -- a Conventional Take-off and Landing Aircraft, an F-35 for service aboard aircraft carriers, and a Short Take-Off and Landing (STOVL) aircraft.
With embedded antennas, aligned edges, internal weapons and fuel, and special coatings and materials, the F-35 uses stealth to pick and choose engagements while remaining virtually undetected by enemy defense systems. Advanced integrated avionics process data from a variety of sensors. This provides the F-35 with true 5th Generation fighter capabilities. With the most powerful sensor suite ever to fly on a fighter aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II allows the pilot to be a tactician rather than a technician.
|
Related F-35 Lightning II links:
|
