{"id":3136,"date":"2023-01-04T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2023-08-16T17:38:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:38:46","slug":"lockheed-martin-to-build-127-f-35-jet-fighter-bomber-aircraft-avionics-and-sensors-for-u-s-and-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed Martin to build 127 F-35 jet fighter-bomber aircraft, avionics, and sensors for U.S. and allies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Combat aircraft designers at Lockheed Martin Corp. will build 127 F-35 jet fighter-bombers for U.S. military services and allies under terms of a $7.8 billion order announced on Friday.<\/strong>

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The F-35 is a fifth-generation single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth jet fighter-bomber for ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense. (Photo by Lockheed Martin)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. — the organization handling F-35 aviation technology procurement for all military forces — are asking the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics segment in Fort Worth, Texas, to procure 127 Lot 16 F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This order consists of 89 F-35As configured for use from long runways; 23 F-35Bs for short- and vertical-takeoff applications, and 15 F-35Cs for use aboard aircraft carriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The order includes support of F-35 Lot 15 aircraft and auxiliary equipment for the F-35 program for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps; as well as non-U.S. Department of Defense participants, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The F-35 with its advanced avionics is a fifth-generation single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole jet fighter-bomber designed to perform ground attack, aerial reconnaissance, and air defense missions. It is one of the most advanced combat jets in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than the U.S. military, F-35 operators include Australia; United Kingdom; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; Italy; Japan; The Netherlands; Norway; Poland; South Korea; Thailand; United Arab Emirates; Israel; and Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The F-35 is replacing U.S. F-16, A-10, F\/A-18, and AV-8B tactical fighter and attack aircraft. Lockheed Martin has been developing the F-35 since 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The single-seat F-35 military jet is 50.5 feet long, has 35-foot wingspan, and is 14 feet tall. It has one Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan engine that can produce as much as 43,100 pounds of thrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft can fly as fast as Mach 1.6, as high as 50,000 feet, and has a range of 1,200 miles. It has one 25-millimeter Gatling gun and can carry advanced air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, smart bombs, and conventional bombs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The F-35’s avionics and sensors include the Northrop Grumman AN\/APG-81 AESA radar; Lockheed Martin AAQ-40 electro-optical targeting system (EOTS); Northrop Grumman AN\/AAQ-37 distributed aperture system (DAS) missile warning system; BAE Systems AN\/ASQ-239 electronic warfare (EW) suite; and Northrop Grumman AN\/ASQ-242 communications and navigation system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plane’s navigation and communications include the Harris Corp. Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL); Link 16 data link; single-channel ground and airborne radio system (SINCGARS); IFF interrogator and transponder; HAVE QUICK radio; AM, VHF, UHF AM, and UHF FM radio systems; GUARD survival radio; radar altimeter; tactical air navigation (TACAN); instrument landing system for conventional runways and aircraft carriers; the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS); and the TADIL-J tactical digital information link with Joint-Variable-Message-Format (JVMF) communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F-35 pilots wear a helmet-mounted display that enables them simply to look at a target to shoot weapons, rather than pointing the entire aircraft at the target. The orientation of the pilot’s head provides missile seeker heads with targeting information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combat aircraft — one of the most expensive military weapon systems in history — is designed to perform ground attack, aerial reconnaissance, and air-to-air missions. U.S. military leaders say they plan to buy 2,457 aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The F-35 variants are intended to provide the bulk of the manned tactical air power of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. Deliveries of the F-35 for the U.S. military are scheduled to be completed in 2037.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockheed Martin and its partners will do the work on this order in Fort Worth, Texas; El Segundo and San Diego, Calif.; Warton, England; Orlando, Fla.; Nashua, N.H.; Cameri, Italy; Baltimore; and Nagoya, Japan, and should be finished by August 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information contact Lockheed Martin online at www.f35.com\/f35\/index.html, or Naval Air Systems Command at www.navair.navy.mil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: <\/strong>militaryaerospace By John Keller<\/a> – Jan. 4, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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