Friday, November 28, 2014

F-35B Lightning II

F-35B Lightning II (Multirole fighter, STOVL – Short Take-off and Vertical Landing)


Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
First flight: 15 December 2006
Introduction: December 2015
Produced: 2006-present
Number built: 42 as of May 2014
Number planned: 353
Program cost: $1.0165 trillion (projected over 55 years)
Unit cost: $142 million (low rate initial production)


Crew: 1
Length: 15.57 m
Wingspan: 10.67 m
Height: 4.36 m
Wing area: 42.7 m²
Empty weight: 14,650 kg
Loaded weight: 22,240 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 27,215 kg
Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F135-400 afterburning turbofan
Dry thrust: 12,746 kgf (125 kN)
Thrust with afterburner: 19,477 kgf (191 kN)
Internal fuel capacity: 6,045 kg


Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.6+ (1,930 km/h) (tested to Mach 1.61)
Cruise speed: 1.2 mach for 9.8 min
Range: 1,670 km on internal fuel
Combat radius: 845 km on internal fuel
Wing loading: 520 kg/m²; 632 kg/m² max loaded
Thrust/weight:
With full fuel – 0.90
With 50% fuel – 1.04
Maximum g-load: 9 g


Armament
Guns: 1× General Dynamics 25 mm GAU-22/A 4-barrel Gatling gun, internally mounted with 220 rounds
Hardpoints: 6× external pylons on wings with a capacity of 6,800 kg and 2 internal bays with 2 pylons each for a total weapons payload of 8,100 kg and provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles
Air-to-air missiles:
AIM-120 AMRAAM;
AIM-9X Sidewinder;
IRIS-T;
MBDA Meteor (pending further funding)
Air-to-surface missiles:
AGM-88 AARGM;
AGM-158 JASSM;
Brimstone missile / MBDA SPEAR;
Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM);
Storm Shadow missile;
SOM
Anti-ship missiles:
Joint Strike Missile (JSM);
Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)
Bombs
Mark-84 or Mark-83 or Mark-82 GP bombs
Mark-20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) capable
Paveway series laser-guided bombs
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) series
AGM-154 JSOW
B61 mod 12 nuclear bomb


Avionics
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar
Lockheed Martin AAQ-40 E/O Targeting System (EOTS)
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) missile warning system
BAE Systems AN/ASQ-239 (Barracuda) electronic warfare system
Northrop Grumman AN/ASQ-242 CNI system, which includes:
The Harris Corporation Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system;
The legacy Link 16 data link;
SINCGARS;
An IFF interrogator and transponder;
HAVE QUICK;
AM, VHF, UHF AM, and UHF FM Radio;
GUARD survival radio;
A radar altimeter;
An instrument landing system;
A TACAN system;
An instrument carrier landing system;
A JPALS;
TADIL-J JVMF/VMF



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