F35 Lightning II-Fighter of The Future

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F-35 on Discovery Channel’s “Ultimate Strike Planes”

Third part of the Discovery Channel’s “Ultimate Strike Planes”, a documentary that speaks about the most noticed and diffused war planes. This is about the F35 Joint Strike Fighter. Sphere: Related Content

Video: Luke AFB in Arizona may receive F-35 JSF

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F-35 bird impact on canopy testsing

Lockheed Martin designed the F-35 canopy to withstand the impact of of a 4-pound bird at 480 knots on the “reinforced windscreen and 350 knots on the canopy crown” without breaking. Post credit: Gizmodo Sphere: Related Content

US Navy F-35 CF-1 Flight Video

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F-35 JSF Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS)

The following video visually demonstrates the advanced capabilities of Northrop Grumman’s DAS system. EO DAS and Related Information AN/AAQ-37 EO DAS AN/APG-81 AESA Radar for the F-35 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Related Videos AN/APG-81 AESA Radar for the F-35 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) Northrop Grumman YouTube Channel Careers Opportunities at Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Sphere: Related Content

Pros & Cons of the F-35 JSF Chapter 1

If you missed Wednesday April 21, 2010′s NewsHour on PBS, watch Kwame Holman’s report on the controversial fighter below in five chapters. The Pentagon’s forthcoming warplane, the Joint Strike Fighter, is intended for use across the different branches of the military but has come under fire in Congress for skyrocketing costs and delays. Skeptics and defenders of the aircraft, which will be called the F-35, express their views in the following extended interviews. Author and journalist Bill Sweetman says for the first time the re-equipment plans of the U.S. fighter force is reliant on one program and one manufacturer: Chapter…

Chapter 3: Winslow Wheeler says F-35 was doomed from the start

If you missed Wednesday April 21, 2010’s NewsHour on PBS, watch Kwame Holman’s report on the controversial fighter below in five chapters. The Pentagon’s forthcoming warplane, the Joint Strike Fighter, is intended for use across the different branches of the military but has come under fire in Congress for skyrocketing costs and delays. Skeptics and defenders of the aircraft, which will be called the F-35, express their views in the following extended interviews. Author and journalist Bill Sweetman says for the first time the re-equipment plans of the U.S. fighter force is reliant on one program and one manufacturer: Chapter…