Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation multirole fighters under development to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. The F-35 has three main models; one is a conventional takeoff and landing variant, the second is a short take off and vertical-landing variant, and the third is a carrier-based variant.

Specifications (F-35A)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 51.4 ft (15.67 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft^{[N 5]} (10.7 m)
• Height: 14.2 ft^{[N 6]} (4.33 m)
• Wing area: 460 ft²^[84] (42.7 m²)
• Empty weight: 29,300 lb (13,300 kg)
• Loaded weight: 49,540 lb^{[50][N 7][211]} (22,470 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb^{[N 8]} (31,800 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
  • Dry thrust: 28,000 lbf^{[212][N 9]} (125 kN)
  • Thrust with afterburner: 43,000 lbf^[212][213] (191 kN)
• Internal fuel capacity: 18,480 lb (8,382 kg)^{[N 10]}

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 1.6+^[79] (1,200 mph, 1,930 km/h)
• Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel
• Combat radius: over 590 nmi^{[N 11]} (1,090 km) on internal fuel^[214]
• Service ceiling: 60,000 ft^[215] (18,288 m)
• Rate of climb: classified (not publicly available)
• Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight:
  
  • With full fuel: 0.87
  • With 50% fuel: 1.07
• g-Limits: 9 g^{[N 12]}

Armament

• Guns: 1 × General Dynamics GAU-22/A Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 4-barreled gatling cannon, internally mounted with 180 rounds^{[N 13][79]}
• Hardpoints: 6 × external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg)^[79][84] and 2 × internal bays with 2 pylons each^[84] for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg)^[51] and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Missiles:
    
    • AIM-120 AMRAAM
    • AIM-132 ASRAAM
    • AIM-9X Sidewinder
    • IRIS-T
    • JDRADM (after 2020)^[216]
    • AGM-154 JSOW
    • AGM-158 JASSM^[90]
  • Bombs:
    
    • Mark 84, Mark 83 and Mark 82 GP bombs
    • Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
    • Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
    • Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
    • Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
    • JDAM-series
    • B61 nuclear bomb^[217]

Avionics

• Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA