F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

[asianobserve]

Just before the video cuts off I can see the truck rolling out of the dust storm. Did it really hit the target?

Watch the video in youtube and slow down the playback speed to 0.25 of normal speed. Forward the video to 0.45 sec. from the start. The bomb exploded just on top of the Humvee from the front.

 

[asianobserve]

F-35 pedal turn, pretty cool

This maneuver is even cooler!

 

[asianobserve]

BAE Systems to undertake ‘Project Heisenberg’ of upgraded F-35 EW suite

The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) disclosed on 25 January that BAE Systems will conduct tests of a modified version of its AN/ASQ-239A suite aboard the CATBird surrogate test aircraft. This demonstration of elements of the EW/countermeasures suite on the modified Boeing 737 airliner known as the Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) is referred to as Project Heisenberg.

"This effort provides risk reduction and early assessment of C2D2 [Continuous Capability Development and Delivery]/Block 4 EW capabilities, along with evaluation of the associated mission data files," NAVAIR said, adding, "The scope of work required for this effort consists of proposing, developing, integrating, deploying, and operating a modified AN/ASQ-239A suite in a receive-only flight-test/demonstration configuration."

https://www.janes.com/article/85990...-project-heisenberg-of-upgraded-f-35-ew-suite

 

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Stagnant F-35 Reliability Means Fewer Available Jets

"Durability testing data indicates service-life of initial F-35B short-takeoff-vertical landing jets bought by Marine Corps “is well under” expected service life of 8,000 fleet hours; “may be as low as 2,100″ hours Pentagon test office says in 2018 annual report obtained by Bloomberg that’s scheduled for release this week. That means some jets expected to start hitting service life limit in 2026.Furthermore, there’s no “improving trend in” aircraft availability to fly training or combat missions as it’s remained “flat” over the past 3 years.
(..)
Testing through September of Air Force model gun intended for air-to-ground attack indicates accuracy “unacceptable,” DoD tester says"

https://about.bgov.com/blog/stagnant-f-35-reliability-means-fewer-available-jets-pentagon/

 

[asianobserve]

Another bad political decision (over clear military preference). But this is a significant boost for the Eurofighter.

Germany officially knocks F-35 out of competition to replace Tornado

https://www.defensenews.com/global/...s-f-35-out-of-competition-to-replace-tornado/

 

[BON PLAN]

Another bad political decision (over clear military preference). But this is a significant boost for the Eurofighter.

Germany officially knocks F-35 out of competition to replace Tornado

https://www.defensenews.com/global/...s-f-35-out-of-competition-to-replace-tornado/

No. To chose F35 means a very bad news for the futur germano french fighter, so.... The germans has understand that US is not the future of european defense.

And meabe the germans are the first to understand this is a failed product, corrupted by too many compromises.
The frame is bull shit. As always with US fighters, the engine and the radar are top class. Then the rest is crappy.

 

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By Courtney Albon

January 30, 2019 at 4:38 PM

The Defense Department is making plans to award Lockheed Martin a new contract to re-architect the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's troubled Autononomic Logistics Information System.

The department announced its plan to sole-source the work to Lockheed in a Jan. 18 Federal Business Opportunity notice. F-35 joint program office spokesman Joe DellaVedova told Inside Defensethe effort, dubbed ALIS Next, is intended to “provide significant improvements in affordability, supportability, resiliency, and cybersecurity.

Lockheed will team with MIT Lincoln Labs, MITRE Corp., and the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to create the new ALIS architecture and develop a strategy to mitigate any disruption that could come with the transition from the current ALIS to the new framework.

DellaVedova said the JPO expects ALIS Next will significantly reduce the program's cost, though he didn't provide specific numbers. He said the JPO hasn't determined the total contract value, but expects to award Lockheed a five-year contract by the end of the year.

ALIS was originally fielded in 2009 and was designed to provide mission planning, diagnostics and spare parts tracking across the F-35 enterprise. But the major subsystem has faced a number of hurdles, including schedule delays, cost overruns and poor operational performance.

Over the last few years, the program has changed its approach to ALIS development, fielding incremental upgrades at a faster pace. Inside Defense reported in December that Lockheed and the program office were working with the Air Force's Kessel Run Experimentation Lab to apply agile software development techniques to ALIS.

DellaVedova said ALIS Next will be "complemented" by those efforts.

"These are all supporting efforts to enable rapid development and deployment of ALIS upgrades through reshaping the ALIS architecture," he said.

 

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Bad data in F-35 logistics system resulting in lost missions
https://www.defensenews.com/air/201...-logistics-system-resulting-in-lost-missions/

A never ending bad story. More than 12 years after the first pre serial flight !!!

 

[asianobserve]

F-35 nose pointing demo

 

[BON PLAN]

F-35 nose pointing demo

It doesn't fly at very high AoA.
25 degre?
And once it turns, it shows it is heavy, and lacks altitude.
Nothing special.

 

[vampyrbladez]

It doesn't fly at very high AoA.
25 degre?
And once it turns, it shows it is heavy, and lacks altitude.
Nothing special.

It doesn't fly at very high AoA.
25 degre?
And once it turns, it shows it is heavy, and lacks altitude.
Nothing special.

Look at 10:00 on the video. This is possibly the best slow maneuvering aircraft in the non TVC genre. Even has excellent acceleration for vertical takeoff.


Bro, I am a Rafale fan mainly because it is a hilarious example of the French developing a superior product from the same tech as compared to the Germans. Rafale is the best 4.5 generation jet out there. Period.

But we must also appreciate where it is necessary.

 

[BON PLAN]

Look at 10:00 on the video. This is possibly the best slow maneuvering aircraft in the non TVC genre. Even has excellent acceleration for vertical takeoff.


Bro, I am a Rafale fan mainly because it is a hilarious example of the French developing a superior product from the same tech as compared to the Germans. Rafale is the best 4.5 generation jet out there. Period.

But we must also appreciate where it is necessary.

I'm a proud Rafale fan, it's sure. But I can say a freign product is good also. F22 is a wonderfull AtoA fighter. F16 was the more versatile plane of its time, and even now it remains a nice plane.
F35 is not impressive. With few fuel and 18T engine it can have impressive acceleration.
But in the air it is heavy, slow moving, degrading a lot of energy. Sorry, nothing half a F22 level.

 

[asianobserve]

I'm a proud Rafale fan, it's sure. But I can say a freign product is good also. F22 is a wonderfull AtoA fighter. F16 was the more versatile plane of its time, and even now it remains a nice plane.
F35 is not impressive. With few fuel and 18T engine it can have impressive acceleration.
But in the air it is heavy, slow moving, degrading a lot of energy. Sorry, nothing half a F22 level.

Of course it is slow moving in the video because it's showing slow speed maneuver capabilities for the crowd (not that the F-35 will actually use it in real A2A combat since it will kill its enemies in BVR). The only fighter that can out-accelerate the F-35 in full combat configuration is the F-22 because it too keeps its weapons internally. All the 4th and so called 4.5th gen fighters are dragged fown by bombs, external sensors and EFTs like Christmas trees. Not to mention those external loads make them light up in the enemies' radars also like christmas trees.

 

[StealthFlanker]

F35 is not impressive. With few fuel and 18T engine it can have impressive acceleration.
But in the air it is heavy, slow moving, degrading a lot of energy. Sorry, nothing half a F22 level.

You are a bad liar,
F-35 can carry more internal fuel and can fly further on internal fuel than Rafale, Eurofighter, F-15, F-16, Mig-29, Mig-35 , Gripen , Mirage 2000, Harrier, Mig-21 , F-18C/D , F-18E/F so to claim that it can carry only carry little fuel is out right lying.
F-35 STR is nearly the same as F-16 while its ITR simply much better, not to mention better post stall capability than all Western fighter except F-22

 

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You are a bad liar,
F-35 can carry more internal fuel and can fly further on internal fuel than Rafale, Eurofighter, F-15, F-16, Mig-29, Mig-35 , Gripen , Mirage 2000, Harrier, Mig-21 , F-18C/D , F-18E/F so to claim that it can carry only carry little fuel is out right lying.
F-35 STR is nearly the same as F-16 while its ITR simply much better, not to mention better post stall capability than all Western fighter except F-22

LOL. Your are THE liar specialist!
Never imagine this F35 was fill up of fuel to make this aero demo! And fully fuel loaded it is a turkey in the sky.
F35 STR is average. It is smashed by all euro Canard in ITR and STR.

 

[vampyrbladez]

LOL. Your are THE liar specialist!
Never imagine this F35 was fill up of fuel to make this aero demo! And fully fuel loaded it is a turkey in the sky.
F35 STR is average. It is smashed by all euro Canard in ITR and STR.

This should prove @asianobserve 's point on maneuverability.

 

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Oldest F-35B Could Hit Service Life Limit In 2026

http://aviationweek.com/defense/old...m=email&elq2=021ff312eb054ffe8d8bc5d5855945c5

US hour seems not to be made of 60 minutes, but of 240 !

 

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This should prove @asianobserve 's point on maneuverability.

What are the speeds, altitudes, external temperatures, fuel on board etc....
( even the speed of the different films may be differents )

This video means nothing.

We just know from US mouths that a twin seater F16 with 2 external tanks beats the F35 in dog fight.

 

[vampyrbladez]

What are the speeds, altitudes, external temperatures, fuel on board etc....
( even the speed of the different films may be differents )

This video means nothing.

We just know from US mouths that a twin seater F16 with 2 external tanks beats the F35 in dog fight.

That was an older F 35A with a FCS that needed fine tuning. This was from last year's airshow.

 

[BON PLAN]

That was an older F 35A with a FCS that needed fine tuning. This was from last year's airshow.

older F35 ? it was a 2016 flight, ie 10 years after first pre serial flight..... YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS.
FBW are among the first thing to be fine tuned, because a lot of things are collegated with that.