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F-35 Lightning II

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Manufacturer:Lockheed MartinIntroduced: 2015|Status: active|Origin: United States

AIRSPEC // F-35-LIGHTNING-II

2026 Strategic Capability IndexGlobal audited benchmark for this military asset domain

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FIREPOWER

MOBILITY

PROTECTION

SENSORS

COMBAT VALUE

UNIT COST

$80.0M

Platform Dossier & Identity

IDENTITY

Typeaircraft

Categoryair

Country🇺🇸United States

ContractorLockheed Martin

Statusactive

Generation5 Generation

Introduced2015

Service StatusActive

Data SourceJoint Program Office / Lockheed Martin Fact Sheet

Defense Tech Capability Scorecard

TACTICAL AUDIT

EW SUITE

95/100

Electronic Attack & Jamming Defense

STEALTH / RCS

96/100

Radar Signature Reduction

ACTIVE PROTECTIONPASSIVE

Hard-Kill Interception

BMS BATTLE MGMTNETWORKED

Tactical Datalink Integration

Tactical Specifications Matrix

SPEC SHEET

Length15.7 m

Width10.7 m

Height4.4 m

Weight13,300 kg

Crew1 personnel

Max Speed1,930 km/h

Range2,200 km

Endurance2.5 hrs

Ceiling15,000 m

Fuel Capacity8,382 L

PowerplantPratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 turbofan with 191 kN thrust

Weapons & Ordnance Manifest

182 RDS AMMO

PRIMARY WEAPON

GAU-22/A 25mm 4-barrel rotary cannon182 RDS

SECONDARY WEAPONS

AIM-120 AMRAAMAIM-9X Sidewinder

GUIDED MISSILES

AIM-120 AMRAAMAIM-9X SidewinderAGM-154 JSOWAGM-158 JASSM

BOMBS & GUIDED MUNITIONS

GBU-31 JDAMGBU-39 SDBGBU-12 Paveway II

Avionics & Sensor Suite

SENSORS

RadarEQUIPPED

AN/APG-81 AESA active phased array radar with SAR mode(160 km)

Fire Control (FCS)EQUIPPED

Digital Integrated Ballistic FCS

Radar Warning (RWR)EQUIPPED

AN/ALR-94 radar warning receiver

ECM SuiteACTIVE ECM

Multi-Band Electronic Jammer Suite

Thermal & FLIREQUIPPED

Thermal FLIR • Infrared (IRST) • Night Vision

Sonar SuiteN/A

N/A (Non-Naval)

Supply Chain & Industrial Intel Sheet

MIB AUDIT

PRIME CONTRACTOR85% WORKSHARE

Lockheed Martin🇺🇸

PROPULSION SYSTEM🇺🇸

F135-PW-100 TurbofanVendor: Pratt & WhitneyThrust/Power: 191 kN

RADAR / AVIONICS MANUFACTURER🇺🇸

AN/APG-81 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)Manufacturer: Northrop GrummanArchitecture: AESA Radar

PRIMARY ARMAMENT VENDOR🇺🇸

GAU-22/A 25mm Rotary CannonVendor: General Dynamics OTSPayload: 25x137mm

SENSORS / OPTICS SUITE🇺🇸

AN/AAQ-37 Electro-optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS)Vendor: Collins Aerospace

SECURE SEMICONDUCTORS🇹🇼

TSMCNode: 7nm FinFET Rad-Hardened ASIC

Passive Armor & Countermeasures

SURVIVABILITY

Armor Compositionnone

CountermeasuresAN/ALR-94 radar warning receiver, AN/ALE-70 towed decoy, MJU-68 flare decoys

Tactical Communications & Data Link

C4ISR

Tactical RadioMADL Multifunction Advanced Data Link & Link 16

Satellite UplinkEquipped

Tactical Data LinkIntegrated (Link 16/MADL)

Military EncryptionType-1 Cryptographic

Procurement & Life-Cycle Cost

COST AUDIT

Unit Purchase Cost$80,000,000

Annual Operating Cost$35,000

Annual Maintenance Cost$15,000

Operational Deployments & Operator Nations

6 Operator Nations~850 Active Units

Operator Nation	Deployment Status	Estimated Fleet Inventory
🇺🇸United States	Domestic Operator	630units
🇬🇧United Kingdom	Export Operator	36units
🇮🇱Israel	Export Operator	39units
🇯🇵Japan	Export Operator	42units
🇦🇺Australia	Export Operator	63units
🇰🇷South Korea	Export Operator	40units

Performance Analysis

HUD BENCHMARK

6-Axis Telemetry Ratings0-100 SCALE

Firepower

95/100

Mobility

95/100

Protection

85/100

Sensors

98/100

Reliability

82/100

Maintainability

76/100

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Additional Intelligence Information

AUDIT LOG

Intelligence SourceJoint Program Office / Lockheed Martin Fact Sheet

Last Verification Date2026-10-06