More than a fighter jet, the F-35’s ability to collect, analyze and share data is a powerful force multiplier enhancing all airborne, surface and ground-based assets in the battlespace and enabling military personnel to execute their mission and come home safely.

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO) leads the life-cycle program management of the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C: the fifth-generation joint strike fighter air system of choice for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, international partners, and …

Lt. Gen. Michael J. Schmidt; Program Executive Officer, F-35 Joint Program Office, Arlington, Virginia; Lt. Gen. Michael J. Schmidt is the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office in Arlington, Virginia.

F-35 Test Pilot Flies First Roll-On Landing Aboard HMS Prince of Wales; An F-35 Lightning II test pilot performed the first roll-on landing of an F-35B fighter jet aboard the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier off the U.S. Eastern Seaboard Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.

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The only 360 degree, spherical situational awareness system. The F-35 DAS provides spherical situational awareness. The DAS surrounds the aircraft with a protective sphere of situational awareness.

Autonomic Logistics Information System / Operational Data Integrated Network. F-35 mission system Cockpit

The F-35 is the first tactical aircraft system to have sustainment tools designed in concert with the air vehicle to optimize operations. This focus on sustainment, together with economies of scale realized from a global supply chain for more than 3,000 aircraft, will help control the costs associated with maintaining a fleet of 5th Generation fighters.

A 20- by 8-inch glass cockpit touchscreen; An Adacel cockpit speech-recognition system, a first for an operational US fixed-wing aircraft

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