Porque a Internet fala tanta bobagem sobre o Jato F-35//www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS8kR7jBt6E
F-35 full mission capability rate only 27% due to parts shortages26 APRIL, 2019 SOURCE: FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM BY: GARRETT REIM LOS ANGELESThe Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II’s performance is far lower than desired by the US Department of Defense (DoD), largely due to spare parts shortages, as well as difficulty managing and moving parts around the world. Only 27% of F-35 fighters worldwide were full mission capable between May and November 2018, according to a study conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Some 52% of the stealth fighters were mission capable – able to perform at least one mission – over the same period.https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/f-35-full-mission-capability-rate-only-27-due-to-pa-457734/
(...) The F-35 fleet should reach an 80% mission capability rate by September 2020, according to the F-35 Joint Programme Office (JPO). However, the stealth fighter remains expensive to fly, costing on average $35,000 per hour to operate. The JPO is targeting a $25,000 per-flight-hour operating cost by 2025.https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lockheed-tries-reducing-f-35-costs-with-new-supplier-457615/
Missiles and F-35 drive Lockheed Martin’s sales higher23 APRIL, 2019 SOURCE: FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM BY: GARRETT REIM LOS ANGELESSales of various types of missiles and the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter pushed up Lockheed Martin’s revenue in the first quarter of 2019 about 23% year on year to $14.3 billion. Profit rose even faster, as net earnings in the first quarter of 2019 rose about 42% to $1.7 billion. The company’s aeronautics business segment’s net sales in the first quarter of 2019 increased $1.2 billion, or about 27%. Accounting for much of that rise was a $910 million increase in revenue for the F-35 programme, which stemmed from more production volume, as well as sustainment and development work. The airframer delivered 26 F-35 aircraft in the first quarter of 2019 compared to 14 examples in the first quarter of 2018.Missile systems was an especially bright spot for Lockheed Martin. The business segment’s net sales in the first quarter of 2019 increased $673 million, or 40%, year on year. A $295 million rise came from increased sales volume for the US Army’s precision fires, new hypersonic missile and classified programmes. Another $220 million came from increased order volumes primarily for THAAD and Patriot surface-to-air missiles. Lockheed Martin expects to see continued demand for its missiles.“We see strong growth in Hellfire, JASSM and [integrated air and missile defense], and from a PAC-3 standpoint, we see strong growth,” says Kenneth Possenriede, executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Lockheed Martin.At the core of Lockheed Martin’s business remains the F-35 programme, which is increasingly looking overseas for sales.“We consider [the F-35] as a true growth engine for us for the foreseeable future,” says chief executive officer Marillyn Hewson. “Close to half of the orders over the next five years are going to be in the international marketplace.”Countries with newly expressed interest in the F-35 include Poland and Romania, she says. Those nations are former Warsaw Pact members, who have jointed NATO and face an increasingly aggressive Russia. Even existing customers may increase their orders, says Hewson. Japan, whose programme of record is 147 aircraft, is one such prospective repeat customer.It’s not all roses for the F-35 programme, however. Turkey’s attempt to buy the Russian-built S-400 anti-aircraft missile battery may mean Lockheed Martin is unable to deliver its stealth fighter to that nation because of a block by the US government. Italy, a partner in the Joint Strike Fighter programme, has also expressed doubts about buying its full complement of 90 F-35s after its parliament balked at the cost. Nonetheless, Possenriede says that Turkey accounts for eight aircraft per annual production lot and Italy represents a relatively small number as well. “Italy is an important ally,” he says. “We are hopeful that they will continue on the programme, but in the grand scheme of things, [it’s] not a material number of aircraft.”https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/missiles-and-f-35-drive-lockheed-martins-sales-high-457641/
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(...) In fact, the F-35A is less capable in certain respects than an F-16 for strike missions against insurgents. It's targeting capabilities via its Electro-Optical Targeting System mounted under its nose inside a sapphire-glass encrusted framework is based on 15-year-old technology and pales in comparison to the image fidelity and certain key modes offered by latest Sniper and Litening targeting pods carried by 4th generation fighters. The F-35's EOTS is supposed to upgraded under the still as yet to be fully approved Block IV upgrade program that will enhance the F-35's software and some of its key components in the coming decade. As I have posited before, giving the F-35 the ability to carry a bolt-on Advanced Sniper pod would make sense in the interim for close air support and counter-insurgency duties. In the case of their first combat action, the F-35As hit pre-planned targets with JDAMs that don't need the aircraft's EOTS at all. We'll have to see how the jet does in more dynamic air support missions as its deployment continues, but since it flies these missions in unstealthy form, giving it the same ability to use advanced targeting pods that 4th generation fighters use seems incredibly logical. (...)https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27752/usaf-f-35as-made-first-ever-combat-strikes-with-radar-reflectors-and-aim-9xs-fitted
Citação de: Lusitano89 em Maio 01, 2019, 12:41:02 am http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/cacas-f-35a-da-usaf-participam-da-primeira-missao-de-combate/?fbclid=IwAR28HskA5i91DMVaBbxZlQX5dCZ8_cM3GN_XS15g0W6pD-sm1fMbrGxicAsParece que os pods Sniper, e mesmo os nossos Litening G4, são mais eficientes e possuem mais modos e melhor definição que o sistema EOTS (Electro-Optical Targeting System) que equipa actualmente o F-35 Block 3F. Citar(...) In fact, the F-35A is less capable in certain respects than an F-16 for strike missions against insurgents. It's targeting capabilities via its Electro-Optical Targeting System mounted under its nose inside a sapphire-glass encrusted framework is based on 15-year-old technology and pales in comparison to the image fidelity and certain key modes offered by latest Sniper and Litening targeting pods carried by 4th generation fighters. The F-35's EOTS is supposed to upgraded under the still as yet to be fully approved Block IV upgrade program that will enhance the F-35's software and some of its key components in the coming decade. As I have posited before, giving the F-35 the ability to carry a bolt-on Advanced Sniper pod would make sense in the interim for close air support and counter-insurgency duties. In the case of their first combat action, the F-35As hit pre-planned targets with JDAMs that don't need the aircraft's EOTS at all. We'll have to see how the jet does in more dynamic air support missions as its deployment continues, but since it flies these missions in unstealthy form, giving it the same ability to use advanced targeting pods that 4th generation fighters use seems incredibly logical. (...)https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27752/usaf-f-35as-made-first-ever-combat-strikes-with-radar-reflectors-and-aim-9xs-fittedDepois hajam bolsos para o Block 4...
CAVOK.COM.BRLockheed projeta um novo suporte para dois AAMs adicionais nos F-35 A e CA Lockheed Martin, fabricante do F-35 Lightning II, projetou um novo suporte de armas para permitir que a aeronave carregue dois mísseis ar-ar adicionais internamente. O novo suporte, chamado de Sidekick, permite que cada um dos dois compartimentos de armas do F-35A da Força Aérea e do F-35C da M...
Uma adição bem vinda para o F-35. E será só para Amraam ou já permitirá a integração dos Aim-9X?
less than $80 million each, down from $89.5 million apiece in the deal signed last September. That price point suggests the company will meet its 2020 price targets for the warplane, whose lengthy development and higher-than-expected initial costs have drawn much criticism.