Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Italian Navy MMI

Italian Navy / Marina Militare Italiana
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II

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05/24

Units:

Carrier Air Group (Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati - GRUPAER)
Operations Unit (Reparto Operazioni)
Naval Aircraft Station (Stazione Aeromobili della Marina Militare - MARISTAER) - Grottaglie Airport, Taranto

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor with principal partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B, and the carrier-based (CV/CATOBAR) F-35C.

The F-35 first flew in 2006 and entered service with the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B in July 2015, followed by the U.S. Air Force F-35A in August 2016 and the U.S. Navy F-35C in February 2019. The aircraft was first used in combat in 2018 by the Israeli Air Force. The U.S. plans to buy 2,456 F-35s through 2044, which will represent the bulk of the crewed tactical aviation of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps for several decades; the aircraft is planned to be a cornerstone of NATO and U.S.-allied air power and to operate until 2080.

Italian Navy: 15 F-35Bs ordered for the Italian Navy for service aboard C550 ITS Cavour and the future L9890 ITS Trieste.

General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 51.2 ft (15.6 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft (10.7 m)
Height: 14.3 ft (4.36 m)
Wing area: 460 sq ft (42.74 m2)
Empty weight: 32,472 lb (14,729 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 60,000 lb (27,200 kg)
Weapon payload: 15,000 lb (6,800 kg)
Fuel capacity: 13,500 lb (6,123 kg) internal
Range: 900 nmi (1,700 km)
Combat radius: 505 nmi (935 km) on internal fuel
Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
g limits: +7.0

Powerplant:
1 x Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-600 two-spool, axial flow, augmented turbofan with shaft driven remote lift fan
Maximum thrust: 27,000 lbf (120 kN) military thrust / 41,000 lbf (182 kN) with afterburner / 40,650 lbf (181 kN) hovering
Maximum speed: Mach 1.6 at altitude

Armament:
Gun: 1 x 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-22/A 4-barrel rotary cannon, 180 rounds

Hardpoints: 4 x internal stations, 6 x external stations on wings with a capacity of 5,700 pounds (2,600 kg) internal, 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg) external, 18,000 pounds (8,200 kg) total weapons payload,with provisions to carry combinations of:

Missiles: Air-to-air missiles:
AIM-120 AMRAAM
AIM-9X Sidewinder
AIM-132 ASRAAM
MBDA Meteor (Block 4)

Air-to-surface missiles:
AGM-88G Extended Range Advanced Antiradiation Guided Missile (AARGM-ER)
AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
Select Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) Capability 3 (SPEAR 3)
AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM)
Joint Strike Missile (JSM, planned)

Anti-ship missiles:
AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)

Bombs:
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) series
Paveway series laser-guided bombs
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
AGM-154 JSOW
Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
Mk 77 incendiary bombs
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) capable
B61 Mod.12 nuclear bomb

Avionics:
AN/APG-81 AESA radar
AAQ-40 E/O Targeting System (EOTS)
AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) missile warning system
AN/ASQ-239 Barracuda electronic warfare system

AN/ASQ-242 CNI suite, which includes:
Harris Corporation Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS)
An IFF interrogator and transponder
HAVE QUICK - ECM resistant frequency-hopping system
AM, VHF, UHF AM, and UHF FM Radio
GUARD survival radio
Tactical air navigation system (TACAN)
Instrument carrier landing system
Joint precision approach and landing system (JPALS)
TADIL-J JVMF/VMF / Link 16

source: wikipedia+

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