(F-35A)

Specifications (F-35A)

The first of 15 pre-production F-35s

F-35A and F-35C armament

F-35B cutaway with LiftFan

Crew: 1General characteristics

• Length: 51.4 ft (15.67 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft (10.7 m)
• Height: 14.2 ft(4.33 m)
• Wing area: 460 ft²(42.7 m²)
• Empty weight: 29,300 lb (13,300 kg)
• Loaded weight: 49,540 lb(22,470 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb(31,800 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
  • Dry thrust: 28,000 lbf (125 kN)
  • Thrust with afterburner: 43,000 lbf(191 kN)
• Internal fuel: 18,480 lb (8,382 kg)^{[nb 5]}

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 1.67^[177] (1,283 mph, 2,065 km/h)
• Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel
• Combat radius: over 590 nmi (1,090 km) on internal fuel^[178]
• Service ceiling: 60,000 ft^[179] (18,288 m)
• Rate of climb: classified (not publicly available)
• Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight:
  
  • With full fuel: 0.87
  • With 50% fuel: 1.07
• g-Limits: 9 g^{[nb 6]}

Armament

• Guns: 1 × General Dynamics GAU-22/A Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 4-barreled gatling cannon, internally mounted with 180 rounds^{[nb 7][63]}
• Hardpoints: 6 × external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg)^[63][67] and 2 × internal bays with 2 pylons each^[67] for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg)^[170] and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Missiles:
    
    • Air-to-air: AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-132 ASRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-T, Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM) (after 2020)^[180]
    • Air-to-ground: AGM-154 JSOW, AGM-158 JASSM^[74]
  • Bombs:
    
    • Mark 84, Mark 83 and Mark 82 GP bombs
    • Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
    • Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
    • Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
    • Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
    • JDAM-series
    • B61 nuclear bomb (for F-35A in 2017)^{[181][182][183][184]}

Avionics

• Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar

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