During the third test flight, the demonstrator of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) XQ-58A Valkyrie, which should become the guided partner of the fifth generation fighter F-35 Lightning II, was damaged, reports The Drive. The incident occurred on October 9 at the Yuma test site in Arizona (USA) while landing a drone. Prior to this, […]
Pentagon buys nearly 500 F-35 fighters
The Pentagon has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the construction of 478 fifth-generation F-35 fighter-bombers worth $ 34 billion. This was announced on Tuesday, October 29, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Ellen Lord told reporters, reports TASS. “This is a historic milestone in the production of these fighters,” said the Lord. The first […]
Germany saw the "invisible" F-35
The German company Hensoldt invented the TwInvis passive radar station (radar), capable of "seeing" the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II fighter, according to C4ISRNET. The American publication, referring to Hensoldt, writes that the company’s radar managed to track a couple of stealth aircraft at a distance of 150 kilometers during the ILA Berlin Air Show […]
F-22 and F-35 will be connected by the “Babylonian fish”
Fifth-generation fighters F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II will interact with each other through a guided drone equipped with a promising artificial intelligence (AI) system, reports Breaking Defense statement of the U.S. Air Force (U.S.) purchasing director Will Roper. The military said that the AI system was created as part of the Skyborg program, which, […]
Russia recognized the ability of the S-400 to “desacralize” the F-35
In Turkey, the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) can “deacralize” fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters, the Russian Defense Ministry reports to RIA Novosti. "The thrill and excitement of the Pentagon over the probable desacralization of F-35 fighters by Turkish S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems is not unfounded," the military department said. It also notes that […]
Lockheed Martin showed the world “eyes” F-35
The American military-industrial company Lockheed Martin has posted on Facebook a video demonstrating the operation of the advanced electro-optical aiming system Advanced Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) of the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II fighter. “See the difference — On the right, the Advanced EOTS for the F-35 Lightning II offers crystal clear resolution, unrivaled multispectral […]
The US decided to replace the F-22 and F-35
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to radically change the strategy for acquiring promising fighters by taking the industry to create new aircraft for five years or less, Defense Rocket Procurement Executive Director Will Roper told Defense News. According to him, the changes in the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, which involves the creation […]
In China, talked about the impact of the Su-57 on the F-35
The appearance of the export version of the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 will destroy the monopoly of the American F-35 Lightning II, writes Sohu. “Many countries that are at war with the United States will be able to purchase fifth-generation aircraft, and the Americans will have to think carefully before sending their troops there,” the […]
F-35 trained to fight with Russia
The fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II in live broadcast mode transmitted data to the US Army's integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) unified control system for air defense and missile defense, Defense Defense reports. According to the publication, the demonstration made it possible to verify the ability of the F-35 Lightning II […]
Disclosed is the method of Su-57 to avoid hitting F-22 and F-35
Active Phased Array Radar (AFAR) radar and engines provide the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 with combat advantages over the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II, as well as the Chinese J-20, TASS military observer Viktor Litovkin believes. The author recalls that the elements of the Su-57 AFAR radar are located in the front of […]