Official name: F-35 A/B/C Lightning II
Manufactured: Lockheed Martin (USA & Britain).
Type: Multi-role tactical fighter.
Propulsion: Single Pratt & Whitney F135 or General Electric F136 producing 40,000 lbs of thrust.
Maximum speed: Mach 1.6.
Service ceiling: Above 50,000 ft.
Flight radius: 932 miles.
Empty weight: About 30,000 lbs, depending on the model.
Maximum takeoff weight: 70,000 lb class.
Length: 50.75 ft.
Height: 14.2 ft.
Wing area: 460 sq. ft. for A and B models, 668 sq. ft. for C model.
Thrust to weight ratio: 1.09 at 50% fuel and full afterburn.
Weaponry: 25-mm GAU-12, 15,430 lbs of weapons on 4 hard points and two internal bays.
Development Status: Airforce plans to order 1,763 A models to replace F-16, Marine Corps plan 609 orders of B model to replace Harriers, Navy will order 480 Cs to replace ageing F-18 A-Ds.
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