Lockheed Martin released "jubilee" F-35 Lightning II

The american corporation lockheed martin the next anniversary. The program is developing "Stealth"Fighter made up of a long-awaited mark - to test flights began three hundredth f-35 lightning ii, reports "Warspot" with reference to the press service of the corporation. According to the report, "Jubilee" was the f-35 with the letter "A", which is, after all prescribed tests are going to carry on combat duty at the base of the hill (utah). All in all, at the moment, the corporation produced 197 units of f-35a, 75 f-28 35b and f-35c. In addition, the program trained more than 620 5600 pilots and technicians. The corporation said that by 2020 the cost of the latest f-35 fighter will be $80 million, thanks to increased production and reduce labor costs.

This year the corporation intends to collect 91 aircraft (last year 66), and full production should be achieved by 2023, when the rate of assembly reached 160 aircraft per year. The f-35 lightning ii is available in three versions: f-35a (basic), f-35b (with short takeoff and vertical landing) and f-35c (takes off from the aircraft carrier using the catapult, sits down with the use of arresting gear). In the framework of the jsf (joint strike fighter), suggesting the replacement of the fourth-generation fighters of the us and its allies in the fifth generation fighter f-35 lightning ii, the development, manufacture and maintenance of about four thousand aircraft and the required infrastructure is planned to spend up to $ 1. 5 trillion. .