years behind schedule and not without
some controversy America’s
fifth-generation fighter jet represents
the future of stealth aircrafts welcome
to watchmojo.com down the five most
interesting things we could learn about
the Lockheed Martin f-35 Lightning to
the brand-new super jet
we’re probably already working on it
number five f-35 helmets allow pilots to
see through the plane visibility has
always been a challenge in fighter jets
rocket Valka previous generations of
planes have sometimes had multiple
screens showing real-time imagery from
four different directions but the
custom-fitted $400,000.00 f-35 helmet
shows real-time imagery from infrared
cameras all around the plane in a
seamless augmented reality display
effectively allowing the pilots to see
right through their own plane
the display also shows them targeting
information and interfaces with the
communication system
congratulations military you’re one step
closer to being Iron Man cage heads-up
display check for no preferences from
home interface will do so number four
the f-35 is the most versatile fighter
jet ever built in 2001 the prototype of
the f-35 the ex35 was named as the
victor of the Joint Strike Fighter
competition which was created to find a
replacement to multiple aircraft
including the f-16 fighter the low
altitude ground support a10 and vertical
take-off enabled Harrier jets as such
it’s sort of a Swiss Army knife for
multiple branches of the US military
it’s designed to perform bombing
missions support ground troops and
perform well in dogfights
in theory the f-35 s versatility should
change the rules of modern combat but
critics like defense analyst Pierre
sprey are skeptical of this
jack-of-all-trades concept spray argues
that the technical requirements of each
role are so inherently different that
trying to design one plane to meet them
all will only result in an expensive
mediocre flying lemon so what is it good
at it’s not good at anything what about
your turkey those critics might be right
but unfortunately as civilians we don’t
have ax
to the full range of test flight results
so we won’t know for some time that’s
classified
it’s what it’s classified
I could tell you but then I’d have to
kill you number three the f-35 lightning
ii is expensive sprays at least right
about that part you know a plane is
going to break the bank when even the
helmet cost four hundred thousand
dollars but for the craft itself for the
actual f-35 the price depends on the
desired model the conventional f-35 for
airforce purposes will cost ninety eight
million dollars that’s called the f-35 a
the b version is capable of short
takeoff in vertical landing and goes for
a hundred and four million dollars
finally the carrier-based f-35 is valued
at one hundred and sixteen million
dollars a little more due to something
called lift system which allows for
vertical takeoffs this is a huge plus
when being deployed from a carrier
vessel compare these prices to the f-16
which these jets are designed to replace
according to Time magazine the Pentagon
stop buying f-16s in 1995 and paid an
average of only seventeen million
dollars each number to the f-35 program
is global well I guess one result of all
that spending is that a lot of people
get paid the planes official website yep
weapons have websites claims that it
creates or supports jobs for nearly a
hundred and fifty thousand people in
forty-five different states and Puerto
Rico
in fact nine international partners
initially banded together for heightened
global security the United States Canada
Australia Denmark the Netherlands Norway
Turkey the United Kingdom and Italy
which is home to one of the two final
assembly and checkup facilities beyond
US borders the other is located in Japan
rather than seeing this international
multi-state involvement as a positive
thing some critics of the project say
that spreading out the workload is just
Lockheed Martin’s way of making sure
that it will never get cancelled which
is a legit concern because number one
the f-35 program is behind schedule and
over budget despite the international
cooperation and the mind-boggling
technology of the f-35
the fact remains that it’s still years
behind schedule and wildly over the
original budget as in 163 billion
dollars over budget we have 35 s program
programs record of performance has been
both a scandal and a tragedy with
respect to cost schedule and performance
Congress was not happy
the original delivery date for 1013
f-35s was 2016 less than 200 had been
delivered as of April 2016 with Skott
costs skyrocketing for a plane that has
been plagued with troubles after
troubles some have charged that Lockheed
Martin’s system of concurrent flight
testing and production is a recipe for
expensive retrofits design flaws
including to its engine caused expensive
retrofits and lengthy delays a 2016
Government Accountability Office report
noted that defects in the plane’s
computer brain could mean increased cost
of up to 100 billion dollars more
pushing the entire project to 500
billion dollars perhaps that’s just the
cost of security
what do you think well the f-35 improved
global security or is it just a massive
expensive boondoggle for more
jack-of-all-trades top tens and master
of none top fives be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
some controversy America’s
fifth-generation fighter jet represents
the future of stealth aircrafts welcome
to watchmojo.com down the five most
interesting things we could learn about
the Lockheed Martin f-35 Lightning to
the brand-new super jet
we’re probably already working on it
number five f-35 helmets allow pilots to
see through the plane visibility has
always been a challenge in fighter jets
rocket Valka previous generations of
planes have sometimes had multiple
screens showing real-time imagery from
four different directions but the
custom-fitted $400,000.00 f-35 helmet
shows real-time imagery from infrared
cameras all around the plane in a
seamless augmented reality display
effectively allowing the pilots to see
right through their own plane
the display also shows them targeting
information and interfaces with the
communication system
congratulations military you’re one step
closer to being Iron Man cage heads-up
display check for no preferences from
home interface will do so number four
the f-35 is the most versatile fighter
jet ever built in 2001 the prototype of
the f-35 the ex35 was named as the
victor of the Joint Strike Fighter
competition which was created to find a
replacement to multiple aircraft
including the f-16 fighter the low
altitude ground support a10 and vertical
take-off enabled Harrier jets as such
it’s sort of a Swiss Army knife for
multiple branches of the US military
it’s designed to perform bombing
missions support ground troops and
perform well in dogfights
in theory the f-35 s versatility should
change the rules of modern combat but
critics like defense analyst Pierre
sprey are skeptical of this
jack-of-all-trades concept spray argues
that the technical requirements of each
role are so inherently different that
trying to design one plane to meet them
all will only result in an expensive
mediocre flying lemon so what is it good
at it’s not good at anything what about
your turkey those critics might be right
but unfortunately as civilians we don’t
have ax
to the full range of test flight results
so we won’t know for some time that’s
classified
it’s what it’s classified
I could tell you but then I’d have to
kill you number three the f-35 lightning
ii is expensive sprays at least right
about that part you know a plane is
going to break the bank when even the
helmet cost four hundred thousand
dollars but for the craft itself for the
actual f-35 the price depends on the
desired model the conventional f-35 for
airforce purposes will cost ninety eight
million dollars that’s called the f-35 a
the b version is capable of short
takeoff in vertical landing and goes for
a hundred and four million dollars
finally the carrier-based f-35 is valued
at one hundred and sixteen million
dollars a little more due to something
called lift system which allows for
vertical takeoffs this is a huge plus
when being deployed from a carrier
vessel compare these prices to the f-16
which these jets are designed to replace
according to Time magazine the Pentagon
stop buying f-16s in 1995 and paid an
average of only seventeen million
dollars each number to the f-35 program
is global well I guess one result of all
that spending is that a lot of people
get paid the planes official website yep
weapons have websites claims that it
creates or supports jobs for nearly a
hundred and fifty thousand people in
forty-five different states and Puerto
Rico
in fact nine international partners
initially banded together for heightened
global security the United States Canada
Australia Denmark the Netherlands Norway
Turkey the United Kingdom and Italy
which is home to one of the two final
assembly and checkup facilities beyond
US borders the other is located in Japan
rather than seeing this international
multi-state involvement as a positive
thing some critics of the project say
that spreading out the workload is just
Lockheed Martin’s way of making sure
that it will never get cancelled which
is a legit concern because number one
the f-35 program is behind schedule and
over budget despite the international
cooperation and the mind-boggling
technology of the f-35
the fact remains that it’s still years
behind schedule and wildly over the
original budget as in 163 billion
dollars over budget we have 35 s program
programs record of performance has been
both a scandal and a tragedy with
respect to cost schedule and performance
Congress was not happy
the original delivery date for 1013
f-35s was 2016 less than 200 had been
delivered as of April 2016 with Skott
costs skyrocketing for a plane that has
been plagued with troubles after
troubles some have charged that Lockheed
Martin’s system of concurrent flight
testing and production is a recipe for
expensive retrofits design flaws
including to its engine caused expensive
retrofits and lengthy delays a 2016
Government Accountability Office report
noted that defects in the plane’s
computer brain could mean increased cost
of up to 100 billion dollars more
pushing the entire project to 500
billion dollars perhaps that’s just the
cost of security
what do you think well the f-35 improved
global security or is it just a massive
expensive boondoggle for more
jack-of-all-trades top tens and master
of none top fives be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
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