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Specifications (F-35A)

Data from Lockheed Martin specifications, F-35 Program brief, F-35 JSF Statistics 
General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• 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 capacity: 18,480 lb (8,382 kg)

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 1.6+ (1,200 mph, 1,930 km/h) Tested to Mach 1.53.
• Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel
• Combat radius: over 590 nmi (1,090 km) on internal fuel
• Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,288 m)
• 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

Armament

• Guns: 1 × General Dynamics GAU-22/A Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 4-barreled gatling cannon, internally mounted with 180 rounds
• Hardpoints: 6 × external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) and 2 internal bays with 2 pylons each for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Missiles: Air-to-air missiles:
    • AIM-120 AMRAAM
    • AIM-132 ASRAAM
    • AIM-9X Sidewinder
    • IRIS-T
    • MBDA Meteor (Pending further funding)
    • JDRADM (after 2020)
  • Air-to-surface missiles:
    • AGM-154 JSOW
    • AGM-158 JASSM
    • Brimstone missile
    • Joint Air-to-Ground Missile
    • SOM
  • Anti-ship missiles:
    • JSM
  • 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

Avionics

• Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar
• Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) missile warning system
• BAE Systems AN/ASQ-239 (Barracuda) electronic warfare system
• Harris Corporation Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system

Differences between variants

	F-35A CTOL	F-35B STOVL	F-35C Carrier version
Length	51.4 ft (15.7 m)	51.3 ft (15.6 m)	51.5 ft (15.7 m)
Wingspan	35 ft (10.7 m)	35 ft (10.7 m)	43 ft (13.1 m)
Wing Area	460 ft² (42.7 m²)	460 ft² (42.7 m²)	668 ft² (62.1 m²)
Empty weight	29,300 lb (13,300 kg)	32,000 lb (14,500 kg)	34,800 lb (15,800 kg)
Internal fuel	18,500 lb (8,390 kg)	13,300 lb (6,030 kg)	19,600 lb (8,890 kg)
Max takeoff weight	70,000 lb (31,800 kg)	60,000 lb (27,000 kg)	70,000 lb (31,800 kg)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,220 km)	900 nmi (1,670 km)	1,400 nmi (2,520 km)
Combat radius on internal fuel	590 nmi (1,090 km)	450 nmi (833 km)	640 nmi (1,185 km)
Thrust/weight full fuel 50% fuel	0.87 1.07	0.90 1.04	0.75 0.91

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