A full-scale F-35 Joint Strike Fighter model is perched atop a pedestal overlooking a rural valley in central New York. Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory's antenna research and measurement facility here are testing the aircraft's sophisticated antenna. The model...
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Line drawing of a F-35 JSF. [Drawing by Peter van Stigt ]

The F-35 Lightning II cockpit does away with most switches and gagues in favor of two 8"x10" advanced LCD touchscreens. With the addition of the Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) to the F-35 system, there is no need for a conventional Heads Up Display (HUD) on the glare shield in...

Constructed of lightweight composites, the new Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) does away with the traditional Heads Up Display (HUD) mounted on the aircraft glare shield and allows the pilot to see relavent symbology even when looking off centerline. [LMTAS photo]

The F-35 G Suit will be standard across all three variants of the aircraft. [LMTAS photo]

Tim Wright, an ATA craftsman, examines a Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35 model in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel during a model change. The information from this testing, the final entry in a series of tests, will go into a large database to refine and validate...