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Range Requirements
STOVL
Very Low
Observable Stealth
CTOL
Fighter Performance
Command &
Integrated Sensor ISR Electronic Attack
Fusion Control
Net-Enabled
Operations
Peace Keeping
Capabilities
Advanced
Sustainment
F-35A
Blue
Radar Cross
Blue
Section
Low Observable
Seams, RAM Seals
Weapons Carried
Low-Emission Radar Internally
and Avionics Embedded
Aircraft Shaping Antennas
and Edge Alignment
Sea Surface
Search/track
RWR
ESM
Sensors: EO DAS EOTS Radar Radar
GMTI SAR
RF Band
IR Band
IRST (Current) EOTS None PIRATE OSF None OLS-30
IRST (Planned) EOTS IRST PIRATE Follow-On OTIS OLS-30
Targeting FLIR EOTS Pod for AS Pod for AS Pod for AS Pod for AS ?
360 IR Threat Sensor DAS None None None None None
IR Missile Warning Yes None DASS MWR EWS-39 ?
Additional Avionics
Legacy Datalink Yes Datalink MIDS MIDS MIDS Datalink
Advanced Datalink MADL No No No No No
ECM ECM ECM ECM Spectra EWS-39 SAP-518
Sensor Fusion
10
Relative Capability
Relative Power
Relative Kills
At Threat
>6 >5
1
1 1
Adv. 4th Gen F-35 Adv. 4th Gen F-35 Adv. 4th Gen F-35
No Exposure
Relative Loss
>6 >6
4
1 2
1 1
Adv. 4th Gen F-35 Traditional Standoff F-35 Adv. 4th Gen F-35
UAV
Blue Nation
Red Nation
CTOL
CV STOVL