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F-35 Lightning II

Range Requirements

Brad Bones McCoy


F-22 and F-35 Strategy and Assessment

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Multi-Mission Capability
Air-to-Air Air-to-Surface
CV

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-35 Redefines Multi-Role Aircraft


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Primary Air-Air Attributes
Relative Contribution to Effectiveness

Advanced Legacy Fighters F-35 Lightning II


Attributes Deficient

5th Gen 5th Gen


Attribute Attribute
Advanced
Advanced
Legacy
Legacy
Attribute
Attribute

4th Generation Aircraft Lack All Required Attributes


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Aerodynamic Performance
Air-Surface Weapons Load

F-35A

Adv. 4th Gen

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Signature Comparisons
4th Gen 5TH Gen
High

Adv. 4th Gen

Blue
Radar Cross

Blue
Section

First First Look


Mutual Kill
Shot First Shot
First Kill
4th Generation
Fighters Can
Never Bridge the F-35
Signature Gap
Low

VLO Stealth Must Be Designed-In From the Beginning


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Advanced Stealth
Must Be Designed In
Curved Diverterless Inlets,
Internal Fuel Tanks Buried Engine
CTOL 18,500 lbs
Fixed Array Radar Composite
STOVL Structure
14,000 lbs
Engine Inlets CV 20,000 lbs
Full Line-of-Sight Blockage
Radar Absorbing
Aligned Edges Material (RAM)
Embedded Antennas
Reduced Signature Nozzles
Large Capacity Internal
Internal Stores Carriage Fuel Tanks

Low Observable
Seams, RAM Seals

Weapons Carried
Low-Emission Radar Internally
and Avionics Embedded
Aircraft Shaping Antennas
and Edge Alignment

Fundamental 5TH Design Features Can Not Be Retrofitted

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Mission Systems
Target Detection, Track, Classification, and Identification

Day/Night Day/Night and


Capable All Weather Capable
EOTS Radar
EO DAS

Sea Surface
Search/track

RWR
ESM
Sensors: EO DAS EOTS Radar Radar
GMTI SAR

Target Class: All Classes Moving Relocatable Emitting


Increasing Range

F-35 Is Self Supporting, Long Range, and All Weather-Capable

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Multi-Spectral Sensors

Synthetic Aperture Radar Electronic Support Measures Electro-Optical Targeting System


(SAR) (ESM) (EOTS)

Ground Moving Target Indicator


(GMTI) Distributed Aperture System
(DAS)

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Mission Systems
Legend F-35 Advanced Eurofighter Rafale Gripen Su-30MKI
Good 4th Gen
Limited
None

RF Band

Radar (Current) APG-81 AESA ECR-90 RBE-2 PS-05/A Mk4 N011M


Radar (Planned) APG-81 AESA CAESAR RBE-2 Active PS-05/A Mk5 N011M+
RWR/ESM RWR/ESM RWR/ESM DASS Spectra EWS-39 Tarang-30 MkII

High Gain EA Yes None None None None None

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

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F-35 Significantly Improves Effectiveness
vs. Advanced Threats Compared to Legacy

Electronic Attack Better SEAD/DEAD Better Strike Better

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

Better ISR Better Better


Air-to-Air IADs Survivability

Targets Reached with


Relative Track Depth
Exchange Ratio

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

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Multi-Role Scenario
Threat Capability - Reduced
Baseline by VLO Stealth

Blue Nation

Red Nation

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Global Recapitalization/Force
Multiplier

CTOL

CV STOVL

Replace Relevant Throughout Perform


13 Platforms
7 Platforms Spectrum of Operations New Missions
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