F-35 Lightning II: Canada's next fighter
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The Government of Canada committed approximately $9 billion to the acquisition of 65 F-35 aircraft and associated weapons, infrastructure, initial spares, training simulators, contingency funds and project operating costs. Delivery of the new aircraft is expected to start in 2016.
In the following 12 pictures, CTV.ca takes a closer look at Canada's so called 'next generation fighter.'
Lockheed Martin
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F-35 Lightning II piloted by Jeff 'Slim' Knowles.
The F-35 Lightning II has been developed by Lockheed Martin and partners through the Joint Strike Fighter program, a multinational effort to build and sustain an affordable, multi-role, next generation stealth fighter aircraft. Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Denmark, Norway, and Australia are all partners in the program.
Lockheed Martin
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As a partner in the Joint Strike Fighter program since 1997, Canada participated in the extensive and rigorous U.S.-led competitive process, which led to the selection of Lockheed Martin and its partners as the Joint Strike Fighter manufacturer in 2001.
David Drais / Lockheed Martin
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F-35 AF-1 & AF-2 Arrival at Edwards Air Force Base.
The F-35A is designed to be both an information gatherer and transmitter in a vast network. Its processing power, open architecture, powerful sensors, information fusion and flexible communications links will make the F-35 an indispensable tool in future operations.
Lockheed Martin
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F-35B AF-1 Flight 30. Second In-Flight Conversion at NAS Patuxent River.
The F-35B is the first aircraft in history to combine stealth with short takeoff/vertical landing capability and supersonic speed. This distinction gives the F-35B the unique ability to operate from small ships, roads and austere bases.
Lockheed Martin
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F-35s AF1 and AF2 flt together at same time AF1 in flight.
The F-35A internal weapons bay is reconfigurable for all air-to-ground ordnance, all air-to-air ordnance or a blend of both. When stealth is no longer required to execute a mission, the F-35A external pylons are loaded with ordnance, giving the aircraft a weapons payload of more than 18,000 pounds.
Lockheed Martin
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The seventh Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II flight test aircraft leaves the runway on its first flight April 20 at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. The primary role of the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, known as AF-2, will be weapons testing.
Lockheed Martin
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The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II begins descending to its first vertical landing on March 18, 2010, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. The successful test confirmed the aircraft's power and controllability during hover and vertical landing, a requirement that will enable supersonic stealth jet to operate out of confined spaces on land or small ships
Lockheed Martin
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as Joint Strike Fighter. Plane BF-1 shown in flight.
The F-35 is designed for extraordinary air-to-air combat performance, using advanced stealth to avoid detection while employing a massively powerful sensor package to locate, target and destroy multiple adversary fighter aircraft. Those threats are eliminated before the F-35's presence is even known.
Lockheed Martin
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A Canadian Forces pilot has his picture taken in front of a F-35 Strike Fighter prior to an announcement in Ottawa, Friday July 16, 2010. The Harper government announced one of the biggest military equipment purchases in history on Friday July 16, 2010, to buy the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from Lockheed Martin.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway Peter MacKay makes an announcement in front of a F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Ottawa, Friday July 16, 2010.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Minister of Industry Tony Clement gives the thumbs up as he sits in the cockpit of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter following an announcement in Ottawa, Friday July 16, 2010.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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