As the F-35C becomes officially deemed “operational” and “ready for war," the Navy is adding weapons, sensors and software to the aircraft to expand its attack envelope --- and may even ...

Using the external hardpoints plus the internal weapons bay, the F-35 can carry 22,000 pounds of ordinance. That breaks down to 14 AMRAAMs and two AIM-3x Sidewinder missiles for air-to-air missiles.

An F-35 can carry four AIM-120 radar-guided missiles, two apiece in each of two weapons racks in the bomb bay. A 1970s F-15 can haul eight missiles (Boeing’s F-15X, a potential F-35 competitor ...

The Air Force’s F-35 testing, software development and integration for these new weapons are a key part of an upcoming Block 4 variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an emerging software ...

The Marine Corps F-35Bs, because of the presence of the lift fan, has very limited space in its internal weapons bay. The F-35 modifications, which will involve changes to the Station 425 bulkhead ...

Peregrine is smaller than existing missiles, allowing the Air Force and other services to stuff more of them in the internal weapons bays of stealth fighter jets like the F-35.

A US Air Force F-35 exposing its internal weapons bays at the Paris Air Show, Summer 2023. Once the plane was approved for full rate production, early versions of the jet would get updated ...

The F-35's "capacity to neutralize the enemy cannot be matched by any other airplane," former test pilot Billie Flynn told The Aviationist. ... two GBU-12 in its internal weapons bay, ...

The F-35 can carry two B61s in its internal weapons bays (pictured above), making it potentially one of the most dangerous fighters on the planet.

It features a wingspan of 35 ft and an area of 460 ft-square, much smaller than the wingspan of F-22 Raptor (44 ft) and the F-15 Eagle (42.8 ft). That unique engineering serves a purpose.

Declassified Pentagon F-35 study details reliability, security woes for America’s costliest weapon; The F-35, world’s costliest weapons program, failed to hit readiness marks for 6 years, GAO says ...