F-35 sensor suite

[Mike]

Hi, all. Anyone seen this yet? Pretty impressive, and surprisingly not classified. Some of these bits have already been flying, retrofitted to F-15s when the F-22 buy was reduced.
The air to air environment is getting lethaler and lethaler ) Glad I'm retired.


YouTube - F 35 Distributed Aperture System EO DAS

 

[David Morton]

Mike,
Wouldn't you really love to have a go ? I certainly would. Very clever kit though I doubt he IRST will ever be called on again. With such a high value aeroplane I cannot think it would be risked in aerial 'one on one' dogfights though it would seem to be an extension of Mode 4.