Powerplant:Single Pratt and Whitney F-119 derivative reheated turbofan of up to 40,000lbs in reheat fitted with Rolls Royce designed rotating nozzle for STOVL operations.
Span: 35 ft 0in (10.65m).
Length: 50 ft 6in (15.37m).
Max Speed: In excess of Mach 1
Armament: Internal gun, plus the ability to carry a wide range of weapons both internally and externally.
Accommodation: Single-seat version only
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JSF
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be a single-seat, supersonic aircraft incorporating stealth technology due to replace RAF Harrier GR7/GR9s and Royal Navy Sea Harrier F/A2s in the early part of the next decade. Capable of performing multi-role operations from aircraft carrier and land, two consortia, one led by Boeing (with the X-32) and the other by Lockheed Martin (the X-35), are in competition to win orders from not only UK forces, but also the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps where it will replace the F-16 Fighting Falcon, AV-8 Harrier and F/A-18 Hornet. Possible total production of the JSF is estimated to be some 5,000 aircraft including export models. Current plans call for some 150 aircraft for the RAF and RN.
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