The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, supersonic stealth strike fighters. A multirole combat aircraft designed for both air superiority and strike missions, it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor with principal partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B, and the carrier variant (CV) catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) F-35C.
the lockheed martin f-35 lightning ii is an american family of single-seat single-engine supersonic stealth strike fighters a multirole combat aircraft designed for both air superiority and strike missions it also has electronic warfare and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities lockheed martin is the prime f-35 contractor with principal partners northrop grumman and bae systems the aircraft has three main variants the conventional takeoff and landing (ctol) f-35a the short take-off and vertical-landing (stovl) f-35b and the carrier variant (cv) catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery (catobar) f-35c