Air Force tests F-35 fighter aircraft avionics; first combat-ready jet to fly this summer

摘要

The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) aircraft has completed a demonstration of qualities of military avionicsrnsystems being developed for the F-35 Lightning II fighter-bomber during tests at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.rnThe deployment included airborne testing of the F-35 Lightning II radar, electronic warfare, and communicationsavieation/identification (CNI) systems, and more than 2.8 million lines of mission systems flight software.