Programmable System Guides Jet to New Heights

摘要

The U.S. military's newest combat aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, is designed as a mul-tirole platform capablernof carrying out a range of missions for different services and foreign allies. Its brains are an advanced software programmable avionics packagernthat can be rapidly reconfigured for new operations. The package manages the aircraft's navigations, communica-tions, electronic warfare, and identification friend or foe functions.