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F-35 Program Reports Improvements on Gun, Data Sharing With 4th Generation Fighters

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023

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F-35 Program Reports Improvements on Gun, Data Sharing With 4th Generation Fighters

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron speeds up for take-off during the first day of the Red Flag Alaska 23-2 exercise at Eielson AFB, Alaska on June 9, (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said that it has improved the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter's gun and data sharing with 4th generation fighters. General Dynamics [GD] builds the GAU-22/A 25 mm Gatling gun for the F-35. "After working with the Air Force and our industry partners we can report that the gun, and interoperability with 4th generation fighters, have been improved and they are effective," the F-35 JPO said in a Nov. 1 email in response to questions. "We…

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