JT Strike Fighter (JSF) - EMD

Abstract

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program will develop and field an affordable, highly common family of next generation strike aircraft for the United States Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and allies. The three variants are the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL); F-35B Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL); and the F-35C Aircraft Carrier suitable Variant (CV). The CTOL will be a stealthy multi-role aircraft, primary air-to-ground for the Air Force to replace the F-16 and A-10 and complement the F-22. The STOVL variant will be a multi-role strike fighter aircraft to replace the AV-8B and F/A-18A/C/D for the Marine Corps, replace the Sea Harrier and GR 7 for the United Kingdom, and replace the AV-8 currently employed by the Italian Navy. The CV will provide the DoN a multi-role, stealthy strike fighter aircraft to complement the F/A-18E/F. The United Kingdom, other International Partner nations, and Foreign Military Sales customers are also participants in the JSF program. The program shown here reflects USN, USMC, USAF, and International Partner funding. Funding at the accomplishment/planned program level is reported as the total of all services and partners as these activities support all aircraft variants. The SDD Budget funds a total quantity of 20 RDT&E test articles to include 6 ground test articles and 14 flight test articles for Navy and Air Force use. FY07: 1 Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) flight test article FY08: 1 Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) flight test article; 1 STOVL ground test article FY09: 1 STOVL flight test article; 2 CTOL ground test articles FY10: 6 flight test articles: 3 CTOL, 2 STOVL, 1 Carrier Variant (CV); 3 ground test articles: 1 STOVL, 2 CV FY11: 4 flight test articles: 1 CTOL, 1 STOVL, 2 CV FY13: 1 CV flight test article BA5 - This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full-rate production.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Source ID
0604800N_5_1319_PB_2014
Change Summary Explanation
The SDD funding profile has been rephased (FY14-17) to better align resources to requirements.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Testing
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

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