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Description
General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 51.4 ft (15.67 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft[N 6] (10.7 m)
Height: 14.2 ft[N 7] (4.33 m)
Wing area: 460 ft²[102] (42.7 m²)
Empty weight: 23,500 lb (10,660 kg)
Loaded weight: 49,540 lb[68][N 8][260] (22,470 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb[N 9] (31,800 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
Dry thrust: 28,000 lbf[261][N 10] (125 kN)
Thrust with afterburner: 43,000 lbf[261][262] (191 kN)
Internal fuel capacity: 18,480 lb (8,382 kg)[N 11]

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 1.6+[98] (1,200 mph, 1,930 km/h)
Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel
Combat radius: over 590 nmi[N 12] (1,090 km) on internal fuel[263]
Service ceiling: 60,000 ft[264] (18,288 m)
Rate of climb: classified (not publicly available)
Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight:
With full fuel: 0.87
With 50% fuel: 1.07
g-Limits: 9 g[N 13]
Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan and one Rolls-Royce/Allison shaft-driven lift-fan

Armament

Guns: 1 × external 25-mm GAU-12 gun pod]
Hardpoints: 6 × external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg)[98][102] and 2 internal bays with 2 pylons each[102] for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg)[69] and provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles:
AIM-120 AMRAAM
AIM-132 ASRAAM
AIM-9X Sidewinder
IRIS-T
JDRADM (after 2020)[265]
AGM-154 JSOW
AGM-158 JASSM[110]
JSM
Bombs:
Mark 84, Mark 83 and Mark 82 GP bombs
Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
JDAM-series
B61 nuclear bomb[266]

Avionics

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) missile warning system
BAE Systems AN/ASQ-239 (Barracuda) electronic warfare system
Harris Corporation Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system

Description
General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 51.4 ft (15.67 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft[N 6] (10.7 m)
Height: 14.2 ft[N 7] (4.33 m)
Wing area: 460 ft²[102] (42.7 m²)
Empty weight: 23,500 lb (10,660 kg)
Loaded weight: 49,540 lb[68][N 8][260] (22,470 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb[N 9] (31,800 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
Dry thrust: 28,000 lbf[261][N 10] (125 kN)
Thrust with afterburner: 43,000 lbf[261][262] (191 kN)
Internal fuel capacity: 18,480 lb (8,382 kg)[N 11]

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 1.6+[98] (1,200 mph, 1,930 km/h)
Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel
Combat radius: over 590 nmi[N 12] (1,090 km) on internal fuel[263]
Service ceiling: 60,000 ft[264] (18,288 m)
Rate of climb: classified (not publicly available)
Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight:
With full fuel: 0.87
With 50% fuel: 1.07
g-Limits: 9 g[N 13]
Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan and one Rolls-Royce/Allison shaft-driven lift-fan

Armament

Guns: 1 × external 25-mm GAU-12 gun pod]
Hardpoints: 6 × external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg)[98][102] and 2 internal bays with 2 pylons each[102] for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg)[69] and provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles:
AIM-120 AMRAAM
AIM-132 ASRAAM
AIM-9X Sidewinder
IRIS-T
JDRADM (after 2020)[265]
AGM-154 JSOW
AGM-158 JASSM[110]
JSM
Bombs:
Mark 84, Mark 83 and Mark 82 GP bombs
Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
JDAM-series
B61 nuclear bomb[266]

Avionics

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) missile warning system
BAE Systems AN/ASQ-239 (Barracuda) electronic warfare system
Harris Corporation Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system