Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
(asked on 2nd June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Joint Strike Fighter F-35s are allowed to use (a) night vision and (b) the distributed aperture system when landing on an aircraft carrier at night.
This question was answered on 10th June 2015
The F-35 night vision and distributed aperture system capabilities are still under developmental test and have not been cleared for operational use by the US or any other F-35 partner nation when landing on a carrier at night.