Heating Things up with Lightning: F-35 Climatic Testing

25 févr. 2015 Lockheed Martin

An F-35 Flight Test Engineer gives details about F-35 climatic testing at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin AFB, Florida. During this testing, the team simulates a day’s worth of solar exposure to the aircraft and puts the jet through simulated operations to ensure its avionics still function despite extreme heat exposure.