EGLIN AFB, Fla. — Lockheed Martin has announced a new, cutting-edge technology that will be outfitted in future iterations of the F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter. The new technology, code-named "radar" may allow the fifth-generation fighter to spot other objects in the sky.
"It's like, these beams, see?" Lauren Ramirez, spokeswoman for Lockheed Martin said during a press conference that announced the space-age technology. "And they shoot out of an invisible cannon at the nose of the aircraft. And they bounce back, and then something catches them and reads them — like two guys throwing a paper airplane back and forth, but the paper airplane has the locations of stuff in the sky on them. It's really neat."
A demonstration of the technology, pictured below, proved without a doubt that the F-35's radar technology was the key to making it the premier fighter of the modern aviation era. During the presentation, Ramirez repeatedly jumped up and down, pointing to the display and shouting "See? See? Radar!"
