The U.S. and a Growing List of Allies will Fly Modernized F-35 Jets Into the 2070s

Video Above: F-35s to Europe

By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

As the F-35 blasts onto the scene in greater numbers, some might be of the mind to wonder how the Joint Strike Fighter will stay relevant, current and cutting edge into the 2070s given the pace of technological change and rapid arrival of new technologies.

The advent of 6th-Generation aircraft and explosive growth in AI has generated a technological climate in which breakthrough systems come to fruition on a much faster timetable. 

Things like advanced computer simulations, digital engineering and of course cyber-related information processing kinds of innovations are reshaping the landscape quickly. New sensors, weapons, information processing and even new stealth configurations are likely to arrive faster than expected.

The answer is that engineers working on the F-35 over the past decade have built a specific modernization plan into the F-35 with a mind to keeping the jet cutting edge and hopefully superior well into the 2070s.

How is this possible?