Watch the $3.5bn F-35 fire its hidden 'wing cannons' in video - Daily Mail
Watch the $3. 5bn F-35 stealth jet fire its hidden 'wing cannons' (but it won't have the software to fire them in the air until 2019) The F-35 stealth jet has already cost the military more than $350billion Video shows cannons firing on the... Eventually software will allow the F-35 pilot to turn, aim a weapon with the helmet, and fire at an enemy without having to point the airplane at its target. the $40,000 helmet has also come under fire for being so large pilots can't see behind them. The F-35, in its full configuration with software known as a 'Block 3F' version, is designed to carry a suite of internal and external weapons, including the GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition, laser-guided Paveway II bomb, Advanced... However,according to the Daily Beast , this update won't happen until 2019. 'There will be no gun until [the Joint Strike Fighter's Block] 3F [software], there is no software to support it now or for the next four-ish years,' one Air Force... Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
