Heat Problems Could Stop the F-35 Fighter Cold

[rangerrebew]

Heat Problems Could Stop the F-35 Fighter Cold
Story by Rebecca Grant • 16h


Bar none, the F-35 Lightning II is the hottest fighter jet in the world.  Israel’s F-35’s led the October attack on Iran’s air defenses, and last year, their F-35s tracked and shot down an incoming cruise missile.  Two U.S. Air Force F-35s just landed on a highway in Finland, while a Japanese F-35 intercepted an intruding Russian patrol plane. More U.S. F-35s are in the Middle East and the Marine Corps F-35C is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in US Central Command’s area of responsibility.
 
The F-35 Is Feeling the 'Heat'
In years ahead, the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and 18 allies and partner nations are counting on the F-35 to shoulder many roles, from exotic electronic warfare to working with drones. But these advanced missions are in danger unless the F-35 Joint Program Office figures out a fast fix for the F-35 cooling system.

“Due to the massive leap in cooling and power needed to support post-2029 mission system upgrades on the F-35, the existing Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) will need to either be massively upgraded or replaced,” the USAF has said.

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[PeteS in CA]

Heat Problems Could Stop the F-35 Fighter Cold

Or might not. F-35-bashers cry wolf when the "problem" is a Yorkie.

[Smokin Joe]

Electronics produce heat. too much and the gizmos don't work. "Upgrades" implies additional processing power, which may or may not mean more heat to dispose of compared to earlier models.

[PeteS in CA]

Electronics produce heat. too much and the gizmos don't work. "Upgrades" implies additional processing power, which may or may not mean more heat to dispose of compared to earlier models.

Other than with devices like klystrons or TWTs, heat is not electronics friend. The wolf-crying article is talking about a "problem", 5 years out, that might never happen. Believe it or not, the people working on the potential upgrades are all but certainly working on the potential heat dissipation issue.

[Smokin Joe]

Other than with devices like klystrons or TWTs, heat is not electronics friend. The wolf-crying article is talking about a "problem", 5 years out, that might never happen. Believe it or not, the people working on the potential upgrades are all but certainly working on the potential heat dissipation issue.

I would think they'd be fully aware of the problem and doing their damndest to solve it.