To enhance its stealth characteristics, the F-35 uses an internal weapons bay, rather than external hard points that drastically increase an aircraft’s radar cross-section. While the internal ...

Because of the Lift Fan, the STOVL variant has smaller internal weapon bay and less internal ... and the aircraft’s ability to carry weapons internally means the F-35 can engage ground targets ...

The Marine Corps F-35Bs, due to the presence of the lift fan, has very limited space in its internal weapons bay. The F-35 modifications, which will involve changes to the Station 425 bulkhead in ...

The new missile will measure 96 inches long (but could be longer if extra fuel plugs are added) and is expected to fit within the internal weapons bay of Lockheed’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.