Lockheed Martin CATBird
The Lockheed Martin CATBird is a highly modified Boeing 737-330 designed as an avionics flight testbed aircraft. The name is an adaptive acronym, from Cooperative Avionics Test Bed; coincidentally, CATBIRD is Lockheed's ICAO-designated company callsign. The aircraft was modified in order to provide an economic means of developing and flight testing the avionics suite for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. CATBird has a distinctive appearance, with an F-35's nose and a pair of small canards located just aft of the forward entrance doors. Inside, the aircraft is equipped with racks to hold all of F-35's avionics, as well as an F-35 cockpit.
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Lockheed Martin CATBird
The Lockheed Martin CATBird is a highly modified Boeing 737-330 designed as an avionics flight testbed aircraft. The name is an adaptive acronym, from Cooperative Avionics Test Bed; coincidentally, CATBIRD is Lockheed's ICAO-designated company callsign. The aircraft was modified in order to provide an economic means of developing and flight testing the avionics suite for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. CATBird has a distinctive appearance, with an F-35's nose and a pair of small canards located just aft of the forward entrance doors. Inside, the aircraft is equipped with racks to hold all of F-35's avionics, as well as an F-35 cockpit.
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Le Lockheed Martin Catbird est ...... n multirôle F-35 Lightning II.
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The Lockheed Martin CATBird is ...... to test F-35 Block 3 Software.
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736,158,714
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2007-01-23
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* Boeing 737
* Boeing 737 Classic
* Boeing T-43
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Systems test aircraft
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Le Lockheed Martin Catbird est ...... n multirôle F-35 Lightning II.
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The Lockheed Martin CATBird is ...... s, as well as an F-35 cockpit.
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Lockheed Martin CATBird
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Lockheed-Martin Catbird
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