F-35 JSF

F-35 JSF

Marvin Engineering has served as a partner to Lockheed Martin on the F-35 Lightning II/JSF Program since 2003, overseeing the Alternate Mission Equipment (AME) package produced for this 5^th Generation aircraft by MEC as well as 3 international partners in Denmark, Italy and Norway.

Under the agreement, MEC directly produces the F-35’s Air-to-Ground Pylon, Alternate Air-to-Air Pylon and Alternate Advanced Rail Launcher (AARL).

MEC is responsible for qualifying all AME produced by the suppliers prior to delivery to the end customer and has hosted ten F-35 Alternate Mission Equipment Summits since 2004, with the 14^th held in October 2022. These events bring together industry participants from throughout the supply chain, as well as representatives from the U.S. and foreign governments.