In air-to air-combat, The AN/APG-81 provides long range capability allowing the pilot to detect, track, identify and shoot multiple threat aircraft before the adversary detects the F-35. This offers a first look, first shot, and first kill capability.
In air-to-ground combat, this revolutionary, all-weather, precision targeting AESA provides the war fighter with unprecedented situational awareness and detection utilizing its ground and maritime modes. The AN/APG-81 radar can detect, precisely locate, and with aid of its ultra-high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mapping mode, can identify and engage military targets with outstanding reliability.