On August 14th, the amazing, hovering F-35B made its first, vertical, at-sea night landing on the USS WASP. We’ve seen it hover before, and even do a vertical take off, but man, nothing quite compares to the sheer night-vision, sci-fi awesomeness of this clip.
https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-supersonic-jet-hover-with-breathtaking-stillnes-5496766
This successful test is just one of many stepping stones on the way to actual deployment, but it’s an awesome glimpse into the future, even without the crazy night-vision effects.
The only problem is that Lockheed Martin’s video is troublingly silent. We put a soundtrack below. Now just start ’em both up, sit back, and take it all in.
U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin by Andy Wolfe
