Ground testing of the GAU-22/A on the F-35A begins

AF-2 has been busy at the Gun Harmonizing Range at Edwards Air Force Base testing the GAU-22/A 25mm canon on the ground.

Photo: Lockheed Martin

As the canon was not meant to be fired when the aircraft is not airborne, engineers had to program the jet into thinking it’s in the air to trigger the firing mechanism.

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