F-35A Jet Fighter's Gatling Gun Succesfully Test-Fires 181 Rounds

An F-35A all-weather, stealth multirole fighter jet fired 181 rounds from its four-barrel, 25mm Gatling gun during a ground test at Edwards Air Force Base, California, this month. The gun was embedded in the F-35A’s left wing and will provide pilots with the “ability to target air-to-ground or air-to-air targets,” according to F-35 designers Lockheed Martin.

A statement on the Lockheed Martin website said, “To conduct the testing, an F-35 flight sciences aircraft, AF-2, underwent instrumentation modifications and used a production version of the GAU-22/A gun. The ground tests were designed using software to replicate being in flight and the aircraft used a target practice round, PGU-23/U, which does not explode on impact.” Credit: YouTube/LockheedMartinVideos