Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter

The Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter (CALF) was a joint DARPA and United States Navy project that ran from 1993 to 1994. Its aims were to harmonize requirements for a common aircraft that would meet the VSTOL needs of the United States Marine Corps and the Royal Navy; while at the same time providing a common low-cost, low-maintenance fighter platform for the United States Air Force, the United States Navy and foreign customers.[1] The program was created at the suggestion of Lockheed with participation from McDonnell Douglas, and after a year of technology validation it was merged into what would become the Joint Strike Fighter program.[2]

References
  1. "DARPA / Navy Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter (CALF) 1993-1994". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. "History > Pre-JAST". United States Defense Department/JSF.mil. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2013.


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