Lockheed Martin CATBird
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The Lockheed Martin CATBird is a highly modified Boeing 737-330 designed as an avionics flight testbed aircraft. The name is an adaptive acronym from Cooperative Avionics Test Bed; coincidentally CATBIRD is Lockheed's ICAO-designated company callsign. The aircraft was modified in order to provide an economic means of developing and flight testing the avionics suite for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

The Lockheed Martin CATBird is a modified 737-300 with the nose of a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a pair of canards, and (inside) an F-35 cockpit; to be 1

Made by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

It is the successor of the Boeing 737 .

Developed From
Boeing 737
Predecessor
Boeing 737
Manufacturer
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Related
* Boeing 737* Boeing Business Jet* Boeing T-43* Boeing 737 AEW&C* C-40 Clipper* P-8 Poseidon
Status
Systems test aircraft
Category
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