Lockheed Martin Corporation
Airigami X by BTCAP (US)
2007 c/s
Boeing 737-300

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• The Lockheed Martin CATBird (<strong>C</strong>ooperative <strong>A</strong>vionics <strong>T</strong>est <strong>B</strong>ed) was a Lufthansa 737-300 for 15 years, and then they retired it to be replaced by a newer aircraft, and then Lockheed Martin bought it and extremely modified it to serve as a testbed for the F-35 avionics (An earlier aircraft with a very similar mission, Boeing 757 CATFISH used to test the F-22 avionics has existed). The CATBird has an F-35 nose (that is why the aircraft has that weird nose), a canard just aft of the front doors, and another canard-type wing between the wing and tail. Onboard, there is most of the avionics that the F-35 has.