Does the F-35 has a IR missile integrated on the internal bay ?

Not till Blk4.

if development of avionics is done.will it not become obsolete by the time full scale production begins in 2019. around 2020 this thing will need further upgrades to deal with post 2020 SAM systems.

Block upgrades (primarily software) are on track to happen every 2 years after IOC with hardware upgrades happening every 4 years.

Since the latest hardware upgrade is TR2 (Tech Refresh 2) that is part of Blk2B, then that puts the next hardware upgrade at Blk4 which is in the 2017/2018 timeframe. The next hardware upgrade would then happen in the 2022/23 timeframe.

Nothing precludes them from adding whatever weapon or pod to the F-35 in the meantime.

That’s understandable considering:
1. Three airframes/missions being developed
2. Level of avionics integration involved
3. New technologies in the area of RAM/RAS being developed
4. Massive amount of software being developed (for both the aircraft and ground ops)
5. The majority of the avionics dev is done (AESA, EOTS, EODAS, RwW,MADL, etc).
6. The F-35 SDD program had 20 (IIRC) flying and non-flying fighters.
7. The low numbers of Rafales actually ordered up to this point.

LM’s Sniper XR is a “mid-wave” FLIR. Since EOTS is based on teh SniperXR, I would say it’s the same.

A mid-wave FLIR typically operates in the 3 to 5 μm range (1 μm is 1000 nm or .0001 cm).

This image is a bit deceiving, to my understanding the DAS is a fixed focus system with 1x mag. It only can see roughly as far as your naked eye can, images taken at 36nm don’t quite apply here.

How was it deceptive?

Did you read the two lines above the image?

Given that, it (EODAS) is not full-blown IRST. Anything a few miles out will be hard to ID (but not track). But that’s what EOTS is for

Here is a shot of SniperXR (the father of EOTS) at 36nm from downtown Las Vegas.

I specifically stated that EODAS was not an IRST in the traditional sense and gave the above screen cap of SniperXR (which EOTS is based on) as an example of what an IRST is capable of. In no way did I imply that the 36nm shot was from EODAS.

Once they get the F-35 up and flying in Japan they will see for themselves its capabilities. At that point they will make whatever decision is best for them considering the threat at the time and their capabilities to address that threat.

A classic example of not having a source is the wiki claim that the F-35 has been changed from a “Very Low Observable” to just a “Low Observable” fighter. Wiki’s source was an Australian article that mentioned an un-named US government site (without a direct quote or link of course).

From the Wiki source”

A crucial aspect of the fighter’s “stealth capability” – radio frequency signatures – has been downgraded from “very low observable” to “low observable”, according to the US Defence Department website.

Wiki is not reliable because it can be changed by anyone and often comes with no contextual info.

For example, the cost associated with the F-35A is “F-35A: US$197 million (weapons system flyaway cost, 2012)[4]” ???

There is no such thing as “weapons system flyaway cost”, it is either “Weapons System Cost” or “Flyaway Cost” as there is a big difference between the two.

Also notice that the price is for the FY2012 F-35A taken from the FY2013 budget doc. Why not quote the price for the FY2013 F-35A since you are looking at the FY2013 budget doc to begin with?

That is full Weapon System Cost and has not been $200 mil for a couple of years.