2016-12-09 We have argued for some time that the F-35 is a key enabler of what the US Navy is now calling the kill web, namely a new sensor shooter capability operating in the distributed battlespace.
http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2012-01/long-reach-aegis
Secretary Wynne referred to this as the shaping of an offensive-defensive enterprise.
Now the Marines are working with Aegis to exercise such a capability.
In the video below, recent Navy-Marine Corps team activities involving the F-35 are highlighted which illustrate the way ahead.