The multinational F-35 program last week conducted its second weapons drop and gained two fully installed full-mission simulators. On Oct. 17, a conventional-takeoff-and-landing F-35, AF-1, performed ...

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Key Points and Summary - The F-35 has endured schedule slips, software headaches, and endless debate. -Yet air forces keep buying it for the same five reasons: it sees more, shares more, survives more ...

The F-35 program is delaying some of its planned Block 4 upgrades as it focuses on delivering capabilities as early as 2031. (A1C Eli Rose/Air Force) The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is scaling ...

The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee found that a “pattern of short-term decision-making” had delayed investment in the F-35 fighter jet early on, increasing its later costs. The British ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-engine, stealth multirole fighters designed to excel in air-to-air, air-to-ground, and electronic warfare missions. The F-35 incorporates ...

A blistering new assessment of the F-35 stealth-fighter program said the Pentagon is rewarding Lockheed Martin Corp. with on-time payment bonuses even when it delivers planes as much as two months ...

Lockheed Martin reported producing a record-breaking number of F-35s in 2025, and expanding its orders abroad—even as some nations have scaled back or withdrawn from the program. Aerospace giant ...