Was the Joint Strike Fighter program a jet choice or doctrine choice and have the airframe choose the jet? The defeat of the Boeing X-32 to what was later to become the F-35 is usually seen as loss of ...

The U.S. Dept. of Defense issued a further $27.2 million to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics within the context of a previously awarded contract for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The original, December ...

The supersonic aircraft is widely recognized as a top fifth-generation fighter jet, but the program has faced criticisms.

F-35 maintenance is a matter of much concern to operators: a recent Pentagon inspector general report found that the aircraft’s average availability rate for 2024 was only about 50%. The Pentagon ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says it was “unfair” to banish his country from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and has called for Ankara to be readmitted to the project. In his first ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Hewson, speaking at Bethesda-based Lockheed's media day in ...

Once the TR-3 upgrade package is implemented, the F-35 will pose an even greater threat to adversaries. Though the US Air Force and Navy’s upcoming Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) and F/A-XX ...