According to report, Pentagon paid Lockheed Martin $1.7 billion without any economic adjustment, although jets 'did not meet ...

F-35 fighter jets were available to ​fly only about half the ‌time in 2024 due to maintenance shortcomings ‌by Lockheed ...

The F‑35 program is the DoD’s largest acquisition program with an estimated cost of over $2 trillion to buy, operate and ...

The principal takeaway here is that the F-15 Eagle is objectively faster, but that the F-35 Lightning II is the smarter ...

The US fleet of F-35s, the most sophisticated stealth fighter jet in the world, was only available to fly half of the time ...

The report, issued by the Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General on December 19, found that the Pentagon did ...

Defensive lasers, new weapons and power and cooling upgrades are among the new capabilities planned for the next standard of the F-35. Credit: Capt. Nathan Poblete/U.S. Air Force A busy agenda awaits ...

In pursuit of a multirole mission, the F-35’s designers accepted trade-offs that reduced its stealth performance in exchange for significant improvements elsewhere. The US military has two stealth ...

With small control surfaces and no thrust vectoring, the F-35 cannot change direction rapidly in close-range engagements. While hyper maneuverability has become a cornerstone of modern fighter jet ...

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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 F-35 Lightning II celebrated a historic milestone as the worldwide fleet has officially reached one million flight hours logged by 16 services with more than 1,100 aircraft. The F-35 Lightning II ...