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 ...

Lockheed Martin expects to be held to aggressive cost targets for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) despite the Defense Dept.’s decision to budget for development and production based on more ...

At the end of September, the US Government’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) finalized a $25 billion deal for up to 296 more fighter jets. The sum of money for lots 18 and 19 is staggering, yet the ...

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

The maker of F-35 jets is getting paid for on-time delivery, even though it’s delivering the aircraft late and without the required upgrades, a government watchdog ...

The F-35 program closes 2025 under the shadow of a new report from the Pentagon‘s Inspector General: millions in payments ...

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 current Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) is being upgraded to enable the production of Block 4 aircraft, but this is taking a ...

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 ...

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 ...

James Post, Lockheed Martin’s director of F-35 customer programs, explains that as more allied nations adopt the F-35, the ...