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 ...

When the Pentagon next updates the cost information on its major weapon systems, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program will show a roughly 4 percent unit cost increase. The cost growth, to be ...

The F-35’s software could be ‘jailbroken’ much in the same way as an iPhone ...

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 ...

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 U.K.'s F-35 fighter jet program costs will be "significantly higher" than the British government has publicly acknowledged, the country's public spending watchdog has said. Over the life span of ...

To rid itself of the S-400 air defense systems obstructing its purchase of the F-35, Turkey has a number of options—but all of them would be politically or financially costly. Reports are circulating ...

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a record-breaking number of F-35s in 2025, and expanding its orders abroad—even as some nations have scaled back or withdrawn from the program.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

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 ...