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New Pentagon inspector general report highlights F-35 shortfalls

The inspector general’s report criticized Lockheed Martin’s systemic inability to meet contract requirements, as well as the ...

F-35 production is outpacing all other allied fighter jets combined

After telling the full year’s run, Lockheed Martin has announced that 2025 was the most productive year on record for the ...
Avionics International

Pentagon Inspector General Highlights Continuing F-35 Readiness Concerns

While Air Force F-35A and Navy F-35C fighters by Lockheed Martin were in the U.S. strike package against Venezuela on Jan. 3, ...
American Machinist

Inspector Knocks Pentagon, Lockheed for F-35 Sustainment

A DoD Inspector General’s report revealed the contractor was paid $1.7 billion without adjustment, despite finding the ...
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How the Pentagon Let the F-35 Fail—but Kept Paying for It Anyway

Two recent Pentagon reports illustrate the myriad deficiencies of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program—but the company has never ...
Aviation Week

The Heat Turns Up On F-35 Performance And Upgrade Plans

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 ...
Defense News

Pentagon cuts back F-35 upgrades to slow schedule slips: Auditors

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 Aviationist

F-35 Fleet Soars Past One Million Flight Hours

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 ...
The National Interest

The F-35 Lightning Fighter Can Do Anything—Except Win a Dogfight

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 ...
USNI

U.K. Report on F-35 Capability

1. The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) is a technologically cutting‑edge multirole stealth fighter aircraft. Originally conceived in the 1990s by the US Department of Defense, the UK is ...
Stars and Stripes

How the F-35 became the best it could be

The U.S. has long been recognized for its technological edge in developing battlefield weaponry. The design work for such platforms occurs years before a system ever sees the light of day and, even ...
Defense One

F-35 to get new software this summer—but there’s no date yet for planned full upgrade

AURORA, Colo.—Lockheed Martin is aiming to release new software to U.S. F-35 jets this summer, a “step” towards the full, combat-ready version of the TR-3 upgrade, according to a company executive.