Lockheed Martin F-35

Top Navy officials remain confident in the affordability and design requirements for the F/A-XX as Air Force leaders consider their own next-generation fighter.

Top service official says tanker, fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft plans are unaffordable without large changes.

Israel’s F-15 acquisition aligns closely with the Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s (AWIN) 2025 Military Aircraft Market Forecast’s conclusions regarding acquisitions across the Middle East and North Africa region in the coming decade.

Poland has agreed to buy 32 F-35s and the Czech Republic says it will take 24 of the stealth fighters.

Most defense programs end up more expensive than planned, but the B-21 is still cheaper than the Air Force expected. Supporters say it is time to buy.

Shawn Warren joined GE Aerospace’s team selling F110 engines in 2018 when the engine still had an uncertain future.

The image was unveiled this week at the Airlift/Tanker Association conference.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall pointed to other budget priorities.

But the Marine Corps probe, released Oct. 31, found the incident was not a result of a dereliction of duty.

The U.S. State Department approved Denmark to buy some 200 of the RTX AIM-120D-3 for $744 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Oct. 29.

Lockheed Martin has claimed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program will deliver more economic benefit to the UK than any other current or future combat aircraft program.

Airshow China comes Nov. 11-14 to Zhuhai, the stage for a biennial showcase of the country’s ever-expanding aviation and space industries.

Norway has finalized an agreement with the U.S. to buy more than $360 million in Raytheon Amraam missiles.

Finland is preparing for the SEAD/DEAD mission by acquiring Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile–Extended Range (AARGM-ER).

U.S. refusal to sell the F-35 to Taiwan, and the subsequent failure of the country’s indigenous Advanced Defense Fighter, has reshaped Taipei’s thinking in the face of continued Chinese encroachment.

To cut mishaps by half, the service is focusing on ground-handling incidents that damage aircraft.

Though Lockheed managed earnings of per share of $6.80, beating Wall Street’s expectations, sales declined 1% year-over-year to $17.1 billion.

The Pentagon’s new F-35 fleet did not meet any of its mission capable targets over the six-year span.

Taipei is scaling back its industrial ambitions in ending its pursuit of a homegrown fifth-generation fighter.

Australia is working to modernize, upgrade, and strengthen its strategic capabilities across the spectrum of its missions and the work is beginning to show.

McIntosh will replace Bridget Lauderdale, who is retiring as vice president and general manager of the F-35 after 38 years at Lockheed.

Oslo says it is also spending additional money to improve the aircraft’s availability.

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Under the agreements around basing at the Payerne air base near Geneva, takeoffs and landings by the stealthy fighter will be limited to 4,200 a year.

The Royal Netherlands Air Force is set to become the second European air arm after Norway’s to depend entirely on the F-35 for combat aircraft operations.