The F-35, with its cutting-edge stealth enhancements, boasts an impressive suite of capabilities to ensure the U.S. and our ...

The F-35 is in high demand. See which 19 countries operate it, how many jets they have, and what this means for future air ...

Even though Lockheed Martin already produced 1,000 F-35 and delivered over 990, the program was still considered in the initial operational testing phase and Low Rate Initial Production.

Congress and the administration must maximize F-35 production to ensure NATO has the capabilities it needs to defend its members and deter aggression.

Testimony from the USAF general leading the F-35 program indicates that software issues could halt production, delaying international F-35 deliveries. Lockheed agrees.

U.S. undersecretary of defense William LaPlante called full-rate approval “a major achievement" for the F-35 program one day after the Air Force cut its 2025 purchases.

WASHINGTON — The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is facing “significant challenges” on its future weapons and other capability upgrades that, if delayed, could lead to a production shutdown, the ...

(Tribune News Service) — Lockheed Martin Corp. is still delivering F-35 fighter jet aircraft with quality defects after 13 years of production, according to the Pentagon test office’s annual ...

The first F-35 Lightning II for the Finnish Air Force, JF-501, is now in production, with roll out expected in 2025. Finland selected the F-35 in 2021 to replace the F/A-18, ordering 64 aircraft.

The U.S. Department of Defense has green-lit the F-35 fighter jet, produced by Lockheed Martin, for full rate production, a decision coming five years later than initially planned and two decades ...

The Pentagon has finally declared the F-35 fighter mature enough to go into full rate production. The move signals that the plane, and the worldwide enterprise that builds it, is stable and ...

The Pentagon has officially approved the F-35 fighter jet for full-rate production, years after the planemaker began delivering the aircraft. Typically, reaching full-rate production is an ...