Key Points and Summary - The F-35 program is under intense pressure due to severe problems with its critical Block 4 modernization. -The new TR-3 hardware, the foundation for the upgrade, is late, ...

PARIS—A key milestone for the Pentagon’s program to upgrade the F-35 engine has been pushed back a year, raising questions about the overall timeline of the effort. The engine upgrade will reach ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, England—Lockheed Martin needs to make progress on a host of delayed upgrades to the F-35 fighter jet before the Pentagon will return to buying the jet in planned levels, the ...

The U.S. Dept. of Defense awarded $670.2-million to Pratt & Whitney, for procuring components and materials needed for manufacturing F135 propulsion systems. This award follows a $2.8-billion contract ...

Lockheed Martin delivered 191 F-35 fighter jets in 2025 - a new annual record, but several dozen of those aircraft had been held units delayed from past deliveries as the manufacturer caught up with ...

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 ...

No other fighter jet to date has garnered as much controversy as the F-35 Lightning II. While it is the most capable carrier jet ever built, the production issues and mind-melting $2 trillion price ...

This Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 photo provided by the US Navy shows an F-35C Joint Strike Fighter conducts an approach on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, 40 miles off San Diego, Calif. The Navy has ...

The $2.8B contract funds 141 F135 engines for U.S. services and allies, securing production, spares, and upgrades through February 2028. Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a major contract, valued at ...

Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop Grumman–a difference which ...