Lockheed Martin is pitching a “Ferrari” makeover for the F-35: fold select sixth-gen tech from its losing NGAD bid into thousands of Lightning IIs. -CEO Jim Taiclet says the upgrade could deliver “80% ...

Canada’s Defence Ministry will finish its review of the 88-jet F-35 purchase by late September 2025, then hand Prime Minister ...

As global tensions rise, the Netherlands turns to commercial aviation to reinforce its F-35 pilot pool. A new agreement between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the Dutch Ministry of Defense will allow ...

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B flew the first test missions with the Meteor missile, starting the integration of the European air-to-air missile on the Lightning II. The Royal Air Force announced on Feb.

As the U.S. grapples with ballooning federal budgets and increasingly necessary spending cuts, the military remains ripe for austerity. In February, the Pentagon suggested cutting $50 billion per year ...

Lockheed Martin is close to completing its certification activity for the F-35’s delayed Technical Refresh 3 (TR-3) update, while it eyes further sales demand for the type in Europe. “We recently ...

The scale of Washington's F-35 is unprecedented, even in the history of America’s mega-projects. The enormous task was to ...

Saudi Arabia’s pursuit of the F-35 stealth fighter hinges on U.S. approval and Israeli consent—potentially linking advanced arms sales to broader Middle East diplomacy and the normalization of Israeli ...

A US-Saudi arms agreement may get complicated when it comes to Lockheed Martin's F-35 The F-35 could put Saudi Arabia's military on par with Israel in what may be a dealbreaker. The Saudis may also ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

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In mid-June 2025, Israel launched a surprise attack on a range of targets in Iran, sparking a barrage of missile attacks from Iran into Israel. Iran claimed it had taken down three Israeli F-35 ...