With heightened tensions between Europe and the United States over NATO and Ukraine, the myth of an F-35 “kill switch”, which would supposedly allow the Pentagon to disable foreign-operated F-35s, is ...

An F-35C of VX-9 assigned to the United Operational Test Team at Edwards AFB performed the first dual drop of externally mounted GBU-54 LJDAM bombs, engaging a remote controlled High-Speed Moving ...

The head of capability for the Royal Australian Air Force says his service has no qualms about the reliability of its US-made Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters. Speaking at the Avalon air show near ...

Multiple governments officially allied with the United States have begun to openly question whether Washington can be considered a reliable supplier of arms, in light of the USA’s recent geopolitical ...

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 ...

Lockheed Martin, a Maryland-based defense giant, has highlighted that its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters don't have any discreet ‘kill switch’ that the U.S. government could use to disable fighter jets ...

“There is no kill switch.” The Joint Program Office’s direct shoot-down of a long-standing rumor surrounding the F-35 Lightning II was intended to put the rumor to rest. But in the universe of ...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) speaks during the 214th plenary session of the 20th legislative period in the German Parliament (Bundestag). Lawmakers in ...