The multinational F-35 program last week conducted its second weapons drop and gained two fully installed full-mission simulators. On Oct. 17, a conventional-takeoff-and-landing F-35, AF-1, performed ...

The supersonic aircraft is widely recognized as a top fifth-generation fighter jet, but the program has faced criticisms.

When the Pentagon next updates the cost information on its major weapon systems, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program will show a roughly 4 percent unit cost increase. The cost growth, to be ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-35 has endured schedule slips, software headaches, and endless debate. -Yet air forces keep buying it for the same five reasons: it sees more, shares more, survives more ...

The F-35 program is delaying some of its planned Block 4 upgrades as it focuses on delivering capabilities as early as 2031. (A1C Eli Rose/Air Force) The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is scaling ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-engine, stealth multirole fighters designed to excel in air-to-air, air-to-ground, and electronic warfare missions. The F-35 incorporates ...

To rid itself of the S-400 air defense systems obstructing its purchase of the F-35, Turkey has a number of options—but all of them would be politically or financially costly. Reports are circulating ...

The U.K.'s F-35 fighter jet program costs will be "significantly higher" than the British government has publicly acknowledged, the country's public spending watchdog has said. Over the life span of ...