Why F-35 production costs have skyrocketed in recent years.

Switzerland was to procure 36 F-35As, but growing costs set against a fixed budget mean that this order will now be trimmed to an undisclosed number. (US Department of Defense) Switzerland is to cut ...

ZURICH, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Switzerland said on Friday it would reduce the number of Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), opens new tab F-35A Lightning II fighter jets it is buying from the United States so it can ...

The first confirmed combat kill by a Dutch F-35 inside NATO airspace was tactically clean and politically reassuring, but financially it was a gut punch. A fifth generation stealth jet, built for high ...

A Royal Air Force F-35 lands at the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, England, 2024. (Alberto Pezzali/AP) BERLIN – Switzerland’s order of F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin will ...

And so Trump tweeted that, if Lockheed Martin didn't move quickly to cut the cost of the F-35, he would "price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet" from Boeing (NYSE: BA) and buy that instead. (At the ...

Greece and Singapore are expected to adopt F-35 Lightning II variants by 2030—but the aircraft’s large and growing price tag has driven away other potential customers. Two key US allies are set to ...

Lockheed Martin will build up to 296 F-35s as part of Lots 18 and 19, with first deliveries in 2026. Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) announced they reached a final agreement ...

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