Lockheed Martin delivered a record 191 F-35 stealth fighters in 2025, surpassing previous records and significantly increasing annual production five times faster than other allied fighters. The F-35 ...

Key Points and Summary - The Air Force will pare back F-35 purchases through 2028, citing Block 4 upgrade and TR-3 computing delays, and will re-accelerate once “most relevant” jets are available.

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 ...

Two recent Pentagon reports illustrate the myriad deficiencies of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program—but the company has never faced real consequences for it. America’s defense establishment has many ...

Developing a next-generation fighter aircraft is a decades-long endeavor. The evolving nature of technological advancement and real-world needs means that a successful fighter will receive years of ...

Lockheed Martin said it set a record delivering 191 F-35 Lightning II jets in 2025, clearing backlog deliveries in the process, with a global fleet that now counts 1,300 aircraft. Lockheed Martin ...

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is promoted as the most advanced fighter jet in the world, and it has an outsized impact in North Texas. Final assembly primarily takes place in Fort Worth, but the ...

President Donald Trump again stated that the United States might sell fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth strike fighters to Turkey as 2025 came to a close. Trump has repeatedly ...

The F-35’s performance was so impressive that Canada decided to buy the fifth-generation fighter despite a 2015 promise not to. A new report shows how the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet ...

Lockheed Martin has secured a contract covering nearly 300 F-35 fighters for the three US services as well as international customers. The contract between the company and the F-35’s Joint Program ...