F-35 Deliveries Resume, Though Cost Pressures Remain

F-35 flying

The U.S. Air Force displayed its F-35A at Farnborough as Lockheed Martin resumed delivering the fighters.

Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images
Deliveries of the Lockheed Martin F-35 flowed again in early July after an extended pause stemming from delays to highly anticipated software upgrades, but all is not well between the government and the company on the financial side. The fighter’s first deliveries in about eight months freed up...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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