F-35 Program Hits Inflection Point On Orders And Pricing

U.S. Air Force F-35

The U.S. Air Force flew the first F-35 with TR-3 avionics aboard to start a one-year test phase and revealed that the upgrade has slipped a year behind schedule.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
A fighter program as extensive as the Lockheed Martin F-35 produces paradoxical facts—as it has in the last few weeks especially. Annual orders are confirmed to be in a short-term decline at least, even as the number of customers expands. The production backlog is creeping higher, but the rate of...

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