Avionics Upgrade Drives New F-35 Delays, Costs

Steve Trimble Brian Everstine April 25, 2022
F-35A
Credit: USAF
A modernization effort for the Lockheed Martin F-35 will take three more years and cost about $741 million more to complete, the watchdog arm of Congress said April 25. The last of 66 capabilities added by the Block 4 program will enter production in 2029, the U.S. Government Accountability Office...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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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