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F-35
Lockheed Martin delivered 191 F-35s in 2025, setting an annual delivery record for the international stealth fighter, the company announced on Jan. 7.
The delivery total easily outpaced the 110 F-35s handed over to customers in 2024, and beat the previous high of 142 deliveries set in 2021.
The 2025 output included dozens of fighters completed in 2024, which were not allowed to be delivered due to a yearlong acceptance freeze by the F-35 Joint Program Office that ended in July 2024. The delivered aircraft still lack full operational capabilities of the Technology Refresh-3 avionics, which have not yet been certified. Certification is now scheduled by mid-2026.
“I’m immensely proud of the F-35 enterprise for delivering on our production commitments, performing with excellence and growing our global partnerships in 2025,” said Chauncey McIntosh, Lockheed’s general manager for the F-35 program.
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