The Joint Program Office (JPO) and Lockheed Martin reached a handshake agreement in November for F-35 production lots 18 and 19.

The move follows the completion of a critical design review that clears the way for final development, test, and production efforts to proceed.

The €53 million ($54.9 million) aircraft will be used for range of missions, Irish defense officials say.

Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have signed a contract for part of the LTE Technology Maturation Phase.

The program will be the first integration of such an infrared countermeasure system on an A350, Lufthansa Technik said.

The UK is ratcheting up efforts to sell Eurofighters to Turkey with a visit of two Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft to Ankara.

From Kentucky air shows to NATO exercises, these photographers captured the power of modern fighter jets on different continents.

The Royal Australian Air Force has now received all 72 of its ordered Lockheed Martin F-35As that it started taking delivery of in December 2018.