Lockheed Martin F-35

Switzerland says a multi-year effort to keep its aging fleet of Boeing F/A-18C/Ds operational a little longer is on track to bridge to the arrival of the Lockheed Martin F-35.

The Swiss government says its first Lockheed Martin F-35 has entered final assembly as the customer and company work toward first customer delivery next year.

The Netherlands is seeking another tactical weapon to expand the armament options for its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Fleet.

The Polish Air Force has received its first three Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to be based in Poland.

Turkish ministers are urging European countries to collaborate more closely with Turkey's defense industry to quickly address shortfalls in capacity.

Rheinmetall would plan to build Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bats collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) at its facility that is also building Lockheed Martin F-35 parts if it can convince the German government to buy the drone.

The U.S. Marine Corps plans to reshape its aviation branch with the arrival of autonomous collaborative combat aircraft by 2030.

Israel has given the green light for the procurement of additional Lockheed Martin F-35s and Boeing F-15IAs.

Lockheed Martin and the UK defense ministry have expanded the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s ability to share data further.

The UK Defense Ministry expects to field the MBDA Spear 3 mini cruise missile on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter starting in fiscal year 2028-29.

A group of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a series of bills to further increase U.S. military aircraft procurement and pilot retainment.

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request includes a major increase in F-35 procurement and spares after last year’s reduction.

Northrop Grumman is moving as “expeditiously as possible” to get a new radar system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter into customers' hands, CEO Kathy Warden said on a company earnings call.

One of the biggest unanswered questions about the F-47 combat aircraft remains the identity of the engine supplier and the specific propulsion system.

Eighteen years after securing the contract to provide the UK Royal Air Force’s aerial refueling capability, Airtanker has launched efforts to secure a follow-on deal into the 2030s.

Finland’s Patria Group says it has begun making forward fuselages for Lockheed Martin F-35s as part of an agreement by Helsinki to order the single-engine fighter.

Switzerland says it will continue to withhold foreign military sales (FMS) payments related to the Patriot missile systems ordered by Bern.

The BGM-109 Tomahawk still has a long future in the U.S. Navy’s procurement budget, but it could have company.

The U.S. Navy on Feb. 27 conducted the first flight test of a new precision landing mode for the military’s Sikorsky H-60 variants.

A U.S. Lockheed Martin F-35 was forced to make an emergency landing at a Middle East base following a combat mission over Iran on March 19.

The U.S. Navy plans to buy up to 6,000 Leonardo BriteCloud active expendable decoys to protect its F-35, F/A-18 and other aircraft fleets in an increase of previously detailed plans.

Switzerland is walking away from adding funds to its F-35 budget to preserve the original plan of fielding 36 aircraft, while embarking on an effort to acquire another air defense system.

Regime change has long been considered a boots-on-the-ground operation. Now the U.S. and Israel are trying to do it from the sky.

U.S. Air Force officials started looking for alternatives to the service’s next-generation anti-radiation missile on March 4.

The Pentagon is looking to build on the momentum of recent deals to invest in key munitions, with a specific focus on Lockheed Martin F-35 spare parts.