Lockheed Martin F-35

By Steve Trimble
The contractual milestone ends a four-year negotiating process with the F-35 Joint Program Office as the U.S. Air Force evaluates a replacement engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The F-35 Joint Program Office has issued a directive recommending that all Pratt & Whitney F135 engines be retrofitted within 90 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The latest set of Joint Strike Fighters is due to arrive during an important phase in the service’s modernization plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
"So as the test progresses, that’ll really inform if we have any issues associated with TR-3,” Lockheed Martin's Greg Ulmer tells Aerospace DAILY.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A decades-old concept for a ubiquitous battlefield network concept is starting to become reality.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney says it has developed an “immediate resolution” to the F135 engine problem that caused the crash of a Lockheed Martin F-35B.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A top Boeing executive says he “hopes” the F-15EX fighter fills a need for longer-range tactical aircraft in the Royal Australian Air Force fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Australia can buy up to 63 Northrop Grumman-built, long-range anti-radiation missiles worth up to $506 million, the U.S. government announced on Feb. 27.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
What is the “Voodoo II”? And why does the Voodoo II project’s special patch say “Two-0-Thunder”?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The decision means Singapore's future Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II fleet will number a confirmed 12 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
The Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated Sensor is being developed to perform the functions of a radar, jammer and data link.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Red Flag, the service’s most important combat training event, shifts to overwater for the first time in its 48-year history.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The United Arab Emirates is understood to have gone through with a controversial deal to buy Chinese advanced jet trainers.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
As the USAF looks to develop uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft to fly with future fighters, the service is also rethinking how it organizes these fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
UAE defense companies are showing off systems that if fielded could move the country into the category of makers of large autonomous combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany could become a new source of center fuselages for the F-35 program, taking over from Turkish industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace is beginning design work for a production standard version of the XA100 adaptive engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Several key U.S. Air Force aircraft saw their mission-capable rates drop in fiscal 2022 compared to the prior year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
South Korea aims for carrier-based KF-21; SOCOM’s 18-day deadline; Senator eyes electronic warfare progress; and U.S. Army prepares 2040 vision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spain is set to acquire additional Eurofighters and an unnamed fifth-generation fighter–likely the F-35–as part of a new program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The F-35 now can use the Multi-Utilization Secure Tactical And Network Ground Station, a ground system that receives and relays data from an in-flight F-35.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
A long-awaited international air show Down Under will highlight the impact of a strategic pivot by Australia since 2019.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Throughput of the UK Royal Air Force’s pilot training pipeline is improving, the head of the service has insisted.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland has completed a series of avionics upgrades for its McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets.
Aircraft & Propulsion