Lockheed Martin F-35

The service, blocked from starting new acquisition programs, used a long-standing autonomy demonstration effort to begin CCA work.

Ankara finally secures approval for new F-16s, but Athens will receive the long-desired F-35 first.

The company has launched a bid to replace the Honeywell Integrated Power Package with a new system offering greater cooling capacity.

Lockheed Martin plans to cut around 1,220 workers, or 1% of its workforce, in 2024.

The Czech Republic has formally joined the growing list of European nations to acquire the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The Netherlands has become the latest country to put the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on alert.

As a major F-35 program upgrade stalls shipments, Lockheed executives reconsider their appetite for risk with the Next-Generation Air Dominance program on deck.

The 98 deliveries recorded in 2023 are the lowest total since Lockheed handed-over 91 F-35s to customers in 2018.

U.S. Air Force flight-related incidents increased in 2023, while Navy and Marine Corps rates stayed steady.

An unusual level of suspense comes with Lockheed Martin’s first quarterly status update on the F-35 program.

During a test run on the ground, the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine ingested a flashlight left inside an inlet during a maintenance inspection.

Faced with an expected influx of testing with current infrastructure and staff maxed out, Edwards AFB aims to reinvent itself.

Denmark will explore whether its planned 27-strong fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters should be expanded as it seeks to bolster defense.

A rapidly developed surface-to-air missile system based on MBDA’s Asraam has achieved hit rates of 90% against Russian targets in Ukraine.

New concepts are in the works, such as military areas that move with the activity along a defined trajectory.

DAPA said the deal was signed in early December, and that the F-35As will have “significantly improved performance” over its current 39 F-35As.

An agency of Italy, Japan and the UK will run the Global Combat Air Program, supported by a yet-to-be formed industrial joint venture.

Fleets are set to grow in all sectors except military and year-over-year growth is projected to be highest for the commercial and business aviation aftermarket.

If 2023 is any indication, 2024 could be a yearlong Festivus in the supply chain.

Despite the conflict in Gaza, the Middle East’s military modernization is continuing.

China’s own upgrades are driving other nations in the region toward change.

Rearmament in Europe is focused on strengthening combat and support aircraft capacity and ground-based air defenses.

The service is looking at 15% budget increases per year. But if Congress does not pass an appropriations bill, that expected growth will be on hold.

Repeated sightings of a new form of low-observable features means infrared stealth technology is progressing out of military and industry laboratories.