Lockheed Martin F-35

The deal is worth A$1.6 million ($1.1 million) and will be part of the F-35 Global Sustainment System (GSS).

Readers write about portable power stations, objectivity in space coverage, the F-35 and our B-21 and B-2 rollout covers.

A busy two weeks for the F-35 reveals new details about the program’s strengths and weaknesses as the program enters a critical new phase.

The 10 F-35Bs with VMFA 122 are the only examples of the fighter embarked on a flat-top ship in the Pacific at present.

If testing continues through the end of 2023, the JPO may not be able to deliver the TR-3 to Lockheed’s production system for operational F-35s until 2024.

The program has offered few details of the APG-85, but the upgrade comes amidst an industry-wide transition by AESA radar manufacturers to gallium nitride.

The contractual agreement enables Canada to order the first four F-35As for delivery in 2026 in the Lot 18 production standard, with 84 more delivered by 2034.

How the U.S. fighter jet is underpinning the nation’s aerospace industry.

Germany has formally joined the growing list of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter customers.

Bern’s Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport says it can sign contracts before the “Stop F-35” initiative can be voted on.

Despite some discrepancies in the details, Top Gun: Maverick highlights one of the biggest challenges in modern air combat.

Annual flying hours per aircraft dropped for the U.S. Air Force’s F-35A fleet in 2021, erasing five years of steady progress, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

A spokesman for Turkey’s government on March 23 called proposal for sending the NATO country’s S-400 systems to Ukraine “quite unrealistic today.”

The European Union has said it will provide fighter jets to Ukraine as part of a €450 million ($502.3 million) support package of lethal aid.

National evaluations put the F-35’s military capability well ahead of its competitors, Helsinki says.

Norway’s defense materiel agency has signed a 3.95 billion krone ($470 million) contract to acquire an undisclosed number of the missiles.

Boeing has rolled out Norway’s first P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, ahead of a first flight later this month.

The Swiss selection—announced June 30—adds to the F-35s growing tally of competition wins, the aircraft proving unbeatable in virtually every tender it has taken part in.

UK F-35s will see action again in the skies over Iraq and Syria, this time operating from the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

The settlement allows Honeywell to pay $8 million in fines over a two-year period, plus another $5 million on compliance measures.

Italy has deployed its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for Baltic Air Policing, the first time the fighter has been used for the mission. The Italian Air

After a blistering congressional hearing, Aviation Week editors break down some of the F-35 program’s recent struggles and cost issues to develop the program and maintain and operate the fighter.

There are mixed opinions among the services on how to make the fifth-generation fighter affordable.

Two senators proposed a bill on April 16 to ensure sales of Lockheed Martin F-35s to Middle Eastern countries could not escape a full vetting process

Lockheed Martin received a $12.8 million contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on March 25 for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program.