Lockheed Martin F-35

Major programs have buoyed BAE Systems to a record order backlog of more than £69 billion ($87.1 billion), the company has reported.

As the budget was announced, the head of the Republic of Singapore Air Force shared his priorities ahead of Singapore Airshow 2024.

A lighter-weight replacement is coming for the Massive Ordnance Penetrator as the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider moves moves through flight testing.

Lockheed Martin expects growing international demand to keep its F-35 production line running at pace amid a potential reduction in U.S. buys of the aircraft.

Judges at the Court of Appeal in The Hague sided with anti-war campaign groups in a Feb. 12 ruling.

The Netherlands has become the second European country to opt to perform its own depot-level maintenance, repair and overhaul on the Lockheed Martin F-35.

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Aviation Week projects that regional defense investment will to climb to $270 billion by 2032 from $197 billion in 2023.

F-35 engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney still sees no risk to completing the critical design review on time by the middle of 2025.

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.

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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.