Lockheed Martin F-35

By Tony Osborne
Recent weeks have seen British media outlets infatuated not by warfighting capability, but by the future of the UK’s fleet of jet trainers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine, Robert Wall
The management strategy for the prized F-47 contract is, “Don’t screw it up,” Boeing Defense and Space Interim CEO Steve Parker tells Aviation Week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A cost estimate jumped 46% in three years to C$27.7 billion ($20.2 billion) to complete the acquisition of 88 F-35As for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
GOP House appropriators are seeking to increase spending for sixth-generation fighters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The F-35 Joint Program Office is still months away from finalizing details of the aircraft's new upgrade road map.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Canadian government on June 9 committed to pouring another C$9.3 billion ($6.8 billion) into defense spending this year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A Royal Netherlands Air Force report urges “targeted interventions” to keep Joint Strike Fighter pilots healthy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The German parliament’s budget committee has given the green light for the country to acquire Kongsberg Joint Strike Missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK is mulling a nuclear sharing role in NATO amid a strategic defense overhaul.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Canadian politicians’ past promises to bolster defense spending underdelivered, but this time may be different.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Czech Defense Ministry has agreed to a proposed offer from Sweden for the continued lease of Saab Gripen combat aircraft, prior to replacement by the F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the UK’s military will be adapted to warfighting readiness in response to a new era of global instability.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Teasing the long-awaited Strategic Defense Review to be published June 2, UK Defense Secretary John Healey said the UK needs to bolster its defense industrial base.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Tony Osborne
Czech airframer Aero Vodochody has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin for the development of a reconnaissance pod.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin has outlined a series of upgrades to the F-35 that could provide fifth-generation-plus capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Royal Canadian Air Force pilots recently started familiarization training on Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Saab is preparing for higher output for Global Eye airborne early warning and control system aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Craig Caffrey and Rachel Hutchison
Once unthinkable, Europe now outspends the U.S. in some defense figures, but building back its arsenal will take time.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brandon Patrick
Japan has plotted a methodical and phased approach to fighter modernization that will transform their air combat capabilities in a relatively short amount of time.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Air Self Defense Force has received its first set of Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters equipped with Technical Refresh 3 upgrades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force wants to upgrade or replace the towed-decoy system on the Rockwell International B-1B Lancer bomber.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
After nearly two decades of flying a fleet of much watered-down Eurofighters, Vienna could begin the search for a new combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
LONDON–Germany and the UK will work together on the development of a land-based missile capable of striking targets beyond 2,000 km (1,243 mi.).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
A decommissioned ROKAF Lockheed Martin F-35A has been transformed into a maintenance training aid in an unprecedented wing removal and installation operation.
Aircraft & Propulsion