While the F-35's per unit cost is similar to other modern fighters, its lifecycle expense is higher, although it offers unparalleled capabilities.

Record deliveries made 2025 a landmark year for the F-35, but low capability rates still challenge the world’s most advanced ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. finalized a federal contract to produce nearly 300 more F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, which will be assembled in Fort Worth. The U.S. Department of War announced the contract, ...

Lockheed Martin reported producing a record-breaking number of F-35s in 2025, and expanding its orders abroad—even as some nations have scaled back or withdrawn from the program. Aerospace giant ...

Airman 1st Class James Meredith applies precision tape on an F-35A Lightning II at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, March 20, 2025. (SrA Seleena Muhammad-Ali/Air Force) LONDON — After encountering ...

Government officials and military leaders from all over the world gathered on Tuesday at a hangar inside the Lockheed Martin's F-35 production facility in Fort Worth to roll out the first in a series ...

Bern reviews fighter jet plans after U.S. cost hike, legal dispute over “fixed price,” and public protests against steep import tariffs. Switzerland’s long-planned acquisition of the Lockheed Martin F ...

A, JF-501, has arrived at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Arkansas, marking the start of US-based training for the Finnish ...

The United States has the world's most advanced fighter jets, with China also rapidly developing its own advanced ...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- (NYSE: LMT) welcomed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 Lightning II production facility today. The ...

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