Lockheed Martin F-35

Asia-Pacific Staff
The life-cycle cost for the jet-powered aircraft jumped 68% from 2008 to 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Readers write about hydrogen propulsion, aerospace business, Artemis II mission, a Mars shuttle, Airbus autonomy tests and the UK and the F-35 program.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble
Canada’s parliamentary auditing agency has launched an independent review of the government’s decision to acquire 88 F-35As.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The survey proposes to save the Navy billions of dollars that would be otherwise spent on qualifying a trainer jet to land aboard an aircraft carrier.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
An archive court documents from a failed lawsuit against offer a rare glimpse into the world of executing offset agreements for international arms sales.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble
The U.S. has a deal for three more years of F-35 production but will face continued challenges with international sales and technical upgrades.
Check 6

By Steve Trimble
The 407,000-sq.-ft., $424 million facility is scheduled to begin construction at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, in fiscal 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Jan. 13 published a report taking stock of ABMS.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

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

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

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
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.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
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.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Michael Cisek
How the U.S. fighter jet is underpinning the nation’s aerospace industry.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Germany has formally joined the growing list of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter customers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Despite some discrepancies in the details, Top Gun: Maverick highlights one of the biggest challenges in modern air combat.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
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.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
National evaluations put the F-35’s military capability well ahead of its competitors, Helsinki says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

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