Nevertheless, when the Lockheed Martin aeronautics assembly line in Fort Worth shut down in 2025, the company recorded the highest output in its history due to the 191 new issues solved during the ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticized the Pentagon’s practice of paying “incentive fees” to speed up F-35 construction, suggesting that these fees had had the opposite effect. The ...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Tex., is the primary assembly point for the F-35, drawing components and systems from an extensive supply-chain that involves more than 1,900 suppliers in ...

The cost of the Pentagon’s modernization program for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is more than $6 billion over original estimates, with the date of completion now five years later than the ...

The U.S. Dept. of Defense awarded $670.2-million to Pratt & Whitney, for procuring components and materials needed for manufacturing F135 propulsion systems. This award follows a $2.8-billion contract ...

FILE PHOTO: Two U.S. Marine Corps F-35 fighter jets taxi on the tarmac at the former Roosevelt Roads military base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, September 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo Dec 23 ...

The deal was supposed to reshape the Middle East. Israel would normalize relations with Saudi Arabia, paving the way for ties with the wider Muslim world. In exchange, the Saudis would get a US ...

An Air Force F-35 pilot was on the phone midair with Lockheed Martin engineers for nearly an hour attempting to resolve a landing gear issue before ultimately having to eject from the jet, according ...

Developing a next-generation fighter aircraft is a decades-long endeavor. The evolving nature of technological advancement and real-world needs means that a successful fighter will receive years of ...

The government has set out a timeline for when the Royal Navy and RAF will receive its full compliment of fighter jets.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American ...