Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to Cubic Defense to supply 130 P5 IS for the F-35 Lot 20 aircraft production line.

The F-35 program is under renewed fire as its total lifecycle cost estimate has ballooned past $2 trillion. -A 2024 GAO report highlighted a 44% surge in sustainment costs, while a new September 2025 ...

In terms of air superiority, the F-35 Lightning II is virtually unparalleled in the skies. The F-35 Lightning II is widely considered to be the top fighter jet in service today. From the platform’s ...

The F-35’s key superiority to the F-16 is in terms of stealth and beyond visual range (BVR) capabilities. The F-35's design philosophy assumes that air-to-air combat will be decided at long ranges, ...

The Italian Air Force is now the lead European F-35 operator. It was among the first countries in the region to declare an ...

Rheinmetall is to build F-35 fuselages at new Weeze facility in Germany (Northrop Grumman) Rheinmetall is to shortly begin building fuselage sections for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint ...