Although an F-35 flew for 11 minutes in 2023 after a pilot ejected, a fully autonomous fighter would be a game-changer.

Canada’s pursuit of the F-35 fighter jet has been a protracted and politically charged saga spanning decades. After an ...

Design goals called for the JSF to be the premier strike aircraft through 2040, second only to the F-22 Raptor in air supremacy. The F-35 wouldn't just be shared across the branches of the U.S ...

By 2010, nine years after Lockheed Martin was awarded the JSF contract, the cost per F-35 had ballooned to over 89 percent higher than initial estimates. It would still be another eight years ...

Per the terms of the deal, Lockheed will provide continued infrastructure support for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The jet maker will offer engineering, maintenance, logistics ...

The F-35 improvements fall in line with comments made in April following Lockheed Martin’s loss to Boeing for the U.S. Air ...

There are some exceptionally advanced fighter jets in the armed forces of the world. When one thinks about a next-generation fighter, they typically think about the F-22 Raptor or more likely the ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) is considering whether to upgrade the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s (JSF’s) existing F135 engine—the Engine Enhancement Package (EEP)—or to develop and ...

Competition has been missing from the JSF engine program since the cancellation of GE’s F136 in 2011, leaving Pratt with the F-35 engine monopoly and no compelling reason to compete on price.

Drones could help fighter jets with reconnaissance, weapons transport, electronic warfare and targeting; the F-35 might control Predators, Reapers, Global Hawks or small swarms of mini-attack drones.

Growing tensions with NATO over the U.S. stance on Ukraine and President Trump's escalating trade war now jeopardize a crucial aspect of the alliance's airpower strategy, as member countries ...