Key Points and Summary - The F-35 has endured schedule slips, software headaches, and endless debate. -Yet air forces keep buying it for the same five reasons: it sees more, shares more, survives more ...

How hackable is a 5th-Gen fighter?

The supersonic aircraft is widely recognized as a top fifth-generation fighter jet, but the program has faced criticisms.

How the RAF and Italy prove the F-35 and Eurofighter Typhoon are rivals on paper — but partners in 2026’s networked ...

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a record-breaking number of F-35s in 2025, and expanding its orders abroad—even as some nations have scaled back or withdrawn from the program.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

The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee found that a “pattern of short-term decision-making” had delayed investment in the F-35 fighter jet early on, increasing its later costs. The British ...

How much do F-35 Lightning II fighter jets cost in 2026? The answer is very complicated and intertwined with what the air forces want to do with them, the capabilities being sought, what variant is ...

By Sabine Siebold and Mike Stone BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Germany is considering ordering more U.S.-made F-35 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A F-35 fighter jet moves past Indian Air Force 1,230 F-35s now fly worldwide across 20 countries. The advanced 5th-gen jet, acting ...

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II hit full-rate production last year. Today, over 150 fighter jets are being made annually.

Addressing the F-35’s operational independence from the U.S. amid tensions between Europe and the Trump administration, Secretary Gijs Tuinman made the claim to Dutch radio station BNR Nieuwsradio.

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 ...