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Strong demand for the Joint Strike Fighter means a production crunch is lurking, a top US Air Force general tells Breaking Defense. But expanding production could be risky business for industry.
A sweeping report on sustainment of the F-35 from the Government Accountability Office found that a lack of depot capacity is hurting the fighter’s mission capable rates, with other problems in access to technical data, availability of parts and over-r…
After failed bid to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed is “endeavoring… to create another supplier,” CEO Jim Taiclet told lawmakers.
Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner reportedly said a contract for the new jets should be inked by the first half of 2024.
JJ Gertler, a senior analyst with the Teal Group, told Breaking Defense that the fuel loadout and damage from the pilot’s ejection likely means the F-35 didn’t get very far on its own.
Once a final design architecture has been finalised, Leonardo plans on flying a two- to three- ton RWUAS demonstrator for the first time “in the middle of this decade” in hopes of supporting the UK Royal Navy’s Future Maritime Aviation Force (FMAF) age…
The first four Danish F-35 fighter jets landed in Denmark at Skrydstrup Air Base on Thursday. “This marks the beginning of a new era for the Danish Air Force and the defense of Denmark,” the country’s Armed Forces said in a release. T…
Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet also said that TR-3 upgrade delays for the Joint Strike Fighter stemmed from late hardware, compressing the schedule for software testing.
Responding to threats to European and NATO security, nations are buying fifth-generation fighters and standoff weapons.
“We just kind of need to get their no-kidding ground truth of, ‘this is what we think we can deliver and when we think we can deliver it,’” Andrew Hunter, the service’s acquisition chief, said in a Sept. 5 interview at the Pentagon.