The F-35 program is delaying some of its planned Block 4 upgrades as it focuses on delivering capabilities as early as 2031. (A1C Eli Rose/Air Force) The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is scaling ...

Every F-35 delivered to the U.S. military last year by Lockheed Martin was behind schedule by an average of seven months, a government watchdog found, but contractors kept millions in “incentive fees” ...

The F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter faced worsening delivery delays in 2023 and 2024. A new GAO report said that the average delivery delay in 2024 was 238 late days. The F-35 has struggled with ...

The F-35 fighter jet program in the United States is facing yet more delays and cost increases, a development that could impact the Liberal government’s plan to acquire the aircraft for Canada. The ...

Washington: United States President Donald Trump, who is already in a state of tension after the SCO summit in Tianjin where Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese ...

SINGAPORE – The first delivery of F-35 fighter aircraft for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is set to take place at the end of 2026, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said. In a statement on ...

After years of cost growth and schedule delays in its hardware and software modernization effort for the F-35 aircraft, known as Block 4, the Department of Defense (DOD) is in the process of ...

United States President Donald Trump had ordered the deployment of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Puerto Rico amid a report he is weighing options for strikes targeting drug cartels operating inside ...

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 ...

America’s upgrade programme for its F-35 stealth fighter jet is facing further delays and China’s control of rare earths and metals could be a contributing reason, according to industry assessments.