In 2024 Lockheed Martin handed over 110 aircraft worldwide, a figure that is likely to be exceeded this year given the current delivery pace. Despite a near year-long halt in shipments, last year’s deliveries included the first two F-35A Husarz for Poland, which arrived at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Arkansas for training purposes.
100+ F-35s delivered in 2025 and counting. 📈
Air Dominance, Delivered. ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/sZ643ngWoQ
— F-35 Lightning II (@thef35) August 27, 2025
On 20 December the United States Department of Defense signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin for the production and supply of the 18th series batch of F-35 fighters. The deal, valued at $11.7 billion with $7.4 billion activated at signing, will run until June 2027 and covers 145 aircraft of various versions.
Under this contract, the US armed forces will receive 48 F-35A for the Air Force, 16 F-35B for the Marine Corps and 19 F-35C for the Navy and Marine Corps. Programme partners ordered 15 F-35A and one F-35B, while foreign customers will obtain 39 F-35A and seven F-35B, including additional F-35A Husarz jets for Poland.
Lockheed Martin confirmed that its main assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas, continues to produce aircraft in the Block 4 TR-3 standard since July 2024. Deliveries have also begun to Belgium, while Greece ordered 20 aircraft and Romania 32, with Finland and Germany initiating production of their first contracted jets.
In January 2025 the company announced that it has now delivered nearly 1,100 F-35 fighters globally, with the fleet approaching one million flight hours. The aircraft have also expanded their operational use, with F-35C jets conducting strikes in Yemen and Israel deploying its F-35I in an increasing number of missions across the Middle East and Iran.
