After years of uninterrupted cost growth and mounting implementation problems, the programme to modernise the avionics of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft to the TR-3/Block 4 standard has already exceeded its planned budget by more than six billion US dollars and is five years behind schedule.
Lockheed Martin announced on 21 November that the German state secretary visited the company’s Fort Worth facilities.
F-35A Lightning II fighter jets from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base arrived at Kadena Air Base on 7 October 2025.
Collins Aerospace and the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force have signed a contract to build a new military avionics service centre in the Netherlands to support European F-35 and CH-47F fleets.
The Dubai Airshow 2025 opened with a strong display of American air power featuring the B-52 Stratofortress, F-35 Lightning II, F-16 Fighting Falcon and U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon.
President Donald Trump said he will approve the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia ahead of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is considering a deal to supply Saudi Arabia with F-35 fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin.
Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have confirmed the successful completion of B61-12 stockpile flight tests on an F-35 aircraft.
Several French Rafale fighter jets operated from Ørland Air Base last week as part of a four-day training mission.
Cubic has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to supply 130 P5 Internal Subsystems (IS) units for the F-35 Lot 20 production aircraft, with a long-term pricing agreement also established for Lots 21 and 22.
The U.S. Air Force expects only modest growth in its F-35 fleet through the end of the decade, according to a new fighter roadmap submitted to Congress.
Lockheed Martin expects to assemble up to 200 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets by the end of the year. The increase in production comes as global buyers push the company’s order backlog to a record $179 billion.
