The Pentagon has raised the estimated acquisition cost of the F-35 program to $536.2 billion, up $51 billion from the $485.2 billion recorded in its previous 2023 assessment.
Britain expects its first F-35A fighters to enter service in the early 2030s, bringing the Royal Air Force into NATO’s Dual Capable Aircraft mission and expanding the strategic role of the country’s Lightning Force.
Collins Aerospace has completed altitude testing of EPACS, its next-generation power and thermal management system.
The B-2 Spirit, a central part of the U.S. Air Force’s conventional and strategic strike force, flew over Washington, D.C., on August 22 during the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
Combat Hammer connected F-35A weapons employment with the maintenance and munitions support required to sustain combat operations.
Royal Navy Lt. Richard Woods is the first British pilot to serve as an instructor on the carrier-based F-35C.
The company is placing crewed-uncrewed teaming with the F-35 at the center of its case for the new platform.
Britain will return the Royal Air Force to a nuclear role with the purchase of at least 12 F-35A aircraft for NATO’s nuclear mission.
Kratos said a missionized U.S. Marine Corps Valkyrie Collaborative Combat Aircraft flew alongside multiple F-35s and an F/A-18 during an electronic warfare test in Southern California.
The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing tested its ability to generate and sustain F-35A Lightning II combat airpower during Operation Tuskegee Thunder from Aug. 12 to 14.
Lockheed Martin has completed final assembly of Germany’s first F-35A Lightning II, moving the aircraft into final finishing ahead of its planned rollout on September 18.
Armasuisse said the first F-35A produced at Cameri is scheduled to be transferred directly to Switzerland in mid-2028.
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