Lockheed Martin has secured several defense contracts worth more than $1 billion, or about 860 million euros, to strengthen air combat capabilities.
Canada is considering the purchase of about 60 Swedish Saab Gripen E/F fighter jets instead of most of the 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth aircraft it had previously planned to acquire.
Belgian aerospace group Sonaca has inaugurated a new facility dedicated to the F-35 programme at its site in Gosselies, Charleroi.
The final two aircraft from the United Kingdom’s initial procurement phase of F-35B Lightning II jets have arrived at RAF Marham.
The first Swiss F-35A aircraft has begun major assembly at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Center Wing Assembly line in Marietta, Georgia.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems said it recently demonstrated advanced manned-unmanned teaming by pairing an F-35 Lightning II with an MQ-20 Avenger drone.
Poland’s first three Lockheed Martin F-35A Husarz stealth multirole combat aircraft landed at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Łask on 22 May 2026 at about 6:20 p.m. local time.
Finland is hosting Imminent Field 26, a highway-based air exercise focused on dispersed flying operations and NATO’s Agile Combat Employment concept.
The Italian Ministry of Defence and F-35 industry partners Lockheed Martin and Leonardo hosted a senior-level visit to the Cameri Trivalent Industrial Hub in Italy on March 31.
The F-35 Joint Program Office and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence have completed the first test flight of four SPEAR 3 missiles aboard a fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II test aircraft.
The U.S. State Department has approved Belgium’s request for a possible purchase of AGM-184 Joint Strike Missiles for its Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II multirole combat aircraft.
Germany has signed a follow-on contract with Kongsberg for additional Joint Strike Missiles intended for its future F-35A Lightning II fighter fleet.
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