The F-35 TR-3 crisis highlights a shift in 2026 military readiness: software is now the primary "failure point" rather than ...

F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin has failed to deliver regular upgrades for the aircraft—and its most recent upgrade package ...

The Navy awarded Lockheed a $133 million contract modification to continue providing F-35 flight test support for U.S.

F-35 TR-3 software upgrades stalled in testing, delaying new combat capability and raising cybersecurity concerns.

The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying ...

Major Cole “Laser” Kingsbery, USAF, flew airframe JF-501 to Ebbing ANGB, Arkansas where it will be used to train Finnish personnel ahead of F-35s arriving in Finland later in 2026. Just over a month ...

Modern military aircraft can be phenomenally expensive to build, so it makes sense to have them in service as long as possible.

NAPLES, Italy — An Italian air base in Sicily will host the first F-35 Lightning II pilot training facility outside the U.S., an indication of NATO’s increasing demand for the fifth-generation fighter ...