Key Points and Summary - The F-35 has endured schedule slips, software headaches, and endless debate. -Yet air forces keep buying it for the same five reasons: it sees more, shares more, survives more ...

How hackable is a 5th-Gen fighter?

The threat to the Lightning II.

The supersonic aircraft is widely recognized as a top fifth-generation fighter jet, but the program has faced criticisms.

Lockheed Martin reported producing a record-breaking number of F-35s in 2025, and expanding its orders abroad—even as some nations have scaled back or withdrawn from the program. Aerospace giant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A F-35 fighter jet moves past Indian Air Force 1,230 F-35s now fly worldwide across 20 countries. The advanced 5th-gen jet, acting ...

The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee found that a “pattern of short-term decision-making” had delayed investment in the F-35 fighter jet early on, increasing its later costs. The British ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American ...

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II hit full-rate production last year. Today, over 150 fighter jets are being made annually.

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Sharren Haskel, has publicly stated Israel will not allow the transfer of Israeli-developed technology embedded in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Türkiye, even if ...

Addressing the F-35’s operational independence from the U.S. amid tensions between Europe and the Trump administration, Secretary Gijs Tuinman made the claim to Dutch radio station BNR Nieuwsradio.

By Sabine Siebold and Mike Stone BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Germany is considering ordering more U.S.-made F-35 ...