Though Lockheed Martin is the primary contractor for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, nearly every major US defense firm ...

These autonomous unmanned systems, operating with artificial intelligence, can be used as "loyal wingmen" by aviators.

Major Cole "Laser" Kingsbery, USAF, flew airframe JF-501 to Ebbing ANGB, Arkansas where it will be used to train Finnish ...

The new facility at Trapani-Birgi will make the Sicilian base Italy's third operational F-35 hub and a future multinational training center for NATO and partner nations. Italy's Ministry of Defense ...

That first flight came almost four years to the day that the Finnish government announced it had selected the F-35 as the winner of its HX Fighter Program. NATO member Finland is one step closer to ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans joined Lockheed Martin, local leaders and elected officials Monday to get an up-close look at the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, one of the most advanced ...

Six decades of composites expertise and an extensive, advanced integrated assembly line deliver center fuselages in 30 hours, ...

The new training center for F-35 fighter pilots—the first outside of the United States—is expected to be operational by 2028.

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 ...

The fuselage is used across all three variants of the F-35 aircraft and assembled at Northrop’s Integrated Assembly Line in ...

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