The F-35 program is under renewed fire as its total lifecycle cost estimate has ballooned past $2 trillion. -A 2024 GAO report highlighted a 44% surge in sustainment costs, while a new September 2025 ...

Every F-35 delivered to the U.S. military last year by Lockheed Martin was behind schedule by an average of seven months, a government watchdog found, but contractors kept millions in “incentive fees” ...

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After years of cost growth and schedule delays in its hardware and software modernization effort for the F-35 aircraft, known as Block 4, the Department of Defense (DOD) is in the process of ...

The jets flew over the White House in a missing man formation in honor of a lost Polish pilot. American F-16 and F-35 fighter jets flew overhead the National Mall at the arrival of Polish president ...

Greece and Singapore are expected to adopt F-35 Lightning II variants by 2030—but the aircraft’s large and growing price tag has driven away other potential customers. Two key US allies are set to ...