Lockheed Martin Corp.’s LMT business unit, Aeronautics, recently clinched a modification contract for the F-35 fighter ...

Raja Chari, director of the F-35 integrated test force and commander ... What exactly are you talking about when you say [close-air support (CAS)]? The way you define the question will ...

The A-10 will be missed, surely—especially considering that its close air support replacements (the F-35, for example) were not designed solely for close air support and thus are not as ...

The F-35 is being purchased to replace the F/A-18C/D Hornet as the carrier strike group’s primary offensive fighter for aerial defense and close air support. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ...

When replacing the failed F-35, the U.S. should focus on building large numbers of a reliable, lightweight fighter design. Editor’s Note: This article concludes Mike Fredenburg’s series on ...

The contract action will support F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter planes used by the Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, non-DOD program partners and foreign military sales customers.

The F-35 has had ... get the support it deserves. Many people cited the recent, incredible success of the F-35 when Israel deployed them to destroy Iran’s Russian-made air defense systems.

The suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses through penetrating strikes — that is the kind of higher-level mission for which the jet was made. The F-35 has historically been used ...

All variants of the F-35 will be procured within their target cost range with operation and support costs kept low. Air-to-ground precision strikes in all weather and suitable for air-to-air ...