A total of 72 aircraft were parked at Lockheed Martin’s facilities after the Technology Refresh 3 experienced severe glitches, following which the Pentagon halted deliveries in July 2023 ...

In July 2024, the U.S. Air Force resumed accepting F-35s from Lockheed Martin, albeit with a "truncated" version of the TR-3 upgrade package. The first one was sent to the 187th Fighter Wing at ...

Meanwhile, the F-35, a multi-role fighter that entered service in 2015, is Lockheed's headline export. Taiclet said the company expects to deliver between 170 and 190 F-35s in 2025, with a backlog ...

Facing defense cuts and NGAD setbacks, Lockheed Martin is pitching an enhanced F-35 as a cost-effective “bridge” to sixth-gen ...

The F-35 program is vital to Lockheed, as it contributes about 30% of its revenue. The world's biggest defense contractor is also likely to take a hit from fewer F-35's requested by the Trump ...

Lockheed Martin expects to be awarded a finalized contract on its F-35 jets, which have been beset by delays in a technology upgrade, sooner than it previously anticipated, the U.S. defense ...

Company CEO Jim Taiclet claims that by applying advanced technologies to the F-35, 80% of the F-47’s capability can be achieved at 50% of the cost. As news of Boeing’s victory in the Next ...

Advanced stealth capabilities, new weapons and possibly even an unmanned piloting option could be in the works for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as the company seeks to boost the jet with sixth ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered 72 F-35 jets to the U.S. government as of May 1, after several months of delay due to late software improvements, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing the ...