Aerospace & Spaceflight Pentagon Confirms F-35 Parts Missing After Repair Shipment Diverted Through Hong Kong David WhitakerSeptember 21, 2026September 21, 20260 The Pentagon has confirmed that F-35 Lightning II components are missing after an Australia-to-United States repair shipment was diverted through…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Pentagon Raises F-35 Acquisition Estimate $51 Billion After Years of Declines David WhitakerSeptember 4, 2026September 4, 20260 The Pentagon now estimates that developing, modernizing and acquiring the planned U.S. F-35 fleet will cost $536.2 billion, up $51…
Aerospace & Spaceflight F-35 Acquisition Estimate Jumps $51 Billion Despite Broadly Stable Aircraft Prices David WhitakerSeptember 2, 2026September 2, 20260 $51 billion is the increase in the estimated cost of acquiring the planned U.S. F-35 fleet not a $51 billion…
Aerospace & Spaceflight NATO Drill Links Three Nations’ F-35s for Shared Eastern-Flank Air Defense David WhitakerJuly 29, 2026July 29, 20260 NATO linked F-35 fighters from Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom with surveillance, refueling, command, naval and land elements…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Pentagon Restricts F-35 Report, Cutting Public Visibility Into Cost and Readiness David WhitakerJuly 27, 2026July 27, 20260 The Defense Department designated the latest Government Accountability Office review of F-35 production and modernization as “Controlled Unclassified Information,” preventing…