Partners Fund 68% of Lockheed’s $43.7 Million F-35 Threat-Data Lab Upgrade
International partners are supplying roughly 68% of a $43.7 million Lockheed Martin award to upgrade the ground laboratories that build…
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Denmark Orders First Long-Range Missiles, Including F-35 Weapon, Price Undisclosed
Denmark has committed to buying its first long-range precision missiles, including a weapon for its F-35 fighters, without disclosing the…
Lockheed Martin’s 850-Jet F-35 Agreement Still Needs Congress
At least 850 F-35 fighter jets over 10 years and a stated production pace of 156 aircraft annually form the…
Lockheed-Pentagon Framework Covers 850 F-35s Over Decade, Not Yet Ordered
Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have outlined a 10-year framework covering at least 850 F-35 fighters, but the unusually large…
Lockheed, Pentagon Set 850-Jet F-35 Framework, but No Firm Order
An 850-aircraft commitment would rank as an immense procurement decision. What Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have established, however, is…
Lockheed Employees Gave $59,500 Before Appropriator Backed 83 F-35s
Lockheed Martin employees and senior executives contributed $59,500 to Sen. Susan Collins’s campaign committee during May and June 2023, when…
U.S. Approves Possible $24.3 Billion Saudi Package for 48 F-35 Fighters
$24.3 billion is the estimated ceiling for a possible package covering 48 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters and related equipment for…
Two F-35 Parts Diverted Through Hong Kong After Routing Warning Was Missed
Two export-controlled F-35 components were diverted through Hong Kong after a routing warning reportedly failed to reach the UPS employee…
China Reportedly Holds Two Australian F-35 Parts Bound for U.S.
Chinese authorities reportedly took possession of two components from an Australian military F-35 after a UPS shipment bound for the…
83 Sanctioned Iranian Airline Landings Complicate Turkey’s F-35 Fighter Bid
Turkey is seeking renewed access to the F-35 fighter program while U.S.-sanctioned Iranian airlines continue reaching its airports. A September…
Pentagon’s Reported $1 Trillion Funding Meets F-35 Readiness Gap
Congress appropriated a reported $1 trillion for U.S. defense this year, but that scale does not translate cleanly into systems…
Saudi Arabia’s $24 Billion F-35 Sale Advances Amid Technology-Security Concerns
A proposed $24 billion Saudi purchase of 48 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters is moving through the U.S. review process even…
Switzerland Paid $2 Billion Toward F-35s Without Guaranteed Fixed Price
Switzerland had paid approximately $2 billion toward its F-35 fighter aircraft by the end of June, even though parliamentary overseers…
US Approves Proposed $24.3 Billion Saudi F-35 Package, Contract Not Final
$24.3 billion is the estimated ceiling for a proposed Saudi package covering 48 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters, 49 Pratt &…
F-35 Variant Prices Rise 8.5% to 11.5%, Reaching $121.4 Million
All three F-35 versions have become more expensive in the latest production lots. The F-35 Joint Program Office estimates average…
Singapore’s 20 F-35 Fighters Cost $4.06 Billion, but Basing Remains Unsettled
Singapore’s 20 F-35 fighters and related equipment carry a newly disclosed value of US$4.06 billion, or S$5.17 billion, but the…
Air Force Needs 72 Fighters Yearly, but Budget Funds 45 and Factories Cannot Deliver
Seventy-two new fighters a year is the rate the U.S. Air Force says it needs to keep its fleet from…
Air Force Needs 72 New Fighters Annually, but Factories Cannot Deliver
Seventy-two new fighters a year is the U.S. Air Force’s stated requirement for keeping its fighter fleet steady. The current…
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