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…
F-35
F-35 Block 4 Shrinks, Slips to 2031, Adds at Least $6 Billion
The F-35’s next major capability expansion is getting smaller even as it becomes later and more expensive. The reduced Block…
Pentagon Withholds Entire F-35 Oversight Report After 20 Years of Public Scrutiny
The Pentagon has blocked public release of the entire annual review of F-35 production and modernization, ending more than two…
Pentagon Raises F-35 Acquisition Estimate $51 Billion to $536.2 Billion
The Pentagon has raised the estimated cost of acquiring the planned U.S. F-35 fleet and its engines by $51 billion,…
UK’s Next 27 F-35 Jets Won’t Arrive Until Early 2030s
The UK’s planned next batch of 27 Lockheed Martin F-35s 12 F-35As and 15 F-35Bs is now expected to start…
F-35 Engine Core Upgrade Nears Review as Block 4 Heat Load Rises
The U.S. Air Force expects Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Engine Core Upgrade to enter critical design review in August 2026,…
Lockheed’s Record $1.6 Billion F-35 Spares Award Expands Support Through 2033
Lockheed Martin received a $1.603 billion order on July 15, 2026, to supply initial spare parts for the F-35 fleet,…