Few military aircraft have reshaped global airpower as dramatically as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Lockheed Martin has unveiled its new autonomous collaborative combat aircraft, Vectis, designed to team with the F-35 (F35) stealth fighter in multi-domain missions.
More than 1,100 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth aircraft have been delivered worldwide, with the United States (US) operating over 600 of them.
The United States has ordered 10 F-35 stealth fighter jets to Puerto Rico amid mounting tensions with Venezuela.
The US Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney (P&W) a contract modification valued at nearly $2.9 billion to produce more F135 engines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
A British F-35B Lightning II fighter jet made an emergency landing at Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) in southwestern Japan after a reported malfunction.
A British Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet remains grounded at Thiruvananthapuram airport more than 48 hours after an emergency landing.
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a joint UK-Italy-Japan effort, aims to deliver a sixth-generation fighter by 2035 but faces delays, prompting Japan to consider more Lockheed Martin F-35s.