Business Insider recently sat down with a test pilot for the F-35 stealth fighter jet. She explained what it was like to jump from flying older F-16s to the fifth-generation aircraft. The biggest ...

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Pax River ITF completed an initial flight test integrating the AGM-158C LRASM onto the F-35B Lightning II, following the first test on the F-35C in September 2024.

US Air Force and Energy Department personnel load a pair of unarmed B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs onto an F-35 at Hill Air Force Base on Aug. 19 for testing. The Energy Department and Air Force in ...

An F-35C of VX-9 assigned to the United Operational Test Team at Edwards AFB performed the first dual drop of externally mounted GBU-54 LJDAM bombs, engaging a remote controlled High-Speed Moving ...

LONDON—MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile has been flown on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the first time. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B from Naval Air Station ...

The Joint Simulation Environment is playing a key role in developing tactics and operational concepts for integrating Collaborative Combat Aircraft with ...

F-35 build process documentation, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Tex. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has drawn a $27.9-million contract modification by the U.S. Dept. of Defense to “add scope” ...

A recent report from the Pentagon's test office found the F-35 program is still struggling to develop and test software, highlighting persistent challenges. The program “has shown no improvement in ...