U.S. F-35 fighter jets were mission-ready only about half the time last year, falling well short of required performance levels, according to a report released by the Pentagon’s inspector general. The ...

Key Points and Summary - Switzerland is walking back its plan to buy 36 F-35A fighters, saying it will instead purchase only the “maximum possible number” within a fixed 6 billion Swiss franc budget ...

The inspector general’s report criticized Lockheed Martin’s systemic inability to meet contract requirements, as well as the F-35’s dismal readiness rate. “Audit of the DoD’s Oversight of Contractor ...

James Fergusson, one of Canada's leading experts on the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) and missile defence, has watched with dismay the seemingly never-ending drama surrounding ...

The F-35’s performance was so impressive that Canada decided to buy the fifth-generation fighter despite a 2015 promise not to. A new report shows how the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet ...

Lockheed Martin has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s fifth-generation fighters based on development work it did on the losing bid for the Air ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Almost a decade has passed since Israel received its first ...

An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included figures of the required combat fleet, calling for an increase of nearly 300 jets. The U.S. Air Force needs a total of 1,558 ...

US warns they will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal doesn’t go through - Cost of F-35 advanced fighter ...

The deal was supposed to reshape the Middle East. Israel would normalize relations with Saudi Arabia, paving the way for ties with the wider Muslim world. In exchange, the Saudis would get a US ...