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Randy Yamada, the Vice President of Booz Allen, is a panelist for the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual R&D Summit on January 31, 2024. Register here.

The F-35 Lighting II is the most popular fifth-generation fighter jet in the skies today. Its technological edge and capabilities are mainly why the aircraft is so highly sought after by many countries. And, in some respects, that creates a problem. 

Testimony from the USAF general leading the F-35 program indicates that software issues could halt production, delaying international F-35 deliveries. Lockheed agrees.

Israel's ability to keep the vast majority of its F-35s flying during high-tempo operations against Hamas is opening eyes in the Pentagon.

Purpose: The subcommittee plans to receive testimony on the status of: 1) Technical Refresh-3 hardware and Block 4 software development, testing, production, and fielding; 2) Propulsion and Power/Thermal Management Systems concept development, risk reduction, and acquisition strategy; 3) Viability, availability, sustainability, and recapitalization of the existing

Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney have successfully performed the first start of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft test engine, using an integrated power package (IPP) that the functions traditionally performed by the auxiliary power system, emergency power system, and environmental control into a single system. The system was used to start a Pratt & Whitney F135 short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) engine at the company's advanced test facility in West Palm Beach, FL. The I...

--F-35 continues to be the choice of air forces across Europe

/PRNewswire/ -- The German Ministry of Defense announced today it is procuring 35 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft. "Congratulations...

F-35 continues to be the choice of air forces across EuropeFORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The German Ministry of Defense announc...

/PRNewswire/ -- The German Ministry of Defense announced today it is procuring 35 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft. "Congratulations...