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The Pentagon has cleared the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter for full rate of production after years of delay.

After a 5-year delay, the Pentagon approved the Milestone C / Full Rate Production for the 5th gen fighter.

“Now that we understand that 80 kilowatts is a must-have, it was the mission of: how do we get there, with the lowest impact to the overall airframe?” Honeywell Aerospace’s Matt Milas told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.

The Pentagon stopped accepting deliveries of the newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in summer 2023 as software problems snarled the jets' latest upgrades.

The Pentagon has given the green light to equip the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with thermonuclear weapons, a military spokesman told Breaking Defense. The latest addition to the US fighter fleet, the F-35 has faced a long line of technical issues and cost overruns. In comments to the outlet on…

F-35A stealth jets operated by many NATO countries have been certified to carry nuclear weapons, becoming the first fifth-generation aircraft to be cleared…

The move will grant the U.S. and NATO with a critical capability, said a spokesperson for the F-35 Joint Program Office.

The V-22 Osprey is so important to the military that its grounding was lifted on Friday despite the services not knowing why a critical failure occurred.

Nuclear capable or not, this fifth-generation stealth aircraft has been dogged by a whole array of technical troubles since its maiden flight back in 2006.

The current mission is to map a large part of the Milky Way galaxy.