Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is promoted as the most advanced fighter jet in the world, and it has an outsized impact ...

Key Points and Summary: In a hypothetical dogfight, the Northrop YF-23 “Black Widow II” would likely defeat the F-35 ...

Lockheed Martin is currently producing F-35 jets, known as the Lightning II, at a rate of about 156 per year – a pace it expects to continue as it finalizes TR-3 software development and testing.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $735,735,572 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-17-C-0001). The ...

"For nearly 30 years, Romania and Lockheed Martin have been defense and security partners," said Bridget Lauderdale, vice president and general manager, F-35 Lightning II Program, Lockheed Martin.

Summary and Key Points: Greece has formalized its acquisition of 20 F-35 Lightning II aircraft from Lockheed Martin for $3.47 billion, with an option for 20 more.

In 2001, the X-35B vertical landing prototype hovered. These successful test flights helped Lockheed Martin win the F-35 Lightning II contract and eventually, the US Air Force adopted it in 2011.

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office inked a $34 billion deal to build the next three batches of 478 stealthy fighters.

The Government of Canada announced Monday it is procuring 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft from Bethesda-based global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin as a result of the ...

Share Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II October 22, 2012 Lockheed Martin's F-35 design was selected as the winner of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program in 2001.

To safely fly in conditions where lightning is present, the F-35 relies on its Onboard Inert Gas Generation System, or OBIGGS, which pumps nitrogen-enriched air into the fuel tanks to inert them.

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $4.7 billion contract modification for 78 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, according to a March 31 contract announcement by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).