With France’s withdrawal from the inter-European FCAS sixth-gen fighter jet initiative appearing more and more likely, it is unclear how the program will survive. Germany and France have a long and at ...

It is possible that the "Combat Cloud," a program designed to link advanced fighter jets to ground sensors and other aircraft, could be salvaged if Europe’s FCAS program collapsed. Europe’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. air force F-35A fighter performs over the Ohio River during the Owensboro Air Show, on Sept. 14, 2024, in Owensboro, Ky.

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The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, with its many variants, is likely the best-known fifth-generation fighter plane flying today — at least when it comes to Western nations. As of 2026, 1,000 F-35s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As part of its seemingly never-ending search for new fighters, the Indian Ministry of Defense says it wants to team up with one of ...

F-35 maintenance is a matter of much concern to operators: a recent Pentagon inspector general report found that the aircraft’s average availability rate for 2024 was only about 50%. The Pentagon ...

With over a thousand F-35s built and thousands more on order, the F-35's flyaway costs can be lower than some ...

Lockheed Martin reported producing a record-breaking number of F-35s in 2025, and expanding its orders abroad—even as some nations have scaled back or withdrawn from the program. Aerospace giant ...