Contract delays and software problems with the F-35 are costing Lockheed Martin hundreds of millions of dollars, and the company is trying to get the program back on track and start recouping its costs. (Senior Airman Edgar Grimaldo/U.S. Air Force)
Lockheed Martin expects to strike a deal with the U.S. government by the end of the year to build the 18th and 19th lots of F-35 Joint Strike…
US has accepted 36 upgraded F-35s since lifting delivery pause
September 24, 2024
The Pentagon refused deliveries of new F-35s until Lockheed Martin developed a partial version of its latest upgrade software. (Staff Sgt. Zachary Rufus/Air Force)
The U.S. has officially accepted 36 new Lockheed Martin-made F-35 Joint Strike Fighters since lifting a…
WASHINGTON — The first production F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with an early, incomplete version of the software powering a key upgrade was flown last week at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility, the company told Defense News.
The Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program…
