The F-35 has had a significant start to 2026. Regardless of one's thoughts on the wisdom or constitutionality of foreign ...

Trump wants an F-35 stealth fighter with two engines because he doesn't like single-engine planes. He wants to call this new twin-engine F-35 the F-55. A former F-35 program manager told BI that this ...

President Donald Trump is no stranger to saying questionable things, and he had some in the U.S. Air Force scratching their heads when he claimed there were plans to develop an F-35 Joint Strike ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-35 program is under intense pressure due to severe problems with its critical Block 4 modernization. -The new TR-3 hardware, the foundation for the upgrade, is late, ...

The U.S. Dept. of Defense made a $2.88-billion award to Pratt & Whitney in a modification to a prior contract for manufacturing 141 more F135 engines. Those engines are the power source for the F-35 ...

PARIS—A key milestone for the Pentagon’s program to upgrade the F-35 engine has been pushed back a year, raising questions about the overall timeline of the effort. The engine upgrade will reach ...

The F-35 program is delaying some of its planned Block 4 upgrades as it focuses on delivering capabilities as early as 2031. (A1C Eli Rose/Air Force) The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is scaling ...

President Trump described the F-55 as a substantial upgrade over the F-35, together with the ongoing upgrades to F-35 and F-22. U.S. President Donald Trump is currently on a tour in the Middle East, ...

Despite support from Boehner and other Congressmen, House voted against F35 Feb. 16, 2011 -- Congress voted to strip federal funding for a jet engine the President doesn't want and the Pentagon says ...

The $2.8B contract funds 141 F135 engines for U.S. services and allies, securing production, spares, and upgrades through February 2028. Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a major contract, valued at ...

U.S. Navy fighter pilot Jeff “Bangs” Fellows was out of munitions – but not out of the fight. In any other fighter jet, he might have had reason to head back to base and wait to see how the training ...

Pratt & Whitney is under contract to deliver 141 F135 engines for the 18th lot of F-35s. (Rick Goodfriend/Air Force) The U.S. Navy on Friday awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract modification worth up to ...