Business Insider recently sat down with a test pilot for the F-35 stealth fighter jet.She explained what it was like to jump ...

The F-35 Lightning II doesn't need to engage other fighter jets in close proximity. It has weapons and sensors that can ...

The Pentagon is close to deciding on a new schedule for completing crucial simulated combat testing of the $398 billion F-35 jet against advanced Russian and Chinese air defenses, according to a ...

s F-35, the world’s costliest weapons system ... It also assesses how well it can be maintained and its combat-ready status. The test office said the Defense Department “may decide to release ...

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, one of the most fraught defense programs in U.S. military history, is getting closer and closer to the point where it will be introduced to full service. With the ...

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter got its first taste of combat, dropping bombs on the Taliban in Afghanistan. According to CNN, the strike occurred within the last 24 hours and involved Marine Corps ...

While the F-35 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E ... operational effectiveness and operational suitability for combat." IOT&E had originally been set to begin in September 2018.

Last week's leak of a report by a test pilot on the Lockheed ... praising the F-35's situational awareness and saying that air combat had changed. "People are using metrics they know, understand ...

The Block 2B version of the F-35 Joint Strike ... of unsupported combat against any serious threat, according to Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon’s director of operational test and evaluation ...

How does it feel to fly the F-35, the fifth-generation combat and intelligence-collection platform that is currently the best aircraft on the planet and the tip of the spear for both the US and ...

If risk manifests in labs or flight test, TR-3 may require additional ... cost cap,” Schmidt also wrote. Is the F-35 still the most capable combat aircraft if it can’t be used in combat ...