US envoy John Arrigo urges Portugal toward the F-35 as Lisbon revisits how it will eventually replace its aging F-16 fleet after a 2025 reassessment.

The Donald Trump-led administration could opt for another successor to the mighty F-35 fighter in place of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform for the Air Force, as per Air Force ...

Lisbon has not ruled out a potential future acquisition of the Lockheed Martin F-35A despite recent comments by its defence minister, a senior Portuguese air force official indicates. “The [Lockheed] ...

As the U.S. grapples with ballooning federal budgets and increasingly necessary spending cuts, the military remains ripe for austerity. In February, the Pentagon suggested cutting $50 billion per year ...

Despite the need to modernize, Spain shelves F-35 plans, leaving its Navy without a STOVL replacement. The purchase of F-35 Lightning II aircraft, the fifth-generation American stealth fighter, for ...

Canada’s fighter replacement saga is no longer a theoretical procurement exercise, it is a live test of whether the country intends to field a front-line air force that can survive and win in modern ...

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The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying in coordination with AI-enabled drones will become a staple of any ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BENOIT DOPPAGNE/Belga/Sipa USA/Newscom As the U.S. grapples with ballooning federal budgets and increasingly necessary spending ...