Pentagon responds to damning test pilot report. In this image released by the U.S. Navy courtesy of Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Navy variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C, conducts a test ...

OSHKOSH—A joint U.S./UK program is testing safety technology on the Lockheed Martin F-35 that is aimed at avoiding collisions between military and civilian aircraft in the air. The “collision ...

The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security ...

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter continues to face developmental issues because of a lack of test aircraft, according to the fiscal year 2009 annual report by the Director of Operational Test and ...

The Collision Avoidance Manual Deconfliction is being tested on the F-35 at Edwards AFB and is intended to reduce the risk of midair collision with civilian and military aircraft. According to Kevin ...

One former Marine becomes the first civilian F-35 test pilot at Cherry Point, boosting readiness; another is tapped to lead the Pentagon’s massive F-35 program, overseeing its global management. The ...

How does a fighter based on “continuous modernization” continue to modernize when the bottleneck is no longer the shape of ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter that will be employed for testing software updates and new weapons. The “new specially instrumented F-35A” will join the ...

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.— The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Patuxent River completed a key tactical demonstration showing F-35 Lightning II pilots directing multiple Collaborative Combat ...