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Guido Crosetto, the head of Italian aerospace and defense industry association (AIAD) is crying foul on the F-35 workshare program saying Lockheed Martin has broken promises. Crosetto stated that Italian companies have not been given any maintenance contracts on the F-35. Small Italian firms were excluded because the competition favored large companies,” said Crosetto. Rome currently plans to […]
Early results came in from the US Air Force’s realistic, challenging Red Flag air combat exercise — and it looks like the F-35 slaughtered the competition. Aviation Week reports that the Joint Strike Fighter killed 15 aggressors for each F-35 downed. The F-35 achieved this remarkable ratio in a drastically increased threat environment that included […]
Guido Crosetto, the head of Italian aerospace and defense industry association (AIAD) is crying foul on the F-35 workshare program saying Lockheed Martin has broken promises. Crosetto stated that Italian companies have not been given any maintenance contracts on the F-35. “Small Italian firms were excluded because the competition favored large companies,” said Crosetto. Rome currently plans to […]
The Pentagon announced that the latest lot purchase of 90 F-35 fighter jets dropped to below $95 million per aircraft. This is the lowest per unit price for the stealth fighter yet and was a savings of $728 million compared to the last batch of F-35s purchased. This news came after President Trump announced that […]
The F-35 Lighting II, an aircraft that makes alternate headlines for being the most expensive weapons platform ever made and for suffering repeated technical setbacks, just got a little bit cheaper, and it would appear that the US government has Donald Trump to thank for that. Lockheed Martin, the defense and aerospace company tasked with […]
A week after Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis called for a review of the F-35 program to “determine opportunities to significantly reduce the cost,” top US military brass are arguing for the Joint Strike Fighter’s place in the future of carrier aircraft. Mattis’ review calls for an investigation of the cost of the entire F-35 program, […]
New Secretary of Defense James Mattis released a memo this week calling for a review of the F-35 program and to compare it to the operational capabilities the F-18 Super Hornet. Today the Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant of Aviation, Lt. Gen. Jon Davis said the review will include Marine Corps aviators and aircraft. Speaking to reporters […]
New Secretary of Defense James Mattis released a memo this week calling for a review of the F-35 program and to compare it to the operational capabilities the F-18 Super Hornet. Today the Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant of Aviation, Lt. Gen. Jon Davis said the review will include Marine Corps aviators and aircraft. Speaking to reporters […]
Have you ever heard of a helmet that costs $400,000? Well, for the most expensive aircraft program in the world (the F-35) it would make sense that it also comes with the most expensive fighter pilot helmet ever. Watch What the F-35 Helmet Can Do Apparently, the $400,000 helmet, while being very cool is also […]
President Trump announced today that he has made a deal with Lockheed Martin to lower costs of the F-35 program by $600 million. Trump said the savings applies to the next 90 aircraft that are going to be purchased. “I appreciate Lockheed Martin for being so responsive,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We […]
The US Marine Corps did not mince words when deploying F-35s to Japan, saying that the “arrival of the F-35B embodies our commitment to the defense of Japan and the regional security of the Pacific.” Tensions among the US, US allies, and China have been steadily mounting for years as China builds artificial islands and […]
In one of his first initiatives after being sworn in as Secretary of Defense, General Mattis signed a memo today demanding a “detailed assessment to reduce associated program costs” of the F-35 Lightning II program. While calling for “significantly reduced” F-35 costs the memo even calls for a review that compares the operational capabilities of the […]
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