Lockheed Martin CEO tells Trump she’ll work to drive down cost of F-35

Lockheed Martin CEO tells Trump she’ll work to drive down cost of F-35

The chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp told President-elect Donald Trump on Friday that she was committed to driving down the cost of the company’s F-35 fighter jet, a day after Trump took aim at the cost of the F-35 in a Twitter post. CEO Marillyn Hewson said she spoke with Trump on Friday afternoon […]

Trump Doubles Down with another Twitter Strike on the F-35! Bring on the Super Hornets!

Trump Doubles Down with another Twitter Strike on the F-35! Bring on the Super Hornets!

Earlier today and just 24 hours after meeting personally with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, President-elect Trump launched another Twitter strike on the F-35 program. Mr. Trump said that he has asked Boeing to price out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet! President-elect Trump is clearly willing to use his position of power to create a sense […]

Trump Doubles Down with another Twitter Strike on the F-35! Bring on the Super Hornets!

Trump Doubles Down with another Twitter Strike on the F-35! Bring on the Super Hornets!

Earlier today and just 24 hours after meeting personally with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, President-elect Trump launched another Twitter strike on the F-35 program. Mr. Trump said that he has asked Boeing to price out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet! President-elect Trump is clearly willing to use his position of power to create a sense […]

Trump and Boeing CEO Meet – Promises a Less Expensive Air Force One

Trump and Boeing CEO Meet – Promises a Less Expensive Air Force One

If you recall it was just a couple of weeks ago that President-elect Trump tweeted to ‘cancel’ the new Air Force One purchase from Boeing because it was too expensive. Today after a meeting with the President-elect, Dennis Muilenburg, the CEO of Boeing stated that he had a “very productive” meeting and promised to produce […]

Watch: Israel Takes Delivery of First Pair of F-35I ‘Adir” Aircraft

Watch: Israel Takes Delivery of First Pair of F-35I ‘Adir” Aircraft

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) took delivery of their first two F-35I ‘Adir’ stealth fighter aircraft on December 12th arriving in country at Nevatim AFB. Many dignitaries including US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, the President of Lockheed Martin Marillyn Hewson and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu were in attendance. “Today, the fifth generation revolution begins. […]

Trump Tweet Part Deux: F-35 Program Costs Out of Control!

Trump Tweet Part Deux: F-35 Program Costs Out of Control!

About a week ago President-elect Trump caused a major stir when he tweeted that the cost Boeing was charging for the new Air Force One program was too much and that he wanted to cancel the program. Today the President-elect went another step further stating the F-35 Lightning II costs are “out of control” and […]

Watch: Lockheed Martin T-50A Advanced Air Force Trainer Takes to the Skies!

Watch: Lockheed Martin T-50A Advanced Air Force Trainer Takes to the Skies!

Lockheed Martin announced that flight operations for the T-50A advanced trainer aircraft were underway from their Greenville, South Carolina final assembly and checkout facility. The aircraft is a joint partnership between Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries. Described as a complete 5th generation training platform which also includes a ground based training system, the T-50A […]

Boom Technology Introduces The First Privately Funded Supersonic Jet

Boom Technology Introduces The First Privately Funded Supersonic Jet

Boom Technology, Inc, a Colorado based aviation startup has a vision! They plan to offer everyday travelers supersonic passenger service that is routine, affordable and safe. Tuesday, November 15th the Richard Branson backed company, introduced the ‘Baby Boom’ XB1 Supersonic Demonstrator. The XB1 Baby Boom is a one third sized version of the Mach 2.2, […]

Navy SEALs to acquire new, dry mini-submersibles

Navy SEALs to acquire new, dry mini-submersibles

According to a report in The Hill newspaper, which we first linked here on SOFREP back in September, the Navy SEALs are in the process of procuring a new mini-submersible vehicle to complement (and one day, perhaps replace) their fleet of SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDVs). I thought I would go a little further in depth on […]

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Failure is not a (financial) option

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Failure is not a (financial) option

At a projected lifetime price tag of $1.45 trillion dollars, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has secured its place as the most expensive weapons system in the history of mankind. It’s easy to look at a price tag like $1.45 trillion and recognize it as a big number, but without context, it can be difficult […]

F-35 ‘miracle jet’ faces additional woes -15 F-35 models grounded due to wiring issue

F-35 ‘miracle jet’ faces additional woes -15 F-35 models grounded due to wiring issue

The impact expands further than the operational F-35 inventory, as there are 42 aircraft currently on the production line that has received parts from the same provider. That includes three three Norwegian aircraft scheduled for delivery early next year. It is unclear if those parts will need to be replaced or if other nations planes will be impacted.