The crash of an F-35 stealth fighter jet that went missing for more than 24 hours after the pilot ejected was caused by pilot error, a Marine Corps investigation found—but multiple system failures and ...

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A U.S. Air Force F-35A jet flies at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on Jan. 11, 2024. A group of upgrades to the F-35's cockpit displays and computers is about a year late. (Staff Sgt. Kaitlyn Ergish/U.S.

One of the main drivers of renewed criticism is the cost of keeping the F-35 flying over its decades-long service life.

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...

The F-35 Lightning II is often praised as a stealthy, sensor-fused “flying computer,” but its track record reveals five ...

When a Messerschmitt Me 262 launched an attack on a British Havilland Mosquito over Munich during World War II, it made history as the first fighter jet to engage in combat. The technological ...

The U.S. has long been recognized for its technological edge in developing battlefield weaponry. The design work for such platforms occurs years before a system ever sees the light of day and, even ...

Lockheed Martin hopes to adapt sixth-generation stealth capabilities into the F-35 by changing some of its coatings and tweaking the outer mold line to better hide it from radar and infrared. (Micah ...

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II is one of the world's most advanced fighter jets. Business Insider toured a facility where the stealth jet is made. The production line in Fort Worth, Texas, is ...