The U.S. has the world's largest carrier fleet with 11 in service, while China ranks second with three and Japan has two ships being converted into carriers.

Lockheed Martin announced the recent delivery of the 100th F-35C Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jet, marking a new milestone for the program after the delivery of the 1000th F-35 earlier ...

The F-35C is a carrier-based variant designed for CATOBAR operations from the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. It first flew in 2010 and achieved IOC (Initial Operational Capability) in 2019. Compared ...

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In total, that's $15.5 billion worth of new F-35 revenue for Lockheed, front-loaded so that about $8.4 billion of it shows up ...

Biden announced the two U.S. Navy Gerald R. Ford-class carriers will be named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W.

The U.S. military is by far the largest F-35 purchaser with a total order of 2,456 aircraft (the Air Force has ordered 1,763 ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, California— While Marines wait for new F-35s, officials say recent delivery delays haven't altered their goal to fully switch to the fifth-generation stealth fighter ...

Additionally, the Marines plan to increase the number of F-35s from 10 to 12 per squadron. This will likely happen sometime ...

Twenty-two F-35s were delivered in the final month of the year, and total deliveries exceeded 1,100—which remains the highest ...

The Pentagon plans to launch a test campaign to integrate Lockheed Martin's Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile with the US Air ...