Fighter pilots wanted a lightweight, performance-first jet with minimal extras, and Lockheed delivered an aircraft built around an ultra-thin wing and a hit-and-run philosophy. The push to Mach 2 came ...

The biggest defence companies in the United States have agreed to “quadruple production” of what President Donald Trump ...

The restoration team has now begun work on one of the United States military's most important early combat fighters: the ...

Archer Aviation sues Vertical Aerospace over patent claims as investors weigh pre-revenue risks and growth potential.

New low-drag external fuel tanks developed by Lockheed Martin will give the company’s F-22 Raptor more range without compromising stealthiness or aerodynamic performance, Lockheed says. The company ...

At the most expensive defense industrial project in world history, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is more than just a fighter jet that doesn't appear on radar. The incredible fifth-generation ...

Lockheed F-104 Starfighters were built worldwide. Production began in 1954 in the United States and continued through licensed international manufacturing until 1984, when Italy completed the final ...

How NASA used the F-104 Starfighter's razor-thin wing to explore supersonic handling, shuttle approaches, and X-15 support.

Depending on who you ask, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is either the most sophisticated weapons platform ever built, or an $80 million disaster that’s too fragile for rain and its namesake ...

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Lockheed Martin Corp.’s record F-35 deliveries last year come with a caveat: Slightly less than half of the 191 jets the US accepted in its largest weapons program should have been delivered about two ...

Lockheed Martin delivered 191 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in 2025 — a record delivery amount for the program — as it cleared out a backlog of undelivered jets due to problems with a technology upgrade.