The Navy awarded Lockheed a $133 million contract modification to continue providing F-35 flight test support for U.S. military services.

The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter that will be employed for testing software updates and new weapons. The “new specially instrumented F-35A” will join the ...

The F-35 has been tested with a new artificial intelligence-enhanced Combat Identification capability to help pilots quickly ...

Lockheed Martin says it flight tested an AI-enhanced combat ID capability on an F-35, using Project Overwatch to help resolve ...

Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force have completed a major flight test of the Stand-In Attack Weapon, or SiAW, marking a step forward in the service’s effort to field a new air-to-ground missile ...

Textron subsidiary Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, or ATAC, has won a task order from the U.S. Marine Corps to support the service’s F-35 stealth strike fighter flight training. The task order, ...

New artificial intelligence technology is giving the F-35 the ability to pick out confusing threat emissions and get them properly identified faster.

Lockheed Martin has flight tested an artificial intelligence-enhanced combat identification capability integrated into the F-35’s information fusion system, according to the company.