- February 4th, 2026
The United States Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract valued at up to $1.6 billion to sustain the F135 propulsion system that powers all variants of the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s largest and most widely deployed fifth-generation...
Trump’s Tariff Gambit Backfires as Global F-35 Orders Collapse, Threatening USD 100 Billion in Sales
US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff crusade—framed domestically as a strategy to revive American jobs—appears to be delivering the opposite effect for one of the country’s biggest defense manufacturers. Lockheed Martin, builder of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, is...
China has officially disclosed that the radar cross section (RCS) of its new-generation J-35 stealth fighter is smaller than the size of a human palm — a revelation that underscores Beijing’s accelerating progress in stealth technology and its ambition to...
Corruption in the military is increasingly emerging as a global concern, with scandals and procurement scams surfacing across continents. From battlefield-dependent Ukraine to the strategic might of China and the United States, and from struggling democracies like Romania to rising...
The evolving geopolitical landscape of the Middle East has reached a pivotal inflection point with Washington’s announcement of the United States–Saudi Arabia Strategic Defense Agreement, a sweeping pact that includes approval for Riyadh to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning...
Saudi Arabia could become the first Arab country to sign a deal for the American-made F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet, marking a historic shift in Middle Eastern defense alignments — if ongoing discussions between U.S. President Donald Trump and...
In a rapidly shifting security environment marked by escalating tensions with China and Pakistan, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is undertaking a high-stakes evaluation for the urgent acquisition of two to three squadrons of fifth-generation fighter aircraft from foreign partners....
Turkey is making a renewed push to rejoin the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation stealth fighter jet program—a program it was expelled from in 2019 following its controversial acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
India has taken a decisive stance that signals its rising confidence and ambition in building indigenous military capabilities. Amid mounting speculation and lobbying from both the United States and Russia over potential deals for their flagship fifth-generation fighter jets—the Lockheed...
As the tectonic plates of global geopolitics shift, the transatlantic alliance—once considered the bedrock of Western security—finds itself increasingly under strain. French President Emmanuel Macron, a long-time advocate of European strategic autonomy, has seized the moment of American uncertainty to...
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