- February 10th, 2026
The global aerospace industry stands as one of the most technologically advanced, capital-intensive, and strategically significant sectors of the modern economy. At its apex sit two familiar giants—Boeing of the United States and Airbus of Europe—whose rivalry has defined commercial...
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor remains the most powerful fighter jet in the world. Yet with the widespread introduction of its younger, more numerous cousin—the F-35 Lightning II—a persistent question continues to surface in defense circles: is the F-22 still...
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Airbus, and Northrop Grumman dominate the Western aerospace and defense industry as the only manufacturers capable of designing and producing complete, frontline military aircraft at scale. France’s Dassault Aviation and the UK’s BAE Systems are also major...
Lockheed Martin has completed a multi-aircraft flight demonstration of its new Sniper Networked Targeting Pod (NTP), validating a capability that allows real-time exchange of targeting data between multiple aircraft and ground stations. The company disclosed the milestone in a statement...
In March 2025, just weeks into his second presidency, US President Donald Trump handed Boeing the most consequential military aviation contract of the decade: the engineering and manufacturing development deal for the crewed sixth-generation fighter under the US Air Force’s...
Lockheed Martin achieved a historic milestone last year, delivering 191 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters—the highest annual total in the program’s history, the company announced. The record-breaking figure significantly surpasses the previous high of 142 jets in 2021 and marks a...
The Finnish Air Force has reached a defining moment in its multiyear HX Fighter Programme with the maiden flight of its first F-35A Lightning II on December 8, 2025. The new aircraft, carrying the serial number JF-501, took to the...
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...
The United States military-industrial complex appears dangerously sluggish. Despite hosting the world's five largest defense contractors and commanding the most formidable defense budget on the planet, the U.S. could paradoxically be at risk of losing the next major war. The...
NATO’s artillery power: The U.S. Department of Defense announced on May 23, 2025, the awarding of a major contract to Lockheed Martin to upgrade the venerable M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) to its newest configuration, the M270A2. This next-generation...
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