The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of sustainment and related elements of logistics and program ...

The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a potential sale of sustainment and related elements of ...

The F-35 is an awesome weapon of war, but even the United States Air Force's most advanced fighter needs tweaks, upgrades, ...

American allies around the world, once eager to replace their own aging fighter fleets, are suddenly hesitating on purchases ...

Switzerland said efforts to negotiate a fixed price for the F-35A jet were not successful, making it vulnerable to costs from ...

Bern reviews fighter jet plans after U.S. cost hike, legal dispute over “fixed price,” and public protests against steep import tariffs. Switzerland’s ...

Each F-35 costs tens of millions of dollars to build, and the Defense Department had about 620 of them in 2024, according to ...

Switzerland may cut its order of 36 Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 stealth fighters after failing to push through a fixed-price ...

Switzerland will have to pay significantly more than planned for a fleet of US-made F-35 fighter jets after failing to secure ...

Switzerland’s government has instructed its defense ministry to look at options around the country’s procurement of the ...

At $65 million to $112.5 million per aircraft at its drive-the-car-off-the-lot cost and $382 billion in total program costs, the F-35 is the Pentagon's most expensive weapons program (see ...

The plane’s cost per flight hour exceeds $40,000, more than double that of its alternatives—leading to mission-capable rates hovering below targets for six consecutive years.