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Summary and Key Points – Lockheed Martin closed 2025 with a record 191 F-35 deliveries, signaling that global demand remains strong even as questions...
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Summary and Key Points – Lockheed Martin closed 2025 with a record 191 F-35 deliveries, signaling that global demand remains strong even as questions...
Synopsis: Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly plans to meet with Lockheed Martin executives in early 2026 to demand greater economic benefits for the F-35...
Key Points and Summary – Finland marked a major airpower milestone as U.S. and Finnish officials rolled out the Finnish Air Force’s first F-35A...
About 15 years ago, I spoke with a then-reserve Israel Air Force (IAF) F-16 pilot at the Latin American Defense Expo (LAAD) in Rio...
Key Points on SR-72 – Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 “Darkstar”—the hypersonic successor to the legendary SR-71 Blackbird—is shrouded in secrecy. Expected to reach Mach 6...
In a quarterly earnings call on April 22, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet laid out a dramatic proposal for a so-called “Ferrari” variant of...
Regarding fighter jet production, one aspect that often gets overlooked is economic development. Countries with a deep defense industrial base can sustain local economies...
Key Points: Cutting Canada’s F-35 order to just 16 jets for European alternatives like Gripen would be a strategic mistake driven by political reaction...
A standard tactic is invoked among defense companies worldwide when their competitor wins a contract they were also bidding on. The response is they...
Dutch F-35 stealth jets successfully demonstrated Lockheed Martin's classified data transfer gateway, enhancing NATO's multi-domain combat capabilities.