Business Insider recently sat down with a test pilot for the F-35 stealth fighter jet. She explained what it was like to jump from flying older F-16s to the fifth-generation aircraft. The biggest ...
Lockheed Martin has test-flown an F-35 fighter jet equipped with artificial intelligence designed to help pilots identify threats faster than they could on their own. The flight represents a concrete ...
The Lightning II that crashed on Tuesday was one of very few F-35 developmental test aircraft, exacerbating a shortage that has in the past led to program delays. The aircraft, which was en route from ...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California—With deliveries of new F-35s on hold while bugs are worked out of a planned upgrade, the plane’s lead test squadron is doing its part to spot problems where the new ...
In a recent string of firsts for the male-dominated U.S. military, Maj. Rachael Winiecki became the first female F-35 pilot to complete a test mission at Edwards Air Base in California. Winiecki, of ...
Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Navy contract modification valued at $132.9 million to continue providing flight test support for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Recent Navy contract ...
One former Marine becomes the first civilian F-35 test pilot at Cherry Point, boosting readiness; another is tapped to lead the Pentagon’s massive F-35 program, overseeing its global management. The ...
A test pilot who made the jump from the now fifty-year-old F-16 to the new F-35 stealth fighter told Business Insider that it is a wildly different experience. Think about the informational overload ...
Marking a significant milestone in Air Force history, a female pilot completed a routine F-35 Lightning II flight test at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Maj. Rachael Winiecki, 461st Flight Test ...