Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Almost a decade has passed since Israel received its first ...

Following the Trump administration’s announcement this month that it would move forward with an F-35 fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia, Washington may soon face renewed debate over whether Turkey ...

President Donald Trump has announced he will greenlight the sale of advanced F‑35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, signaling a major expansion of the U.S.’s global fighter export program. “We’ll ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American ...

A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom. By Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt Reporting ...

For many, the pricetag of the F-35 has been its Achilles heel. With the program's total cost now at a baffling $1.7 trillion, the Lightning II easily cleared the bar to become the most expensive ...

For the first time, Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters have taken the lead in NATO’s annual nuclear readiness drills. Known as Steadfast Noon, the alliance’s yearly nuclear deterrent exercise runs ...

Although a final decision on Canada’s procurement of more US-made Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters rests with Prime Minister Mark Carney, some of the country’s top defence officials are ...

The F-35 has more combat experience than the Su-57. But Russian technology in general has fared well in the ongoing Ukraine War, despite Western pressure. There is a burgeoning arms race between the ...

Singapore is set to receive the first of its 20 F-35 fighter aircraft at the end of next year, marking an important step in the modernization of the city-state’s air force, according to the ...

Every F-35 delivered to the U.S. military last year by Lockheed Martin was behind schedule by an average of seven months, a government watchdog found, but contractors kept millions in “incentive fees” ...

The cost of the Pentagon’s modernization program for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is more than $6 billion over original estimates, with the date of completion now five years later than the ...