The F-35 Lightning II as we know it today is the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept, intended to unify air systems for multiple branches and allies. Development was a complex series of ...

This is the fifth column in a series commemorating Sunshine Week. Flying through a severe storm over Charleston in 2023, a Marine pilot suddenly faced the disorienting crisis of multiple system ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin swear there’s no secret “kill switch” that they can flip to remotely disable the F-35 fighter jet. But the logistical supply chains and software requirements ...

According to the Joint Program Office (JPO) that handles all things relevant to the F-35, there is no kill switch—and thus no fear. Recent foreign policy disagreements between the United States ...

Lockheed Martin, the U.S. defence giant that builds the F-35 fighter jet, has offered to create more jobs in Canada if Ottawa buys all of the jets it said it would when the contract was announced ...

Concerns are growing in both Europe and Canada regarding the strategic wisdom of acquiring high-cost U.S. military equipment, like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, especially as Western nations ...

America’s policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trump’s threats of trade wars with Europe, halted military aid to Ukraine, closer ties with Russia, ...

Only 40 per cent of Canada's air force inventory is considered serviceable and ready to fight, according to a new military-wide readiness document obtained by CBC News. And the uncertainty about ...

Growing tensions with NATO over the U.S. stance on Ukraine and President Trump’s escalating trade war now jeopardize a crucial aspect of the alliance’s airpower strategy, as member countries ...

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Ottawa needs to consider the risk that U.S.-made F-35 fighters could be denied software upgrades if President Donald Trump is upset at Canada, a former senior federal procurement official says.