Why the US Air Force is quietly flying its retired F-117 stealth jets until 2034

The enduring mission of the world's first operational stealth fighter.

Why Lockheed Martin's $2 trillion F-35 program is so expensive

With US defense spending set to exceed $1T in 2026, few programs reflect that scale better than Lockheed Martin's F-35 ...
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See the competing F-47 stealth fighter jet concepts from Boeing, Lockheed, and more that led to the Air Force's NGAD

An artist rendering of the US Air Force's sixth-generation fighter, the F-47.US Air Force Boeing is set to develop the US Air Force's highly anticipated sixth-generation stealth fighter, poised to ...
AOL

Before Stealth Jets And Missiles, Lockheed And Martin Built These Planes First

A Lockheed Martin booth at the Indo Defense exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 13, 2025. - Toto Santiko Budi/Shutterstock Before the American defense and aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin ...
Flightglobal

Lockheed unveils first F-35A stealth fighter bound for Finland

Lockheed Martin has displayed the first F-35A Lightning II destined for Finland at its Fort Worth facility, marking a milestone for the Nordic nation’s 64-aircraft programme to replace its Boeing ...
The Motley Fool

Defense Stock Face-Off: Northrop Grumman vs. Lockheed Martin -- Which Is the Better Buy Right Now?

Northrop Grumman's B-21 Raider, the world's first sixth-generation stealth bomber, has moved past its most precarious financial hurdles. After years of absorbing the fixed-price development contracts, ...
The Globe and Mail

Flying Under the Radar: Lockheed Martin's $2.8B Stealth Setup

Headline-driven capital flight out of defense equities routinely engineers textbook fundamental mispricings. When the framework for a Middle East peace agreement hit the newswires recently, ...

Lockheed Martin Delivered Its Last F-22 Raptor In 2012 — And The USAF Is Now Spending $8 Billion To Keep The 187 Airframes It Has Left Combat Ready

The answer lies in the stealth coating that consumes half of every maintenance hour.

The 6 Military Aircraft Manufacturers Still Building New Combat Aircraft For The US Armed Forces In 2026

The companies providing a diverse range of combat aircraft for the US military.
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Lockheed unveils first F-35A stealth fighter bound for Finland

Military airframer Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first F-35A stealth fighter bound for Finland. Displayed for the first time on 16 December at Lockheed’s main F-35 assembly site in Fort Worth, ...