Rheinmetall Prepares to Turn Out First F-35 Fuselages

Rheinmetall prepares to turn out first F-35 fuselages

Rheinmetall is to shortly begin building fuselage sections for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) at its newly completed Weeze production...

Lockheed Martin turns setback into strategy with ambitious F-35 upgrade plans

The advanced technology behind this upgrade was originally developed for Lockheed’s proposal for the US Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter programme. However, Boeing was awarded the contract instead, with President Trump confirming the new aircraft would be designated the F-47. “The F-47 will be the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built,” Trump stated. But Lockheed Martin remains undeterred and intend…