Pentagon resumes purchases of new F-35 jets after year delay

Deliveries of Newest F-35 Jet Fighters Resume After Software Upgrade Delays

The United States has resumed making deliveries of F-35 jet fighters with an interim upgrade after a months-long pause due to software delays, according to U.S. military officials. The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) and Lockheed Martin, which is the prime contractor for the F-35 Lightning II, jointly announced in a July 19 press release that deliveries of the first Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) configured F-35 aircraft have begun. Lockheed Martin…

US resumes taking F-35 after delays over software upgrade

RAF FAIRFORD, England (Reuters) – The United States has resumed taking delivery of F-35 jets with an interim upgrade after a months-long halt due to software delays, and will withhold some payments until remaining enhancements are ready, senior officials said on Saturday. Lockheed Martin and key suppliers have been upgrading the jets under a programme called Technology Refresh 3 – or TR-3 – that aims to improve displays and processing power…

Pentagon resumes purchases of new F-35 jets after year delay

The Defense Department has resumed the purchase of F-35s from defense contractor Lockheed Martin after more than a year of pausing the acquisition of newer versions of the fighter jets.

Lockheed resumes F-35 deliveries after year-long pause

But the tech-development problems that halted deliveries of the TR-3 version of the jet persist.

Pentagon resumes accepting F-35 deliveries with TR-3 upgrade

The DoD stopped accepting new production F-35s with the TR-3 upgrades in July 2023.

Lockheed Resumes F-35 Jet Deliveries Despite Software Delays

The Pentagon took first delivery Friday of the latest version of F-35 fighter jets after deciding not to wait any longer for delayed hardware and software upgrades, allowing payments to resume to Lockheed Martin Corp.