Construction work on Rheinmetall’s future manufacturing facility for F-35 center fuselages started on August 1, with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site in Weeze attended by officials from Rheinmetall, Lockheed… Continue reading "Construction Starts On Rheinmetall’s German F-35 Fuselage Facility"
German arms company Rheinmetall announced last Tuesday, 4 July, their intentions to build a “state-of-the-art” F-35 fuselage factory in the Lower Rhine municipality of Weeze, Germany. This project is to… Continue reading "Rheinmetall Announces Plans for F-35 Fuselage Factory in Germany"
The Israeli Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces have approved the purchase of 25 additional Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to help secure Israeli airspace. Following this… Continue reading "Israel To Purchase 25 Additional F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jets From The United States"
The State Department notified Congress on June 29 that it had approved the Foreign Military Sale of up to 24 F-35As to the Czech Republic. An announcement by the State… Continue reading "Czech Republic Receives US State Department Clearance For F-35A Sale"
Lockheed Martin announced that Rheinmetall will be producing center fuselage sections for the F-35. This comes on the heels of Germany’s purchase of 35 A model F-35s in December of… Continue reading "Rheinmetall to Produce F-35 Center Fuselage"
The Canadian government announced on 9 January that it is procuring Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft as a result of the Future Fighter Capability Project competition. The Royal Canadian… Continue reading "Canada Announces Procurement Of 88 F-35A Fighters For $14 Billion"
Throughout December, an Australian delegation including Defense Mnister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong has been visiting capitals across the Pacific. This included trips to the US and Japan… Continue reading "American and Japanese Deployments to Australia to be Expanded"
The Thursday morning crash of an F-35B at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth that resulted in the successful ejection of the pilot is now under investigation. Video… Continue reading "F-35B Vertical Landing Crash In Fort Worth Under Investigation"
The German Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday that it had officially signed a letter of offer and acceptance for the purchase of 35 F-35As, with the signing made by Annette… Continue reading "Germany Officially Signs For 35 F-35A Lightning IIs"
Official British government sources revealed that China may have recruited as many as 30 former military pilots from the United Kingdom to help instruct flyers of the People’s Liberation Army… Continue reading "UK Government Responds to Reports of Former British Pilots Training Chinese Pilots"