Japan wants to be an official F-35 partner. The Pentagon plans to say no. Defense News has obtained a letter from Japan's Ministry of Defense asking how to transition from F-35 buyer, to full-fledged partner. By: Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna and Mike Yeo July 29
The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unreported F-35 problems Defense News exclusively obtained documents detailing the F-35 jet's most serious deficiencies. By: Valerie Insinna June 12
Supersonic speeds could cause big problems for the F-35′s stealth coating Supersonic flight at the edge of the F-35 jet's flight envelope could cause structural damage or degrade its stealth coating, warn documents exclusively obtained by Defense News. By: Valerie Insinna and David B. Larter June 12
Two F-35 partners threatened to quit the program. Here’s why they didn’t. How serious were the problems? Serious enough that a couple countries threatened to pull out of the program, according to U.S. Defense Department documents. By: Valerie Insinna June 12
Raytheon Technologies Corporation: UTC, Raytheon make marriage official Combined, the two firms are expected to be the second largest defense contractor in the world. By: Aaron Mehta June 9
Honeywell-Pratt & Whitney team push to stay in Army helo engine program, despite losing protest Could the team find a way back in to the ITEP program, opening up competition again with GE in the engineering and manufacturing development phase? By: Jen Judson May 30
Trump nominates Shanahan as next defense secretary The former Boeing executive may formally replace retired Gen. Jim Mattis in the Pentagon's top office. By: Aaron Mehta May 9
US Air Force conducts airstrikes with F-35 for first time ever The U.S. Air Force follows the Israel Defense Forces and U.S. Marine Corps in its use of the F-35 in combat. By: Valerie Insinna April 30
Not dead yet: Nuclear weapons agency moves to save Jason advisory group The NNSA is prepared to keep the JASON contract alive, at least for the short term. By: Aaron Mehta April 25
US Army picks 5 teams to design new attack recon helicopter The Army awarded five contracts to design Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft by early next year. By: Jen Judson April 23
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