The F-35's development costs are well over $1 trillion, but then again it's really three planes in one. Here's what sets each apart from the others.
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The F-35 Stealth Fighter Is An ‘Unmitigated Disaster’

The F-35 program is under renewed fire as its total lifecycle cost estimate has ballooned past $2 trillion. -A 2024 GAO report highlighted a 44% surge in sustainment costs, while a new September 2025 ...
The F-35 has endured schedule slips, software headaches, and endless debate. -Yet air forces keep buying it for the same five ...
The win comes after Lockheed Martin in July cleared its backlog of F-35s stored in long-term parking due to software problems ...
The cost of the Pentagon’s modernization program for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is more than $6 billion over original estimates, with the date of completion now five years later than the ...
A House of Commons committee has been told that planning and construction of new facilities for the RCAF's new F-35s is ...
Lockheed Martin has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s ...
Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet isn't spiraling out of control as President-elect Donald Trump has said, according to Pentagon officials preparing to making their case to the new administration.
The plane’s cost per flight hour exceeds $40,000, more than double that of its alternatives—leading to mission-capable rates hovering below targets for six consecutive years. Beneath the glossy ...
The five-month deployment marked a win for the F-35 stealth jet, which has seen rising sustainability costs coupled with ...
But the cost to Canada for F-35s is already increasing. In June, Auditor General Karen Hogan issued a report that Canada’s ...
Ottawa says the review continues as federal bureaucrats examine the plans and consider the military's needs, despite the ...