The Pentagon Denies the F-35 Has a Kill Switch, but Its Software Demands Amount to the Same Thing
Buying an F-35 is a lot like buying a Tesla. Buyers are locked into an ecosystem with complicated software that’s required to ...
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Europe and Canada are eyeing alternatives to American-made fighter jets. Here's why
Questions are mounting in Canada and in Europe over whether big-ticket purchases of high-end U.S. weaponry are still a wise ...
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Does the F-35 Come With a “Kill Switch”? Europe Is Worried
According to the Joint Program Office (JPO) that handles all things relevant to the F-35, there is no kill switch—and thus no ...
Europe and Canada eyeing alternatives to American-made fighter jets. Here’s why
President Trump has left NATO members questioning whether Washington will honor the trans-Atlantic alliance's commitment to ...
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U.S. Navy, USAF and ROKAF F-35s Shine at Freedom Shield 25
Freedom Shield 25 is focused on combined operations in a join all-domain environment, demonstrating the readiness of U.S. and ...
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Could America “Kill” Its Allies’ F-35 Fighters?
No, the United States does not possess a “kill switch” that could disable allied F-35 Lightning II fleets. According to the ...
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F-35 kill switch doesn’t exist: Lockheed alleviates US allies’ anxiety over warfighter
Some recent European media reports suggested the presence of such ‘kill switch’ that Washington could use to weaken another ...
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F-35 fleet hits 1 million flight hours; DOD reevaluating heavy reliance on private contractors
Lockheed Martin announced Monday that the global F-35 fleet, the Department of Defense’s most advanced fighter, has surpassed 1 million ... Michael Schmidt, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office ...
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The global fleet of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters reached a new milestone by surpassing one million flight hours
Lieutenant General Michael Schmidt, Executive Officer of the Joint F-35 Lightning II Program, stated ... The company’s goal is to maintain the stealth fighter as a key element in achieving air ...
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South Korean fighter jets accidentally bomb homes, injuring at least 29 people
South Korean fighter jets accidentally bombed homes during ... The aircraft were participating in a joint live-fire exercise with the South Korean Army and the US military, related to the annual ...
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Lockheed Martin completes F35B's flight tests with new long-range missiles
weapon system onto the F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jet. The upgrade will allow the F-35 fighter jet to carry Lockheed's AGM-158 strike systems - the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM ...