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Norway has estimated that each of their planned 52 F-35 fighter jets will cost their country $769 million over their operational lifetime. [3] The nine major partner nations, including the U.S., plan to acquire over 3,100 F-35s through 2035, [4] which, if delivered will make the F-35 one of the most numerous jet fighters.
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole fighters that first entered service with the United States in 2015. The aircraft has been ordered by program partner nations, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, and Australia, and also through the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales program, including Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
Delivery of the fifth-generation jet made by Lockheed Martin is expected to start in 2028, while Greece maintains the option to purchase 20 additional F-35 jets as part of an $8.6 billion deal.
As Musk takes up the DOGE initiative, the billionaire is taking aim at the F-35, but any effort to cut the program will run headlong into Congress. In an F-35 funding fight, Musk will need to win ...
As for the F-35, costs for the Lockheed Martin-developed stealth jet have hit about $485 billion, after a 10% bump this year due to what the Pentagon said was a need to improve its engine cooling.
In June, the United States officially signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance, allowing Israel to purchase 25 additional F-35 stealth fighter jets for $3 billion dollars. [18] Also in June, Rep. Gregory Meeks and Sen. Ben Cardin signed off to an arms sale to Israel totaling $18 billion, after pressure from the Biden administration. [19]
The F-35 Lightning II is a single-seat, single-engine fighter jet created by Lockheed Martin. Each jet costs about $100 million, according to Madison's Channel 3000 .