The CEO of Lockheed Martin, which makes the F-35, said recently that he wanted to upgrade the jet to become a ...

Better passive infrared, stealth and longer-range weapons are among the sixth-generation technologies Lockheed might ...

You don’t drive your Ferrari to work every day, you only drive it on Sundays.” That was the comparison made by Gen. Charles ...

President Trump described the F-55 as a substantial upgrade over the F-35, together with the ongoing upgrades to F-35 and ...

President Donald Trump proposed new “super upgrade” programs for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22 fighters during a May 15 ...

After Boeing secured the F-47 NGAD contract in March 2025, Lockheed Martin unveiled plans for an upgraded “fifth-generation-plus” F-35, integrating technologies from its own NGAD bid. -Tentatively ...

Making the F-35 into a twin-engine F-55 probably isn’t the best use of money and time for those reasons, but Trump’s comments ...

Taiclet described the future upgrade as turning the F-35 chassis into a “Ferrari,” with more stealth technology and new long-range tracking systems and weapons to “supercharge” the jet.

The Lockheed Martin CEO said that their intention is to take the F-35 chassis “and turn it into a Ferrari.” In March, President Trump announced the winner of the Next Generation Air Dominance ...