Fincantieri has secured its first contract under the U.S. Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program, marking an early step in what could become a 35-vessel procurement central to future expeditionary ...

The US government's opposition to Turkey's reintegration into the F-35 fighter jet programme remains unchanged, the State Department said in a letter on Wednesday. A group of 40 lawmakers, led by ...

Washington is hopeful of a breakthrough in talks for Turkey to rejoin the F-35 fighter programme, US ambassador Tom Barrack said on Tuesday. Ankara was barred from buying F-35s in 2019 after its ...

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Think of a violin made by a master craftsman: beautiful, precise, capable of extraordinary performance, but impossible to produce quickly or cheaply. It takes time, rare expertise, and materials that ...

Lockheed Martin has floated multiple proposals to upgrade the F-35 fighter as sixth-generation alternatives emerge—but for the time being, it has its hands full manufacturing the existing ones! As ...

Included in the Department of Defense’s enormous proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget is a procurement request for an additional 85 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The US military’s appetite for the F-35 ...

A photo from December 2023 of an F-35B at RAF Marham in England. The UK has now received all 48 F-35s orignially contracted, with further orders expected to follow. (Janes/Gareth Jennings) The UK has ...

Manama, Apr. 9 (BNA): The General Directorate of Civil Defence concluded a specialised training programme for volunteers, with the participation of more than 54 volunteers through the National ...

Envoy Expects U.S.-Turkey to 'Soon' Solve Issue of Sanctions Over S-400 Defences ANTALYA, Turkey, April ⁠17 (Reuters) - ⁠U.S. Ambassador ⁠to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday ‌he expected Washington ...

ANTALYA, Turkey, April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on ‌Friday he expected Washington and Ankara to soon solve the issue of U.S. sanctions over Turkey's ⁠purchase of ...