When combined with another F-35 deal from December 2024, the Pentagon will pay Lockheed Martin about $24.3 billion for the 18th and 19th lots of the jets.
A Sept. 17 memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the “formal disestablishment” of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.
The sixth-generation F-47 will replace the F-22 Raptor, have advanced engines and stealth and fly with drone wingmen called collaborative combat aircraft.