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Italian aircraft carrier Cavour docks for F-35B upgrades
The 2008-built carrier will be fitted with capability to operate the Joint Strike Fighter. ...

Royal Navy aviators poised for first overseas deployment
Royal Navy pilots flying UK F-35B jets in Cyprus will mark the first time in over a decade UK naval ...

UK starts integration of Meteor, SPEAR missiles on F-35Bs
UK defense contractor BAE Systems announced it has started work on the integration of Meteor air-to-...

UK opens High-G training site for fighter jets
A new High-G training and test facility used by fast jet pilots in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Forc...

Japan mulls turning helicopter destroyer into F-35B carrier
Japan is considering turning one of its helicopter destroyers into a “multi-purpose aircraft c...

HMS Queen Elizabeth wraps up second round of F-35B trials
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier has completed the final round of F-35B trials for this y...

F-35B lands "backwards" in another Westlant 18 milestone
After acing the revolutionary shipborne rolling vertical landing earlier this year, Royal Navy aircr...

UK places order for additional 17 F-35s
The UK defense ministry announced it has ordered an additional 17 F-35 stealth jets, doubling the to...

Raytheon's SSDS digitally connects with F-35B jet at sea
The US Navy Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) established a digital air connection between a ship at s...

F-35Bs flying from HMS Queen Elizabeth drop first bombs
F-35 Lightning fighter jets have dropped first test bombs during flight trials on board the Royal Na...

Royal Navy starts F-35B rolling vertical landing trials
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was at the center of an important milestone for the ...

F-35Bs ace night-time landings on HMS Queen Elizabeth trials
F-35 Lightning jets achieved another milestone during flight trials on board the Royal Navy aircraft...

F-35Bs land on HMS Queen Elizabeth for first time ever
The UK has once again joined the club of aircraft carrier operating nations as first F-35Bs landed o...

F-35B conducts first combat strike from USS Essex
In a milestone for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, a Marine Corps F-35B flying from amphibiou...

Rolls-Royce opens F-35B LiftFan production site in UK
A facility for the manufacturing of LiftFan systems for F-35B jets has been ceremonially opened by U...

HMS Queen Elizabeth enters Norfolk
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Norfolk, Virginia, after evading Hurrican...

HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in the US for F-35B trials
Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has reached the United States for planned F-...

UK F-35B pilots on final preparations for carrier trials
A team of four F-35B test pilots are making final preparations for taking their aircraft aboard Roya...