F-55

Lockheed has path to pilot-optional F-35, CEO says

“We could make the F-35 pilot optional over a relatively modest time frame based on a lot of the development we've done” for sixth-generation fighter competitions, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said.

By Valerie Insinna

Air Warfare

Trump wants a twin-engined F-35. Experts say it’s ‘not feasible.’

“We're going to do an F-55,” President Donald Trump announced today in Doha. “That'll be two engines and a super upgrade on the F-35.”

By Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow