Boeing’s X-32 experimental stealth fighter lost the Joint Strike Fighter competition to what would become the F-35 due to ...

JSF program completed a successful weapons test as the program moves toward growth in LRIP lot 9.

During the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, Boeing’s X-32 demonstrator aircraft drew a lot of negative press for its unsightly appearance, which sullied the aircraft’s reputation.

Total JSF program cost is now estimated at $329 billion for a 2,443 aircraft buy, up from the original 2001 baseline estimate of $197 billion for 2,852 fighters (all figures are in then year dollars).

Britain’s defense minister reaffirmed his country’s commitment to the program during a March visit in Washington. He signed the contract for three JSF test aircraft.

The JSF program is projected to field 2,457 aircraft for the U.S., and the Institute for Defense Analyses estimates the JSF will constitute 95 percent of our nation’s fighter fleet by 2035.

The new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is supposed to replace some of the older F/A-18 Hornets used by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force fighters. Due to testing problems, though, the program ...

Overall, though, “JSF provides transparent AJAX support,” Mann said. “The idea here is that the JSF programming model can work with AJAX.” ...

Competition for the multiservice, multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is tightening between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Small wonder. The JSF program is cited as one of the largest ...