Textron Aviation has officially decided that it cannot compete for the U.S. Air Force’s $16 billion next-generation training aircraft program with the company’s Scorpion.

The Joint Strike Fighter project should be able to beat its 2019 price target for Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning aircraft, says program chief Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan.

The service will abandon plans to immediately pursue a more robust, one-for-one Warthog replacement, as the venerable attack plane will continue flying well into the 2020s.

Preliminary design of India’s proposed Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft will begin in March.

The head of the F-35 Joint Program Office says the outer wings of 32 carrier-based C-models need to be replaced to carry the Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder, the aircraft’s primary dogfighting weapon.

A recent, lengthy journey by U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs traveling from Arizona to Japan has sparked a quiet debate within the Pentagon about how often the stealthy fighter needs to refuel during ocean crossings.

Leonardo has confirmed that it is still in the running for the U.S. Air Force’s $16.3 billion T-X trainer, offering an American-made M-346 Master.

In the latest F-35 contract agreement, covering 90 aircraft, the price of all three variants is down significantly.