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" American Patriot " on: Deficit Commission: Cancel Marine Corps Version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Several Other Weapons A new proposal by the Pentagon to change the wording of a contracting statute could save taxpayers billions of dollars .

This US Navy handout image shows the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II, built by Lockheed Martin, takes off for its first flight December 15, 2006 to test the aircraft's initial capability from the Joint Reserve Base at Fort Worth, Texas.

Just as America's latest breed of super jet fighters are being reigned in due to a mystery safety problem, a new Pentagon report released Friday notes that China's own version of a next-generation fighter appears to be designed to have similar capabilities.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay is seen in a 2010 file photo checking out the cockpit of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter following an announcement in Ottawa.

The second copy of China's stealth fighter prototype has just flown at a research facility in the city of Chengdu.

A powerful House defense spending panel has recommended adding more than $5.3 billion to the Pentagon's procurement accounts in 2013 to buy more aircraft, ships, vehicles and weapons, according to a report.

A military statement says the Hatf III Ghaznavi with a range of 180 miles was launched May 10 at the conclusion of the annual field training exercise of Army Strategic Force Command.

American manufacturer Lockheed Martin's chief test pilot Alan Norman reckons the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is perfect for the X-Box generation of pilots who grew up playing computer games.

The US Navy is moving full-steam ahead on its Next Generation Jammer pod development effort, but integration onto the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been deferred indefinitely.

Note to future admirals and members of Congress: If you're going to name a ship Freedom , you'd better make darn sure it's seaworthy.

The fighter jet of the future has been cruising the skies over Eglin Air Force Base for two months now.

Tweet Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced a U-turn over Britain's new fighter jets for the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers because of "unacceptable cost growth and project delays". The UK is buying the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, of which there are three versions.

In their new partnership, Lockheed Martin will mentor Sciaky in developing their EBDM capability to build components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter defense program.

Problems built into its very DNA ... The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter is unveiled during a ceremony in Texas, Friday in 2006.

Today the Project On Government Oversight and Taxpayers for Common Sense released updated recommendations for reducing wasteful national security spending .After analyzing the proposed national security budget , we crunched the latest numbers and this time our recs would reduce the deficit by nearly $700 billion from fiscal year 2013 to 2022-even ... (more)

Lockheed Martin recruited a special breed of guided vehicle to enable precision assembly of a fighter plane a day.

Here's your latest update on the unsinkable F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's flight testing from Lockheed Martin - who just yesterday received a $237 million contract from the Pentagon to fix design problems with the jet that were discovered during testing.

CANBERRA: Key US ally Australia slashed A$5.5 billion from its defence budget on Tuesday as part of sweeping cuts, deferring or scrapping jet and weapons deliveries and sacking 1,000 staff.

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is shown in this undated handout photo.

Japan will pay an estimated $10 billion for its order of 42 F-35 stealth jets at a cost of roughly $240 million per plane, the U.S. Defense Department reported to Congress, revealing price projections for the first time.