Anonymous
7/23/2025, 6:43:23 AM No.64019702
>Lockheed Martin envisages its F-35 stealth jet as the ‘bridging fighter’ that will allow the U.S. Air Force to transition to the sixth-generation F-47, from rival Boeing. Speaking today, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet reiterated the goal of inserting technologies developed under the company’s unsuccessful Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) bid into a future version of the F-35. At the same time, the company discussed “a highly classified program” in the aeronautical sector on which it admits it has so far suffered significant financial losses.
>These details and more were provided in a second-quarter earnings call earlier today that involved Taiclet as well as Lockheed Martin Chief Financial Officer Evan Scott, and Maria Ricciardone, the company’s vice president, Treasurer and Investor Relations.
>As to what comes next for the F-35, Taiclet said he was “very, very confident that the F-35 is here to stay and here to stay for a long time,” recalling the fact that it is the “only fifth-generation fighter aircraft in production today in the free world.”
>Taiclet then moved on to the company’s proposal to provide the F-35 with a range of potential modifications to create what was previously referred to as a “Ferrari” or “NASCAR upgrade” to the F-35’s core “chassis.” The company is now increasingly describing this initiative as a “fifth-generation-plus” development of the basic F-35.
F-55 is real:
https://www.twz.com/air/reworked-f-35-pitched-as-bridging-fighter-ahead-of-f-47
>These details and more were provided in a second-quarter earnings call earlier today that involved Taiclet as well as Lockheed Martin Chief Financial Officer Evan Scott, and Maria Ricciardone, the company’s vice president, Treasurer and Investor Relations.
>As to what comes next for the F-35, Taiclet said he was “very, very confident that the F-35 is here to stay and here to stay for a long time,” recalling the fact that it is the “only fifth-generation fighter aircraft in production today in the free world.”
>Taiclet then moved on to the company’s proposal to provide the F-35 with a range of potential modifications to create what was previously referred to as a “Ferrari” or “NASCAR upgrade” to the F-35’s core “chassis.” The company is now increasingly describing this initiative as a “fifth-generation-plus” development of the basic F-35.
F-55 is real:
https://www.twz.com/air/reworked-f-35-pitched-as-bridging-fighter-ahead-of-f-47
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