US Resumes Taking F-35 After Delays Over Software Upgrade. By Reuters | July 20, 2024. By Reuters | July 20, 2024, at 9:33 a.m. Save. More. US Resumes Taking F-35 After Delays Over Software Upgrade.

Deliveries of F-35 jets to the U.S. military are set to resume shortly without the complete TR-3 software upgrade, the head of the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said on Thursday.

Lockheed F-35 Vice President Bridget Lauderdale said the upgrade represents “a critical evolution in capability and their full development remains a top priority for us.” ...

F-35 Deliveries Resume Following Checks for Readiness DOD stopped delivery of the fighters and their F135 engines amid an investigation into a hard landing at a Texas military base late last year.

Pentagon officials confirmed on Friday that the aircraft's engines are once again being delivered to production lines but noted that some F-35s have not yet been cleared to resume flight operations.

The US military is accepting new deliveries of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters for the first time since December, when a previously unidentified engine issue caused the crash of an F-35B undergoing ...

A salvaged F-35 fighter made from two wrecked aircraft is set to return to the US Air Force's fleet. The restoration began in 2023. The jet took its maiden flight in January less than two years later.

The Pentagon took first delivery Friday of the latest version of F-35 fighter jets after deciding not to wait any longer for delayed hardware and software upgrades, allowing payments to resume to ...