F-35

Oriana Pawlyk, reporter at Military.com, and Valerie Insinna, air warfare reporter at Defense News, discuss the growing lifespan cost of the F-35, and other developments with the program.

Joe Gould from Defense News and Ellen Mitchell from The Hill discuss the congressional efforts to purchase more F-35s, and the escalating pressure to block Turkey from purchasing the fighter over a Russian missile system.

On this Air Force edition of the Pentagon Beat: Oriana Pawlyk, reporter at Military.com, and Rachel Cohen, senior editor of Air Force Magazine, discuss RFPs for light attack aircraft, developments with the F-35, and how the Air Force is dealing with their pilot shortage.

On this all F-35 edition of the Pentagon Beat, USNI News deputy editor Megan Eckstein and Inside the Air Force managing editor Courtney Albon discuss recent aircraft news including the F-35’s price reduction, the Marine variant’s first combat mission, and testing the plane’s operational readiness.

Federal News Radio Defense Reporter Scott Maucione and Military.com Reporter Oriana Pawlyk discuss the latest news from the Department of Defense. Topics on this edition of the Pentagon Beat include provisions in the latest version of the NDAA, the Air Force looking to team up with NASA for space exploration and contractors benefiting from the […]

This week on the Pentagon Beat round-table, Military.com Reporter Oriana Pawlyk and Courtney McBride, managing editor at Inside the Army discuss the latest news from the Department of Defense. Topics on this edition include the status of the Army Futures Command HQ decision, the F-35’s combat debut and the Air Force using predictive analysis to […]