Key Points - President Trump's recent proposal (May 15th in Qatar) for a new "F-55" fighter, envisioned as a twin-engine "super upgrade" of the single-engine F-35, faces skepticism regarding its ...

President Trump described the F-55 as a substantial upgrade over the F-35, together with the ongoing upgrades to F-35 and F-22. U.S. President Donald Trump is currently on a tour in the Middle East, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighter turns during a flying display at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's vision of a new, twin-engine version of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet may need to be scaled back due to cost and engineering realities, ...

Happy Friday! President Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that the U.S. military is considering purchasing a new fighter jet which he calls the “F-55,” but many details about the new aircraft remain ...

“One of the things, for the people that are interested in the military, that I asked to look into—the F-35,” President Trump told an audience in Qatar on Thursday, launching into a minutes-long ...

The Pentagon awarded Lockheed archrival Boeing a surprise win in March: a $20 billion F-47 fighter jet contract. Now, President Trump is suggesting Lockheed Martin could get two contracts of its own, ...

Aircraft experts widely reject Trump’s proposed twin-engine F-55 upgrade of the F-35, calling it unrealistic without a complete redesign. This would effectively make a new aircraft, not an upgraded ...

Trump outlines potential fighter plans during Gulf visit Says US studying a twin-engined F-55 and upgraded 'F-22 Super' Proposals follow recent award of F-22 replacement to Boeing DOHA, May 15 ...

The United States is examining development of a twin-engined warplane to be known as the F-55, as well as an upgrade to its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor called the F-22 Super, US President Donald Trump ...