Lockheedās F-35+ Upgrade: NASCAR-ing a Warplane to Ferrari
Lockheed Martin desperately hopes to turn its battered F-35 stealth fighter into a sleek 'fifth-generation plus' Ferrari by slapping on tech from their failed sixth-generation fighter ā which Boeing smugly snatched away in March with their shiny F-47. CEO Jim Taiclet, sounding like a car salesman at Morgan Stanley's Laguna Conference, promises up to 80% of sixth-gen tech for half the price, aka high-end stealth coating and supercomputer engines. The Pentagonās 'extremely high level' whispers grew loud enough for Hollywood to hear, and the White House might eventually get a peek. Meanwhile, Trump fantasized about a two-engine F-35 monster, which insiders mock as building a whole new plane that'll cost a fortune and arrive around the next Ice Age.
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Lockheed loses the sixth-gen fighter fight, now trying to NASCAR-up F-35s with Ferrari dreams but half the budget. Welcome to military upgrade economics where hype and stealth paint cost less than a rocket launch.
Plot twist: Lockheedās fifth-gen plus upgrade sounds like 'we failed sixth-gen, but hey, let's slap a bodykit on the F-35 and call it racing ready.' Always revving but never leaving the hangar.
If stealth fighter upgrades were NASCAR teams, Lockheed would be the team boss promising a Ferrari by next season, but forgot the engines are still at the junkyard.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/12/2025 | Author: SinƩad Baker
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