{"id":20017613,"date":"2026-09-04T09:50:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-35-price-2026-variant-costs-lots-18-19\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:51:21","slug":"f-35-price-2026-variant-costs-lots-18-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/f-35-price-2026-variant-costs-lots-18-19\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35 Price 2026: What Each Variant Really Costs Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>For years the standard defence of the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-35-lightning-ii\/\">F-35<\/a> went like this: yes, the development was a nightmare, but the unit price kept falling, and eventually a stealth fighter would cost about what a fourth-generation jet costs. That argument has now run out of road.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The F-35 Joint Program Office has released per-variant costs for Lots 18 and 19 in current-year dollars \u2014 figures it had previously withheld as controlled unclassified information \u2014 and every one of them is the highest in the programme\u2019s history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>An F-35A now costs $92 million. An F-35B costs $121.4 million. Prices are going up, not down.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:26px 0;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>F-35A (Lots 15-17)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">$82.5 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>F-35A (Lots 18-19)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">$92.0 million (+11.5%)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>F-35B (Lots 15-17)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">$109 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>F-35B (Lots 18-19)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">$121.4 million (+11.4%)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>F-35C (Lots 15-17)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">$102.1 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>F-35C (Lots 18-19)<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">$110.8 million (+8.5%)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>Costs include<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">Airframe, engine and radar (average flyaway cost)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>Lots 18-19 contract<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">296 aircraft, nearly $24.3 billion, airframes only<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;width:38%\"><strong>Total programme acquisition cost<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#222\">$536.2 billion, up more than 10 percent<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The three price tags<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Air Force\u2019s F-35A remains the cheapest and simplest of the family, and it took the biggest percentage hit \u2014 up 11.5 percent. The Marine Corps\u2019 F-35B, with its lift fan and swivelling exhaust nozzle, stays the most expensive at $121.4 million and rose almost exactly as much in percentage terms. The carrier-capable F-35C, with its bigger wing and folding wingtips, rose least, at 8.5 percent, and sits at $110.8 million.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>These are average flyaway costs \u2014 the basic cost of producing one aircraft. Importantly, the JPO confirmed the figures include the engines and radars, which are handed to Lockheed Martin as government-furnished equipment. That matters, because when a manufacturer quotes an airframe-only number it is not describing the same thing at all.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/f-35a-lightning-ii-65th-aggressor-squadron-creech.jpg\" alt=\"F-35A Lightning II of the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Creech Air Force Base\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An F-35A Lightning II of the 65th Aggressor Squadron on the flightline at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The A model remains the cheapest of the three variants, at $92 million. U.S. Air Force photo via DVIDS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Inflation, in 2012 dollars and in real money<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Pentagon\u2019s August selected acquisition report had already flagged rising costs, but it quoted flyaway prices in 2012 dollars \u2014 the year the programme was rebaselined. In those constant dollars the F-35A was $78 million (up 7.3 percent since the 2023 report), the F-35B $110.3 million (up 10.5 percent) and the F-35C $93.4 million (up 6.6 percent).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Compare those to the current-year increases of 11.5, 11.4 and 8.5 percent and the gap tells its own story. The real-money numbers are climbing faster than the constant-dollar ones. That is inflation, doing exactly what Lockheed executives said it would.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Inflation is real. The cost of raw materials has gone up. The cost of everything has gone up, so there is just inflation pressure in the system.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Greg Ulmer<\/strong> &mdash; then President of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, speaking at the Farnborough Air Show, July 2024<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The other driver is that the aircraft being delivered now is not the aircraft that was priced in 2012. Technology Refresh 3 adds computing and processing power. Block 4 adds weapons, sensors and sensor-fusion capability. Both are being paid for in the unit price.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Lockheed\u2019s framing<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Asked about the growth, the Joint Program Office pointed back to the acquisition report. Lockheed Martin was more expansive, arguing the report shows a programme entering full-rate production, resuming high-volume deliveries and expanding internationally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;It also shows that the hard work has shifted from proving the basic aircraft to executing major modernization, improving fleet readiness, and controlling long-term sustainment and integration costs.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Lockheed Martin spokesperson<\/strong> &mdash; statement to Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, September 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>That is a fair description of where the programme is. It is also an implicit acknowledgement that the era of the falling F-35 unit price is over. The fight now is about sustainment and upgrades, not about driving the sticker down.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W41nCCFZgyA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Lockheed Martin\u2019s own overview of the F-35 Lightning II family and the three variants.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For the air forces buying it \u2014 and there are more of them every year \u2014 the practical question is simple. At $92 million for an A model, the F-35 no longer undercuts a well-equipped fourth-generation fighter. It has to win on capability alone. Most customers still think it does. But nobody is calling it cheap any more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>How much does an F-35A cost in 2026?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The average flyaway cost of an F-35A across Lots 18 and 19 is $92 million in current-year dollars, according to figures the F-35 Joint Program Office released to Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine. That is up 11.5 percent from the $82.5 million Lockheed Martin listed for Lots 15 through 17.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Which F-35 variant is the most expensive?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The F-35B, the short take-off and vertical landing version flown by the U.S. Marine Corps, is the most expensive at $121.4 million across Lots 18 and 19. Its lift fan and swivelling exhaust nozzle make it the most mechanically complex of the three variants. The F-35C, the carrier version, costs $110.8 million, and the F-35A costs $92 million.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is a flyaway cost and what does it include?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A flyaway cost covers the basic costs of producing one aircraft. The Joint Program Office confirmed that the F-35 figures include the engines and radars, which are supplied to Lockheed Martin as government-furnished equipment. It does not cover spares, support equipment, training or decades of sustainment.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why is the F-35 getting more expensive?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Inflation and modernisation. The August 2026 selected acquisition report pointed to inflation and critical upgrades as the main drivers, with the Technology Refresh 3 computing upgrade and the Block 4 weapons and sensor package both adding cost. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics executives had been warning about inflationary pressure on Lots 18 and 19 since 2024.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is the total cost of the F-35 programme?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Pentagon\u2019s modernised selected acquisition report put the total estimated acquisition cost of the F-35, covering both airframes and engines, at $536.2 billion \u2014 a rise of more than 10 percent. Lifetime programme cost including sustainment is routinely estimated at close to $2 trillion.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many F-35s are in Lots 18 and 19?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin definitised the Lots 18 and 19 contract in September 2025, covering 296 fighters for nearly $24.3 billion. That deal was for airframes only and excluded engines, giving an average airframe cost across all variants of $82.4 million.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How much does an F-35A cost in 2026?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The average flyaway cost of an F-35A across Lots 18 and 19 is $92 million in current-year dollars, according to figures the F-35 Joint Program Office released to Air & Space Forces Magazine. 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