In the early 2000s, the United States military made one of the most consequential decisions in aviation history: it chose Lockheed Martin’s X-35 design, later developed into the F-35 Lightning II, ...

-The X-32, which lost the Joint Strike Fighter competition to the F-35, was hobbled by significant design compromises. -Its direct-lift STOVL system and large chin intake compromised its stealth and ...