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Lockheed-Pentagon F-35 Deal to Provide Fighters for US Allies

Lockheed-Pentagon F-35 Deal to Provide Fighters for US Allies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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F35An agreement between Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Defense Department for the eighth F-35 batch includes a provision to deliver some of the fighters to U.S. partner nations, Defense News reported Monday.

Aaron Mehta writes Lockheed is scheduled to begin low-rate initial production of 43 additional F-35s for U.S. and allied forces in 2016.

Israel, Norway and Italy will receive two fighters each, while Japan and the U.K. will get four jets each under the deal, according to the report.

“Once production of LRIP 8 aircraft is completed, more than 200 F-35s will be in operation by eight nations,” said Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, according to Mehta’s article.

The transaction is also intended to lower the aircraft’s average unit cost by as much as 3.6 percent.

Lockheed says it has built and delivered 115 F-35s as of Oct. 24.

 

 

 

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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