F-35 Fleet Continues to Grow
The U.S. Department of Defense announced additional purchases of the F-35 from Lockheed Martin Corp, with the award of a contract in excess of $5 billion.
Posted: November 4, 2015
By: wpengine
Today, The U.S. Department of Defense announced additional purchases of the F-35 from Lockheed Martin Corp, with the award of a contract in excess of $5 billion. The award is for the low-rate initial production of Lot IX of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter advance acquisition contract. The contract provides for the procurement of 41 F-35A aircraft: 26 for the U.S. Air Force; six for Norway; seven for Israel; two for Japan; twelve F-35Bs: six for the U.S. Marine Corps, and six for the British Royal Navy; and two F-35Cs for the U.S. Navy. Delivery is expected to be completed by December, 2017. The planes are being manufactured and assembled in several states in the U.S.: Texas, California, Florida, New Hampshire, and Maryland; and in the United Kingdom and Japan. The contract is being handled through the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland.
For more information, read the News on the F-35 website, www.f35.com, or the DoD website.
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