US EditionPentagon Awards Contract for Newest F-35s
The finalized $24.3 billion contract covers 296 jets for U.S. and international customers with deliveries starting in 2026 and average airframe cost under inflation rates.
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Pentagon awards contract for newest F-35s
The Pentagon on Monday awarded Lockheed Martin a $12.5 billion contract for nearly 300 of the newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.The U.S. Navy said in a statement the contract modification will definitize 148 F-35s from the 18th lot of the jets and add scope for the production and delivery of another 148 fighters in lot 19.Monday’s announcement builds on another lot 18 and 19 contract announcement from December 2024 worth $11.8 billion. It brings…
Lockheed awarded contract for F-35 Lots 18 and 19
Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have inked a more-than-$12.5 billion contract for F-35 Lots 18 and 19, according to a Defense Department announcement today. “This modification provides for the definitization of 148 Lot 18 aircraft and adds scope for the production and delivery of 148 Lot 19 aircraft,” the notice states. The Pentagon unveiled an undefinitized F-35 Lot 18 contract in late December using dollars appropriated in fiscal year 2024. T…
Through a new agreement reached between the Office of the F-35 Joint Program and Lockheed Martin, this fixed the purchase of up to 300 new poachers, included in Production Lots 18 and 19, destined to equip the Armed Forces of the United States, as allies through the [...] Entry For more than US$24 billion, the US orders the purchase of 296 new poachers F-35 to equip its Armed Forces and allies appears first in Military Zone.
In the United States the Department of War (US DoW) has finalized with Lockheed Martin the agreement for the production of lots 18 and 19 of the fighter bombers F-35 Lightning II in the three versions, conventional, short-off and landing vertical and boarded....
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