Concedido contrato para fabricar lote de F-35/ Full-Funding Contract Awarded For Fourth Lot Of Lockheed Martin F-35

Lockheed Martin ha recibido un contrato de 3.500 millones de dólares para la fabricación de 31 F-35 Lightning II, dentro de la fase inicial de fabricación.
Bajo este contrato, Lockheed Martin fabricará 10 F-35A para la USAF, 16 F-35B de despegue y aterrizaje vertical para los U.S. Marine Corps, cuatro F-35C para los portaaviones de la U.S. Navy y un F-35B para el Reino Unido, a pesar de que esta no es la versión elegida por este país.
Holanda tendrá opciones de adquirir un F-35A.
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Lockheed Martin has received a $3.5 billion contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense to manufacture 31 F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters in the fourth lot of low-rate initial production (LRIP).
The contract also funds manufacturing-support equipment, flight test instrumentation and ancillary mission equipment. Including the long-lead funding previously received, the total contract value for LRIP 4 is $3.9 billion.
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will produce 10 F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variants for the U.S. Air Force, 16 F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variants for the U.S. Marine Corps, four F-35C carrier variants for the U.S. Navy and one F-35B for the United Kingdom.
Additionally, the Netherlands has the option to procure one F-35A
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