Estados Unidos incrementa su pedido de F-35 en 42 unidades. Serán 22 F-35A para la USAF, 13F-35B para los US Marines, y 7 F-35C para la US Navy.
La fabricación se llevará a cabo en la planta de Lockheed Martin en Fort Worth, Texas, compartiendo un 20% con BAE Systems, en su planta de Warton, Reino Unido.
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The US Government has awarded Lockheed Martin a $522 million (€414 million) contract to produce 42 low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot V F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.
The contract provides for 22 conventional take off and landing (CTOL) F-35As for the US Air Force, 13 short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35Bs for the US Marine Corps and seven carrier variant (CV) F-35Cs for the US Navy.
Work will be co-ordinated at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant in Texas with BAE Systems’ facility at Warton in the UK providing 20% of the workshare. Work is expected to be completed in May 2011.
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