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DoD, Lockheed Martin Agree To Resume F-35 Deliveries

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, May 8th, 2018

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DoD, Lockheed Martin Agree To Resume F-35 Deliveries

The Air Force's F-35A conventional variant. Photo: Air Force.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has resumed delivering F-35 Lightning IIs to the U.S. Department Defense after a corrosion problem halted those shipments for over a month.The “acceptance hold,” which was put in place March 29, was lifted May 1, DoD’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said May 8.The JPO and Lockheed Martin both indicated that they have reached an agreement to fix the corrosion, which was caused by fastener holes not being properly treated during production. The JPO, "along with the U.S.…

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