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14 Czech Projects in F-35 Industrial Cooperation Deal

14 Czech Projects in F-35 Industrial Cooperation Deal
On Jan. 29, Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová and U.S. Ambassador Bijan Sabet signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Czech Republic and the United States of America on Czech buy of 24 F-35As--an undertaking which the Czech Ministry of Defense termed "the most significant project in the history of the Czech Armed Forces" (Czech Ministry of Defense Photo)

Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová and U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Bijan Sabet  signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Jan. 29 under which the Czechs are to field the first of 24 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A fighters by 2031 and benefit from 14 industrial cooperation projects worth about $673 million. Of the 14 projects, 11 are with Lockheed Martin and three with RTX's [RTX] Pratt & Whitney division, the maker of the F-35's F135 engine, "in the aggregate value…

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