
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…