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BAE Systems Announces Receiving $491 Million for Block 4 EW Suite for F-35

BAE Systems Announces Receiving $491 Million for Block 4 EW Suite for F-35
An F-35A Lightning II flies above Edwards AFB, Calif. last Aug. 1. The aircraft, Air Force serial number 338, is the first of six F-35s the 461st Flight Test Squadron and F-35 Lightning II Integrated Test Force will receive in the next few years to test TR-3 and Block 4 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

BAE Systems said on Apr. 3 that it has received $491 million from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to build AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare systems for Block 4 F-35s in Lot 17. On Dec. 30 last year, Lockheed Martin said that the F-35 Joint Program Office and the company had finalized a Lot 15-16 contract that may be worth $30 billion to build and deliver up to 398 F-35s domestically and internationally--145 aircraft for Lot 15, 127 for Lot 16, and up to…

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