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F-35 Program Office Aiming to Keep Deliveries on Track with New Performance Incentives

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, October 1st, 2018

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F-35 Program Office Aiming to Keep Deliveries on Track with New Performance Incentives

Hill Air Force Base F-35As fly in formation over the Utah Test and Training Range, March 30, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) is looking to target late delivery timelines and quality inefficiencies with its next production lot by instating new production efficiency initiatives, the program executive officer said Oct. 1The lot 11 production award for the Joint Strike Fighter, announced Sept. 28, includes provisions that are meant to incentivize the aircraft’s contractors – to include Lockheed Martin [LMT] and engine-maker Pratt & Whitney [UTX]– to avoid production and performance issues during final assembly, Vice Adm. Mat…

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