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Air Force

Fokker Aerostructures Contracts For F-35 Work With Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

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Netherlands-based Fokker Aerostructures has signed two contracts for F-35 work with Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], collectively valued at approximately $78 million. The two contracts are for the delivery of innovative composite structures including flaperons, outer leading edge flaps and in-flight opening doors for the next batch of 73 F-35 aircraft. The order will guarantee work at the Fokker Hoogeveen site up to 2016. Hans Büthker, COO of Fokker Technologies and president of Fokker Aerostructures, said that “after…

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