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Greater Load Outs of Advanced Weapons for F-35 to Start This Year with Lot 15

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Greater Load Outs of Advanced Weapons for F-35 to Start This Year with Lot 15
U.S. Air Force weapons load crew members, assigned to the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, load an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) to a F-35 Lightning II, during Exercise Combat Archer at Eglin AFB, Fla. on June 10, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

FORT WORTH, Texas--The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is soon to have a company-designed weapons rack--"Sidekick"--that will allow the internal carriage of six Raytheon Technologies' [RTX] AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM)--three in each weapons bay, as opposed to the previoous maximum of four internal AMRAAMS. The "Sidekick" adapter is to field in Lot 15 F-35s, which are to start delivery to the U.S. military services this year. "All Lot 15s will have the bulkhead mod that will allow…

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