NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Lockheed Martin [LMT] is emphasizing the F-16 heritage in its T-X offering as it promotes the aircraft as the one with the lowest risk in the highly-anticipated contest.Lockheed Martin is teaming with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to bid KAI’s T-50 trainer for the Air Force’s T-X program. Lockheed Martin T-50 Test Pilot Mark Ward told reporters here Sept. 19 about 80 percent of the T-50 stems from the F-16, which Ward called the most successful fighter that has…
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