
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday announced it has moved more F-35 suppliers to longer term contracts and agreements to reduce sustainment cost and enhance supply availability. The company was able to move several contracts with BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman [NOC], and Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS) to Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contracts. CEVS is a joint venture between United Technologies' [UTX] Collins Aerospace segment and Elbit Systems [ESLT]. In moving from annual to multi-year PBL contracts, each company will be allowed…