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Air Force

Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for $7.6 Billion for 129 F-35s in Lot 15

Frank Wolfe

Friday, August 12th, 2022

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Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for $7.6 Billion for 129 F-35s in Lot 15

Royal Danish Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph “KOBI” Drummond, 308th Fighter Squadron chief of flight operations, taxis a RDAF F-35A Lightning II April 13, 2021, at Luke AFB, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a more than $7.6 billion contract for 129 F-35 fighters in Lot 15--49 F-35As for the U.S. Air Force; three F-35Bs and 10 F-35Cs for the U.S. Marine Corps; 15 F-35Cs for the U.S. Navy; 32 F-35As and four F-35Bs for non-DoD "participants"; and 16 F-35As for Foreign Military Sales customers. Work is expected to finish in October 2024, DoD said in an Aug. 12 contract announcement. On July 18, the F-35 Joint Program Office…

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