
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are expected to finish negotiations on a consideration package that may reduce future contract payments to the company for sustainment of the F-35 Lighting II fighter by $183 million to $303 million. "DCMA and Lockheed Martin are still negotiating the consideration with respect to the Electronic Equipment Log [EEL] issues on Ready-for-Issue [RFI] parts," Mark Woodbury, a DCMA spokesman, wrote in a Sept. 17 email. "There is no legal or…