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State Department Approves $23 Billion Deal With Japan For More F-35s

Thursday, July 9th, 2020

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State Department Approves $23 Billion Deal With Japan For More F-35s

The first F-35A built in Japan was unveiled June 5, 2017. (Photo: Lockheed Martin

The State Department approved a potential $23.11 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) with Japan for 105 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sale on Thursday. Japan’s sale primarily requests 63 F-35A Conventional Take-Off and Landing variant aircraft, 42 F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing variants, and 110 Pratt and Whitney [RTX] F135 engines. The main contractors for the sale will be F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] and engine…

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