Lockheed Martin [LMT] has won the fighter competition to replace Switzerland's aging F-5E/F Tiger IIs and F/A-18C/Ds with 36 of the company's F-35As for nearly $5.5 billion. Under consideration in the Swiss competition were the F-35A, the Airbus Eurofighter, the Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and France’s Dassault Rafale. Airbus and Lockheed Martin submitted their bids last November for Switzerland's up to $6.5 billion New Fighter Aircraft competition--part of the European nation’s $8 billion “Air 2030” program to modernize fighter aircraft and air…
