Israel Aerospace Delivers First Sets of F-16 Aerostructures to Lockheed Martin

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) delivered Lockheed Martin with the first sets of F-16 aerostructures manufactured at IAI's recently reopened assembly line, including the F-16 Conformal Fuel Tanks.

In addition, the 200th F-35 fighter aircraft wing set, produced by IAI, was also delivered.

IAI is scheduled to produce a total of 811 pairs of F-35A wings, with a potential value of over $2 billion by 2034, following a contract signed in 2011. IAI is operating a F-35 wing production line, inaugurated in 2014, while continuously investing in automated systems, advanced infrastructures and technologies necessary to meet the aircraft's innovative design. The wings' upper and lower skins are made of composite materials, unique to the F-35, also made by IAI as part of the production contracts.

The company has been manufacturing aerostructures for Lockheed Martin since the 1980s. With the new demand for the F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft, IAI recently reopened the assembly lines for the F-16 Wings, Vertical Fins and Conformal Fuel Tanks.