Lockheed Martin and Danish aerospace and defense company Terma A/S today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities associated with the potential sale of the U.S
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Israel has issued an official Letter of Request (LOR) to the Pentagon for the purchase of its first squadron of advanced F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs). The F-35 is intended to eventually replace the Israeli Air Force (IAF) fleet of F-15I and F-16I jet fighters
Saab AB, the Swedish maker of the Gripen jet fighter, is ready to make Brazil the manufacturing center for the aircraft to increase its chances of winning a $1.8 billion order and safeguard the model’s future, according to Bloomberg report
Australia is set to lose A$2 billion worth of hi-tech contracts as local companies and governments are reluctant to join the global supply chain for a new-generation fighter plane. American giant Lockheed Martin this week will send out executives from its headquarters in Texas in a last-ditch attempt to find Australian firms willing to manufacture composite skins and other parts for the massive F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program
Northrop Grumman Corporation has selected Kongsberg as a strategic partner to produce 5th generation composite components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. Northrop Grumman is a principal partner of the Lockheed Martin-led F-35 industry team
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Lockheed Martin Corp. is being awarded a cost-plus fixed-fee, time and materials, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a not-to-exceed value of $75,000,000 to provide engineering, programmatic, and logistics services in support of investigations or studies to determine the feasibility, practicality, desirability, or supportability of the various Joint Strike Fighter F-35 air systems
Magellan Aerospace has been awarded a contract this past month to produce F-35 Lightning II horizontal tail components in the third lot of Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP). It is the initial contract awarded to Magellan by BAE Systems for F-35 components, valued at $11M Cdn
BAE Systems awarded Terma a contract for F-35 low rate initial production lot 3 for the delivery of machined parts for the Horizontal Tail for the Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) version of the aircraft at Paris Air Show 2009. Terma will deliver 50+ different machined aluminium parts for the Horizontal Tail of the F-35 STOVL version