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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II development started in 1995 with the origins of the Joint Strike Fighter program and culminated in the completion of operational testing and start of full-rate production in 2021. [6] The X-35 first flew on 24 October 2000 and the F-35A on 15 December 2006.
It has been reported that the US has agreed to sell F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, F-15Es or F-16Vs instead of the F-35. [513] In February 2022, the US State Department approved the sale of up to 36 F-15IDs, a proposed export version of the F-15EX Eagle II for the Indonesian Air Force , and related equipment to Indonesia worth around $13.9 billion.
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
Lockheed Martin Corp, which aims to produce 169 F-35 fighter jets in 2022, is in discussions with the U.S. government to finalize total aircraft deliveries and production rate for the year, the ...
Lockheed has said it expects the production rate for the jets to eventually plateau at about 175 aircraft per year. Lockheed in discussions with government to finalize F-35 deliveries for 2022 ...
Lockheed Martin's (LMT) F-35 production costs are coming down, and time required for reworking and repairs also decreased 79% since the first production contract.
Turkey had planned to buy 100 F-35 Lightning II jets. [18] Lockheed Martin's X-35 would become the basis of the F-35 Lightning II, currently in production and service; Pratt & Whitney's YF119-PW-611 would be the basis for the F135-PW-600 on the production F-35B.
Turning to the F-35, we delivered 48 F-35 aircraft in the quarter. We expect to deliver 90 to 110 aircraft in 2024 and the remaining balance of the Lot 15 to 17 aircraft thereafter.