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Lockheed Martin awarded $18M for F-35 support for Australia, UK, Canada
by Christen Mccurdy
Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2019

Lockheed Martin has received an $18 million contract modification for maintenance and operation of the support center that tests the F-35 aircraft for three partner nations.

The deal will fund maintenance and operations at the Australia, Canada, United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

It extends a previous $559.5 million contract awarded in 2016 for hardware and software upgrades and engineering support for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter for both U.S. defense and foreign military sales.

The F-35 is a stealth fighter jet manufactured by Lockheed Martin in the 1990s, with variants used by the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as foreign governments that also include Italy, Norway, Denmark and formerly Turkey.

The fighter has been the subject of intense scrutiny and criticism over spiraling costs, production delays and safety issues. Those concerns were aired at a November congressional hearing at which the Department of Defense said it would not offer Lockheed a multiyear contract for production of the jets until it resolved some safety issues.

Amid the criticism , though, the Pentagon has continued to award large contracts for F-35 projects.

In 2018 Lockheed received a $7.47 million contract to move ACURL from Fort Worth, Texas, to Eglin.


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Bell Boeing delivers first modified MV-22 Osprey to the Marine Corps
Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2019
Bell Boeing announced Tuesday that they have delivered the first modified MV-22 Osprey to the United States Marine Corps. The MV-22 is the Marine Corps' version of the V-22 Osprey, using tilt-rotor technology to offer the vertical flight options of a helicopter, but also the speed and range abilities of a fixed-wing aircraft. In November Bell Boeing was awarded a $146 million contract for upgrades and maintenance on the MV-22 aircraft. "This milestone marks the beginning of an Osprey evo ... read more

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