Lockheed, Mitsubushi Heavy sign deal for F-35 assembly
Reuters - 1 hr 42 mins agoPARIS (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd to begin work on a final assembly and check-out plant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Japan, it said on Wednesday. Steve O'Bryan, Lockheed vice president on the F-35 program, announced the contract agreement at the Paris Airshow. He declined to give details on the value of the contract. A similar facility built in Italy to assemble F-35 jets in Europe cost an estimated 800 million Euros ($1.1 billion). (Reporting By Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Greg Mahlich) More »Lockheed, Mitsubushi Heavy sign deal for F-35 assembly

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