WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th February, 2023) Lockheed Martin has won a $170 million US Navy order to upgrade the instrumentation on four F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, the Defense Department announced.
"Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (of) Fort Worth, Texas is awarded a ...$170 million ...order (that) provides non-recurring engineering for flight test instrumentation modifications to four production aircraft (BF-139, AF-413, CF-95, and CF-110)," the Defense Department said in a press release on Thursday.
The work will be carried out in support of the Joint Strike Fighter program's Tech Refresh 3 and Block 4 weapons testing objectives and ship suitability testing for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and other F-35 program participants, the release said.
"Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (30%); El Segundo, California (25%); Warton, United Kingdom (20%); Orlando, Florida (10%)" and other locations, the release added.
The F-35 is the most expensive military procurement program in history with an estimated overall cost of $1.7 trillion over 30 years.
