Joint Strike Fighter manufacturer Lockheed Martin received a $556 million Thanksgiving gift last week with the Defense Department announcing two separate contracts for F-35 modifications, services, spare parts and support equipment. The larger award, worth $492 million, was a modification to an existing contract for non-air vehicle spare parts, support equipment, supply chain management and mission simulators. It includes hardware and software upgrades for the F-35's advance maintenance diagnostics and logistics management computer -- the Autonomic Logistics Information System, or...
