F-35 Depot In Utah Awaiting Direction On Commodities From Lockheed, JPO

By Gabe Starosta / September 11, 2013 at 3:14 PM
The Joint Strike Fighter program's organic depot in Utah is prepared to begin performing modifications or repairs to the F-35's various commodities, perhaps sharing that work with the Marine Corps-specific depot in North Carolina, but has not yet been tasked to do so by Lockheed Martin and the program office, according to a senior official at the site. Defense Department officials began the process of standing up organic depot maintenance capabilities for the F-35 in 2011, with an eye toward...

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