The F-35 joint program office said today that its Feb. 3 announcement of a multibillion-dollar contract to Lockheed Martin for the 10th low-rate initial production lot was a handshake agreement, and the final award will not be made for "weeks." "The exact details will come out weeks later when the contract is finalized," F-35 spokesman Joe Dellavedova told Inside Defense Feb. 6. Dellavedova said the deal, which has received praise from the White House for buying 90 jets at...
