F-35 Retrofit Mod Kits Purchased, Critical For Marines To Achieve IOC

By Lee Hudson / October 29, 2014 at 3:15 PM

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The Pentagon recently purchased retrofit modification kits for the Marine Corps F-35 variant that are critical to the service declaring its jets operational in July 2015, according to a program spokesman. On Oct. 22, the Defense Department awarded a $110 million delivery order to Lockheed Martin for 281 retrofit modification kits. These kits will be installed on all three variants of Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, Joe DellaVedova, F-35 communications director wrote, in an Oct. 28 email to Inside the Navy...

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F-35 Retrofit Mod Kits Purchased, Critical For Marines To Achieve IOC

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