F-35A unit cost drops 7 percent in Lot 10; WH credits 'presidential intervention'

By Courtney Albon / February 9, 2017 at 4:49 PM

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The F-35 joint program office on Feb. 3 reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin to produce 90 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in low-rate initial production Lot 10 -- after more than a year of negotiations. In a Feb. 3 statement, the JPO does not disclose the total cost of the contract, but notes the price of an F-35A dropped from $102 million in Lot 9 to $94.4 million in Lot 10, a 7-percent drop, according to the JPO and "the...

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F-35A unit cost drops 7 percent in Lot 10; WH credits 'presidential intervention'

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