Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord said today the agreement to purchase Lot 12 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from Lockheed Martin could be complete by July. "We continue to negotiate, and in fact we are hoping to wrap up here very shortly," she said during a Pentagon press conference. "We would like to have a contract award in the June/July time frame." Lord said the Pentagon continues to eye a block buy for future lots, but added that it...
