Aircraft
LM Receives $7B F-35 Order, F-35A Price Dips Below $80M
The Lockheed Martin-led F-35 consortium was supposed to hit the $80m unit cost figure in 2020, but has achieved it a year early
A price tag of below $80 million is a powerful tool in the effort to sell more F-35As. (photo: U.S. Air Force)
A price tag of below $80 million is a powerful tool in the effort to sell more F-35As. (photo: U.S. Air Force)

On October 28, the Pentagon announced a contract modification worth just over $7 billion that covers the acquisition of 114 Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft for U.S. forces and foreign customers. The procurement comprises 48 F-35As for the U.S. Air Force; 20 F-35Bs for the U.S. Marine Corps; nine F-35Cs for the U.S. Navy; 12 F-35As for the Royal Norwegian Air Force; 15 F-35As for the Royal Australian Air Force; and eight F-35As plus two F-35Bs for Italy.


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