F-35 Looks Like the Unstoppable Stealth Fighter
Story by Peter Suciu • Yesterday 8:21 PM
American aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin ended 2022 on a truly high note – coming off a spectacular holiday season. On Friday, the company finalized a contract with the United States government's F-35 Joint Program Office for as many as 398 additional F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft.
The contract, which is valued at up to $30 billion, includes aircraft for the United States military as well as international partners and foreign military sales in Lots 15 and 16, with an additional option for Lot 17. The F-35s produced for the contract will be the first of the fifth-generation stealth aircraft to be outfitted with the "Technical Refresh-3 (TR-3)" hardware update, which features a new integrated core processor, panoramic cockpit display, and an improved memory unit.
"This contract strikes the right balance between what's best for the U.S. taxpayers, military services, allies and our foreign military sales customers," said F-35 Joint Program Office program executive officer Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Schmidt. "The F-35 is the world's premier multi-mission, 5th-generation weapon system, and the modernized Block 4 capabilities these new aircraft will bring to bear strengthens not just capability, but interoperability with our allies and partners across land, sea, air and cyber domains."
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