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By Garrett Reim2021-03-17T02:22:00+00:00 Lockheed Martin received its first F-16 fighter in Greenville, South Carolina as part of a 10-year sustainment contract with the US Air Force (USAF). The fighter arrived at the Lockheed manufacturing facility from Edwards AFB in California on 9 March, the company said on 15 March. Lockheed also manufactures new-build F-16s at its Greenville facility. Source: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin F-16 at Greenville facility Work on the aircraft is part of a $900 million indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract granted last December to provide su...

Local Navy Contract Awards; February 8-23, 2021 Search Contracts For Feb. 8, 2021 Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney, Pratt and Whitney Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $49,195,531 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target modification (P00025) to a previously awarded contract (N0001918C1021). This contract provides for one conventional take-off and landing and two short take-off/vertical landing F135 engines to support F-35 Lightning II Block Four developmental testing program for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. ...

The company is under pressure to deliver improvements to the aircraft’s reliability and operating costs as the jet’s leading customer, the US Air Force, considers cheaper alternatives such as the Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter or a clean-sheet 4.5-generation combat aircraft.

Air Force cuts back exhibition flights on new F-35 engine woes Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg FacebookTwitterEmail A U.S. Marine Corps. F-35B Lightning II fighter jet performs maneuvers during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on Feb. 11, 2020.Bloomberg photo by SeongJoon Cho. The Air Force F-35 jet team that performs at air shows around the world has had to scale back appearances this year. The problem: a growing shortage of engines because of longer repair periods, some due to previously unreported shortcomings with engine blade coatings. The Air Combat Command that controls the F-35 demonstrat...

By   Theresa Hitchens on January 14, 2021 at 4:14 PM F-35 WASHINGTON: The F-35 fighter jet’s exorbitant life-cycle costs means the Air Force cannot afford to buy as many aircraft as it needs to fight and win a war today, which makes the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program all the more important, says outgoing Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper. “I think the F-35 program is a long way from being at a sustainment point that we need. I think it’s a long way from being an affordable fighter that we can buy in bulk,” he told reporters today. “That’s the reason why Next-G...