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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N)
has been awarded a $712 million U.S. defense contract for the development of
advanced hardware in support of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft, the Pentagon
said on Thursday.
Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Tim Ahmann
Source: www.reuters.com
Update
Update
The company will support flightworthy
certification, production readiness review and fleet release of the system for
use in lot 15 fighter jets, the Department of
Defense said Thursday.
Work
will take place in Fort Worth, Texas, through March 2023.
The Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and non-DoD participants will
obligate $207.1M in total funds at the time of award.
Lockheed selected Harris (NYSE: HRS) in September to build
an integrated core processor in support of F-35 TR3 modernization efforts.
Harris will also provide its Panoramic Cockpit Display Electronic Unitand Aircraft Memory System to the project. Source: www.govconwire.com
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