Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $535,315,000 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of 38 Low Rate Initial Production Lot VI F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft (19 Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) aircraft for the Air Force; 4 CTOLs for the government of Italy; 2 CTOLs for the government of Australia; 6 Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft for the Marine Corps; and 7 Carrier Variant (CV) aircraft for the Navy). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 08/08/11) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 training center.
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