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Pentagon Awards Lockheed Martin Nearly $7.8 Billion for F-35s in Lot 17

Pentagon Awards Lockheed Martin Nearly $7.8 Billion for F-35s in Lot 17
An Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 32nd Wing, Amendola Air Base, Italy, taxis while a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off during Astral Knight 2021 (AK21) at Aviano Air Base, Italy on May 21, 2021 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Pentagon on Apr. 28 awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] an almost $7.8 billion contract for 126 F-35 fighters in Lot 17, including 43 F-35As for the U.S. Air Force, eight for Finland, seven for Italy, six earch for the Netherlands and Poland, four each for Japan and Belgium, and three for Denmark; 26 F-35Bs--15 for the U.S. Marine Corps, seven for the United Kingdom, two for Italy, and two for Japan; and 19 F-35Cs--13 for the U.S. Navy and six…

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