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Australian companies might build F-35 parts locally

Melbourne, Australia - Thanks to the MoUs signed by Lockheed Martin

The Australian Ministry for Defence announced yesterday that Lockheed Martin had signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in Melbourne with three companies for future F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft work. Under the MoUs, it is planned that the Australian companies will potentially produce over 800 complete sets of JSF vertical tails and a range of JSF fuselage composite...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1110937
Rome, Italy, 11/05/2009 13:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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