June 9, 2011 By Tamir Eshel DEFENSE UPDATE
Lockheed Martin received yesterday over $107.5 million to produce the first F-35A for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). Hague is committed to fund two early production F-35, a decision made in April this year despite drastic cuts in the government budget.
The order is part of the multi billion fixed price incentive contract for low rate initial production, (LOT IV) managed by the US Navy Navair command, Patuxent River, Md. The funding for the Dutch plane was provided as a modification to that contract.
Most of the work will be performed in the USA (80 percent) with the remaining work done in the UK. According to the Pentagon announcement , the work will be completed in less than who years (by February 2013).
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