Cost of F-35A Model – $113 Million Each

September 30, 2013. David Pugliese - Defence Watch

The Pentagon on Friday awarded Lockheed Martin and the F-35 team two contracts worth about US$7 billion, for 71 more F-35 fighter jets. For the US Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and the air forces of Norway, Italy, Australia, and the UK, according to the Defense Update news site.

The Pentagon’s F-35 program office said the cost of each F-35 conventional takeoff A-model jet would drop to $98 million in LRIP 7, excluding the engine, from $103 million in LRIP 6. It marks the first time the price of the jet will have dipped below $100 million. The U.S. government buys the engines directly from Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., under a separate contract. Lockheed and the Pentagon announced an agreement in principle for the next 71 jets on July 30.

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But as Al Williams, former ADM Materiel point out……there is also this…….”Note the $98 million excludes the cost of the engine (approximately $15 million). Therefore total is $113 million.” Headline has been changed.