Contracts worth 5,37 billion dollars were awarded to Lockheed Martin for the construction of 55 F-35 (lot IX). That's what they communicate from the Pentagon.
41 F-35A will be built: 26 for the Air Force, six for Norway, seven for Israel and two for Japan. Twelve F-35Bs were also commissioned: six for the Marines and six for the United Kingdom. Finally, two F-35Cs were ordered for the US Navy.
The 55 F-35 will be delivered by December of the 2017.
The 75% of production will take place in the United States. The 20% in the United Kingdom and five per cent in the factories in Nagoya, Japan.
