Agreement reached on Lot 10 F-35 production

North America F-35A AF-109 15-5118/‘OT’, which first flew on December 20, is the first LRIP 9 jet to take to the air. The ‘A’ variant constitutes around 85% of the Joint Strike Fighter programme of record. Carl Richards THE US Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement in principle on Low-Rate Initial Production Lot 10 (LRIP 10) of the F-35 Lightning II. Among key points are that the unit price quoted for an F-35A falls below $100m