UK unaffected by F-35 rebaselining

The production rebaseline of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter programme is not expected to impact the delivery schedule of UK aircraft currently on contract, following the publication in late-September of a revised industrial output by Lockheed Martin. In a release published on September 27, F-35 prime Lockheed Martin revealed that it had agreed with the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office the number of aircraft, across all three variants, that will be produced in the coming years. The rebaseline has