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November 18, 2018

Lockheed Martin contracted for F-35 flight testing and nuclear capability

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By: Stephen Carlson for Space Daily, Nov. 16, 2019

The Department of Defense is awarding Lockheed Martin $349 million to provide infrastructure for laboratories and flight testing in support of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.

The contract will run through March 2020 under fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funding from the three participating services and non-Defense Department participants, according to a government announcement

In a second award, Lockheed Martin is receiving $83.1 million from the Air Force for development and

testing of equipment for F-35A nuclear capability. It’s known as making a aircraft “dual-capable,” being able to deliver both conventional and nuclear weapons.

The development and requisite testing and certification for nuclear capability in the F-35A is expected to last until February 2024. A total of $24.6 million in Air Force fiscal 2019 research and development funds were obligated upon issue of the contract.

The Air Force plans to mount the B-61-12 nuclear gravity bomb on the F-35, thus integrating it into the air-delivered leg of the “nuclear triad” which also includes sea and land-based missiles.

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