15 September 2020: Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract for manufacture of assemblies for Forward Equipment Bay made from composite materials and the associated structures for all the variants of F-35 to Elbit Systems-Cyclone Ltd for four years. As per the contract, Elbit Systems will deliver more than 1,400 components to Lockheed Martin.
Yoram Shmuely, General Manager of Elbit Systems Aerospace Division, said, “We are proud to have been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide additional structural assemblies for the F-35 aircraft. This contract reflects the recognition and trust we have established with Lockheed Martin in our many years of collaborative work”.
With this contract, Elbit Systems will further expand their work on F-35 which includes the helmet mounted display systems, the development of the panoramic cockpit display, power amplifiers and 22 different structural assemblies. The decision by Lockheed Martin comes as a result of Elbit Systems successful performance on the production of other composite structures for the F-35 program.
