Pentagon: Fewer F-35 to be Bought

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on January 7, 2011 10:12 AM | | Comments (0) |

Northop Grumman Corp. developed the center fuselage for the F-35 in El Segundo, and those center fuselages are now being built in Palmdale.
Northrop's El Segundo operation also makes the center and aft fuselage for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, which the Pentagon will order more of to offset the drop in F-35 orders.

(Reuters) - The Pentagon overhauled the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program for the second time in a year and said it would buy 41 Boeing Co F/A-18 warplanes over the next three years to offset slower production of the Lockheed plane.

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