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posted by n1 on Monday June 19 2017, @06:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the selling-lemons dept.

Lockheed Martin Corp is in the final stages of negotiating a deal worth more than $37 billion to sell a record 440 F-35 fighter jets to a group of 11 nations including the United States, two people familiar with the talks said.

This would be the biggest deal yet for the stealthy F-35 jet, which is set to make its Paris Airshow debut this week.

The sale represents a major shift in sales practices from annual purchases to more economic multi-year deals that lower the cost of each jet.

The pricing of the jets was still not final, though the average price of the 440 jets was expected to be $85 million, the people said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the negotiations publicly.

The multi-year deal for the fighters will consist of three tranches over fiscal years 2018-2020.

[...] Last week, representatives from 11 F-35 customer nations met in Baltimore, Maryland to discuss terms and toured a Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) facility in Maryland that provides equipment for the jet. Those nations included Australia, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, South Korea, Britain and the United States.


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  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Monday June 19 2017, @03:03PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 19 2017, @03:03PM (#527942)

    The US is going the opposite of what you are suggesting. Multi-role fighter/bomber and ditch the A-10. Also ditching the Kiowa helicopter and use Blackhawks/Apaches instead. It's going to suck for anyone needing ground support this next decade. Unless you're fancy enough to get an AC-130.

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