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Pentagon Slaps Lockheed With $5Mln Per F-35 Withheld Until Upgrades Work - Reports

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The US Defense Department is going to hold Lockheed Martin accountable by withholding $5 million each of up to 110 F-35 fighter jets scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year.

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The Defense Department’s F-35 program office confirmed the new policy in a statement issued to the news outlet earlier in the day. Lockheed Martin revealed the new policy to the public on Tuesday in a filing it made to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The troubled hardware and software upgrade package is known as TR-3. Eighteen F-35 jets with the TR-3 upgrade package were delivered to the US armed forces by August 19.

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Pentagon Slaps Lockheed With $5Mln Per F-35 Withheld Until Upgrades Work - Reports

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© US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan PriceAn F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, waits to launch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). VX-23 is conducting its third and final developmental test (DT-III) phase aboard George Washington in the Atlantic Ocean. The F-35C is expected to be Fleet operational in 2018.

An F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, assigned to the Salty Dogs of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, waits to launch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). VX-23 is conducting its third and final developmental test (DT-III) phase aboard George Washington in the Atlantic Ocean. The F-35C is expected to be Fleet operational in 2018. - Sputnik International, 1920, 29.08.2024

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Defense Department is going to hold Lockheed Martin accountable by withholding $5 million each of up to 110 F-35 fighter jets scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year until their hardware and software upgrades are fully functioning, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

The Defense Department’s F-35 program office confirmed the new policy in a statement issued to the news outlet earlier in the day.

Lockheed Martin has informed the Defense Department it plans to deliver 75 to 110 of the super-expensive and repeatedly delayed fifth generation combat aircraft to the US armed forces by December 31.

Lockheed Martin revealed the new policy to the public on Tuesday in a filing it made to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The troubled hardware and software upgrade package is known as TR-3.

Eighteen F-35 jets with the TR-3 upgrade package were delivered to the US armed forces by August 19.