Topic: Lockheed Martin Wins Order For Fighter Jets

Washington Post
April 16, 2008
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Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor, won Pentagon funding to produce 12 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets valued at about $2.6 billion. The Defense Department decided on April 8 to pay for six jets for the Air Force and six for the Marine Corps, a Pentagon official said.