U.S. military orders 16 F-35 combat aircraft and avionics for Air Force and Marines in $1.1 billion deal

Combat aircraft designers at Lockheed Martin Corp. will build 16 new F-35 jet fighter-bombers for the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps under terms of a $1.1 billion order announced Friday. Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. - the organization handling F-35 aviation technology procurement for all military forces - are asking the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics segment in Fort Worth, Texas, to build 16, Lot 15 F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

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