Contract with Lockheed Martin for F-35 fighter aircraft production

Friday, Sep 03, 2010

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG) has won a contract with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for delivery of components to the fighter aircraft F-35.

The contract involves deliveries of composite and titan components to the aircraft’s tailfin rudders, and is worth NOK 270 million for deliveries to 62 carrier version aircrafts.

The agreement is an extension of an existing framework agreement signed in 2008, which now also includes the aircraft carrier version of the F-35. The framework agreement has the potential for production of composite parts to up to 3.200 F-35s. F-35 is Norway’s planned new fighter replacing the F-16.

"We now have agreements on production of parts to all three versions of the F-35, which confirms that we have managed to establish a world-leading unit for advance composite production. Deliveries to the aircraft are under strict requirements for quality, and I am very happy that we meet those requirements," says Harald Ånnestad, President for Kongsberg Defence Systems.

For further information, please contact:
President Harald Ånnestad, (+47) 32 28 89 71.

Source: Kongsberg