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Kongberg Wins F-35 Contracts - Maybe
As Norway was saying that it will sign on to the F-35 Production Phase, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace was signing "long-term framework agreements" with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to manufacture composite products for the aircraft. The Kongsberg release maintains that "the agreements were landed based on fully competitive prices," but adds that "completion of the agreements is conditional on Norway deciding to procure the JSF." ...

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Norway Signs on to JSF Production Phase, But Keeps Options Open

Norway's Forsvardsdepartmentet has issued a release saying that Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen has decided to sign the production phase agreement for the Joint Strike Fighter Program, joining Australia, Britain, Canada, and The Netherlands to date. The Minister said: ...

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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Events & Contracts 2007 (updated)
The F-35 Lightning II is a major multinational program which is intended to produce an "affordably stealthy" multi-role strike fighter that will have three variants: the F-35A conventional version for the US Air Force et. al.; the F-35B Short Take-Off, Vertical Landing for the US Marines, British Royal Navy, et. al.; and the F-35C conventional carrier-launched version for the US Navy. The aircraft is named after Lockheed's famous WW2 P-38 Lightning, and the Mach 2, stacked-engine English Electric (now BAE) Lightning jet. ...

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