Israel will purchase 25 more F-35 fighter-bombers from the United States to create a third fleet of these aircraft. In this respect informs Ministry of Defense of the country.
It is noted that the aircraft will be produced by Lockheed Martin. The acquisition will increase the Israeli F-35 fleet to 75 vehicles.
Earlier it was reported that the Finnish defense concerns Patria and the American company Lockheed Martin. signed an agreement on industrial cooperation, including fuselage assembly for the fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II. This is stated in the expression of the Finnish concern.
Patria spokesperson Petri Hepola noted that Patria will build at least 400 F-35 forward airframes.
At the end of April, the Pentagon announced that the American military-industrial company Lockheed Martin received an additional $ 615.9 million for missile production for the HIMARS MLRS.
Formerly in the Armed Forces in the open Source of information on the departures of Russian strategic aviation.