Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II	1996 / 2010		Conventional carrier-based variant.
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II	1996 / 2008		Short take-off and vertical landing variant.
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II	1996 / 2006		Conventional land-based variant, including F-35I Adir for Israel.

Recent news

• 28/07/2020:  NEWS:  Avcorp F-35 outboard wing deal extended to 2022
• 30/06/2020:  Press Release:  Kongsberg awarded contracts for composite components for F-35 program
• 25/06/2020:  Press Release:  Northrop Grumman awards contracts to Kitron
• 22/06/2020:  Press Release:  Axiom wins new F-35 advanced manufacturing work with BAE Systems Australia
• 16/06/2020:  Press Release:  Adlumin awarded F-35 fighter jet contract
• 15/06/2020:  NEWS:  Lockheed Martin extends Triumph HUA valve contract
• 12/06/2020:  Press Release:  Meggitt signs contract with Chemring Australia Pty Ltd for the supply of composite countermeasure housings on the F35 aircraft
• 03/06/2020:  Press Release:  Kongsberg awarded contract for air-to-air pylons for F-35 program
• 01/06/2020:  Press Release:  ITT Matrix Composites' HiRPM technology adopted into Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning program
• 19/05/2020:  Press Release:  Lockheed Martin announces proactive measures to mitigate COVID-19 impacts to F-35 production
• 22/04/2020:  Press Release:  Marotta controls to deliver bolt-on Control Actuation System for Northrop Grumman's Extended Range Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles
• 16/03/2020:  Press Release:  Kaman delivers 80,000th rear fuselage packer to BAE Systems for F-35
• 02/03/2020:  Press Release:  Albany International Corp.'s affiliate, Albany Engineered Composites, qualified to build fibre placed skins for F-35
• 28/02/2020:  Press Release:  Elbit Systems of America to provide Full Motion Video Data Link power amplifiers for the F-35 Lightning II

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