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2025
23 March

ReleaseTechnology transfer project between Lockheed Martin and Pilatus for PC-21

2021
27 September

ReleasePentagon and Lockheed Martin agree to F-35 production rebaseline

2020
19 May

ReleaseLockheed Martin announces proactive measures to mitigate COVID-19 impacts to F-35 production

28 January

ReleaseLockheed Martin celebrates a year of F-35 successes

2019
30 December

ReleaseLockheed Martin delivers 134 F-35s in 2019, exceeding annual commitment

2018
23 July

ReleaseLockheed Martin meets 1,800 employee hiring commitment

11 June

ReleasePentagon and Lockheed Martin deliver 300th F-35 aircraft

30 April

ReleaseLockheed Martin opens new facility to support F-35 production growth

12 April

ReleaseF-35 completes most comprehensive flight test program in aviation history

2017
18 December

ReleaseLockheed Martin meets 2017 F-35 delivery target

27 November

ReleaseLockheed Martin F-35A icy runway testing for Norwegian drag chute underway in Alaska

24 July

ReleaseLockheed Martin F-35s surpass 100,000 flight hours, system development and demonstration completion on track

5 June

ReleaseFirst Japanese-built F-35A officially unveiled at Nagoya facility

5 May

ReleaseFirst Italian-built F-35B 'rolls out' of Cameri production facility

23 March

ReleaseLockheed Martin F-35 production adds jobs in Johnstown

2016
23 September

ReleaseLockheed Martin and Japan celebrate roll out of Japan Air Self Defense Force's first F-35A

11 July

ReleaseF-35 program announces Phase II cost reduction Initiatives

22 June

ReleaseLockheed Martin and Israel celebrate rollout of Israel's first F-35 'Adir'

25 May

ReleaseLockheed Martin Aeronautics recognizes top performing suppliers

11 January

ReleaseFirst F-35A "Adir" for Israel taking shape in Fort Worth

2015
7 September

ReleaseItaly's F-35A Lightning II flies inaugural European flight

26 May

ReleaseF-35A Lightning II with first Italian-made wing set enters assembly line

2014
14 July

ReleaseF35 horizontal tails pass the structural test

10 July

ReleaseIsrael Aerospace Industries progresses towards production of the F-35 fighter wings

31 March

ReleaseMarand delivers first Australian made vertical tails For F-35 Lightning II

11 March

ReleaseAlenia Aermacchi wing components make first F-35 flight

2013
11 December

ReleaseTAI delivers first center fuselage to Northrop Grumman under JSF/F-35 program

9 October

ReleaseFirst F-35 for Australia takes shape in Fort Worth

4 October

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman delivers center fuselage for Australia's first F-35 Lightning II

23 July

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman delivers center fuselage for Italy's first F-35 Lightning II, enabling increased international participation

19 March

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman delivers 100th center fuselage for F-35 Lightning II

8 March

ReleaseFirst F-35 with Marietta-built center wing flown

2012
2 April

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman delivers first F-35 center fuselage produced by Integrated Assembly Line

30 March

ReleaseLockheed Martin recognizes Co-Operative Industries Defense as first SDVOSB to supply F-35 production harnesses

22 February

ReleaseLockheed Martin expands facility for F-35 component manufacturing in Pinellas Park, Fla.

31 January

ReleaseGeneral Dynamics awarded $24 million F-35 Lightning II gun system contract

20 January

ReleaseAvcorp announces delivery of first F-35 outboard wing production unit for the F-35 Lightning II

2011
30 November

ReleaseLockheed Martin and Sciaky, Inc. enter mentor-protege agreement with initial focus on electron beam manufacturing of F-35 parts

22 November

ReleaseLockheed Martin completes assembly of the first international F-35 for the United Kingdom

19 September

ReleaseF-35 program completes static structural testing

14 September

ReleaseLockheed Martin delivers first F-35 center wing produced in Marietta

1 July

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman delivers F-35 center fuselage for Royal Netherlands Air Force

14 June

ReleaseLockheed Martin F-35 program flight test update

9 May

ReleaseLockheed Martin delivers first USAF production F-35 Lightning II

4 April

ReleaseLockheed Martin F-35 flight test program shows progress in first quarter

29 March

ReleaseEsterline Engineered Materials selected for U.S. Military's F-35 Lightning II strike aircraft program

25 February

ReleaseLockheed Martin flies first production F-35 stealth fighter

2010
15 December

ReleaseLockheed Martin F-35 program achieves overall 2010 flight test target

19 November

ReleaseFokker Technologies expands Dutch industrial participation in F-35 aircraft program through new agreements with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman

15 November

ReleaseLockheed Martin F-35 begins flying Block 1 software