{"id":86383,"date":"2025-09-30T15:32:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/09\/30\/pentagon-awards-contract-for-newest-f-35s\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:27:40","slug":"pentagon-awards-contract-for-newest-f-35s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/09\/30\/pentagon-awards-contract-for-newest-f-35s\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon awards contract for newest F-35s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/11\/25\/pentagon-lockheed-reach-handshake-deal-for-next-f-35s\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/11\/25\/pentagon-lockheed-reach-handshake-deal-for-next-f-35s\/\">awarded Lockheed Martin<\/a> a $12.5 billion contract for nearly 300 of the newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy said in a statement the contract modification will definitize 148 F-35s from the 18th lot of the jets and add scope for the production and delivery of another 148 fighters in lot 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday\u2019s announcement builds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/11\/25\/pentagon-lockheed-reach-handshake-deal-for-next-f-35s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/11\/25\/pentagon-lockheed-reach-handshake-deal-for-next-f-35s\/\">another lot 18 and 19 contract announcement<\/a> from December 2024 worth $11.8 billion. 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The per-jet price increase will be less than the rate of inflation, Lockheed said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe F-35 Lot 18-19 contract represents continued confidence in the most affordable and capable fighter aircraft in production today,\u201d Chauncey McIntosh, Lockheed\u2019s vice president and general manager of the F-35 program, said in a statement. \u201cWe are proud to support our customers and further solidify the F-35\u2019s role in enabling peace through strength.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twelve nations, including the United States, South Korea and Israel, now fly the more than 1,230 F-35s that are in service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon\u2019s contract announcements Monday also included a $101 million cost-plus-fixed-fee deal to buy F-35 parts in advance that might face shortages or diminished manufacturing sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another contract to Lockheed, worth 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