FACTBOX-Current Plans For F-35 Warplane Orders From U.S., Allies -- Global Post/Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The United States and its allies plan to buy thousands of new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter warplanes in coming years. Following is a list of the planned purchases, according to data provided by Lockheed Martin Corp, the prime contractor for the $396 billion weapons program. Lockheed is developing three variants for the U.S. military services and eight partner countries that helped fund the plane's development - Britain, Australia, Italy, Turkey, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Canada. Two other countries, Italy and Japan, have also placed orders for the fighter jet.
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Update: Fighter jet grounding won't deter purchases: US -- Business Spectator
My Comment: Eric Palmer Blog does an excellent dissection on why these sales figures and projections are not going to happen.
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