Fort Worth-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics wins Norway fighter contract

by PegNews wire

Looks like the JSA has the upper hand over the Swedish-produced Gripen.

While regional automakers are feeling the pinch, one local manufacturer of airplanes received some good news this week.

On Thursday (Nov. 20), Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (based in Fort Worth) received word that the country of Norway will be buying 48 of their F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) at a total cost of approx. $2.5 billion.

Let's see, that comes out to about (... divide by seven and take the square of the hypotenuse... roll the twelve-sided die...) LOTS of dollars per airplane, with a scheduled delivery date of 2016.

The deal means that workers at Lockheed's Fort Worth manufacturing facility are feeling a lot better about things than, say, workers at Arlington's General Motors manufacturing facility. And speaking of cars, the Norway fighter contract strikes a blow at Sweden's Saab conglomerate, who - in addition to making automobiles - also produce the Gripen fighter jet.

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andrewh1112 says:

Wrong. The car brand Saab Automobiles is owned by General Motors, the fighter jets are made by the Swedish owned Saab AB corporation. They are NOT the same.