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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Pentagon aims to finalize Lockheed F-35 contract within days

F-35 Lightning IIThe Pentagon expects to finalize a contract with Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) for the sixth and seventh batches of F-35 fighter jets within days, the deputy director of the $392 billion program said on Wednesday.

Navy Rear Admiral Randy Mahr, the No. 2 official in charge of the F-35 program, said all but two issues had been resolved, and he hoped to get those addressed soon.

"We have a few minute things that we have to finish off there," Mahr told a small group of reporters. "We just want to get it done."

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