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Friday, May 04, 2012

USA assessed value of Japanese F-35 aircraft at $ 10 billion

[F-35B Lightning II]US has assessed the price for the proposed sale of 42 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft (the "A" version, that is the one with traditional take-off and no hooks for aircraft carrier) to Japan at $10 billion.

In a notification to Congress, the US Defense Department outlined the details of the proposal. In December 2011, Japan selected the F-35 during the F-X competition to replace its aged F-4 Phantoms.

It should be underlined that the F-35 defeated rival bids from the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet and Eurofighter Typhoon.

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