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Thursday, April 17, 2014

F-35 Fighter to Make Overseas Airshow Debut This Summer

F-35B Lightning IILockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will make its overseas airshow debut this summer in the U.K. as part of efforts to boost foreign sales of the jet and offset near-term cuts in U.S. purchases and cuts by some international partners.

The F-35, the Pentagon’s most expensive conventional-weapons program, is due to make appearances in July at the Farnborough International Airshow, and another event at the Fairford military airfield, the U.K. defense ministry said on Wednesday.

Boosting production rates is viewed by the Pentagon and its contractors as essential to lowering the cost of the jet, which the military official leading the program last week said was currently around $112 million.

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