Fokker signs F-35 wing component production agreement with Lockheed

Fokker has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin for the production of additional wing components for the next batches of F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft.

Under the terms of agreement, the company will the manufacture flaperons and outboard leading edge flaps (OLEF) for the ninth and tenth low rate initial production batches of the fifth-generation fighter.

The flaperons are critical for the controllability of the aircraft. They are 3m-long flaps on the aircraft's wing trailing edges, while the OLEF are flaps on the wing leading edges.

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