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Here at Farnborough, Israel Aerospace Industries celebrated delivery of its 10th shipset of F-35 outer wings to Lockheed Martin. The OEM shared in the festivities, and expects eight more shipsets from IAI by year end.

 


In all, IAI is scheduled to produce 811 pairs of F-35A outer wings by 2034, with an estimated value of $2 billion. The initial contract was executed in 2014, and the Tel Aviv-based company has built a dedicated production line for the wings, including automated systems with the technology to meet the manufacturer’s quality targets.

 


The upper and lower skins are composite, and IAI is currently investing in infrastructure and machinery to manufacture the skins and other metallic parts in-house.

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