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Northrop Grumman has manufactured its 500th F-35 center fuselage for a conventional takeoff and landing variant that will support the Australian air force.

Northrop Grumman has begun full-rate production of the center fuselage of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Northrop said Friday the phase marks the start of a production interval in which a fuselage will be manufactured every day and a half. Frank Carus, vice president and F-35 program …

Northrop Grumman has supplied Lockheed Martin a center fuselage to be integrated into an F-35 variant for the Japanese military. “This on-time delivery marks another important step in the F-35 team’s drive to support and help fulfill our allies’ 21st century national security requirements,” Brian Chappel, a vice president and F-35 program …

Northrop Grumman has finished work on the first of 52 center fuselages it has designed for the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s planned order of F-35 Lightning II – the AM 1 conventional takeoff and landing variant. The company said Wednesday it reached the milestone on time and within budget, utilizing an integrated assembly …