Lorraine Martin, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program manager, has told reporters at the Paris Air Show that by 2018, 50 per cent of the F-35s on order will be for international customers (i.e. the partner nations). Canada, at this point, is not among those putting in their orders at this point.
Martin said the firm is aiming to reduce the cost per plane to $80 million U.S. by 2019. That, she noted, would provide for “a fifth generation aircraft for the same price as a fourth generation.”
