The Lockheed Martin (LM) production and final assembly team for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is applying lessons learned from the production of the F/A-22 Raptor, critical in areas such as stealth, to JSF manufacturing at Fort Worth, Texas, where the first prototype aircraft is coming together. During a factory tour of the F-35 line, JDW was able to gauge the investment that LM, its partners and the US government have made in the F-35 production process, which represents a generational leap, even on from the F/A-22, in the way a low observable (LO) fighter is produced and assembled.
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