BAE awarded £118m F-35 aircraft engineering contract

Posted on 8 Apr 2016 by The Manufacturer
Artist impression of the Maintenance and Finish Facility which is being built at RAF Marham, Norfolk (image courtesy of BAE Systems).

BAE Systems has been awarded a £118m contract to build engineering and training facilities at RAF Marham in Norfolk, in readiness for the arrival of the UK's first F-35 Lightning II aircraft in 2018.

The contract award coincides with the early completion of the tenth aft fuselage for the UK aircraft at BAE Systems’ manufacturing site in Samlesbury, Lancashire. The contract for the new facilities has been awarded by Lockheed Martin – the prime contractor of the F-35 aircraft programme (image courtesy of BAE Systems).…

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