A new production line for the assembly of horizontal and vertical tails for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is installed and running, with a target peak production rate of one set every day.
BAE Systems in Samlesbury has extended the new monorail system for the F-35 assembly line to feed the manufacture of tails for the fighter aircraft. Manufacturer of the aft sections currently uses this process and the extension links the two lines. The first tails in jig on the line belong to aircraft number AF57, a…
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