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- NATS awards Lockheed Martin seven-year contract extension
- Next generation weather satellite structure delivered
- Lockheed Martin highlights F-35 programme achievements for 2012
- Lockheed Martin's technology-infused Mobile Fish Pen named a Top 25 Invention by TIME magazine
- Lockheed Martin announces Fourth Quarter 2012 and Year-End earnings results conference call webcast
- F-35C completes first in-flight dual refuelling
- Second F-35A reaches 500 flight hour milestone
- Lockheed Martin reports fourth quarter and full year 2012 results
- Universities Minister gets insight into Cyber opportunities
- 100th F-35 on Lockheed Martin's production line
- Martin-Baker produces first ejection seat for LRIP 5
- F-35A completes 3-year clean wing flutter testing programme
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Martin-Baker produces first ejection seat for LRIP 5
1st February 2013 marked another key milestone in the F-35 Programme for Martin-Baker – the completion of the first ejection seat for LRIP 5. LRIP 5 consists of 32 ejection seats in total. This includes 22 F-35A’s for USAF, 3 F-35B’s for USMC and 7 F-35C’s for USN.
Martin-Baker has delivered 104 F-35 (US16E) ejection seats in total. The 100th US16E seat was shipped to Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth on 23rd October 2012. To date, Martin-Baker has completed all LRIP IV deliveries up to and including F-35 aircraft CF-9 and almost completed the upgrades for the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) aircraft fleet.
Lockheed Martin confirmed on 30th January 2013 that the 100th F-35 is now on the production line. The 100th aircraft, known as AF-41, is a CTOL variant which is due to be delivered to the USAF for pilot training at Luke Air Force Base.
