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Northrop Grumman Delivers Center Fuselage for Italy's First F-35 Lightning II

Published on Aug 7, 2013
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered the center fuselage for Italy's first F-35 Lightning II to the newly commissioned Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility at Italy's Cameri Air Base July 12. This on-time delivery to Lockheed Martin enables the first assembly of an F-35 aircraft at the FACO facility and increases international participation on the F-35 program. More: http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pa....

Quite intensive operation.