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Learn more. F Media Contact Connie Reese Most of the supply chain pressure on the program stems from constraints on low-tier suppliers that produce components that feed into larger portions of the F While the production line tries to do as much work on each section as possible, workers are having to slow down and wait for missing parts to arrive, Ulmer said.
Lockheed has also had challenges getting connectors for the jet on time — another problem that makes it difficult for the company to merge F sub-assemblies into a finished aircraft, Ulmer said.
Once aircraft are completed and go through acceptance testing, the sequence of deliveries will remain the same, he said. Currently, international partners who helped fund development of the F can compete for work on the jet, reducing the cost of the aircraft and giving foreign buyers an industrial incentive to support the program. We get parts from all over the place. However, the industrial challenges currently faced by Lockheed do not appear to be caused by the international supply base. Ulmer said European suppliers, who were hardest hit before the United States, are now rebounding from the pandemic.
In particular, northern Italy struggled with high numbers of confirmed COVID cases, leading Italian defense firm Leonardo, which runs an F final assembly and check out plant in Cameri , to shut down operations over a two day period in March to clean the facility. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.
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