Lockheed Martin Team
wins Joint Strike Fighter Competition
26 October 2001
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Over 14 Leading UK Aerospace
companies have a major stake in the winning design
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Creates 3,400 UK jobs during
SDD and over 8,400 UK jobs during production and £27 billion
of work for UK companies
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Secures future of UK military
aircraft industry
The Pentagon announced this evening that an
international team led by Lockheed Martin with partners BAE
SYSTEMS and Northrop Grumman has won the competition to build
the Joint Strike Fighter, a stealthy, supersonic aircraft
designed for the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps., as well
as the UK’s Royal Air Force and Royal Navy to replace the
Harrier, F-14, F-16, F/A-18 and A-10 aircraft.
The team of Lockheed Martin, BAE SYSTEMS and
Northrop Grumman will produce an initial 22 aircraft in the
System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase. Pratt &
Whitney and Rolls-Royce will supply major propulsion-system
components for the aircraft, while General Electric is
developing an alternate engine. US and UK plans call for more
than 3,000 aircraft over the life of the programme.
"We are grateful that the governments of the
United States and the United Kingdom have put their faith in the
Lockheed Martin team, and we intend to honour that trust by
building a truly remarkable, capable and affordable 21st-century
fighter aircraft on schedule and on cost," said Vance D.
Coffman, chairman and chief executive officer, Lockheed Martin
Corporation. "I am personally committed to making this programme
and absolute success by remaining flexible and working closely
with our customers as requirements evolve."
United Kingdom technology figured heavily in the
JSF design, and UK test pilots and flight engineers were
instrumental in demonstrating that technology. BAE SYSTEMS is
involved in the vital areas of mission systems, vehicle systems,
autonomic logistics and airframes.
In the United Kingdom alone, the Lockheed Martin
JSF team will create approximately 3,400 jobs during System
Development and Demonstration (SDD); and during the 30 year
production and support phase 8,400 direct, and many thousands
more indirect, long term, highly skilled, highly paid jobs will
be created. The production of 3,000 aircraft will generate
approximately £27 billion for UK companies during System
Development and Demonstration; and Production and Support.
Current international export projections for an additional 3,000
aircraft could mean an extra £24 billion for UK companies over
the life of the programme. Additional long-term UK business
opportunities exist through major roles in spares production,
design evolutions and upgrade programmes.
Defence Procurement Minister, Lord Bach,
commented: "JSF is set to be the largest military acquisition
programme in history. Our continuing participation alongside the
US in this programme is thus a major benefit both to Britain’s
Armed Forces and British industry.
"British industry has gained its place in the
Lockheed Martin team on merit in a demanding competitive
environment, and now has a tremendous opportunity to show what
it can do."
BAE SYSTEMS has worked closely with the Lockheed
Martin team for the past five years throughout the Concept
Demonstrator Phase of the programme. "We are pleased that the
Joint Strike Fighter programme has chosen the Lockheed Martin
team and its aircraft, for this very important programme," said
John Weston, chief executive, BAE SYSTEMS. "The significance of
this programme for UK armed forces is that the combination of
Eurofighter and JSF enables the UK to field 21st-century
capabilities in its defence and the defence of its allies."
"Industrially, this programme will ensure
thousands of jobs throughout the UK, now and in the future, as
these aircraft are developed, produced and then supported and
modified through their life cycle with the forces," he added.
BAE SYSTEMS is the truly global systems, defence
and aerospace company. BAE SYSTEMS employs some 100,000 people
and has annual sales of around £12 billion. The company offers a
global capability in air, sea, land and space with a world-class
prime contracting ability supported by a range of key skills.
BAE SYSTEMS designs and manufactures civil and military
aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar,
avionics, communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and
a range of other defence products.
Lockheed Martin UK Ltd. is a leader in systems
integration working on major programmes spanning the aerospace,
defence, civil and commercial sectors with significant
capabilities in the transport infrastructure market. Lockheed
Martin UK Ltd. has annual sales of approximately £600 million
and enjoys more than 75 significant business partnerships in the
UK. Lockheed Martin UK is a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation
and employs approximately 1,000 employees at over 20 facilities
including London, Portsmouth, Havant, Southampton, Yeovil,
Swindon, Hertford, Bristol and Cornwall.
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, USA, Lockheed
Martin Corporation is a global enterprise principally engaged in
the research, design, development, manufacture and integration
of advanced technology systems, products and services. The
Corporation's core businesses are systems integration, space,
aeronautics and technology services. Lockheed Martin had 2000
sales surpassing $25 billion.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, a unit of
Lockheed Martin Corporation, is a world leader in the design,
development, systems integration, production and support of
military aircraft. Its customers include the military services
of the United States and allied countries throughout the world.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
UK Companies on Lockheed Martin JSF Team:
BAE SYSTEMS Warton/Samlesbury – Major Aircraft
Structures and Wind Tunnel Testing BAE SYSTEMS Rochester –
Active Inceptor System, Side Stick and Throttle Rolls-Royce
[Bristol] - Propulsion Smiths Aerospace – Electrical Systems
[Cheltenham and Basingstoke] – Electric Power Management System,
Remote Input/Output System TRW-Lucas [Solihull] – Weapons Bay
Door Drive System Ultra-Electronics [Cheltenham] – Weapons
Suspension and Release Flight Refuelling [Wimborne] – Fuel
System Components Matra-BAE Dynamics [Stevenage] – UK Weapons
Integration Aerospace Composite Technologies [Rochester] –
Transparency/Canopy Martin Baker Aircraft Co. [Uxbridge] – Crew
Ejection Seats Bombardier [Belfast] – Composite Skins ARA
[Bedford] – Wind Tunnel Testing Cytec Engineering Mat., Inc. [Wrexham]
– Composites Honeywell Normalair-Garrett [Yeovil] – Life Support
System QinetiQ – VAAC Harrier and Wind Tunnel during SDD phase
BAE SYSTEM’S role in Lockheed Martin JSF Team:
As part of the Lockheed Martin JSF Team, BAE
SYSTEMS is involved in the key areas of the system’s design.
This includes the mission systems, the vehicle system,
autonomic logistics and airframes, and is
responsible for the design and integration of the aft fuselage,
horizontal and vertical tails and the wing-fold mechanism for
the Carrier Variant.
It also brings with it years of STOVL experience
from the Harrier programme as well
as advanced lean manufacturing technology from
its facilities at Warton and Samlesbury (Lancashire). The aft
fuselage for each JSF will be designed, engineered and built by
BAE SYSTEMS at its Samlesbury site.
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Please call Kingston Communications on
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Martin X-35 JSF bid Phone-in News Conference:
At 6:30 p.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. CDT; 4:30 p.m. MDT;
3:30 p.m. PDT; 11:30 p.m. (UK-BST); and 12:30 a.m. CET. The
company will host a news teleconference with Dain Hancock,
president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Tom Burbage,
executive vice president and general manager of the Lockheed
Martin JSF program; Peter Shaw of Northrop Grumman, mission
systems director for the Lockheed Martin JSF program; and Martin
Taylor of BAE SYSTEMS, director of subcontract management for
the Lockheed Martin JSF program.
International correspondents may call
847-619-6368.
Please give the following confirmation number
to the operator: 4926114
The title of the conference is: Lockheed
Martin Joint Strike Fighter Announcement
A digital taped replay of the teleconference
will be available through Nov. 2 at 888-769-9756, access code
4926114#. For international callers, dial 630-652-3045, access
code 4936114#.
***For photos and information on the JSF, visit:
http://www.lmaeronautics.com
For government information on the Joint Strike Fighter
program, visit www.jast.mil
For information on Lockheed Martin Corporation, visit:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com
CONTACT:
Mark Douglas
Lockheed Martin +44-(0)-20-7798-2888 office +44-(0)-7879-444081
cell mark.douglas@lmco.com
Phil Soucy
BAE SYSTEMS +44-(0)-1252-384797 office
phil.soucy@baesystems.com
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