Lockheed Martin Starts F-35 Forward-Fuselage Assembly

Posted on: Jul. 13th, 2004 || Source: lockheedmartin.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Fort Worth, TX, July 12, 2004 -- Workers at Lockheed Martin’s mile-long factory in Fort Worth have begun assembling the forward fuselage for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a next-generation, supersonic stealth aircraft designed to replace current-generation fighters that are nearing the end of their service lives.

Shortly after 8 a.m. on Monday, July 12, workers loaded an F-35 structural bulkhead into an assembly tool, marking the official start of forward-fuselage production for the aircraft. Assembly of the F-35’s wings will begin at the plant in a few weeks.

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