Multiyear contract for 60 F-22s moves ahead

Published: Jul 11, 2007
Source: www.baltimoresun.com



WASHINGTON // The U.S. military's top weapons buyer has approved signing a three-year contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. and United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney engine unit for 60 <a href="/page/47/F-22-Raptor.html">F-22A Raptor</a> warplanes, engines and spare parts, a package worth as much as $10 billion.

Approval of the three-year contract locks the military into purchases and minimizes chances that quantities would be cut in annual congressional budget deliberations.

$65.2 billion program
The Pentagon in 2005 capped the program at 183 aircraft. This contract would complete the $65.2 billion program.

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<p class="cap">FILE PHOTO - The F-22 Raptor @ Langley AFB</p>
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