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Extra-Long Sustainment Contracts Are Lockheed’s Latest Bid to Cut F-35 Costs

Lockheed Martin is pitching the Pentagon on a new idea for reducing the cost of the F-35 combat jet: sign a five-year maintenance deal instead of negotiating a new contract every year.

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