LOCKHEED MARTIN: Trump's 'personal involvement' helped get lowest price on latest F-35 batch (LMT)

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and its top weapons supplier agreed on the lowest set of prices for the F-35 — the US's most expensive weapons system — since the program began in 2001.
On Friday, the F-35 Joint Program Office released the finalized price for the most recent production contract for America's fifth generation stealth fighter. The 10th Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP-10) contract for 90 F-35 jets came in $728 million less than LRIP-9.
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