Lockheed to announce $8.5 billion F-35 order on Friday: sources

The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin Corp are set to announce a deal worth about $8.5 billion for 90 F-35 jets on Friday, people familiar with the talks said. The deal for the tenth batch of the stealthy fighter aircraft brings the price per jet below $95 million for the first time, compared to $102 million in the previous batch, saving the Pentagon more than $700 million, the people said. This is more than the $600 million that U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Monday he had