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 Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 07:58 PM
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http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/p ... ility.html
Lockheed Martin Expands Facility For F-35 Component Manufacturing In Pinellas Park, Fla.
PINELLAS PARK, Fla., Feb. 22, 2012 – Lockheed Martin’s...operation in Pinellas Park officially opened a new 57,000 square foot manufacturing facility today to produce aircraft canopy components for the F-35 Lightning II fighter.
The new facility is an annex to Lockheed Martin’s existing 197,000 square foot building that has been producing structural components for more than 10 different types of aircraft since 1997....The expanded facility can support production of up to 20 F-35 canopy units a month.... “The Lockheed Martin Pinellas facility has distinguished itself with its quality, safety and efficiency and has become a center of excellence for the manufacturing of F-35 canopies.”
Aircraft canopy components include the “windshield” of the aircraft – a clear plastic bubble – and the frame, ejection pyrotechnics and other structures that support it.....
Core competencies at the Pinellas facility include sheet metal and extrusion fabrication and structural subassembly. To date the facility has produced components for the C-130J, F-22, F-16, C-5 and P-3, in addition to the F-35. Besides supporting Lockheed Martin aircraft programs, the facility does work for several other companies.
Nay Sayers Inc., sucking air over the continuing expansion of Gen. 5 technology. 
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