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Aviation Supply Chain Intelligence entry for:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
(data compiled at May 2011)
Picture: Lockheed Martin - F-35C
Purchaser
Supplier
Plant/company
Work package
Value
Comment
Date awarded
location
Lockheed
Alliant
Clearfield, Utah,
Upper wing skins
$14 million
May 2011 and
The contract is to produce composite
Martin/North
Techsystems
USA
And $110
September
components for low rate initial production (LRIP)
rop
(ATK)
million in May
2002
Lots 5 through 9 of the F-35 Lightning II - Joint
Grumman/JSF
Composites
2011
Strike Fighter. The contract includes production
program
of multiple components through the LRIP 9
office
phase of the program. Under the terms of the
contract, ATK will use advanced hand lay-up
processing techniques to manufacture upper
fixed aft skins for both the carrier variant (CV)
and short-take off/vertical landing (STOVL)
variant, upper access covers on the CV and
conventional take-off and landing (CTOL)
variant, and the upper access center covers for
the STOVL variant. Production will take place at
ATK's Clearfield, Utah facility beginning in 2011
continuing through 2015. In addition to this
contract award, ATK manufactures several other
composite structures for the F-35, including the
seven-piece upper wing skin, lower wing skins,
engine nacelle skins, inlet ducts, and the upper
wing strap using both automated fiber
placement and hand lay-up techniques. In
September 2011 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Company awarded ATK the contract to produce
single-segment, all-composite upper wing skins.
Under the initial system development and
demonstration contract is supplying parts for 22
ship sets through October 2006. Follow-on
potential during the low-rate initial production
phase includes an additional 674 ship sets
through 2015. ATK Composites is responsible for
tooling design and manufacture of the upper
wing skins for all three variants of the new
fighter aircraft, with products based on the fibre
placement manufacturing process. ATK
Composites previously supported Lockheed
Martin on two JSF demonstration programs - for
the Concept Demonstration Aircraft, ATK
supplied two ship sets of fibre-placed inlet ducts
and representative sections of the upper wing
skins to simulate the STOVL and CV variants.
Lockheed
Alliant
Clearfield, Utah,
Components -see
$240 million
The company has announced a contract to
April 2010
Martin
Techsystems
USA
comment
plus
supply additional composite components for low
(ATK)
rate initial production (LRIP) lots 4 - 8 of the F-35
Joint Strike Fighter. Under the terms of the
contract with Lockheed Martin, ATK will use
advanced fibre-placement technology to provide
upper wing-box skins, lower wing-box skins, and
engine nacelle skins for the conventional take-
off and landing (CTOL), and short take-
off/vertical landing (STOVL) variants of the F-35.
Production will begin in 2010 and continue
through 2015.
Lockheed
Alenia
Cameri, Italy
Final assembly and
Cameri has been chosen by the government to
December 2008
Martin/North
check-out facility
set up a final assembly line producing two F-35s
rop
a month and managed by Alenia Aeronautica.
Grumman/JSF
The site will employ 500 people and production
program
is due to run from 2011 to 2022.
office
Lockheed
Ball Aerospace
Boulder,
Communications,
The system comprises one S-band, two UHF, two
The integrated
Martin/North
Colorado,
Navigation and
radar altimeter, three L-band antennas per
body suite
rop
USA
Integration (CNI)
aircraft
qualification
Grumman/JSF
integrated body
was completed
program
antenna suite
in June 2005.
office
Lockheed
General
Evendale, Ohio
F136 engines
$2.4 billion
The F136 Development and Demonstration
Martin/North
Electric/Rolls
USA and Bristol
(SDD phase)
(SDD) program was formally launched in August
rop
Royce
UK
2005 with a $2.4 billion contract award. The SDD
Grumman/JSF
phase is scheduled to run through 2013; the first
program
production F136 engines are scheduled to be
office
delivered in late 2012 for the F-35 Lightning II
aircraft. This occurs during the fourth lot of F-35
aircraft production, which is very early in the
overall aircraft production program.GE -
Aviation, with responsibility for 60 per cent of
the F136 program, is developing the core
compressor and coupled high-pressure/low-
pressure turbine system components, controls
and accessories, and the augmentor. Rolls-
Royce, with 40 per cent of the F136 program, is
responsible for the front fan, combustor, stages
2 and 3 of the low-pressure turbine, and
gearboxes. International participant countries
are also contributing to the F136 through
involvement in engine development and
component manufacturing. However, following
a US Congress decision in March 2011 to cancel
the F-136 engine program General Electric and
Rolls-Royce have said they will spend their own
money to keep the F136 engine alive.
Lockheed
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford,
F135 engine
$69.3 million
The F135 engine low rate initial production
September
Martin/North
Connecticut, USA
production
contract will support two conventional take-off
2007
rop
and landing (CTOL) F-35 production aircraft.
Grumman/JSF
Engine deliveries are scheduled to begin in June
program
2009. The F135 propulsion system team consists
office
of Pratt & Whitney, the prime contractor with
responsibility for the main engine and system
integration; Rolls-Royce, providing lift
components for the STOVL F-35B; and Hamilton
Sundstrand, provider of the F135’s control
system, external accessories and gearbox.
Lockheed
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford,
F135 engine
$78 million
The low rate initial production (LRIP) contract
October 2008
Martin/North
Connecticut< USA
production
covers F135 long lead material for seven
rop
conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) and
Grumman/JSF
seven short-take off/vertical-landing (STOVL) F-
program
35 aircraft. This award is one in a series of
office
milestones for the F135 engine program,
including exceeding 10,000 ground test hours as
part of the system development and
demonstration program; logging 59 successful
flight tests and more than 75 flight test hours of
the F135-powered CTOL F-35 aircraft; and
completing 14 flights of the F-35B powered by
Pratt & Whitney's F135 STOVL propulsion
system.
US
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford,
F135 engine
$571 million
This low rate initial production (LRIP) contract
July 2009
Department
Connecticut, USA
production
covers production, sustainment, spare parts and
of Defense
engineering support for the third lot of F135
engines, including 10 conventional take-off and
landing (CTOL) and 11 short-take off/vertical-
landing (STOVL) engines for F-35 aircraft.
Additionally, Pratt & Whitney has been awarded
a $113 million contract for long lead material
procurement to produce 32 F135 engines for the
fourth lot of F135 engines.
Lockheed
General Electric
See below
See below
Overall General Electric/Smiths business on the
Martin/North
(formerly
J-35 valued at up to $7 billion (see below).
rop
Smiths
Grumman/JSF
Aerospace)
program
office
Lockheed
General Electric
Cheltenham,
Horizontal tail
Contract award
Smiths Interconnect has also been selected to
Martin/North
(formerly
US
centering actuator
of potential
provide broadband cable assemblies with a total
rop
Smiths
value of $25
contract value of $500 million over the life of the
Grumman/JSF
Aerospace)
million over life
program.
program
of program.
office
Lockheed
General Electric
Cheltenham,UK
Standby flight display
See above
Martin/North
(formerly
system, electrical
rop
Smiths
power management
Grumman/JSF
Aerospace)
system, remote input
program
/ output data
office
concentrator units
Lockheed
General Electric
Michigan,
Weapons control and
See above
Martin/North
(formerly
Maryland and
data management
rop
Smiths
Florida,
Grumman/JSF
Aerospace)
USA
program
office
Lockheed
General Electric
Southampton UK
Engine and debris
See above
Martin/North
(formerly
monitoring system
rop
Smiths
and airframe strain
Grumman/JSF
Aerospace)
and stress models
program
office
Lockheed
General Electric
New Hampshire
LiftFan(tm) hose and
See above
Martin/North
(formerly
and
tube system
rop
Smiths
Massachusetts
Grumman/JSF
Aerospace)
USA
program
office
Lockheed
General Electric
Southampton UK
Integrated canopy
See above
Martin/North
(formerly
frame assembly
rop
Smiths
Grumman/JSF
Aerospace)
program
office
Lockheed
GKN Aerospace
Garden Grove,
Cockpit canopy
GKN has installed new equipment at its Garden
January 2002
Martin/North
California, USA
grove plant: carrying out the advanced coating,
rop
laminating, and 5-axis NC machining processes.
Grumman/JSF
In January 2002, GKN Aerospace was contracted
program
by Lockheed Martin to develop the integrated
office
transparency systems (ITS) for the System
Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of
the JSF program. The JSF ITS contract covers the
development of the aircraft canopy and related
systems and for both the U.S. Air Force CTOL
and Navy CV variants as well as the short-take
off/vertical-landing (STOVL) version for the US
Marines and UK Royal Air Force/Royal
Navy. This includes the design, qualification and
production of the test units for the aircraft.
Lockheed
GKN Aerospace
Metal processing
Composite and
$200 million
The contract extends GKN Aerospace’s
July 2010
Martin/North
is being
metallic work
involvement on the F-35, which currently
rop
undertaken in St
structures
includes the supply of a number of complex
Grumman/JSF
Louis, Missouri,
titanium structures for the airframe and engine;
program
USA and Filton
providing the advanced all-composite engine
office
(UK) while the
front fan case and embedded electro-thermal
composites work
ice protection system for the F135 engine; and
package is
designing and supplying the aircraft’s canopy
handled in the Isle
transparency. These new packages of work bring
of Wight (UK).
the company’s composites expertise to the
airframe for the first time and involve the
manufacture of high value composite parts as
well as further precision machined exotic metal
structures. The agreements cover all three F-35
variants including the F-35A Conventional Take
Off and Landing (CTOL), the F-35B Short Take Off
and Vertical Landing (STOVL) and the F-35C
Carrier Variant (CV) aircraft.
Lockheed
L-3 Display
Alpharetta,
Panoramic cockpit
The potential
The contract is for the System Development and
November 2005
Martin/North
systems
Georgia,
display (PCD) sub-
contract value
Demonstration (SDD) phase. The display system
rop
USA
system
over the life of
includes the 20in x 8in active matrix liquid
Grumman/JSF
the program is
crystal displays and display management
program
over $200
computer
office
million.
Lockheed
Lockheed
Fort Worth,
Forward fuselage
Martin/North
Martin
Texas,
rop
USA
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
Lockheed
Marietta, Georgia,
Wing
In July 2010 work started at the F-35 Lightning II
Martin/North
Martin
USA
wing production plant, the Marietta site's B-1
rop
aircraft centre. The F-35 work area occupies
Grumman/JSF
more than 320,000 square feet, and the
program
assembly activity is projected to employ more
office
than 600 workers by 2016 as the program ramps
up to full-rate production of one aircraft per
workday.
Lockheed
Northrop
Palmdale,
Centre fuselage
Production of the first major F-35 subassembly -
Martin/North
Grumman
California, USA
the centre fuselage - began on May 18, 2004.
rop
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
BAE Systems
See below
See below
BAE Systems is responsible for the design,
Martin/North
development and production of the aft fuselage,
rop
empennage and CV wing tips for each aircraft.
Grumman/JSF
The company is providing critical components
program
for the vehicle and weapon systems, in
office
particular the fuel system, crew escape, life
support system and prognostics health
management integration. BAE Systems has
significant work share in autonomic logistics,
primarily on the support system side, and is
involved in the Integrated Test Force, including
the systems flight test and mission systems. The
company is also responsible for the F-35's
Electronic Warfare (EW) systems suite and is
providing advanced affordable low observable
apertures and advanced countermeasure
systems. Additionally, BAE Systems is supplying
the vehicle management computer, the
communication, navigation and identification
(CNI) modules, the active stick and throttle and
the EOTS Laser subsystem.
Lockheed
BAE Systems
Rochester, UK
Side stick and throttle
April 2002
Martin/North
Avionics
controls
rop
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
BAe Systems
Samlesbury UK
Aft-fuselage,
Martin/North
horizontal and vertical
rop
tails
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Picture above: The titanium machining factory
Picture: BAE Systems
The aft fuselage is built by BAE Systems I and
delivered to Lockheed Martin at the Fort Worth
plant. BAE Systems has signed letters of intent
(LoI) worth around $1 billion relating to low-rate
initial production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
(JSF) with a series of second-tier suppliers in
Denmark, Canada and Australia. (see below)
BAE Systems opened a new titanium machining
facility at its Samlesbury site in Lancashire in
November 2010. The robotic facility will be used
to manufacture detail and assembly components
of the Aft Fuselage, Vertical Tail and Horizontal
Tail for the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft. The
9000 metre square machining facility comprises
two computerised Flexible Manufacturing
Systems (FMS) which not only manage the
manufacturing requirements and machine tool
utilisation, but also interface with order book
requirements, thus ensuring components are
produced and delivered on a ‘just-in-time’ basis.
Each FMS contains eight large hard metal milling
machines, two long spar longeron machines and
is supported by a number of secondary
operations. The facility is equipped to allow two
titanium components to be produced at the
same time.
Lockheed
BAE Systems
Nashua, New
Electronic warfare suite (see below)
Martin/North
Information &
Hampshire, USA
rop
Electronic
Grumman/JSF
Warfare
program
Systems (IEWS)
office
Lockheed
BAe Systems
Los Angeles,
Alternative design
The system is based on the binocular helmet
Martin/North
Platform
California,
helmet-mounted
developed for the Eurofighter Typhoon
rop
Solutions
USA
display
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
Terma
Grenaa, Denmark
See comment
The present
Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems and Northrop
August 2009
Martin, BAE
estimated value
Grumman Corporation along with Moog
Systems and
of the MOU is
Incorporated, General Dynamics Armament and
Northrop
more than 7
Technical Products, Parker Hannifin Corporation
Grumman
billion DKK
and Marvin Engineering Company have signed a
Corporation
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Terma A/S for the Danish company to become a
major strategic partner in the program. The
agreement covers the following systems (see
also below): composite conventional edges for
the aircraft horizontal tails; advanced
lightweight composite components for the
centre fuselage; STOVL horizontal tails;
missionized gun pods for STOVL and CV variants;
data acquisition pods for flight test
instrumentation; radar electronics flight control
components. This work involves a major
expansion of the Grenaa facilities, primarily in
the area of advanced lightweight composites
technology which will give Terma the
opportunity to compete for additional program
work.
Lockheed
Terma
Lystrup, Denmark
Horizontal stabliser
Contract worth
Structure made from carbon-fibre parts
June 2006
Martin/North
conventional edges
around $50
rop
million
Grumman/JSF
according to
program
Terma.
office
Lockheed
Terma
Grenaa,
Airframe composite
Martin/North
Denmark
panels
rop
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
Terma
Grenaa,
Gun pod
Martin/North
Denmark
rop
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
Terma
Grenaa,
Weapon pylons
Martin/North
Denmark
rop
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
Heroux-Devtek
Montreal, Canada
Structural
The new
Heroux-Devtek Inc announced it will build 43
February 2004
Martin/North
components
business is
different structural components while the
rop
worth $10.5
landing gear unit will engineer and manufacture
Grumman/JSF
million with a
door lock assemblies, the company announced.
program
potential
The company is now one of Lockheed Martin’s
office
extension to a
major suppliers of structural components. In
maximum of
March 2006 Lockheed Martin awarded Héroux-
$99 million
Devtek's Progressive Inc. business unit a multi-
through 2026
year contract for the Low Rate Initial Production
phase of the JSF project. In particular,
Progressive Inc. will build the inner wing
bulkhead for the three versions of the JSF F-35:
the STOVL (short take-off and vertical landing),
the CTOL (conventional take-off and landing)
and the CV (carrier version). Revenues for the
first five years of the contract could be up to
$135 million. The second phase of the
agreement, to last until 2028, could provide
Progressive with a share of approximately 50%
of the structural component business
subcontracted out by Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed
ITT Corp
Amityville, New
Pneumatic weapon
$24.8 million
Contract covers the design and development of
January 2002
Martin/North
York, USA
delivery systems
a suite of pneumatic weapon-delivery systems,
rop
including manufacturing for the SDD aircraft.
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
Vision Systems
San Jose,
Helmet-mounted
$84.56 million
Lockheed Martin Fort Worth awarded the
August 2003
Martin/North
International
California,
display (HMD)
contract for the development of VSI’s HMD
rop
USA
covering the JSF System Development and
Grumman/JSF
Demonstration (SDD) phase, and planning for
program
low rate initial production (LRIP) and subsequent
office
full-rate production phases. VSI is developing
and delivering HMD units to support the JSF
development and integration laboratories, the
JSF simulators, and the JSF flight-test platforms.
Additionally, the contract includes options for
technology refreshment (TR) and operational
test and evaluation (OT&E) spares. Production
contracts for more than 3000 HMD systems, in
support of JSF production, are expected to
follow successful completion of the
development. VSI is a joint venture between
EFW Inc. a subsidiary of Elbit Systems and
Rockwell Collins.
Lockheed
Vision Systems
San Jose,
Helmet-mounted
$54.1 million
The Lockheed Martin Corporation awarded VSI a
June 2009
Martin
International
California,
display (HMD)
contract for the delivery of 52 F-35 Gen II
USA
Helmet Mounted Displays and 30 aircraft ship-
sets in support of the F-35 Lightning II Helmet
Mounted Display System (HMDS) program.
Under the low rate initial production (LRIP)
contract, VSI will provide HMDS hardware and
production tooling for the LRIP 1, 2 and 3
acquisitions. This procurement fills initial U.S.
government domestic requirements for the U.S.
Air Force F-35A, U.S. Marine Corps F-35B and
U.S. Navy F 35C platforms, as well as some
foreign military sales production commitments.
LRIP deliveries will continue through 2012.
Lockheed
Goodrich
Santa Fe Springs,
See comment
Up to $4-5
Goodrich has been selected to providing the
Martin/North
California, USA
billion in
following to the F-35 - landing systems, utility
rop
revenue over
actuation, fuel quantity gauging components
Grumman/JSF
Aircraft Wheel &
the life of the
and the associated wiring harnesses as part of
program
Brake,
program,
the F-35's fuel measurement system. Goodrich
office
Troy, Ohio, USA
including
will supply the Short Take Off Vertical Landing
original
(STOVL) version of the aircraft with the LiftFan
equipment and
driveshaft and coupling and is supplying Rolls-
aftermarket
Royce a LiftFan anti-icing system. Goodrich's
sales and
Actuation Systems team provides the downlock
service
and retract actuators for the landing gear
system, and the wiring harnesses are also
provided by Goodrich. In addition, the company
is providing the weapons bay door drive
actuation system (Wolverhampton, UK)
Lockheed
Goodrich
Burnsville,
Air data system
Selection is
Initial work includes the System Development
Martin
Minnesota, USA
expected to
and Demonstration (SDD) and Low Rate Initial
generate $300
Production 1 and 2 phases of the program. SDD
million in
is expected to be completed in the first quarter
revenue over
of 2009, with ADS production deliveries also
life of the
commencing in the first quarter of 2009. The
program
ADS provides critical air data parameters to the
vehicle management computers for the aircraft's
flight control and pilot display systems. The
company’s SmartProbe(TM) and SmartPort(R)
air data sensing technology allows integration of
multi-function sensing ports, pressure sensors
and processing capability through the
elimination of pneumatic lines.
Lockheed
Goodrich
Charlotte, North
Angle of attack stall
Martin/North
Carolina, USA
warning systems,
rop
electron-mechanical
Grumman/JSF
control actuation
program
system, fuel
office
measurement/manag
ement, ice detection ,
exterior lights, aircrew
escape system
Lockheed
Harris Corp
Melbourne,
Advanced avionics
Over $2 billion
The three-year $55 million advanced avionics
December 2001
Martin/North
Florida, USA
systems,
design contract was awarded by Northrop
rop
infrastructure, image
Grumman as part of the Lockheed Martin Joint
Grumman/JSF
processing, digital
Strike Fighter (JSF) team. Harris expects over $2
program
map software, fibre
billion in advanced avionics systems design,
office
optics, high-speed
development, and production work on JSF over
communications links
the life of the program. Under terms of the
and part of the
contract Harris is performing critical path work
communications,
on the JSF’s avionics infrastructure, including the
navigation and
design of the basic avionics architecture to be
information (CNI)
used by all suppliers who will be providing
system
electronic subsystems for the JSF. In addition,
the contract calls for Harris to design other
hardware for the JSF such as custom racks,
circuit cards, connectors, power supplies, and
avionics backplanes. Harris completed its first
hardware deliveries for the JSF program in early
2003. The first hardware delivery included an
initial quantity of fiber-optic transceivers and
electronic module thermal cores to support
development testing on elements of the
aircraft’s central computing system.
Lockheed
Honeywell
Phoenix, Arizona,
Radar altimeter,
The company
Honeywell has a strategic supplier agreement
Martin/North
USA
inertial navigation /
expects
with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Honeywell’s
rop
global positioning
revenues
Defense & Space Electronic Systems (DSES) will
Grumman/JSF
system (INS/GPS) and
generated from
provide four systems for the F-35; inertial
program
air data transducers
Honeywell
navigation system (INS), the tactical navigation
office
products,
units (TNU), the low observable air data system
systems and
(LOADS), and the low probability of intercept
services on the
(LPI) radar altimeter. Honeywell and its partner,
JSF to exceed
Avionics Specialties, Inc. (ASI) Charlottesville,
$5 billion over
Virginia, USA) were selected to provide the Low
the life of the
Observable Air Data System that consists of
new fighter jet
integrating Honeywell's micro-machined MEMS-
program.
based pressure sensors with ASI's low
observable multi-function probes and flush-
mounted static pressure ports. Honeywell's
presence on the JSF also includes the landing
system's wheels and brakes, onboard oxygen-
generating system, engine components and the
power and thermal management system driven
by an integrated auxiliary power unit (APU).
Other Honeywell products being finalised for the
program include radar altimeter, inertial
navigation/global positioning system and air
data transducers. Beyond new components and
systems, the company also will provide repair
and overhaul maintenance services.
Lockheed
Honeywell,
Wheels, brakes and
November 2001
Martin/North
Dunlop and
tyres
rop
Crane Hydro-
Grumman/JSF
Aire
program
office
Lockheed
Raytheon’
El Segundo
24-channel GPS with
DAR contract
Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems
Martin/North
Space and
California, USA
digital anti-jam
up to $125
business was awarded an initial
rop
Airborne
receiver (DAR).
million
$25.8 million subcontract for System
Grumman/JSF
Systems (SAS)
Integrated core
Development and Demonstration (SDD) by
program
processing system
Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, which is
office
responsible for mission systems
integration of the GPS sensor on the F-35 JSF
team. The potential value of the
work is $125 million to provide DAR systems
through SDD and production.
The F-35 Integrated Core Processing System
development program is scheduled for
completion in 2012. The ICP is the sensor
processing system for the F-35 and is
implemented in an open-system architecture
designed to maximize the use of standards-
based, commercially available products.
Lockheed
Kongsberg
Kongsberg,
Composite products
Initial scope of
The framework agreements with Lockheed
January 2007
Martin/North
Defence and
Norway
MNOK 1300
Martin and Northrop Grumman
rop
Aerospace
and MNOK 650.
were conditional on Norway procuring the
Grumman/JSF
. Full-scale
aircraft. The agreements will extend for more
program
production will
than eight years and require the construction of
office
mean the scope
a new composite factory. In June 2005
can potentially
Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace signed a
increase to a
nearly $40 million, long-term agreement with
total of NOK 6-8
Northrop Grumman Corporation to produce
billion.
composite parts and subassemblies for the F-35
centre fuselage.
Lockheed
Kongsberg
Kongsberg,
Components
MNOK 270
Kongsberg has won a contract with Lockheed
August 2010
Martin/North
Defence and
Norway
Martin for the deliveries of components for the
rop
Aerospace
F-35 fighter aircraft. With a scope of MNOK 270,
Grumman/JSF
the contract applies to the delivery of composite
program
& titanium components for the aircrafts rudder.
office
Lockheed
Kongsberg
Kongsberg,
Rudders and vertical
MNOK 120
Kongsberg has received an order for deliveries of
January 2011
Martin/North
Defence and
Norway
leading edges
rudders and vertical leading edges to the F-35
rop
Aerospace
Joint Strike Fighter. The order is for deliveries to
Grumman/JSF
28 F-35s and is part of the framework
program
agreement signed in July 2008.
office
Lockheed
Lockheed
Dallas, Texas, USA
Electro-Optical
The two companies are jointly responsible for
Martin/North
Martin Missile
Targeting System
the electro-optical system. EOTS provides long-
rop
& Fire Control
And
range detection and precision targeting while
Grumman/JSF
and Northrop
Woodland Hills,
DAS is the thermal imaging system. DAS consists
program
Grumman
California, USA
(Lockheed Martin)
of multiple infrared cameras (supplied by Indigo
office
Electronic
Systems of Goleta, California) providing 360°
Sensors and
coverage using advanced signal conditioning
Distributed Aperture
Systems
algorithms. As well as situational awareness,
System
DAS provides navigation, missile warning and
Infrared Search and Track (IRST). EOTS is
(Northrop Grumman)
embedded under the aircraft's nose, and DAS
sensors
Lockheed
General
Charlotte, North
Gun system
The air force variant has an internally mounted
September
Martin/North
Dynamics
Carolina, USA
gun. The carrier and marine variants have
2002
rop
Armament and
provision for an external gun pod.
Grumman/JSF
Technical
program
Products
office
Lockheed
Northrop
Woodland Hills,
Radar
The radar is an electronically scanned array
Martin/North
Grumman
California ,USA
(AESA) AN/APG-81 multi-function radar. The
rop
Electronic
AN/APG-81AESA combines an integrated radio
Grumman/JSF
Systems
frequency subsystem with a multifunction array.
program
office
Lockheed
General Electric
Cheltenham, UK
Electronic control
Martin/North
(formerly
systems, electrical
rop
Smiths
power system (with
Grumman/JSF
Aerospace)
Hamilton Sundstrand),
program
integrated canopy
office
frame
Lockheed
Hamilton
Windsor Locks,
Engine gearboxes
Martin/North
Sundstrand
Connecticut,
rop
USA
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
Hamilton
Windsor Locks,
Electrical power
Martin/North
Sundstrand
Connecticut,
system (with General
rop
USA
Electric)
Grumman/JSF
program
office
Lockheed
Vought
Milledgeville,
Lower wing skins
Initial contract
The initial $7 million contract is for the system
August 2002
Martin/North
Georgia, USA
worth $7
development and demonstration phase of the
rop
million
program, covering production of 22 ship-sets
Grumman/JSF
through July 2006. Vought was also awarded a
program
technical support contract to assist Lockheed
office
Martin in the development of the integrated full-
scale airframe test program for the JSF program.
According to the company: “Vought is the first
company in the aerospace industry to use fibre
placement to create a full-scale part with
bismaleimide (BMI)/graphite slit tape and hand
lay-up of woven pieces. The wing skins are
fabricated using a newly installed Cincinnati
Composites Viper 3000 machine. The Viper 3000
is an advanced composite fibre placement
system that manufactures highly contoured
aerospace components. The system places
layers of 1/8-in. wide composite fibre tape onto
a m old machined to the shape of the finished
component. Each layer is put down in a different
direction to increase overall stiffness and
durability. Each wing skin, prior to trimming,
weighs about 290 pounds. They are shipped to
Lockheed Martin’s facility in Fort Worth for final
assembly.”
Lockheed
Parker
See below
Flight control,
The company has been selected as strategic
February 2005
Martin/North
Aerospace
hydraulic, fluid
supplier to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.'s
rop
management, and
F/A-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F-16
Grumman/JSF
control system
Fighting Falcon, and C-130J Hercules programs.
program
components
office
Lockheed
Parker
Parker Aerospace
Fuel system,
Estimated
Parker is designing and producing including the
Martin/North
Aerospace
divisions
hydraulics for lift fan,
revenues of
entire fuel system (consisting of fuel pumps,
rop
supporting the
engine controls and
approximately
valves, aerial refuelling equipment, and an on-
Grumman/JSF
program include
accessories
$5 billion over
board inert gas generating system or OBIGGS)
program
the Control
the life of the
and all primary flight control actuators (teamed
office
Systems Division-
program
with Moog, Inc. Aircraft Group). The flight
Military (Irvine,
controls will use electro-hydrostatic actuation
California, USA),
technology for the first time in a production
Air & Fuel Division
aircraft. On the Pratt & Whitney F-135 engine
(Irvine, California,
Parker will provide engine controls and
and Tolleson,
accessories, including bleed air control valves,
Arizona USA),
oil-level indication, the lubrication and scavenge
Nichols Airborne
oil pump, and several other fuel-system-related
Division (Ayer,
engine products. On the short take off vertical
Massachusetts,
landing (STVOL) version of the aircraft Parker
and Elyria, Ohio
will supply the hydraulic control unit for the lift
USA), United
fan and clutch housing on this version of the
Aircraft Products
engine. Parker's current contract value on the F-
Division (Forest,
35 is approximately $1 million per aircraft.
Ohio USA),
Parker's Customer Support Military Division
Electronic
(Irvine, California, USA) will provide spares,
Systems Division
repair, overhaul, and other aftermarket services
(Smithtown, New
for the life of the JSF program.
York USA), and
Stratoflex Division
(Fort Worth,
Texas USA).
Lockheed
Moog
East Aurora, New
Primary flight control
The company is supplying primary flight controls
October 2002
Martin/North
York, USA
on the System Development and Demonstration
rop
phase of the F-35. Joint Strike Fighter program.
Grumman/JSF
Moog is partnered on this program with Parker
program
Hannifin to jointly provide the Electro-
office
Hydrostatic Actuation System that will control
the aircraft’s major flight surfaces including the
flaperons, rudders, and horizontal tails. The
Navy’s version of the aircraft will also include
controls for the ailerons. Of the total contract
value, Moog’s portion of revenue will be
approximately $57 million. Other work packages
include the electro-hydrostatic actuation system
(EHAS), leading edge flap drive system and wing-
fold system
Rolls-Royce
Moog
Wolverhampton,
Main engine lift
Moog completed acquisition of GE Aviation
UK
system
Systems’ flight control actuation business for
$90 million in September 2009.
Lockheed
Stork Fokker
Papendrecht, the
Flaperons
The F-35's flaperons are 3 metre long flaps on
October 2009
Martin
Netherlands
the wing trailing edges which are vital for the
controllability of the aircraft. The units design
are based on a combination of composite and
titanium with a better resistance to fatigue and
corrosion. Stork Fokker has already
manufactured more than 2000 sets of flaperons
for the Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft type for
many years. This initial order will provide
employment for around 100 people, a figure
that will be doubled if the total production order
is received. Production will be in the
Netherlands, initially in the existing Stork Fokker
factory in Hoogeveen, and will later be
transferred to a new F-35 factory.
Other contributions by Stork Aerospace to the
JSF project include the design and production of
the doors and hatches, the electrical wiring
harnesses, the wiring and structural components
for the Pratt & Whitney engines and the
arresting gear. Stork has up to now involved
forty suppliers in the Netherlands in these JSF
orders, and this number is expected to increase
further when the serial production phase starts
(see also below).
Lockheed
Stork/Fokker
Wonsdrecht, The
Wiring harnesses
Under the terms of the agreement, Fokker Elmo
April 2008
Martin
Elmo
Netherlands
will provide production capabilities, support and
sustaining engineering during the aircraft's Low
Rate Initial Production Phase. Both companies
will also investigate ways to jointly support the
Full Rate Production phase of the F-35 program.
This agreement represents the largest Dutch
industrial cooperation agreement to date on the
program. Lockheed Martin and Fokker Elmo are
working on a Total Integrated Wiring System
(TIWS) solution which includes wiring
management, configuration management,
procurement and logistics, product support, set-
up and management of all wiring production,
and manufacturing of complex wiring harnesses
both in the Netherlands and in the global supply
chain, including Fokker Elmo's facility in Turkey.
Lockheed
Turkish
Ankara,
Centre fuselage
Under the Letter of Intent (LOI) TAI becomes the
February 2007
Martin/North
Aerospace
Turkey
second source for the F-35 Lightning II center
rop
Industries
fuselage. The number of center fuselages to be
Grumman/JSF
produced by TAI will be determined depending
program
on the number of F-35s Turkey will procure and
office
the number of F-35s to be produced worldwide.
In November 2008 TAI opened a new 74,000sq ft
facility to make at least 400 composite
subassemblies in the low rate initial production
(LRIP) phases of the program. (see also, tier two,
three and other supplier data)
Lockheed
Martin Baker
Higher Denham,
Ejection seat
US16E ejection seat, The System Development &
Martin/North
UK
Demonstration (SDD) ejection is a further
rop
development of the Mk.16 range. The US16E will
Grumman/JSF
be common to all F-35 aircraft variants.
program
office
Lockheed
Terma
Lystrup, Norway
Test pods
Under the memorandum of understanding
July 2004
Martin
(MOU) Terma and Lockheed Martin agreed to
team for the design and manufacture of test
pods for the System Development and
Demonstration (SDD) phase of the JSF program.
The pods will be used for data acquisition,
recording and telemetry during flight testing of
all F-35 variants. In addition to the test pods,
Terma will manufacture equipment and nose-
boom installations for the test program.
Lockheed
Alcoa
Cleveland, Ohio,
Aluminum die forgings
Alcoa Power and Propulsion business has been
November 2007
Martin
USA
awarded a 10-year contract to supply 7085 alloy
aluminium die forgings for the JSF program.
Contract work will be performed by Alcoa
Forged and Cast Products Cleveland operations
and involves the design and manufacture of all
the large aluminium structural die forgings for
more than 1,200 aircraft. The forgings include 15
large bulkheads — the primary structural
support for the wing and engine that can weigh
from 1,800 to 6,000 pounds and range from 10
to 23 feet in length — and six wing box parts
which serve as an important component of the
skeletal structure to the wing. Alcoa’s
partnership with Lockheed Martin began in
2004. In addition to the aluminium forgings
described above, other Alcoa aerospace units
will provide critical F-35 components and
solutions to the program. Among those are
highly-engineered joining devices from Alcoa
Fastening Systems, specialty alloy plate from
Alcoa North American Mill Products, and high-
pressure turbine blades for F-35 JSF engines and
structural aluminum castings from Alcoa Power
and Propulsion. As part of the JSF contract, Alcoa
plans to invest $24 million in Cleveland Works
primarily for new machinery, equipment and
infrastructure improvements. Alcoa Forged and
Cast Products is being supported by the State of
Ohio with a $400,000 Rapid Outreach Grant and
up to $450,000 for employee training.
Lockheed
Eaton
The JSF hydraulic
Fluid power systems
The company has a major roles role as a tier one
November 2001
Martin
system involves
fluid power systems provider. Eaton's
Eaton facilities in
Aerospace business unit, based in Irvine,
Jackson,
California, was selected by Lockheed Martin to
Mississippi;
provide the primary fluid power system. The
Jackson,
company will has responsibility for the total
Michigan; Los
design, development and integration of the 4000
Angeles and
pounds per square inch (psi) utility hydraulic
Bedhampton, UK.
power system, utility actuation and control valve
sub-system, and weapon bay door hydraulic
motor. Components include Vickers® brand 4000
psi hydraulic pumps, motors and motor pumps,
reservoirs, manifolds and accumulators, Sterer®
brand control valves, and Aeroquip® brand
hoses, fittings and quick disconnect couplings. In
addition, plants in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, and
Bethel, Connecticut, are involved in supplying
the LiftFan® lubricating system.
Lockheed
Sirio Panel
Lavenella, Italy
Cockpit equipment
November 2003
Martin
and lighting systems
Lockheed
Curtiss-Wright
Gastonia and
Ordnance hoist
The equipment to be provided is a new
November 2005
Martin
Shelby, North
system (OHS) and
requirement designated as Alternate Mission
Carolina, USA
ordnance quick latch
Equipment (AME) for ordnance loading, carrying,
system (OQLS)
and unloading on all three aircraft variants
(CTOL, STOVL, and CV). SDD hardware deliveries
are anticipated to occur from 2006 through
2010.
Tier two, tier three and other suppliers
Purchaser
Supplier
Plant/company
Work package
Value
Comment
Date awarded
location
Goodrich
US Air Force's
Hill Air Force
Landing gear coatings
January 2009
Under the agreement, the OO-ALC will apply
Ogden Air
Base, Utah, USA
high velocity oxygenated fuel (HVOF) thermal
Logistics Center
spray coating on Goodrich landing gear
(OO-ALC)
components produced for the F-35. The initial
agreement runs through May 2009, and covers
requirements for five landing gear ship-sets of
the carrier variant F-35.
Goodrich
Alp Aviation
Ankara, Turkey
Landing gear
The agreement covers deliveries through
July 2009
components and
December 31, 2015. Under the agreement, Alp
assemblies
Aviation will supply machined components
ranging from aluminium parts to high strength
steel components and assemblies. These
components will be delivered to Goodrich
Landing Gear's final assembly facility in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Northrop
Harris
Melbourne,
Intra-flight data links
Harris Corp’s
Intra-flight Data links allow pilots to securely talk
Grumman
Florida, USA
contract is
to each other. Northrop Grumman Space
Space
potentially
Technology awarded Harris an initial six-year,
Technology
worth as
$30.7 million contract to design and develop the
much as $500
hardware components of the data link.
million during
the next two
decades,
bringing the
total value of
the aircraft
program for
Harris to $2.5
billion.
Northrop
ATK Alliant
Rocket Center,
Composite inlet ducts
Between $10
Northrop Grumman is the design authority and
April 2010
Grumman
Techsystems
West Virginia,
million and
primary producer of the inlet ducts and has
USA
$40 million
contracted ATK as a second source supplier for
inlet duct production. ATK will begin
manufacturing inlet ducts during the low rate
initial production (LRIP) phase four of the
program with deliveries occurring through mid-
2011. The follow-on, full-scale production phase
of the contract is potentially worth an additional
$40 million.
L-3 Display
Logic Sistemi
Milan, Italy
IPDT components
Integrated Product Development Team (I-IPDT,
Systems
Avionici
led by L-3 Display Systems, who is under a
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics contract) that will
design, qualify and manufacture the PCD.
L-3 Display
Aydin Yazilim ve
Ankara,
IPDT components
Systems
Elektronik
Turkey
Sanayii
L-3 Display
Philips Mobile
Heerlen, The
IPDT components
Systems
Electronics of
Netherlands
L-3 Display
Barco
Kortrijk,
IPDT components
The Barco
February 2006
Systems
Belgium
PCD contract
content holds
a potential
value of over
$15 million
over the life
of the JSF
program.
Pratt &
Alp Aviation
Ankara,
Fan rear hub
The contract follows on from the signing of the
September
Whitney
Turkey
June 2005 industrial partnership between Pratt
2005
& Whitney and Alp Aviation.
Pratt &
Volvo Aero
Kongsberg,
Low-pressure turbine
The order
Whitney
Norway
Norway
(LPT) shaft and the
value of the
intermediate case for
signed
Pratt & Whitney's F135
agreements
on the F-135
and F-136 is
around $1.7
million and
the entire
program
could yield up
to $177
million to
Volvo Aero.
Pratt &
GKN Aerospace
Luton, UK
Ice protection system
$6 million
The contract is for electro-thermal heater mats
March 2007
Whitney
for the F135 engine ice protection system
(EIPS). The contract should lead to full scale
production. The new electro-thermal EIPS will
remove the need to bleed hot air from the
engine. It will represent the first production
application of a Resin Transfer Moulded (RTM)
composite structure with an electro-thermal
heating system, according to the company. GKN
Aerospace is responsible for the integration of
the mats into the forward fan case for the F135.
Pratt &
Ultra
Weymouth,
F135 EIPS electronic
Ultra is also involved with the supply of
Whitney
Electronics
Dorset, UK
controller and
pneumatic distribution components for system
interconnecting
integration. The High Pressure Pure Air
harnesses and
Generator (HiPPAG) airborne compressor from
connectors
provides a continuous source of high pressure
pure air to cool the infrared seekers of an
aircraft’s defensive missiles, “keeping them
ready for action. HiPPAG also provides a
controllable energy source for pneumatic
ejection of aircraft munitions whilst meeting the
emerging requirement for launching increased
quantities of smaller, smart munitions,” said the
company. HiPPAG is being developed for the F-
35 JSF.
Pratt &
Production
Melbourne,
High turbine
Value in
At the time Australia’s largest agreement for the
February 2006
Whitney
Parts Pty Ltd.
Australia
supports/bearing
excess of $60
manufacture of military aircraft engine parts
housing supports for the
million.
F135
Pratt &
Stork
The Netherlands
Titanium component for
The value of
The agreement involves new high performance
Whitney
the F135
the
machining technology for titanium components.
agreement is
worth $1.25
million in the
System
Development
Demonstratio
n phase, with
a potential
(but not yet
contracted)
turnover
value of some
$200 million
through the
life of the
program
Pratt &
Rolls-Royce
Indianapolis,
Lift fan, three bearing
In May 2007 Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce
Whitney
Indiana, USA
swivel modules and roll
successfully completed the first phase and
posts for the F135
initiated phase two of the F135 short-take
off/vertical-landing engine at the Rolls-Royce
facility in Indianapolis, Indiana (see below).
Pratt &
Rolls-Royce
Indianapolis,
Lift-systems
$131 million
The contract covers the supply of lift systems for
December 2008
Whitney
Indiana, USA
the first six Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing
(STOVL) variant F-35B. The Rolls-Royce
LiftSystem(r) comprises a lift fan, roll posts and
three bearing swivel module. Rolls-Royce will
provide these through the propulsion system
prime contractor Pratt & Whitney.The scope of
the contract also includes spare hardware,
production investment and sustainment
planning. Orders for the LiftSystem are expected
to total over 600, with leading customers
including the US Marine Corps, The UK Armed
Forces and the Italian Navy. The F-35B variant is
expected to remain in service well after 2050.
Pratt &
Rolls-Royce
Indianapolis,
Lift-systems
$171 million
The contract is for the supply of Rolls-Royce
November 2009
Whitney
Indiana, USA
LiftSystem(r)s for a further nine Short Take-Off
and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant F-35B
Lightning II aircraft as part of the third lot of Low
Rate Initial Production (LRIP). This order is the
second production contract for Rolls-Royce as
part of its involvement in the JSF program (see
above).
Pratt &
Magellan
Toronto, Canada
Fan sync rings
The
Whitney
agreement
has a
potential
value of more
than $20
million over
the life of the
program. The
award is in
addition to
previous
contracts
between
Pratt &
Whitney and
Magellan for
engine
hardware
that brings
the total
value of F135
work placed
with
Magellan to
more than
US$63
million.
Pratt &
KaleKalip
Istanbul, Turkey
F135 high compressor
September
Whitney
shrouds sets
2005
Pratt &
Cobham
San Diego,
Composite components
$45 million
Cobham has received a five-year, US $45 million
March 2011
Whitey
California, USA
(including F-
long term agreement from Pratt & Whitney to
and Suffolk,
22 work)
manufacture advanced composite products for
Virginia, USA
multiple military aircraft engine applications.
Cobham will produce advanced, medium and
high temperature composite structures for both
the F135 and F119 engines.
General
Volvo Aero
Kongsberg,
Aft and forward
Electric
Norway
Norway
compressor cases for
the F136
General
GE
Bromont, Quebec,
Inlet guide vanes (IGV)
$450,000
March 2005
Electric
Transportation
Canada
and stage one high
Canada
pressure compressor
(HPC) variable stator
vanes (VSVs) for the
F136
General
BAE Systems,
Johnson City, New
Engine full authority
BAE Systems was selected by the GE Rolls-Royce
September
Electric/Rolls
Power Systems
York, USA
digital electronic control
Fighter Engine Team (FET) to develop a FADEC
2005
Royce
Division
(FADEC) systems
for the F136 engine, which uses two FADECs per
engine. The FET plans to deliver the first
production F136 engine in 2012. Orders for the
BAE Systems FADEC could total as many as 5,000
units through 2030.
General
Avio
Turin, Italy
Low pressure turbine
The agreement signed by the three companies
July 2006
Electric/Rolls-
components
provides for Avio's involvement throughout the
Royce
engine's life span, from the initial development
through production and long-term service
activities. Avio's responsibilities include the
development and production of components for
the low-pressure turbine and the compressor.
The company has also been contracted for the
supply of eleven parts during the System
Development and Demonstration Phase (SDD) of
the F136 engine program. As part of the
agreements, Avio SpA will be involved in design
engineering and manufacturing efforts in the
F136 SDD Phase. The agreements also address
opportunities for a follow-on supplier
relationship for the low rate initial production
phase as well as revenue sharing participant
agreement for the fixed price production and
sustainment phases. In 2002 General Electric,
Rolls-Royce and the then FiatAvio signed an
MOU of cooperation. A separate agreement
with Rolls-Royce calls for FiatAvio to also
participate in the design, development, and
manufacture of the JSF-F136 accessory gearbox.
General
Avio
Turin, Italy
Low pressure turbine
The purchase
July 2006
Electric/Rolls-
components
orders (POs)
Royce
for parts,
tooling and
non-recurring
engineering
are valued
approximatel
y at $10
million.
General
Tusas Engine
Eskisehir, Turkey
F136 design engineering
TEI produces key rotating components for F136
July 2006
Electric/Rolls-
Industries Inc
services
development and test engines at its
Royce
(TEI)
manufacturing facility in Eskisehir.
General
Volvo Aero
Kongsberg,
F136 components
Up to $177
Volvo will manufacture both the forward and aft
November 2006
Electric/Rolls-
Norway
Norway
million
cases of the High Pressure Compressor for the
Royce
F136. The initial $1.7million contract provides
cases for the 40,000lb engine, due to run in 2008
as part of the System Development and
Demonstration (SDD) program. The award
follows from Volvo’s production of aft cases for
earlier F136 Phase III test engines.
General
Production
Melbourne,
F136 components
The contract covers delivery of parts as part of
July 2006
Electric
Parts
Australia
the System Development and Demonstration
Phase (SDD) of the program.
Rolls Royce
Dutch Aero
Eindhoven,
F136 blisks
DutchAero is an AVIO and Philips joint venture
July 2005
company based in Eindhoven.The1.1m diameter
The Netherlands
bladed disk or “blisk” is part of the first stage
compressor and is machined from a large solid
titanium forging.
Rolls-Royce
Goodrich
Santa Fe Springs,
F-136 friction research
The research and development contract covers
February 2006
California, USA
the application of the company’s friction
material expertise to the STOVL variant's
Aircraft Wheel &
LiftFan(TM) clutch by Rolls-Royce. In addition to
Brake team in
this new research and development contract,
Troy, Ohio,USA
Goodrich is providing the landing system for the
Air Force's Conventional Take-off and Landing
Materials and
(CTOL) variant of the aircraft. As the landing
Simulation
systems integrator, Goodrich is responsible for
Technical Center
the design, manufacturing and testing of unique
in Brecksville,
landing systems for the STOVL and the Carrier
Ohio, USA
Variant (CV) of the aircraft. Goodrich's Actuation
Systems team provides the downlock and retract
actuators for the landing gear system, and the
wiring harnesses are also provided by Goodrich.
Goodrich is also supplying: the Rolls-Royce
LiftFan anti-icing system for the STOVL version of
the aircraft; the LiftFan drive shaft also for the
STOVL variant; the Rolls-Royce three-bearing
swivel nozzle cross lock and up lock; the fuel
quantity gauging components and the
associated wiring harnesses; the weapons bay
door drive system and the electronic control unit
for the system; utility actuators; and the ice
detection system. In addition, Goodrich is
developing the air data system.
Rolls-Royce
Moog
Wolverhampton,
Main engine lift system
Moog completed acquisition of GE Aviation
UK
Systems’ flight control actuation business for
$90 million in September 2009.
BAE Systems
Magellan
Toronto,
Aft-fuselage, horizontal
July 2006
Canada
and vertical tails sub-
structures
BAE Systems
Avcorp
Vancouver,
Aft-fuselage, horizontal
July 2006
(Canada)
Canada
and vertical tails sub-
structures
BAE Systems
Terma
Lystrup, Denmark
Aft-fuselage, horizontal
Terma’s
July 2006
and vertical tails sub-
contract was
structures
valued in the
region of
$250 million
BAE Systems
Hawker de
Melbourne,
Aft-fuselage, horizontal
Around $600
A Boeing company
June 2006
Havilland
and vertical tails sub-
million.
Australia
structures
BAE Systems
RLC Group
Altham, UK
Components
See comment
Contract awarded as part of a £4.2 million
July 2009
Northwest Regional Development Agency
(NWDA) Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence
Program (ASCE) to link primes with SMEs in the
local area. The company will work closely with
BAE Systems in a Supplier Association which will
be the first supplier association run through the
ASCE program.
BAE Systems
John
Blackpool, UK
Components
See comment
Contract awarded as part of a £4.2 million
July 2009
Huddleston
Northwest Regional Development Agency
Engineering
(NWDA) Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence
Program (ASCE) to link primes with SMEs in the
local area.The company will work closely with
BAE Systems in a Supplier Association which will
be the first supplier association run through the
ASCE program.
BAE Systems
Hyde Aero
Dukenfield,
Components
See comment
Contract awarded as part of a £4.2 million
July 2009
Products
Manchester, UK
Northwest Regional Development Agency
(NWDA) Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence
Program (ASCE) to link primes with SMEs in the
local area.The company will work closely with
BAE Systems in a Supplier Association which will
be the first supplier association run through the
ASCE program.
BAE Systems
Thyssenkrupp
Bamber Bridge,
Components
See comment
Contract awarded as part of a £4.2 million
July 2009
Preston, UK
Northwest Regional Development Agency
(NWDA) Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence
Program (ASCE) to link primes with SMEs in the
local area.The company will work closely with
BAE Systems in a Supplier Association which will
be the first supplier association run through the
ASCE program.
BAE Systems
Kitron ASA
Billingstad,
Assembly of electronic
The contracts are based on the Memorandums
June 2004
North
Norway
test equipment for the
of Agreement (MOA) for work-share
JSF EW program
partnerships with Norway, The Netherlands,
Italy and Australia to support BAE Systems
during the System Development and Design
(SDD) and Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)
phases of the JSF Electronic Warfare (EW)
program.
BAE Systems
Thales
Hengelo, The
Thales will provide
See above
North
Nederland B.V
Netherlands
machining and casting of
America
sub-modules and
components, and the
assembly of electronic
components
BAE Systems
Galileo Avionica
Milan,
Cables and selected
The company is wholly owned by Finmeccanica
North
SpA
electronic components
and part of the EWS consortium (see above)
America
Italy
BAE Systems
BAE Systems
Edinburgh Parks,
Wiring boards and
Part of the BAA Systems EWS team
North
Australia
Australia
assemblies, cable
America
Limited
assemblies and selected
electronic components
BAE Systems
GKN Aerospace
Several plants in
Fuselage components,
The company has a partnership agreement with
North
North America
canopy
BAE Systems on the design and production of
America
organised through
fuselage components together with
Hazelwood
manufacture of composite and metallic engine
Missouri, USA
components and canopy.
Honeywell
Alcoa Howmet
Cleveland, Ohio,
Castings
The company has been given the contract to
June 2003
develop seven components. These new castings
Castings
USA
will support Honeywell's Thermal Power
Management System for the JSF. In addition to
the Honeywell order, Howmet has also been
awarded sole-source contracts with Pratt and
Whitney Aircraft for all six of the turbine airfoils
in the JSF.
Busak+Shamba
Trelleborg,
Seal supplier for the
Part of the Trelleborg group
March 2005
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landing gear struts
Sweden
Raytheon
Mercury
Chelmsford,
Computers for the
The F-35 Integrated Core Processing System
May 2004
Computer
Massachusetts,
Integrated Core
development program is scheduled for
Systems
USA
Processing System
completion in 2012. The ICP is the sensor
processing system for the F-35 and is
implemented in an open-system architecture
designed to maximize the use of standards-
based, commercially available products.
Northrop
Stork
Naarden,
In-flight opening doors
Contract for
Sub-contract partners outlined below.
Grumman
an extension
The Netherlands
of the
Other contributions by Stork Aerospace to the
development
JSF project relate to the design and prototype
and
production of the electrical wiring for the F-35,
prototype
wiring and structural components for the Pratt &
production
Whitney engines and of the arresting gear
order for In-
(Conventional Take Off and Landing version).
flight
Partners in the program comprise Nedtech
Opening
Engineering, Silver Aerospace, Global Technics,
Doors
Airborne Development, Dutch Space, ADSE, TT
awarded; the
Engineering
basic contract
dates from
2003
($15
million
engineering,
$40 million
production,
total value
$55 million,
plus an
earlier
extension by
16 million in
2005) has
been
extended by
a further $14
million to a
total value of
more than $
85 million.
The potential
total value of
the JSF orders
for which
Stork is
responsible is
now
increased to
more than
$335 million,
spread over
the period up
to 2013.
Northrop
ITT Corporation
Amityville, New
Landing aid antennas
The contract covers the program's system
March 2004
Grumman
York, USA
development and demonstration (SDD) and low
rate initial production (LRIP) phases. The
contract includes the design and manufacture of
various antennas required for both aircraft-
carrier and conventional-runway landings. It also
includes development of a triplexer network to
transfer information from external sensors to
the appropriate on-board communications
systems
Northrop
Kongsberg
Kongsberg,
Composite components
The current
The company's initial deliveries will support lot
July 2009
Grumman
Norway
agreement is
three low rate initial production aircraft, which
valued at
will begin the program's transition to full rate
approx. 460
production. The parts will be produced at the
Million NOK,
new 30 000 m2 plant built in Kongsberg.
and it has a
Production is currently in start-up and will last
potential
until 2015.
value of 2.5
Billion NOK
for the
duration of
the F-35
Program.
Lockheed
BAE Systems
Edinburgh,
EOTS (see above)
Martin
Avionics
UK
FLIR
Northrop
Turkish
Ankara, Turkey
See comment
$28.4 million
Northrop Grumman Corporation has awarded a
October 2009
Grumman
Aerospace
second source supplier contract to TAI to
Industries
produce composite air inlet ducts. The contract
is for four years. The first deliveries of ducts
from the TAI contract are scheduled for June
2010. Northrop Grumman will use the ducts to
support production of centre fuselages during
the fourth through eighth phases of low rate
initial production.
Northrop
Ducommun
DAS Gardena and
Inlet lipskins
Over $3
The contract covers low rate initial production
October 2010
Grumman
AeroStructures,
El Mirage,
million
(LRIP) lasting through 2015. The initial deliveries
Inc. (DAS)
California, USA
are scheduled for the second quarter of 2011.
Northrop
Indigo Systems
Goleta
DAS camera
Grumman
California, USA
Parker
LaBarge
Tulsa,
Printed circuit card
The company
June 2010
Aerospace
Oklahoma,USA
assemblies
estimates the
Electronic
value of the
Systems
award at
Division
approximatel
y $5 million a
year for the
A350, C-17
and F-35
programs
ITT
CIRCOR
Hauppauge, New
Weapons ejection rack
May 2010
Corporation
Aerospace
York, USA
pneumatic power
Products
modules
Group/Aerodyn
e Controls
business unit
Moog
LaBarge
St Louis, Missouri,
Printed card assemblies
Follow-on orders are expected. Financial terms
December 2010
USA
were not disclosed. Moog is leading the industry
team in the development and integration of the
Primary Flight Control and Leading Edge Flap
Actuation Systems for the Joint Strike Fighter
Program.
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