The F-35 is also the largest of Lockheed Martin’s aircraft programs by deliveries so far this year. Of the 168 military aircraft the company has delivered in the first nine months, 58 were helicopters.
The rest of the third-quarter total was made up of four F-16C/D Fighting Falcons from the final assembly line in Greenville, South Carolina, two C-130J Super Hercules transports from the plant in Marietta, Georgia, and 23 helicopters. The helicopters went to the U.S. armed forces and to export customers.
Lockheed Martin did not give a forecast for full-year deliveries.
