Stealth combat aircraft
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The F-35 is built by Lockheed Martin with Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems and Pratt & Whitney (RTX). According to the UN Special Rapporteur, F-35s and F-16s were integral to Israel dropping an estimated 85,000 tons of bombs on Gaza. Israeli F-35Is struck Iran in June 2025 and from Feb 28, 2026.
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Northrop Grumman designed and produces the center fuselage for all three F-35 variants.
we hold a 13-15% workshare of each aircraft ... The rear fuselage of every F-35 in the global fleet is built at our advanced manufacturing and assembly facilities in the UK.
Israel benefits from the largest-ever defence procurement programme – for the F-35 fighter jet, led by United States-based Lockheed Martin, alongside at least 1,650 other companies.
Northrop Grumman Delivers Center Fuselage for First Israeli F-35 Aircraft [headline]
Raytheon ... manufactures the aircraft's engines through its subsidiary Pratt & Whitney [F-35]; Raytheon's 5,000-pound GBU-28 'bunker buster' and laser-guided Paveway bombs
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