WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's <LMT.N> F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said on Tuesday.Full story
GARDERMOEN, Norway (Reuters) - Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defense Ministry said on Friday, a move that will nudge up the total cost but reduce the annual burden on the defense budget. Full story
Israel Aerospace Industries says it has signed a long-term contract with U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin to produce wings for the F-35 next-generation fighter jet. Full story
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B lands at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona in this handout photo taken November 20, 2012. The Pentagon on Friday suspended the flights of all F-35 fighter planes after a routine inspection revealed a crack on a turbine blade in the jet engine of an F-35 test air
F-35 Deputy Program Executive Officer U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan poses during his inaugural visit to meet with employees and tour the Lightning II production line and flight line at Lockheed's factory in Fort Worth, Texas, in this photograph taken on October 15, 2012 and re
F-35 Deputy Program Executive Officer U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan poses during his inaugural visit to meet with employees and tour the Lightning II production line and flight line at Lockheed's factory in Fort Worth, Texas, in this photograph taken on October 15, 2012 and r
An assembly line worker works on Lockheed Martin's production plant for the F-35 fighter aircraft in Fort Worth, Texas August 31, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
