Northrop increases F-35 center fuselage production

Northrop Grumman Corporation  is again increasing the rate at which it produces center fuselages for the F-35 Lightning II program. On Aug. 11, the company began producing the center fuselage for BK-10 – the 10th F-35B variant for the United Kingdom – with a shorter production interval (PI) that will shave almost a month and a half off the time needed to produce the fuselage. The new