Alcoa to supply titanium for F-35 airframe

Lightweight metals leader Alcoa, have won a contract to supply titanium for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft program. Under the contract, Alcoa becomes the titanium supplier for airframe structures for all three variants of the F-35 over nine years, from 2016 to 2024. At current projected build rates, the contract has an estimated value of approximately $1.1 billion. Alcoa will