Northrop Grumman of the United States has signed an agreement with Australia's Quickstep Technologies for F-35 jet fighter composite components. Australia is one of nine countries, including the United States, contributing to the funding and production of the fifth-generation, multi-role F-35 aircraft.
As per the agreement, Quickstep will produce a group of composite subassemblies including F-35 lower side skins, maintenance access panels and fuel tank covers. According to a top official of Northrop Grumman, company has been working closely with Quickstep since 2010 to help them develop and mature their manufacturing capabilities to reach the high-precision standards required for the F-35. Quickstep is expected to eventually produce 16 different parts ranging from the small, average complexity parts covered under the current agreement, to medium and large parts of increasing complexity, both in terms of their shape and the manufacturing processes required to produce them. Northrop Grumman is responsible for designing and producing the center fuselage for all three variants of the F-35.
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