Northrop boosts sovereign supply chain with Aussie supplier for F-35s

Summary

Colin Clark writing in Breaking Defense, makes the following points:

• Northrop manufactures the centre fuselage section for all three F-35 variants.
• Israel and Sweden (each with about half our population) have world-class defence industries.
• South Korea quickly developed a defence industry worth about $16bn this year, including  $1bn for the Australian Army.

References

Recent Runway Posts related to this topic:

• F-35 01: COLLECTION | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)

References from the Web:

• Nov 2022 Quickstep Seals New 6-Year F-35 Deal- Australian Aviation
• Nov 2022 Northrop Grumman Taps Quickstep for Australian-made Components to Support F-35 Program-Northrop Grumman News

Source Information:   

• Article Source: Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary
• Media Check:   Breaking Defense -Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)    
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)