Lockheed Martin's F-22 is in politicians

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Whatever the outcome, production will continue on planes that have yet to be deliveree from aprevious F-22 order that was closedx in the government’s 2008 fiscal In general, the F-22 will be serviced by some type of Lockheefd engineering base for the next 30 years, said Joe Stout, a spokesmab for Fort Worth, Texas-based , a division of the Bethesda-basedr defense company. “We will fullu support the U.S. government’s final whatever the number turns outto be,” Lockheed Martinn said Monday.
The F-22, which is consideree one of the nation’s top combat fightet jets, is under the umbrell of Fort Worth-based Lockheesd Martin Aeronautics, which has 1,800 local employeesd working onthe F-22 program. Stout said Mondaty if the government decides not to purchase additional orders in the 2010 fiscakyear budget, employees working in the program will start to feel the effectws of that decision next year. Stout said the government previously approved an order of more than100 F-22 s in the 2008 fiscap budget, and the majority of those planess have been delivered — with othere still pending.
He added that it generally takesz a few years for the matriculation process to complet e when moving a pland through the sale phase to the construction anddeliver phase. Supporters of ending the F-22 orderss include President Barack Obamaand Sen. John R-Ariz. A final decision has yet to be When a program is phase d outat Lockheed, Stout said employees working in the program may have the option of movintg to other programs.