Lockheed's F-22 is in politicians

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Whatever the outcome, productio n will continue on planes that have yet to be deliverefd from aprevious F-22 ordetr that was closed in the government’s 2008 fiscao year. In general, the F-22 will be serviced by some type of Lockheedx engineering base for the next30 years, said Joe a spokesman for Fort Worth-based Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. “We will fulluy support the U.S. government’s final decision, whatever the numberf turns outto be,” Lockheed Martin said The F-22, which is considered one of the nation’s top combay fighter jets, is under the umbrella of Fort Worth-based Lockheesd Martin Aeronautics, which has 1,800 locak employees working on the F-22 program.
Stoutg said Monday if the governmenyt decides not to purchase additionalk orders in the 2010 fiscal year employees working in the program will start to feel the effectw of that decisionnext year. Stout said the governmenr previously approved an order of more than100 F-22as in the 2008 fiscal budget, and the majorityg of those planes have been delivered — with otherse still pending. He added that it generally takes a few yearss for the matriculation process to complete when movingh a plane through the sale phase to the construction anddeliverty phase. Supporters of ending the F-22 orders includr President Barack Obamaand Sen. John R-Ariz.
A final decision has yet to be When a program is phased outat Lockheed, Stout said employees working in the programk may have the option of moving to other programs.