New York-based lightweight metals provider Alcoa has announced a contract to supply titanium for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft program, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). 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 about $1.1 billion.

Alcoa will supply titanium plate and billet from several operations gained through the RTI Intl. Metals acquisition. Under a different existing contract, Alcoa will use the metal to forge all of the largest titanium bulkheads for the CTOL variant at its Cleveland operations. Approximately 75 percent of all F-35s produced are CTOLs.

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