Lockheed’s Record F-35 Jet Deliveries Last Year Come With Caveat

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s record F-35 deliveries last year come with a caveat: Slightly less than half of the 191 jets the US accepted in its largest weapons program should have been delivered about two years ago, according to the Pentagon.

Ninety-eight of the 191 “were contractually required deliveries for 2025, the remaining 93 deliveries were due in previous years,” the Defense Contract Management Agency said in a statement to Bloomberg News.

Lockheed Martin said in a Jan. 7 statement that its 191 deliveries last year surpassed the company’s previous delivery record of 142 in 2021, but it didn’t provide ...