WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Defense Thursday announced that it has awarded Lockheed Martin with a 450-million-U.S.-dollar contract to develop F-35 fighter jets for South Korea.
The contract is a modification of a previous 920-million-dollar deal for Lockheed Martin to manufacture 94 various models of F-35s for the United States and its allies.
"This modification continues the integration work to implement the development and delivery of the F-35A Air System to the Republic of Korea under the Foreign Military Sales program," a statement said.
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