Lockheed | Global

Lockheed hopes the initiation of deliveries will give the company a foot in the door for an additional batch of warplanes sought by Warsaw.

Lockheed already owns one-third of the firm due to its satellite production contracts and investments made in Terran through its venture capital arm.

The agreement, announced June 5, commits Lockheed to 15 launch reservations and up to 10 optional missions.

If the F-35 upgrades known as Technology Refresh 3 aren't ready for deliveries to resume in the third quarter, Lockheed said it may slow down production.