Robert Gates to Tour Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF Production Plant

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit a Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT) manufacturing facility that builds the F-35 fighter aircraft, the Pentagon’s costliest arms purchase program, a move that highlights its strategic importance to the DoD.

Gates will speak to reporters at the Lockheed plant in Fort Worth, Texas, and then pay a visit to a Greenville, Texas L-3 Communications Holdings Inc plant that builds Project Liberty reconnaissance aircraft.