# CPI Aero wins Lockheed Martin contract for F-16V structural assemblies

CPI Aerostructures received a multi-year contract from Lockheed Martin to manufacture rudder island and drag chute canister assemblies for the tail section of the F-16V aircraft. Deliveries are expected to begin in Q4 2019 and the contract runs until 2024.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-02-21
- Where: United States
- Value: $700K
- Status: announced
- Products: structural assemblies for F-16V aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [CPI Aerostructures](https://endata.com/companies/21504.md)
- [Welding Metallurgy](https://endata.com/companies/30886.md)
- [Lockheed Martin](https://endata.com/companies/6612.md) (customer)
- [U.S. Air Force Materiel Command](https://endata.com/companies/37579.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [airforce-technology.com](https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/cpi-aero-structural-assemblies-f-16v/), 2019-02-21: "This new contract builds on our history on the F-16 as a supplier to the US Air Force for legacy structural components."
- [asdnews.com](https://www.asdnews.com/news/contracts/2019/02/25/cpi-aerostructures-wmi-subsidiary-receives-700000-order-usaf-materiel-command-electrical-relay-boxes-a10-aircraft), 2019-02-25: "We completed the acquisition of WMI in late December 2018 and could not be more pleased with the positive response from customers."

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