# Magellan Aerospace awarded multi-year F-35 contract from Lockheed Martin

Magellan Aerospace received a multi-year contract from Lockheed Martin for complex machined titanium components for all three F-35 variants, to be carried out at its Kitchener, Ontario facility from 2023 to 2027.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-11-22
- Where: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than 1,000 ship sets of horizontal tail assemblies
- Products: machined titanium wing tie bars
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Magellan Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/15740.md)
- [BAE Systems](https://endata.com/companies/4538.md) (customer)
- [Lockheed Martin](https://endata.com/companies/6612.md) (customer)
- [Magellan Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/15740.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [magellan.aero](https://magellan.aero/press-release/magellan-aerospace-signs-multi-year-f-35-lightning-ii-contract/), 2022-11-22: "Magellan earned a role in the industrial supply chain for the Joint Strike Fighter program early in the program as the Canadian government was a partner in the program at its inception in 1997."
- [airframer.com](https://www.airframer.com/news/release/magellan-aerospace-signs-multi-year-f-35-lightning-ii-contract), 2022-11-22: "Magellan earned a role in the industrial supply chain for the Joint Strike Fighter program early in the program as the Canadian government was a partner in the program at its inception in 1997."
- [americanmachinist.com](https://www.americanmachinist.com/news/article/21255310/lockheed-awards-contract-for-f-35-wing-parts-magellan-aerospace), 2022-11-22: "Magellan earned a role in the industrial supply chain for the Joint Strike Fighter program early in the program."
- [magellan.aero](https://magellan.aero/2022/11/magellan-aerospace-signs-multi-year-f-35-lightning-ii-contract/), 2022-11-22: "Magellan Aerospace Corporation announced today, the award of a multi-year contract from Lockheed Martin Corporation for complex machined titanium components for all three variants of the F-35 aircraft."
- [magellan.aero](https://magellan.aero/press-release/magellan-aerospace-signs-agreement-with-bae-systems-for-f-35-aircraft-assemblies-2/), 2022-12-09: "Magellan has been able to achieve and maintain the maximum production rate per year during the COVID-19 crisis."
- [airforce-technology.com](https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/magellan-bae-contract-f35-assemblies/), 2022-12-12: "The award of this agreement to Magellan and ongoing demand for horizontal tails will enable our rate to be maintained for another three years."
- [thedefensepost.com](https://thedefensepost.com/2022/12/13/magellan-bae-f35/), 2022-12-13: "The award of this agreement to Magellan and the ongoing demand for horizontal tails will enable our rate to be maintained for another three years."

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