Here’s the price tag for the latest batch of F35s (LMT)

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December 19, 2016 11:13 PM

ARLINGTON, Virginia — On Monday, the F-35 Joint Program Office released the finalized price for the most recent production contract for America's fifth generation stealth fighter.

An F-35B begins a short takeoff from the deck of the USS Wasp on Aug. 16, 2013.

After a little more than 14 months of negotiations between the Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin,

42 F-35A model aircraft: $102.1 million a jet

13 F-35B model aircraft: $131.6 million a jet

2 F-35C model aircraft: $132.2 million a jet

By comparison, in the previous contract, LRIP-8,

"So they cut their production in half and as a result of that when you do an economies of scale in one direction it hurts you in the other direction. Having said that, I fully

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