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Lockheed says furloughs could delay F-35 fighter, other programs

The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said on Tuesday.Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner said Lockheed had not been officially informed about the impact of the furloughs, but civilian government workers have played a big role in supporting flight testing and other work on the $396 billion F-35 jet, the Pentagon's costliest weapons program."We'll lose the capability to remain on schedule for some of our programs if in fact the government support that goes hand in hand with our flight tests, for example, is reduced," Tanner told Reuters in an interview at the company's media day.Lockheed and other big weapons makers railed against budget cuts required under a process known as "sequestration" for over a year, warning that their across-the-board nature could result in significant layoffs throughout the industr...

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