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Northrop Starts New Assembly Line

March 15, 2011

PALMDALE, CA-Northrop Grumman Corp. has started using a new assembly line here for making the fuselage of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The assembly line is based on the automated systems used by automakers.MORE

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