AMI Metals awarded multiyear contract by Lockheed Martin

AMI Metals Inc., Brentwood, Tenn., a subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has been awarded a multiyear contract by Lockheed Martin to provide aluminum flat-rolled material for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The five-year contract, with an estimated value of $300 million, runs Jan. 1, 2017, through Dec. 31, 2021.

The contract requirements include value-added, JIT, cut-to-size, and cut-to-shape processing of aluminum plate for all F-35 aluminum flat-rolled requirements.