Contract: Lockheed, $41.2M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $41,200,000 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract for long lead materials and effort associated with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Air System Low Rate Initial Production Lot IV procurement of three additional Navy Carrier Variant Air Systems and one United Kingdom Short Take Off Vertical Landing Air System. Work is expected to be completed in January 2010. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/09/09) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is scheduled to become home of the Joint Strike Fighter Training Center.