Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $2,106,525,040 modification of a previously awarded Joint Strike Fighter air system low rate initial production Lot III advance acquisition contract to a cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract. This modification provides for the procurement of seven Air Force conventional take off and landing and one CTOL for the Netherlands; seven Marine Corps short take-off and vertical landing and two STOVLs for the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Texas, California, Florida, New Hampshire, Maryland and the United Kingdom and is expected to be completed in December 2011. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and the governments of the Netherlands and United Kingdom. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 06/02/09) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., will become home of the Joint Strike Fighter Training Center.
