Contract: Lockheed Martin, $819.6M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an $819,647,920 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract for special tools/test equipment required in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air system low-rate initial production Lot IV production. Work will be performed in California, Texas, the United Kingdom, Illinois, Maryland, Colorado and other locations. Work is expected to be completed in January 2013. This modification combines purchases for the Navy, Air Force and international partners. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 07/19/10) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the Joint Strike Fighter training center.