Contract: United Technologies, $57.6M

United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $57,594,777 modification to convert a previously awarded advance acquisition contract to an undefinitized contract action. This modification further provides for the procurement of 32 low-rate initial production F-135 propulsion systems for F-35 Joint Strike Fighters: 10 conventional take off and landing for the Air Force; 16 short take-off and vertical landing for the Marine Corps; four carrier variant for the Navy; one STOVL for the United Kingdom; and one CTOL for the Netherlands. Modification provides for associated and sustainment and production non-recurring activities for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Norway. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn., Bristol, U.K., and Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be completed in January 2013. Contract combines purchases for the U.S. Marine Corp, Air Force, and Navy; and the governments of the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Australia. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 07/07/10) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 joint training center.