Contracts: Lockheed, $114.2M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded two contracts totaling $114.2 million for the F-35. It was awarded a $68,284,013 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee F-35 Low Rate Initial Production II contract for changes to the configuration baseline hardware or software resulting from the JSF development effort. This modification defines the contractor's responsibility to incorporate government-authorized changes for the U.S. Air Force conventional take-off and landing and the U.S. Marine Corps short take-off vertical landing aircraft and provides funding for such efforts. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force (55.2 percent) and the Navy (44.8). The company also was awarded a $45,900,000 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee F-35 Low Rate Initial Production III contract for changes to the configuration baseline hardware or software resulting from the JSF development effort. This modification defines the contractor's responsibility to incorporate government-authorized changes for the U.S. Marine Corps and United Kingdom short take-off vertical landing aircraft, and provides funding for such efforts. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (77.8 percent) and the United Kingdom (22.2 percent). Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to span multiple years. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/24/12) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 training center.