Contract: Lockheed, $142.7M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $142,683,533 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3002) to continue development of the Joint Strike Fighter Autonomics Logistics Information System Standard Operating Unit Version 2 capability development effort. This modification includes the incorporation of sub-squadron reporting, dynamic routing, and decentralized maintenance capabilities. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (80 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2017. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force) funds in the amount of $18,576,713 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/28/15) Related previous. Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center and F-35 reprogramming lab.