Contract: UTC, $11.4M

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded $11,418,713 for modification P00016 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-firm, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-14-C-0026). This modification exercises an option for the supplies and services to implement engineering changes to the Rolls Royce lift fan systems and engine ice protection system in support of the F-35 for the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and international partners. Work will be performed at Indianapolis, Ind. (97 percent); and Oklahoma City, Okla. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2017. This modification combines purchases for the Marine Corps (97.32 percent); Navy (0.75 percent); Air Force (0.62 percent); and international partners (1.31 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 07/25/16) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.