Contract: UTC, $167.5M

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $167,502,348 fixed-price-incentive-firm target advance acquisition contract for long lead components, parts and materials associated with the low-rate initial production Lot XI of 48 F135-PW-100 propulsion systems for the Air Force; 14 F135-PW-600 propulsion systems for the Marine Corps; and 4 F135-PW-100 propulsion systems for the Navy. In addition, this contract provides for the long lead components, parts and materials associated with 41 F135-PW-100 and 3 F135-PW-600 propulsion systems for international partners and foreign military sales customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford (67 percent); Indianapolis, Ind. (26.5 percent); and Bristol, United Kingdom (6.5 percent), and is expected to be completed by May 2019. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force (33 percent); the Navy/Marine Corps (27 percent); international partners (23 percent); and foreign military sales (17 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-17-C-0020). (Source: DoD, 11/08/16)