Contract: Lockheed, $148M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $147,963,919 for modification P00033 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-12-C-0070). This modification provides for the procurement of Israel-unique weapons certification, modification kits, and electronic warfare analysis in support of the F-35 Lightning II Israel system design and development to provide 3F+ fleet capability for the government of Israel under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (37.1 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (17.6 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (17.2 percent); Nashua, N.H. (10.3 percent); Samlesbury, United Kingdom (9.8 percent); South Bend, Ind. (6.7 percent); St. Louis, Mo. (1.1 percent); and Wallingford, Conn. (0.2 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2021. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $147,963,919 will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 02/02/18) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.