Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $10,253,908 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00009) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0032). This modification adds scope to provide additional field level maintenance capabilities in support of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter site activations for the Navy and Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Grand Rapids, Mich. (51%); Endicott, N.Y. (31%); Orlando, Fla. (15%); and Fort Worth (3%), and is expected to be completed in August 2023. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,253,908 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/20/21) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.
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