Contract: Lockheed, $48.3M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $48,277,913 firm-fixed-price order (N0001921F0398) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This order procures ancillary mission equipment in support of Lot 15 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production aircraft for the Navy and Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in December 2024. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $48,277,913 will be obligated on this 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, 09/27/21) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.