Contract: Lockheed, $9.2M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Archbald, Pa., is awarded a $9,239,385 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001922F2549) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0029). This order provides product improvement initiatives focused on the BDU-59C/B technology refresh that addresses diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages, component issues, evaluates cyber security enhancements and architecture expansion toward a multimode trainer. Additionally, this order provides for continued integration of the Twin Lug Laser Guided Training Round onto the F-35 platform. Work will be performed in Archbald (65%); Amityville, N.Y. (19%); and Dallas, Texas (16%), and is expected to be completed in July 2024. Fiscal 2021 procurement of ammunition (Navy and Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $9,239,385 will be obligated at the time of award, none 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, 07/25/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.