Contract: Lockheed, $55.9M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $55,933,414 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001922F2073) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This order procures and delivers additional databases, simulated entities, simulated weapons, updates to network standards, and point-to-point connections to improve and sustain F-35 training devices in support of Distributed Mission Training for the United States Navy, Air Force, Marine Corp and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in June 2025. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,250,000; fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $1,250,000; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,598,538; fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $30,659,618; fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $672,684;  fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $672,684 and non-U.S. DoD participant funds in the amount of $5,382,827 will be obligated at time of award, $33,254,986 of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/28/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.