Contract: Raytheon, $277.9M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a not-to-exceed $277,919,144 modification (P00007) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target undefinitized contract (N0001920C0011). This modification adds scope for the production and delivery of F-35 spares, to include four Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing spare engines for the U.S. Marine Corps and 20 power modules for the U.S. Air Force. Work will be performed in East Hartford (17%); Indianapolis, Ind. (10%); Middletown, Conn. (8%); Kent, Wash. (7%); North Berwick, Maine (4%); El Cajon, Calif. (3%); Cromwell, Conn. (3%); Whitehall, Mich. (3%); Portland, Ore. (2%); San Diego, Calif. (2%); South Bend, Ind. (2%); Columbus, Ga. (1%); Hampton, Va. (1%); Manchester, Conn. (1%); Cheshire, Conn. (1%); Elmwood Park, N.J. (1%); various locations within the Continental United States (27%), and various locations outside the Continental United States (7%), and is expected to be completed in October 2025. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $171,681,855 and fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $106,237,289 will be obligated at 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, 09/28/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.