Contract: Raytheon, $769.9M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $769,866,520 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00006) to a previously awarded, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001920D0013). This modification increases the contract ceiling to procure propulsion system spare parts, modules, support equipment/packaging handling shipping and transportation material, and depot lay-in material in support of the F-135 propulsion system requirements for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales customers and non-Department of Defense participants. Work will be performed in East Hartford (56%); North Berwick, Maine (13%); Indianapolis, Ind. (10%); Jupiter, Fla. (7%); Windsor Locks, Conn. (5%); Bristol, United Kingdom (4%); Rockford, Ill. (2%); Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico (2%); and Phoenix, Ariz. (1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2025. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/23/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.