Contract: Raytheon, $9.8M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $9,831,952 modification (P00001) to a previously awarded, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N0001922C0016). This modification  adds scope to procure one F-35 Convectional Take-off and Landing variant, full scale, high fidelity, main engine mock-up, and engine maintenance training package in support of the for the F-35 Lightning II program. Work will be performed in Williamtown, Australia, and is expected to be completed in March 2025. Foreign Cooperative Project funds in the amount of $9,831,952 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, 10/18/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.