Contract: Raytheon, $114.5M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt Whitney Military Engine, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a not-to-exceed $114,500,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized order (N0001923F0019) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0005). This order provides supplies or services for design engineering, program management support, technology maturation, risk reduction, long lead material and hardware, and weapons system integration to support F135 engine enhancement efforts for the F-35 Lightning II program. Work will be performed in East Hartford (85%); and Indianapolis, Ind. (15%), and is expected to be completed in September 2024. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $56,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award, all 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, 11/29/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.