Contract: Lockheed, $16.6M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $16,586,820 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00019) to a previously awarded contract (N0001919C0074). This award definitizes modification P00016 in the amount of $2,435,635 and adds scope in the amount of $14,151,185 to provide for the delivery and installation of special tooling and test equipment (STATE), as well as provides program management support in support of completing the F-35 Phase 2.2B STATE unique software requirements, which supports the air vehicle delivery schedule for future lots of F-35 aircraft, and the on-time break in of critical block 4 capabilities for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (44%); Detroit, Mich. (23%); Palmdale, Calif. (15%); El Segundo, Calif. (7%); Burnsville, Minn. (6%); San Diego, Calif. (2%); Marietta, Ga. (1%); Fanborough, United Kingdom (1%); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (0.5%); and Cisterna di Latina, Italy (0.5%), and is expected to be completed in March 2027. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $3,302,340; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,302,340; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $34,876; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $34,876; FMS funds in the amount of $6,036,096; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $1,440,657 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, 12/20/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.