Contract: Raytheon, $18.7M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded an $18,655,090 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) modification (P00009) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0011). This modification adds scope to procure long-lead materials, parts and components for Lot 17 F135 propulsion systems for F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in support of non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) partners and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind. (44%); Windsor Locks, Conn. (33%); Bristol, United Kingdom (16%); and Phoenix, Ariz. (7%), and is expected to be completed in September 2025. Non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $17,394,887; and FMS funds in the amount of $1,260,203 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, 12/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.