Saturday, September 1, 2018

Contract: UTC, $10.5M

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $10,529,891 firm-fixed-price order (F2649) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-17-G-8008) to implement Engineering Change Proposal 11ZR034R1 for the retrofit of 14 three bearing swivel module units for Marine Corps F-35 Lightening II. aircraft. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind. (80 percent); and Oklahoma City, Okla. (20 percent), and is expected to be complete in August 2020. Fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $10,529,891 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, 08/31/18) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.