Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Contract: Lockheed, $46M

Lockheed Martin Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $46,026,156 modification (P00002) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001920F0443) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This modification adds scope for the production and delivery of a redesigned electronic warfare/counter measures quad-channel up converter/quad-channel tuner module and electrical power management system in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter diminishing manufacturing sources redesign efforts for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in January 2027. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $18,915,828; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $18,915,831; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $8,194,497 will be obligated on this award, $18,915,828 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/28?20) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.