Contract: Lockheed, $23M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $23,033,323 fixed-price-incentive-firm, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00053) to a previously awarded contract (N0001918C1048). This modification adds scope for the development and stand up of the initial F-35 Joint Strike Fighter depot repair capability for the Weapon Bay Door Drive System and Hydraulic Power Generation System, as well as provides increased repair capacity for the Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System. Work will be performed in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (59.91%); El Segundo, Calif. (22.11%); Fort Worth, Texas (12.49%); and Rolling Meadows, Ill. (5.49%), and is expected to be completed in April 2025. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $11,948,190; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,202.510; and non-U.S. Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $882,623 will be obligated at 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, 04/01/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.