Contract Award: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. (Fort Worth, Texas) – $14,258,492

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $14,258,492 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00016) to a previously awarded contract (N0001919C0074). This modification adds scope to procure special tooling and test equipment in support of F-35 next generation capabilities supporting Block 4 advanced multi-channel transmission receiver cut-ins, drag chute tooling for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) participants, and other tooling to support the air vehicle delivery schedules for Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants, and FMS customer’s operational aircraft. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (51%); Fort Worth, Texas (33%); Palmdale, California (7%); Sedro-Woolley, Washington (4%); Burnsville, Minnesota (2%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (3%), and is expected to be completed in June 2025. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $5,074,711; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,074,706; non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $2,166,863; and FMS funds in the amount of $1,942,212 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, Maryland, is the contracting activity.