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Contract Award: Lockheed Martin Corp. (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth) – $348,463,185

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas is awarded a not-to-exceed $348,463,185 undefinitized, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001924F1057) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001924G0010). This contract procures initial air vehicle spares for the production Lot 18 aircraft to include basic spares pool/global spares pool spares shared between the involved customers, customer specific afloat spares pool/deployable spares pool as well as associated support and consumables to meet immediate maintenance needs of the Joint Strike Fighter Program for the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corp, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in October 2029. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $113,506,605; fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $63,281,415; non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $13,883,920; and FMS customer funding in the amount of $155,182,285, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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