By Richard Abott |
6 years ago |
05/25/2018

The Navy awarded two contracts for Navy aircraft worth hundreds of millions of dollars each on Thursday for the F-35 and P-8A aircraft.

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $558 million contract for the sustainment support, including equipment, training devices, training facilities, non-aircraft spares, various hardware and software, and facilities support for low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 11 F-35 aircraft.

Two F-35A Lightning IIs from the 388th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah, and three F-15C Eagles from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England, fly in formation during a training sortie over the United Kingdom, April 27, 2017. The F-35As first arrived at RAF Lakenheath on April 15, 2017, which marked it's first flying training deployment to Europe. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Roidan Carlson)
Two F-35A Lightning IIs from the 388th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah, and three F-15C Eagles from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England, fly in formation during a training sortie over the United Kingdom, April 27, 2017. The F-35As first arrived at RAF Lakenheath on April 15, 2017, which marked their first flying training deployment to Europe. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Roidan Carlson)

The work covers F-35s bound for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, non-Defense Department participants, and foreign military sales (FMS) customers.

The contract work will largely be performed in Orlando, Fla., and Redondo Beach, Calif., and is expected to be finished by February 2023. The full contract value is obligated at award time, with $19.5 million expiring at the end of the current fiscal year.

The award is split into $232 million/42 percent non-DoD participants, $173 million/31 percent for the Air Force, $62 million/11 percent Marine Corps, $51 million/nine percent Navy, and $40 million/seven percent FMS customers.

Separately, NAVAIR awarded Boeing [BA] a $416 million modification for the manufacture and delivery of three Lot 9 full-rate production P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft for the U.S. Navy.

The P-8as will be largely made in Seattle, Wash., and are expected to be finished by October 2020. The full contract award was obligated at award time and does not expire at the end of FY ’18.