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Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $392 Million For F-35 Air System Sustainment

Pat Host

Tuesday, October 28th, 2014

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Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $392 Million For F-35 Air System Sustainment

F-35A conventional Air Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Photo: Air Force.

The Navy on Tuesday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $392 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to provide recurring sustainment support for F-35 delivered air systems, according to a Defense Department statement. The contract includes, but is not limited to: ground maintenance activities; action request resolution; depot activation activities; Automatic Logistics Information System (ALIS) operations and maintenance (O&M); reliability, maintainability, and health management implementation and support; supply chain management and activities to provide and support pilot and maintainer initial training for the Air…

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