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Air Force

Pentagon May Award Performance-Based Logistics Contract for F-35 This Year

Frank Wolfe

Friday, February 17th, 2023

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Pentagon May Award Performance-Based Logistics Contract for F-35 This Year

Two F-35A Lightning IIs from Eielson AFB, Alaska taxi down a runway at Kunsan Air Base in the Republic of Korea for a training exercise on July 11, 2022 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

DoD may award a five-year Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter this year, if the program is able to meet conditions set out in the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Section 356(b) of the fiscal 2022 NDAA provides that the secretary of defense "may not enter into a performance-based logistics sustainment contract for the F-35 airframe or engine programs, or modify an existing contract for the F-35 airframe or engine programs to require…

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