BAE Systems Secures $16.7M F-35 Tooling and Test Equipment Contract Mod

BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire, is awarded a $16,658,281 modification (P00007) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0001924C0010). This modification adds scope to procure various special tooling and special test equipment in support of production and retrofit modifications for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense participants. Work will be performed in Loveland, Colorado (96%); Billerica, Massachusetts (2%); Austin, Texas (1%); and Elkton, Maryland (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2029. Fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,087,514; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $2,368,138; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $5,132,661; F-35 Cooperative Program Partner funds in the amount of $3,638,600; and FMS funds in the amount of $4,431,368 will be obligated at 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.