F-35 Propulsion System Receives $67.2M Boost for Sustainment and Support Services

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $67,179,755 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price-incentive-fee modification (P00072) to a previously awarded contract (N0001921C0011). This contract action allows for the procurement of recurring depot level maintenance and repair, sustainment support,  program management, financial and administrative activities, propulsion integration, replenishment spare part buys, engineering support, material management, configuration management, product management support, software sustainment, security management, joint technical data updates, and support equipment management for all fielded F135 propulsion systems at the F-35 production sites and operational locations, to include training in support of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (40%); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (21%); Indianapolis, Indiana (12%); West Palm Beach, Florida (6%); Windsor Locks, Connecticut (6%); Brekstad, Norway (4%); Leeuwarden, Netherlands (3%); Iwakuni, Japan (3%); Williamtown, Australia (2%); Cameri, Italy (1%); Marham, United Kingdom (1%); and Fort Worth, Texas (1%), and is expected to be completed in November 2025. Fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $24,445,035; fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $17,004,930; fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,320,112; FMS funds in the amount of $6,660,642; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $13,749,035, will be obligated at time of award, $57,303,832 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract being modified was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.