Fort Worth’s Contribution: Lockheed Martin’s $170M F-35 AME Procurement

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $170,788,791 firm-fixed-price modification (P00019) to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N0001919D0015). This modification adds scope to procure Ancillary Mission Equipment (AME) in support of meeting Lot 17 Batch 1B-2 Group One requirements, a subset of the overall Lot 17 AME requirements for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in support of the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales customers, and F-35 Cooperative Program Partners. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in July 2026. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.