Lockheed Martin Strengthens F-35 Program: Tooling & Test Equipment Contract Runs Through 2028

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $27,235,068 modification (P00010) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0001924C0011). This modification procures special tooling and test equipment in support of the Joint Strike Fighter 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 Marietta, Georgia (30%); Palmdale, California (29%); Fort Worth, Texas (28%); El Segundo, California (5%); Chesterfield, Michigan (4%); Melbourne, Florida (2%); and various other locations within the continental U.S. (2%), and is expected to be completed in December 2028. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $84,654; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $10,915,690; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $42,328; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,321,146; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $42,327; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $5,437,289; non-U.S. DOD participants funds in the amount of $5,027,789; and FMS customer funds in the amount of $363,845, will be obligated at time of award, $169,303 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.