Lockheed Martin Wins $373.4M Navy Modification for F-35 Retrofit Program

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $373,405,947 a modification (P00004) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order (N0001925F2558) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001924G0010). This modification adds scope to procure material, special tooling and test equipment necessary to build, deliver, and install the required modification kits to enable retrofitting aircraft, as well as provides program management, non-recurring engineering, aircraft induction, contractor field modification installations, depot site support, F-35B/F-35C laser shock peening site support, and regional depot modification installations in support of modification and retrofit activities for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas and is expected to be completed in December 2026. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $92,562,436; fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $37,842,250; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,389,876; fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $718,556; fiscal 2026 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $35,092,376; fiscal 2026 procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $18,782,546; FMS funds in the amount of $56,053,178; and non-U.S. Dod participant funds in the amount of $131,034,729 will be obligated at the time of award, $130,404,686 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract action was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.