Lockheed Martin Awarded USD 151.2Mn Contract for Australian and Norwegian F-35s

06 April 2019

RAAF F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (photo : Aus DoD)

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $151,287,000 fixed-price-incentive-firm modification (P00016) to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-17-C-0001).  

This modification provides for the procurement of long-lead items for the manufacture and delivery of 21 F-35 Lightning II Lot 14 low-rate initial production aircraft for the governments of Australia (15) and Norway (6). 

Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (30 percent); El Segundo, California (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Florida (10 percent); Nashua, New Hampshire (5 percent); Nagoya, Japan (5 percent); and Baltimore, Maryland (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in Dec 2022.  

International partner funds in the amount of $151,287,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  

This contract combines purchase for the governments of Australia ($108,170,000; 71 percent); and Norway ($43,117,000; 29 percent) under a cooperative agreement.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

(US DoD)