Lockheed Martin awarded USD 151.2Mn contract for Norwegian and Australian F-35s


Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $151,287,000 fixed-price-incentive-firm modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract. 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).


Lockheed Martin awarded USD 151.2Mn contract for Norwegian and Australian F 35s Australian F-35A Lightning II (Picture source: Lockheed Martin)


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 %); and Norway ($43,117,000; 29 %) under a cooperative agreement. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.