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Contract Award: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Fort Worth Texas (and Greenville, South Carolina) – $10,355,720

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas, and Greenville, South Carolina, has been awarded a $10,355,720 firm-fixed price modification (P00026) to previously awarded contract FA8615-18-C-6058 for F-16 production.  The contract modification provides for the procurement of installation of Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) II Line Replaceable Units on fourteen non-flight test aircraft, updates to existing Country Standard Technical Order Manuals and Country Standard Time Compliance Technical Orders. Additionally, this modification provides for the procurement of additional Peculiar Support Equipment and Alternate Mission Equipment. Work will be performed in Greenville, South Carolina, and Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2026. This modification involves Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to the Kingdom of Bahrain. FMS funds in the amount of $10,355,720 are being obligated at the time of award. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $1,103,660,353. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.



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