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Lockheed Martin F-35 Sustainment Contract Stepping Stone to Potential PBL Contract Next Year

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Sustainment Contract Stepping Stone to Potential PBL Contract Next Year

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron takes off on Dec. 15, 2020 at Luke AFB, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

A potentially $6.6 billion three-year sustainment contract award on Sept. 13 to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for its F-35 fighter is a stepping stone to a possible performance-based logistics (PBL) contract revision next year, if the company meets cost per flight hour (CPFH), parts availability and full mission capable (FMC) goals. While past F-35 sustainment contracts evaluated Lockheed Martin on the aircraft's mission capable rates, the new sustainment contract is to judge the company on FMC rates and the on-time availability…

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