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Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $19,805,300 modification to the previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee (firm target) F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Low Rate Initial Production IV contract (N00019-09-C-0010) for the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) Risk Reduction Study for the Norway Ministry of Defence.  Efforts include physical fit checks, wind tunnel tests, engineering analysis, and designing and building of an emulator and adapter to determine next steps in integrating the JSM into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (70 percent); Arnold Air Force Base, Tullahoma, Tenn. (20 percent); and Kongsberg, Norway (10 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in May 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

 Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $6,715,050 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the design and integration of the AN/APR-39D(V)2 processor using 6U card standards with the appropriate antenna and receiver resources for various Naval Aviation platforms.  Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill. (88.7 percent); Woburn, Mass. (8.2 percent); and Menlo Park, Calif. (3.1 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.   The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-12-C-0043).

 ManTech Systems Engineering Corp., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $6,678,665 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the completion of the Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance Phase I common framework development and integration through initial operational capability.  Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Md., and is expected to be completed in December 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-12-C-0081).