Navy Contract – September 4, 2015
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $249,830,014 undefinitized modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive, firm-target contract (N00019-14-C-0004) to procure low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 9 propulsion system initial spares for the global spares pool to include initial spare engines, initial spare modules, and initial spare parts required in support of the LRIP Lot 9 F-135 propulsions systems for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, international partners, and foreign military sales customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (93 percent); Indianapolis, Indiana (6 percent); and Bristol, United Kingdom (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed in July 2018. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement (Navy); fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Air Force); fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Air Force and Navy); international partner; and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $237,915,769 are being obligated on this award, $67,202 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force ($121,377,432; 49 percent); Navy ($57,573,977; 23 percent); international partners ($62,853,526; 25 percent); and foreign military sales ($8,025,079; 3 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.