Lockheed Martin awarded $177.49M Navy contract modification

Lockheed Martin (LMT) was awarded a $177.49M modification to a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. This modification adds scope to provide all touch labor and reach-back engineering required to build and deliver three flight science aircraft, one for each variant to replace the aging original flight science aircraft in support of preventing a capability gap for flight test and allow for future, holistic testing of Block Four capabilities and other future capabilities for the Joint Strike Fighter program. Work is expected to be completed in April 2031. The contract action was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.