WASHINGTON (March 14, 2008) - The U.S. Department of Defense today announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $70,236,975 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3003) for weight reduction activities for the F-135 propulsion system. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (56 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (43 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (1 percent), and work is expected to be completed in September 2013. 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.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $28,153,661 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-07-C-0035) for time critical parts in support of the EA-18G Low Rate Initial Production II (LRIP II) Airborne Electronic Attack kits. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in April 2008. 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.