Lockheed Martin Wins $44M For F-35 Modification Kits

Lockheed Martin has won two contracts worth $44 million combined, for modification kits of US Navy’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters.

The first contract worth $32 million is for modification kits and special tooling for modification and retrofit of delivered F-35 fighters for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, the Pentagon announced. Work is expected to be completed in June 2025.  

The second contract calls for procurement of modification kits for modification and retrofit of delivered F-35s for the Air Force and Marine Corps. Work for this contract is expected to be completed by December 2021.