CONTRACT AWARDS
The Boeing Company, Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a
$661,802,071 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Joint Strike
Fighter Concept Demonstration Program which will feature flying
aircraft demonstrators, ground and flight technology
demonstrations, and continued refinement of the contractor's
weapons system concept for the next generation strike fighter for
the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Royal Navy. Work will be
performed in Seattle, Wash., and is expected to be completed by
February 2001. Contract funds would not have expired at the end
of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively
procured by a request for proposal and four offers were received.
The Naval Air Systems Command, Arlington, Va., is the contracting
activity (N00019-97-C-0037).
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Md., is being awarded
a $718,800,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Joint Strike
Fighter Concept Demonstration Program which will feature flying
aircraft demonstrators, ground and flight technology
demonstrations, and continued refinement of the contractor's
weapon system concept for the next generation strike fighter for
the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Royal Navy. Work will be
performed in Palm Dale, Calif. (71 percent), and Fort Worth,
Texas (29 percent), and is expected to be completed by February
2001. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the
current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured by
a request for proposal and four offers were received. The Naval
Air Systems Command, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity
(N00019-97-C-0038).
