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WASHINGTON - Torch Technologies Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $17.4 million modification (P00167) to contract W31P4Q-21-F-0038 to provide full life cycle support for high fidelity system simulators.

Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2024. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Source: U.S. DoD
Associated URL: http://www.defenselink.gov

Source: Lockheed Martin

LOCKHEED MARTIN TO RESUME F-35 DELIVERIES IN Q3

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Source: Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. - F-35 deliveries will restart later this year after Lockheed Martin reported no shipments during quarter one of 2024. Delivery delays continue plaguing the program due to software issues related to the Technical Refresh 3 (TR-3) upgrade.

Last summer, the Pentagon began refusing delivery of F-35s with the TR-3 modification because of a lack of suitable flight testing on the software. F-35 customers Belgium and Denmark followed suit pending correction of the TR-3 issue.

When Lockheed Martin resumes F-35 fighter deliveries in the latter half of 2024, the aircraft will include an interim "combat training-capable" software standard representing 95 percent of the full software load. Fully combat-capable jets will be available sometime in 2025.

The company projects deliveries of between 75 and 110 F-35 aircraft in 2024. The slow production start to 2024 continues from the previous year after Lockheed Martin delivered 98 total F-35s, its lowest shipment amount in the past several years.

Source: Flight Global
Associated URL: https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/f-35-deliveries-set-for-third-quarter-resumption-in-interim-combat-training-standard-lockheed-says/157944.article
Author: Craig Hoyle

Source: Northrop Grumman

NORTHROP GRUMMAN AWARDED RADAR WARNING RECEIVER CONTRACT

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Source: Northrop Grumman

WASHINGTON - Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is awarded a $9 million modification (P00006) to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target), cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract (N0001923C0001). This modification increases the contract ceiling to procure the necessary hardware and associated technical engineering, management and logistics support for fabrication, assembly, test, and delivery of eight APR-39 D(V)2 Radar Warning Receiver/Electronic Warfare Management Systems, and eight D(V)2 Battery Handle Assemblies in support of the MV-22B aircraft.

Work is expected to be completed in May 2027. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Source: U.S. DoD
Associated URL: http://www.defenselink.gov

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