Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) 10 Advanced Acquisition Contract (AAC)

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is being awarded a $156,955,110 Fixed Price Incentive - Firm Target (FPIF) advance acquisition contract to procure long components, parts, materials and effort in support of 90 Low Rate Initial Production Lot X F-135 propulsions systems for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft, including 44 F-135-PW-100 for the U.S. Air Force; nine F-135-PW-600 for the U.S. Marine Corps; and two F-135-PW-100 for the U.S. Navy. In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of 30 F-135-PW-100 and five F135-PW-600 systems for International Partners and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (67 percent); Indianapolis, Indiana (26.5 percent); and Bristol, United Kingdom (6.5 percent); and is expected to be completed in September 2017. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement, Air Force and Navy funds, as well as International Partner and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $156,955,110 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($64,015,312; 41 percent); the U.S. Navy ($32,345,557; 20 percent); International Partners ($43,229,790; 28 percent) and Foreign Military Sales ($17,364,451; 11 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland is the contracting activity (N00019-15-C-0004).