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Such modifications to Contract 2034 contained separate
prices for each of the CLIN’s that identified for billing
purposes the quantities and models of F-16 aircraft required for
each program year. CLIN prices were adjusted by program year
from time to time based upon comparisons of GENDYN's actual costs
with the contract's target cost. These billing price adjustments
were sometimes retroactive; that is, they changed the billing
price of aircraft already delivered.
Although the Air Force and GENDYN had negotiated a single
pricing arrangement covering all 480 aircraft, it was necessary
for the proposed costs to be individually broken out by program
year for traceability and funding reasons. It was also necessary
to evaluate and negotiate amounts for each fiscal year in the
same manner.
The F-16 aircraft procured under Contract 2034 were
manufactured by GENDYN's Fort Worth Division in a
Government-owned, contractor-operated manufacturing facility in
Fort Worth, Texas. At the height of production, approximately
12,000 GENDYN employees worked on the F-16 program, including
more than 1,000 engineers. GENDYN manufactured a total of 534
aircraft under Contract 2034 and subsequent modifications, the
480 plus 54 aircraft acquired by the Government through the
exercise of the options that were added to Contract 2034 by POO
80. The aircraft were continuously produced and delivered
without any inter-program year interruptions. Some F-16's were
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