April 1, 2024 | International, Land
US Army refreshes competition for short-range laser
The Army will begin a directed-energy test campaign to find the sweet spot for laser weapons when it comes to lethality, reliability and cost.
January 20, 2021 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
US Foods Inc., Port Orange, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $390,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-quantity contract for full-line food distribution. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Locations of performance are Florida, Cuba and Bahamas, with a Jan. 18, 2026, ordering period end date. Using military services are Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy and Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2021 through 2026 defense working capital funds. The contracting agency is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-21-D-3312).
Federal Prison Industries Inc.,** Washington, D.C., has been awarded a maximum $24,708,000 modification (P00011) exercising the first one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-20-D-F056) with four one-year option periods for various types of trousers. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Locations of performance are Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Washington, D.C., with a Jan. 20, 2022, ordering period end date. Using military services are Army and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2021 through 2022 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
NAVY
General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $41,554,227 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical design effort to support research and development concept formulation for current and future submarine platforms. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $305,521,179. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (96.1%); Bremerton, Washington (1.7%); Kings Bay, Georgia (1.7%); and Newport, Rhode Island (0.5%), and is expected to be completed by September 2021. If all options are exercised, work will continue through September 2025. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and engineering (Navy) funds in the amount of $250,000 (80%); and 2020 research, development, test and engineering (Navy) funds in the amount of $63,000 (20%), will be obligated at time of award, of which funding in the amount of $63,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured and is a sole-source award pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(3) – Industrial Mobilization. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Sundance-EA Associates II,* Pocatello, Idaho, is awarded a maximum-value $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for environmental compliance services at Joint Region Marianas, Guam. The work to be performed is for a full range of environmental support activities for naval installation environmental compliance programs to ensure the supported components, tenant commands and facilities and contractor operations demonstrate and maintain compliance with all applicable federal, U.S. territory, and local statutes, and with Department of Defense and Navy policies, permits, instructions and guidance. Environmental compliance programs include clean air, safe drinking water, clean water, hazardous waste, pollution prevention, solid waste management, pesticide compliance, emergency planning and community right-to-know act, ozone-depleting substances management, storage tank management, environmental quality assessment, environmental sampling and analysis and overall environmental compliance oversight. Future task orders will be primarily funded by operation and maintenance (Navy) funds. Work will be performed in the Joint Region Marianas area of responsibility and is expected to be completed by January 2026. Work under the initial task order will be performed in Guam and is expected to be completed by January 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $1,447,016 will be obligated under the initial task order at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.SAM.gov website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Marianas, Guam, is the contracting activity (N40192-21-D-1820).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $29,776,196 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N00019-21-F-0064) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-20-G-0005. This order procures five aerial refueling retrofit kits and installation on the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Work will be performed in Ronkonkoma, New York (44.53%); Baltimore, Maryland (16.62%); Irvine, California (6.48%); Hauppauge, New York (5.85%); Columbia, Maryland (4.75%); Dorset, England (3.17%); East Aurora, New York (2.64%); North Hollywood, California (2.02%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (13.94%), and is expected to be completed in May 2022. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $29,776,196 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
AIR FORCE
Range Generation Next LLC, Sterling, Virginia, has been awarded a $14,600,345 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P000327) to contract FA8806-15-C-0001 for a telemetry end-to-end processing system. This modification supports an increase in launch and test range requirements. Work will primarily be performed at Eastern Range, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida; and Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and is expected to be completed May 11, 2023. Fiscal 2020 Air Force space procurement funds in the full amount are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Peterson AFB, Colorado, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
Transportation Management Services Inc., Sandy Spring, Maryland, was awarded a $13,874,720 firm-fixed-price contract to provide transportation services throughout the National Capital Region from Jan.16, 2021, through Jan. 31, 2021. Bids were solicited via the internet with eight received. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2021. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (National Guard) funds in the amount of $13,874,720 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, Operational Contracting Division, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (W912R1-21-F-0002).
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April 1, 2024 | International, Land
The Army will begin a directed-energy test campaign to find the sweet spot for laser weapons when it comes to lethality, reliability and cost.
May 22, 2019 | International, Aerospace
LONDRES, 16 mai (Reuters) - Une nouvelle escalade des tensions commerciales affecterait les entreprises du secteur aéronautique dans leur ensemble, y compris Airbus, concurrent de Boeing, a prévenu jeudi le président exécutif de l'avionneur européen. Dans le cadre du litige de près de 15 ans auprès de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) qui oppose les Etats-Unis et l'Europe sur les subventions à l'industrie aéronautique, les deux parties menacent d'imposer à chacun des milliards de dollars de droits de douane. “Les tensions commerciales que nous constatons, nous pensons qu'elles sont des tensions perdantes-perdantes”, a déclaré Guillaume Faury à la presse lors d'une visite à Londres. Boeing a exhorté mercredi le gouvernement américain de limiter les représailles exercées sur les avions européens afin de pas nuire aux équipementiers américains. Mais Guillaume Faury juge impossible pour les entreprises concernées de contenir les retombées liées à la détérioration du climat commercial international, qui a également conduit à une guerre douanière entre les Etats-Unis et la Chine. “Ces tensions, et la situation commerciale, ne sont d'aucune aide pour aucun des acteurs de l'aérospatiale”, a-t-il déclaré. “Nous ne pensons pas que nous en perdrons plus que les autres dans cette situation, mais nous pensons que cela devrait être résolu d'une manière ou d'une autre afin que les entreprises mondialisées comme dans le secteur de l'aviation puissent continuer à se développer”, a-t-il ajouté. Guillaume Faury a par ailleurs de nouveau mis en garde sur l'impact de la sortie de la Grande-Bretagne de l'Union européenne, tout en étant moins alarmiste que son prédécesseur, Tom Enders, qui avait menacé de retirer le groupe du Royaume-Uni. Airbus, qui produit des ailes d'avion en Grande-Bretagne et emploie 14.000 personnes dans tout le pays, profite du retard pris dans le Brexit pour “se préparer à tous les scénarios”, a déclaré Guillaume Faury, ajoutant qu'un Brexit sans accord est toujours possible, même si cela est moins probable. “Les choses n'ont fondamentalement pas changé, et par conséquent elles s'aggravent. Ce manque persistant de clarté est (...) une distraction”, a-t-il déclaré. “Le Royaume-Uni fait vraiment partie de notre écosystème. Nos usines et nos sites au Royaume-Uni sont très compétitifs. Nous aimerions que cela continue, quoi qu'il arrive.” MISES EN GARDE Guillaume Faury a également mis en garde contre des poursuites judiciaires contre l'Allemagne, Berlin ayant décidé en mars de prolonger de six mois l'arrêt des ventes d'armes à l'Arabie saoudite à la suite du meurtre du journaliste et opposant saoudien Jamal Khashoggi. Cette décision remet en cause des milliards d'euros de contrats militaires, dont une commande de 10 milliards de livres (13,27 milliards de dollars) pour la vente de 48 Eurofighter Typhoon à Ryad, via un consortium dirigé par BAE Systems et comprenant l'Allemagne, Airbus et le motoriste MTU Aero Engines . “Il est très important de clarifier les règles et de comprendre comment les partenaires comprennent qu'ils peuvent faire confiance à l'Allemagne en tant que partenaire”, a déclaré Guillaume Faury. Ce commentaire survient alors que la France et l'Allemagne planchent sur un nouvel avion de combat dans lequel Airbus est le partenaire industriel du côté allemand. (Claude Chendjou pour le service français, édité par Benoît Van Overstraeten) https://fr.reuters.com/article/frEuroRpt/idFRL5N22S4HE
July 19, 2021 | International, C4ISR
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2021 - DARPA has selected four industry and university research teams for the Invisible Headlights program, which seeks to determine if it's possible for autonomous vehicles to navigate in complete darknes