October 3, 2019 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Co., doing business as Lockheed Martin Space, Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $163,950,489 fixed-price, incentive-firm target modification (P00148) to previously awarded contract FA8810-13-C-0002 for space based infrared system contractor logistics support. This action is a bilateral supplemental agreement executed in accordance with justification and approval 18-14. Work will be performed at outside the continental U.S. locations; Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado; Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado; Greeley Air National Guard Station, Colorado; and Boulder, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2020. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds are used and no funds are being obligated at the time of the award. The total cumulative face value of the modification is $163,950,489. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.
ASES LLC, doing business as Field Aerospace, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $21,346,897 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00023) to previously award contract FA8106-18-C-0002 to exercise Option One for full rate production to begin for the T-1A Avionics Modification Program. This contract provides for the replacement of the avionics suite in the Air Education and Training Command fleet of 178 T-1A trainer aircraft, 16 operational flight trainers and 14 part task trainers. Work will be performed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas; Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi; and Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 14, 2025. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $9,993,753; and 2019 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $11,353,143 are being obligated at the time of the award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity.
The Texas Workforce Commission, Austin, Texas, has been awarded a $17,085,515 contract modification (P00003) to previously awarded contract FA3016-18-D-0009 to exercise the first option period for Joint Base San Antonio/Ft. Sam Houston full food services. The contract modification exercised the first option period. Work will be performed at Joint Base San Antonio Ft. Sam Houston and Camp Bullis, and work is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2020. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $32,640,593. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $4,459,745 are being obligated at the time of the award. The 502d Contracting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, is the contracting activity.
CACI Inc. - Federal, Chantilly, Virginia, has been awarded a $12,693,283 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order to previously awarded contract FA8723-19-D-0001 for support vehicle programmed depot maintenance. This action is an in-scope bilateral supplemental agreement executed in accordance with the terms of Mobile Command and Control Systems contract. Work will performed at Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Greeley Air National Guard Station, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2023. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $12,693,283. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $4,916,938 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity (FA8823-19-F-0013).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Eaton Aeroquip LLC, Jackson, Michigan, has been awarded a maximum $69,387,451 fixed-price contract for hoses, assemblies and other related parts. This was a competitive acquisition with one offer received. This is an eight year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Michigan, with an Oct. 1, 2027, performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2028 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio (SPE7MX-20-D-0003).
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY
Four Points Technology LLC, Chantilly, Virginia (HT0015-19-F-0161), was awarded a firm-fixed-price order for $12,428,715 (12-months), using fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds, subject to availability. This is an enterprise level order on National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solution for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) for InterSystems Software renewal. This procurement is for InterSystems Software maintenance renewal to support the existing InterSystems Software deployed across the Department of Defense. These products provide relational databases collating all patient health information into a query engine application for use by healthcare providers. The requirement was competed on NASA SEWP as a 100% service disabled veteran owned small business set aside for InterSystems renewal, and Four Points Technology LLC provided the lowest-price-technically-acceptable quote. The amount of $12,428,715 for the base year is obligated at the time of award. The Defense Health Agency Enterprise Medical Support – Contracting Division (EMS-CD), located in San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 30, 2019)
NAVY
General Electric Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, is awarded a $10,592,822 modification (P00002) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-18-C-1061). This modification exercises an option to procure two F414-GE-400 production install engines, five engine devices, and 29 engine device K-seals in support of Lot 23 engine production for the F/A-18E/F aircraft. Work will be performed in Lynn, Massachusetts (48%); Evendale, Ohio (20%); Hooksett, New Hampshire (14%); Rutland, Vermont (9%); and Madisonville, Kentucky (9%), and is expected to be completed in August 2021. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,592,822 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $7,892,950 modification (P00038) to contract W58RGZ-16-C-0023 for the Communication Interface System Obsolescence for the Apache AH-64E full rate production. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2022. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement, Army funds in the amount of $7,892,950 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
CORRECTION: The Sept. 6, 2019, announcement of an award to BAE Systems Inc., York, Pennsylvania, for a modification (P00015) to contract W56HZC-18-C-0133 included an incorrect estimated work completion date. The estimated completion date is March 31, 2022. All other information in the original announcement remains the same.
U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND
Louis Berger Aircraft Services, Greenville, South Carolina (HTC711-17-C-C002), has been awarded a $7,226,021 modification (P00008) for air terminal ground handling services contract in Kuwait. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $20,265,296 from $13,039,275. Work will be performed at Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait, with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2020. Fiscal 2020 transportation working capital funds were obligated at time of award. The U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2019)
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August 29, 2023 | International, Land, Security
The German Boxer vehicles will be built, utilizing production capacity at Rheinmetall’s state-of-the-art MILVEHCOE at Redbank in South East Queensland, alongside the Boxer CRV being produced for the Australian Defence Force.
January 21, 2021 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security
Tout en confirmant l'ouverture d'un débat avec les parlementaires pour revoir à mi-parcours la loi de programmation militaire, le président a promis lors de ses voeux aux armées à maintenir l'effort budgétaire en faveur de la modernisation des armées. Par Anne Bauer Publié le 19 janv. 2021 à 19:31 « Les engagements que j'ai pris seront tenus », a déclaré Emmanuel Macron lors de ses voeux aux armées à la Préfecture Maritime de l'Atlantique à Brest, après avoir discuté avec des élèves du Centre d'Instruction Naval. Et de rappeler que depuis trois ans, la loi de programmation militaire (LPM) a été tenue « à l'euro près ». « Les équipements sont livrés, les hébergements sont construits, les programmes avancent, les innovations sont stimulées, nos capacités se modernisent [...], a-t-il souligné en estimant que malgré la pandémie et la période difficile qui s'annonce, il faut maintenir l'effort jusqu'en 2023 comme prévu par la LPM. Point d'étapes pour la LPM « Un point d'étape approfondi devra être effectué dans les prochains mois avec les parlementaires, pour que nos armées restent pleinement efficaces sur les thé'tres d'opérations, quels qu'ils soient », a-t-il aussi confirmé. De fait, lors du vote de la LPM , les parlementaires avaient fixé à 2021 une discussion sur la nécessité ou non de revoir la trajectoire budgétaire annoncée. Après trois ans de hausse budgétaire, ce qui a porté le budget défense de 35,8 milliards d'euros en 2019 à 39,2 milliards cette année, la LPM (qui couvre la période 2019-2025) suggère une nouvelle hausse à 41 milliards en 2022 et à 44 milliards en 2023, soit un effort de 198 milliards d'euros sur la période 2019-2023. Reste à réévaluer les capacités nécessaires, les réussites et les attentes, le président évoquant l'exigence toujours réaffirmée d'agilité et d'efficacité. Dans ses voeux, Emmanuel Macron a aussi répété son souhait de consolider la nouvelle politique en faveur de l'autonomie stratégique européenne. « Notre engagement au sein de l'Otan n'empêche pas une autonomie européenne. Nous avons besoin d'une Europe forte plus unie, plus conquérante et qui assume les choix faits depuis trois ans. Il faudra continuer avec les Etats-Unis qui se réengagent dans le multilatéralisme et il nous faudra convaincre de la pertinence de nos choix dans la durée ». Ajustement de l'opération Barkhane au Sahel A propos de l'opération Barkhane au Sahel , qui mobilise actuellement quelque 5.100 soldats français, le président n'a parlé ni de retrait, ni de renforcement, mais simplement d'un ajustement. « Les résultats obtenus par nos forces au Sahel, conjugués à l'intervention plus importante de nos partenaires européens, vont nous permettre d'ajuster notre effort militaire dans la région », a déclaré le chef de l'Etat, sans précision de volume ou de calendrier. Il y a un an, au sommet de Pau, le président français et ses homologues du G5 Sahel (Mauritanie, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Tchad) avaient décidé d'intensifier la lutte antidjihadiste pour enrayer une spirale de violences, notamment avec l'envoi de 600 hommes en renfort. « Les renforts temporaires que j'ai décidé de déployer ont permis à la force Barkhane de mettre en grande difficulté des groupes terroristes qui se retrouvent acculés, réduits à des procédés l'ches, qui ont atteint nos forces », endeuillées par la récente mort de 5 soldats français au Mali, « mais qui, je le rappelle, frappent d'abord et surtout les civils, sans discrimination », a commenté le président français. Garder le sens du temps long Nombre d'observateurs estiment que la France devrait annoncer qu'elle réduit la voilure lors du prochain sommet avec les pays du G5 Sahel, en février à N'Djamena. Pour le moment, le président parle d'un « cap qui reste inchangé ». Alors que l'opération Barkhane entre dans sa neuvième année et a coûté la vie à 50 militaires, le président a terminé son discours en rappelant la nécessité du temps long, avant de remercier les femmes et les hommes engagés. « La tendance est grande de ne s'occuper que du quotidien. La force de nos armées, c'est de savoir embrasser le temps long... Ne cédons pas au court terme et gardons la capacité à regarder le grand large, gardons le sens du temps long ». https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/air-defense/le-president-macron-promet-de-maintenir-leffort-budgetaire-pour-les-armees-1282520
August 5, 2020 | International, C4ISR, Security
Andrew Eversden WASHINGTON — The Army network modernization team announced a technical exchange meeting Tuesday to discuss the service's plan for its next round of network tools, known as Capability Set '23. The meeting will be held Sept. 2 on Microsoft Teams due to COVID-19, according to a solicitation posted on beta.sam.gov. “The goal of the event is to assist industry partners and interested government organizations in identifying and aligning their efforts with Army tactical network modernization, specifically Capability Set 23 which is the Army's next integrated kit of tactical network transport, application and command post enhancements,” the announcement reads. The Army network leadership team wants to discuss the results of critical design review for Capability Set '21, the new set of network tools set to be fielded to soldiers next year. The team also wants to discuss Capability Set '23 experimentation and design goals with a focus on its needs for command post integration and modernization efforts. Command post survivability and mobility is a major focus of Capability Set '23. Army's Network-Cross Functional Team (N-CFT), in collaboration with Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T), the Army's Combat Capability Development Command's Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center, is hosting the meeting. The team will also be introducing the Joint Communications Marketplace, the solicitation reads, which will “which will be an online tool and repository for industry and the government to use for submission of CS23 related white papers, and associated technical information,” said Paul Mehney, spokesperson for PEO C3T, in a statement. Registration is required by Aug. 27. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/it-networks/2020/08/04/army-will-hold-industry-meeting-for-capability-set-23-next-month/