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August 3, 2020 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security

Potential defense budget cuts demand a new calculus

By: and Douglas A. Birkey

With the U.S. election around the corner and the economic impact of COVID-19 mounting, calls for defense spending cuts are on the rise. The practicality of reductions is questionable given the scale and scope of the threat environment, the reality that key elements of the military are decaying, and that defense jobs represent one bright spot in an otherwise bleak economy. If cuts are coming, it is crucial to execute them in a fashion that prioritizes the most effective, efficient and valuable capabilities within the Department of Defense. This requires a new approach to assessing weapon systems' value.

Defense programs are traditionally measured in a service-centric fashion based primarily upon two metrics: unit cost, and individual operating and support costs. Think about this in the context of buying a car and expenses associated with gas and maintenance. However, not all vehicles are created equal, with a compact car far different than a large SUV. Relative capabilities are essential when understanding how to best meet mission goals effectively and efficiently. To this point, when it comes to military systems, a much more relevant determination of merit is “cost per effect” — measuring the expense associated with achieving desired mission results.

These sorts of comparisons are far from theoretical. On the first night of Desert Storm, it took 41 non-stealth aircraft to hit one target. At the same time, 20 F-117 stealth fighters struck 28 separate targets. Without the protection afforded by stealth, it took a large airborne team to protect the eight bomb-carrying aircraft striking one target. This gets to the crux of the cost-effectiveness challenge. Even though the non-stealth aircraft each cost less from an individual unit aircraft perspective, the F-117s yielded far more mission results at less risk for far less enterprise cost.

However, during the last few budget downturns, decision-makers too often cut weapon systems that appeared “expensive” on a spreadsheet but actually delivered far greater effects for less cost. This year saw the Air Force seeking to retire 17 of its B-1 bombers even though a single B-1 can deliver as much or more ordnance than an entire aircraft carrier air wing, depending on the operational realities of range and payload. Production lines for the B-2 and F-22 — respectively the most advanced and capable bomber and fighter ever built — were terminated well before their validated military requirement was filled. Cost-per-effect analysis would have yielded very different determinations.

These decisions continue to have very significant consequences. The security environment today is much more dangerous than at any time since the end of the Cold War, and U.S. forces are stretched thin. Smart investments are essential to yield necessary mission results. The U.S. military no longer has the capacity to bludgeon its way to victory through mass as it did in World War II.

This is exactly why military leaders are embracing the need to harness information in their future war-fighting construct. Joint All-Domain Command and Control centers around understanding the battlespace in a real-time fashion to seek favorable pathways to achieve mission objectives, minimize the dangers posed by enemy threats and collaboratively team weapon systems to yield enhanced results. This is an incredibly smart approach. However, it is also wholly incongruous, with analysis centered around unit cost and individual operating expenses. If victory is going to be secured through the sum of parts, then we need to stop focusing on unilateral analysis absent broader context.

Cost per effect can be applied to any mission area — the measurement points simply need to be tailored to relevant data sets. Accordingly, if we look at high-end air superiority and strike missions, it is important to consider the ability to net results in a precise fashion. This is simple — not only does “one bomb or missile, one target” save money, but it also frees up forces to execute other tasks.

It is also important to consider survivability. Large, self-protecting, non-stealth strike packages akin to the Desert Storm example are incredibly expensive. Replacing a plane and pilot is not cheap. Additionally, losses reduce the force employment options available to commanders.

Fifth-generation technology attributes are also crucial — the combination of stealth, sensors, processing power, fusion engines, and real-time command-and-control links to penetrate defended adversary regions and understand how best to attain desired effects, while minimizing vulnerability.

Finally, range and payload are also very important — a single aircraft able to fly farther and carry more missiles or bombs drives effectiveness and efficiency. Assessing these attributes — all of which are measurable — validate precisely why aircraft like the F-35 and B-21 are so important.

Nor should these assessments be restricted within a service. That is not how combat commanders fight. They focus on missions, not service ownership. If cuts to defense are coming, then it is crucial that the DoD maintain the most effective, efficient options, regardless of service.

If past DoD budget cuts are any indicator, DoD budget “experts” will once again resort to their traditional monetary spreadsheets focused on unit cost and service-focused budget columns. Leadership from the very highest levels is crucial to ensure the very best options are preserved and prioritized. Joint cost-per-effect analysis is what will ensure a given amount of money will yield the most value at a time when it matters the most.

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula is dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Power Studies. He has more than 3,000 flying hours under his belt, and he planned the Desert Storm air campaign and orchestrated air operations over Iraq and Afghanistan. Douglas A. Birkey is the executive director of the Mitchell Institute, where he researches issues relating to the future of aerospace and national security.

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/07/31/potential-defense-budget-cuts-demand-a-new-calculus/

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Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama; Fort Bliss, Texas; and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, with an estimated completion date of March 26, 2021. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test, and evaluation (Army) funds in the amount of $7,255,289 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Technologies, Woburn, Massachusetts is being awarded a sole-source contract in the amount of $212,760,106 under a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) case to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The contract type will be a hybrid firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursement contract. The contractor will provide one Prime Power Unit and five years of sustainment services for two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control-Series 2 (AN/TPY-2) Radars for this contract. The work will be performed in Woburn, Massachusetts, and some support services will be provided in-country. The performance period is Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2025. UAE FMS funds in the amount of $212,760,106 will be used to fund this effort. The Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (HQ0862-20-C-0001). NAVY Moffatt and Nichol – Burns and McDonnell Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, architect-engineering contract with a maximum amount of $99,000,000 for architect-engineer services for various waterfront projects and other projects primarily under the cognizance of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii area of responsibility (AOR). Initial task order is being awarded at $9,277,279 for a design to repair wharves at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), Hawaii. The work to be performed provides for architect-engineer services for new construction and/or repair and renovation of piers, wharves, bulkheads, drydocks, caissons, waterfront facilities, such as warehouses or waterfront operations buildings and bridges. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by February 2022. All work on this contract will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Hawaii AOR including Hawaii (100%). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of September 2025. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $9,277,279 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by military construction (Navy) planning and design funds. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with three proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii, JBPHH, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62478-20-D-5035). Omega Aerial Refueling Services Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, is awarded an $84,200,232 firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides contractor owned contractor operated Air-to-Air Refueling “probe and drogue” type refueling services to probe equipped receivers for receiver pilot initial qualifications, recurring pilot refresher readiness training and supporting fleet exercises for Department of Defense agencies, Department of Navy fleet and test customers, Foreign Military Sales customers and government contractors. Work will be performed in Riverside, California (55%); Brunswick, Georgia (40%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (5%), and is expected to be completed in September 2022. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-20-D-0120). Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $63,887,625 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N00019-20-F-0443) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-19-G-0008. This order provides for the L12 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources redesign effort in support of the F-35 aircraft for Air Force, Navy and non-Department of Defense (DoD) customers. Specifically, this order provides non-recurring engineering in support of redesigned end products for the Tactical Navigation System Inertial Electronics Unit/Inertial Measurements Unit, Electronic Warfare/Counter Measures Aperture Electronics Module (EW/CM AEM), Aircraft Exterior Lighting, EW/CM Electronic Warfare Controllers and EW/CM Counter Measure Controller. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in January 2027. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $13,066,197; fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $13,190,337; fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $26,256,538; and non-DoD participant funds in the amount of $11,374,553, will be obligated at time of award, $13,066,197 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $46,050,075 modification (P00033) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target, firm-fixed-price contract N00019-17-C-0015. This modification exercises options in support of the V-22 Common Configuration-Readiness and Modernization (CC-RAM) effort and upgrades three MV-22 aircraft from a Block B to Block C configuration in support of the Navy. Additionally, this modification procures new tooling in support of V-22 production, supports life of type buys for the anti-collision light system power supply, lamp drive control display unit and enhanced standby flight instrument, modifies government-owned tools and provides for future CC-RAM in-service repair support as well as production systems engineering and program management support for the Navy, Air Force and the government of Japan. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania (91%); and Fort Worth, Texas (9%), and is expected to be completed in March 2022. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $45,287,445; fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $473,200; fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $29,263; fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $249,893; fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $8,039; and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $2,233 will be obligated at time of award, $731,132 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $45,260,184 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-5407 for procurement of fiscal 2020 Navy Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 depot and intermediate level provisioned items ordered spares. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (41%); Camden, Arkansas (40%); Joplin, Missouri (5%); Anaheim, California (3%); Andover, Massachusetts (3%); Minneapolis, Minnesota (3%); and miscellaneous locations - each less than 1% (5%), and is expected to be completed by March 2023. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy; 67%); fiscal 2018 weapons procurement (Navy; 15%); fiscal 2020 weapons procurement (Navy; 13%); fiscal 2014 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy; 4%); and fiscal 2019 weapons procurement (Navy; 1%) funding in the amount of $45,260,184 will be obligated at time of award, of which, funds in the amount of $36,899,712 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Significance Inc.,* Annapolis, Maryland, is awarded a $40,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for services in support of the Department of the Navy's (DoN) real property management system and financial management systems at various locations in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command area of responsibility, to include overseas locations. The contract provides for a broad range of program support to the DoN for management of all real property, from initial acquisition and receipt, through accountability and custody, until formally relieved of accountability. The initial task order is being awarded at $1,725,665 to provide real property program support, data and systems support and financial systems support for the DoN's real property program and financial system transition. The predominance of work will be performed in the National Capital Region (95%), with other periodic work at various stateside and overseas locations (5%). Work for this task order is expected to be completed by September 2021. The term of the contract is not to exceed 36 months, with an expected completion date of September 2023. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) (O&M,N) contract funds in the amount of $1,725,665 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by O&M,N. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.SAM.gov website with five proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62470-20-D-0019). Patriot Contract Services LLC, Concord, California, is awarded a $36,704,432 modification for the fixed-price portion of previously awarded contract N00033-14-C-3210 to fund the operation and maintenance of eight government-owned, contractor-operated Watson-class large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off ships. The vessels covered under this contract are USNS Watson (T-AKR 310); USNS Sisler (T-AKR 311); USNS Dahl (T-AKR 312); USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR 313); USNS Charlton (T-AKR 314); USNS Watkins (T-AKR 315); USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316); and USNS Soderman (T-AKR 317). This modification exercises the six-month option period to the bridge that was awarded April 1, 2020. The ships will continue to support Military Sealift Command's world-wide prepositioning requirements. Work will be performed at sea worldwide beginning Oct. 1, 2020, and is expected to be completed by March 30, 2021. Working capital funds in the amounts of $34,353,820 (Navy); and $2,350,612 (transportation), totaling 36,704,432, are obligated for fiscal 2021, covering the six-month option period's daily operating hire and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This bridge was not competitively procured and was prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 and 10 U.S. Code § 2304(c)(1). The Navy Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00033-14-C-3210). Vericor Power Systems LLC, Alpharetta, Georgia, is awarded a $29,020,139 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, for the repair of the Navy ETF40B Gas Turbine Power Producer Group (PPG). The PPGs are used on the landing craft, air cushion. The contract will have a five year ordering period. Work will be performed in Winnipeg, Canada (85%); and Alpharetta, Georgia (15%), and is expected to be completed by September 2026. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the total amount of $900,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the fiscal year. In accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), this contract was not competitively procured; only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N64498-20-D-4043). Crowley Government Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, is awarded a $26,290,578 modification for the firm-fixed-price portion of previously awarded contract N62387-15-C-3135 for operation and maintenance of six government-owned maritime prepositioning force vessels: USNS 2nd LT John P. Bobo (T-AK 3008); USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK 3009); USNS 1st LT Baldomero Lopez (T-AK 3010); USNS 1st LT Jack Lummus (T-AK 3011); USNS SGT William R. Button (T-AK 3012); and USNS GYSGT Fred W. Stockham (T-AK 3017). This modification exercises Federal Acquisition Regulation 52-217-8, option to extend services of this contract. The vessels will continue to support Military Sealift Command world-wide prepositioning requirements. Work will be performed at sea worldwide and is expected to be completed, if all options are exercised, by March 31, 2021. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $26,290,578 are obligated for fiscal 2021, and will not expire at the end of the fiscal years. The Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62387-15-C-3135). Lockheed Martin Rotary Mission Systems, Manassas, Virginia, is awarded a $26,099,836 modification to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00178-16-D-3001 for Ship self-defense system design and production. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $74,278,144. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Florida (90%); and Manassas, Virginia (10%), and is expected to be completed by May 2022. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are modified. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting authority. Knight's Armament Co.,* Titusville, Florida, is awarded a $25,652,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of 5.56mm small arms suppressor. This contract provides for 5.56mm small arms suppressors that will be used on the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, M4 Carbine and M4A1 Close Quarter Battle weapon. Work will be performed in Titusville, Florida, with an expected completion date of Sept. 20, 2027. The maximum dollar value, including a base ordering period of five years with two 12-month options, is $25,652,000. Fiscal 2018 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $6,676,971 are being obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole-source, with one offer solicited and one offer received. The statutory authority permitting use of other than full and open competition for this action is 10 U.S. Code § 2304 (c)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-20-D-1719). Saab Inc., East Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $25,229,565 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for the production and delivery of two AN/SPN-50(V)1 Shipboard Air Traffic Radars and one installation and checkout kit for the Navy. Work will be performed in Syracuse, New York, and is expected to be completed in November 2022. Fiscal 2017 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,521,900; and fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $13,707,655, will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-20-C-0072). Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd.,* Middlesex, United Kingdom, is awarded a $24,331,479 firm-fixed-price order (N00421-20-F-0268) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00421-19-G-0004. This order provides for the production and delivery of 482 SKU-10A/A Survival Seat Kit Assemblies for the F-18 series aircraft and 188 SKU-11A/A Survival Seat Kit Assemblies for the T-45 aircraft in support of the Enhanced Emergency Oxygen System. Work will be performed in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be completed in December 2022. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $24,331,479 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nevada, is awarded a $22,000,000 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract M67854-14-D-2521. This modification is for the procurement of multi-function electronic warfare systems, components, prototypes, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), technical data packages and drawings, ancillary engineering support services and system maintenance, repair and sustainment. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $112,000,000. The contract modification is for research and development of ECPs to develop embedded network communication and improve graphic user interface for the existing Marine Corps Modi Family of Systems, which includes the Modi, Modi II and Mounted Vehicle Power Amplifier II systems and ancillaries. Work will be performed in Folsom, California (75%); and Sierra, Nevada (25%), and is expected to be completed by Feb. 26, 2024. Fiscal 2020 research, development, testing and evaluation (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $12,705,467 will be obligated under task order M67854-20-F-2016 immediately following contract modification award and funds will not expire at the end of current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The contract was prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 and 10 U.S. Code § 2304(c)(1). The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity. InSynergy Engineering Inc.,* Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract with a maximum amount of $20,000,000 for architect-engineer (A-E) services for utility systems studies at various locations within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). No task orders are being issued at this time. The work to be performed provides for A-E utility systems studies, including but not limited to, electrical utility system studies; mechanical utility system studies; civil utility system studies; mapping services; system operational modeling; facility project site notional renderings; supervisory control and data acquisition systems and utility operation center studies; and engineering services for various studies with associated multi-discipline A-E support services. Work will be performed at Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Pacific AOR including, but not limited to, Hawaii (20%); Japan (20%); Northwest states (20%); Southwest states (20%); Guam (10%); and Diego Garcia (10%). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of September 2025. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) (O&M,N) contract funds in the amount of $10,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by O&M,N; O&M (Marine Corps); and O&M (Air Force). This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with four proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-20-D-0101). Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $16,505,002 firm-fixed-price order (N00019-20-F-0157) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N000191-9-G-0029. This order provides recurring and non-recurring engineering support associated with the incorporation of 39 deployable configuration changes that align lot one configuration aircraft, via retrofit, with Lot Two and Lot Three low rate initial production aircraft, in support of the CH-53K program. Work will be performed in West Palm Beach, Florida (80%); and Stratford, Connecticut (20%), and is expected to be completed in November 2022. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $16,505,002 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. Raytheon Technologies Missiles and Defense, Marlborough, Massachusetts, is awarded an $11,639,155 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (N00024-20-F-5113) under previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00024-19-G-5107 for the production of Aegis spares and ordnance alteration kits. This order includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this order to $11,796,122. This order combines purchases for the Navy (3%); and the governments of Republic of Korea (79%); Australia (16%); and Spain (2%), under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Work will be performed in Andover, Massachusetts (54%); Chesapeake, Virginia (36%); Marlborough, Massachusetts (9%); and Burlington, Massachusetts (1%), and is expected to be completed by August 2022. FMS (97%); and fiscal 2020 Defense-wide procurement (3%), funding in the amount of $11,639,155 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This order was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1); only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Opportunities and Resources Inc., Wahiawa, Hawaii, is awarded an $11,259,726 modification under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the exercise of Option Four for custodial services at various locations on Oahu, Hawaii. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $52,896,005. The work to be performed provides for custodial services and the work includes, but is not limited to, emptying waste containers, low-area cleaning, high-area cleaning, interior and exterior window cleaning, floor care, restroom cleaning services and building perimeter services for approximately 545 buildings. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and this option period is from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $10,696,952 for recurring work will be obligated on individual task orders during the option period. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl-Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62478-16-D-2452). XOtech LLC,* Tyrone, Georgia, is awarded an $11,138,318 firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials General Services Administration (GSA) task order for integrated logistics distribution support. Work will be performed in Albany, Georgia. Work is expected to be completed by September 2021. If all options are exercised, work will continue through March 2022. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $17,029,445. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $11,138,318 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as a small business set-aside via the GSA eBuy website, with seven proposals received. The Marine Corps Logistics Command, Albany, Georgia, is the contracting activity (M67004-20-F-4111). Sauer Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, is awarded a $10,842,464 firm-fixed-price task order (N40085-20-F-6732) under a firm-fixed-price multiple award construction contract for maintenance facility upgrades at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The project will construct covered parking canopies for protected storage of the new amphibious combat vehicle (ACV) on the existing ramp area and also renovates and upgrades the existing Field Maintenance Facility Building A47 and maintenance bays to support the ACV. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by September 2021. Fiscal 2020 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $10,842,464 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.SAM.gov website with two proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-20-D-0035). Woodward HRT Inc., Santa Clarita, California, is awarded a $10,426,832 delivery order (N00383-20-F-NM0M) under previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00383-18-G-NM01 for the repair of 208 backup hydraulic drive units in support of the V-22. All work will be performed in Santa Clarita, California and work will be completed by September 2023. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $10,426,832 will be obligated at the time of award and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One company was solicited for this sole-source requirement under authority 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity. Krempp Construction Inc.,* Jasper, Indiana, is awarded a $10,440,400 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a railcar holding yard at Naval Support Activity, Crane, Indiana. The work to be performed provides for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) facilities relocation from the new railcar holding yard to the new DLA disposition site. The railcar site work will consist of the demolition of the existing buildings and site features, including but not limited to associated docks, ramp retaining walls and rail track. It will include a new rail holding yard and associated site work, including signage and pavement work. The DLA disposition site work will consist of a new operations building, a new storage building with loading ramp and associated site features, including aggregate and concrete storage areas. Work will be performed at Crane, Indiana, and is expected to be completed by October 2022. Fiscal 2019 military construction (Army) contract funds in the amount of $9,898,400; and working capital fund (Army) contract funds in the amount of $542,000, for a total of $10,440,400, are obligated on this award will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.SAM.gov website with four proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-20-C-0057). Complete Parachute Solutions, Deland, Florida, is awarded a $10,122,840 modification to previously awarded contract M00264-18-C-0007 to exercise Option Year Three for the Multi-Mission Parachute Course. The Multi-Mission Parachute Course provides training and technical support for all Military free-fall training to ensure compliance with all Federal Aviation Administration regulations and Marine Corps orders to safely meet the Marine Corps Training Input requirements. Work will be performed at Coolidge, Arizona, with an expected completion date of September 2021. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $10,122,840 are obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Marine Corps Installation National Capital Region, Regional Contracting Office, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity. Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $9,371,082 cost-plus-fixed-fee order for engineering services and supplies in support of the MK92 Fire Control System. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (8%); and the governments of Saudi Arabia (35%); Taiwan (15%); Egypt (10%); Philippines (6%); Chile (5%); Poland (5%); Turkey (5%); Nigeria (3%); Bahrain (2%); Australia (1%); Bangladesh (1%); Japan (1%); Pakistan (1%); Spain (1%); and Vietnam (1%), under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama (62%); Moorestown, New Jersey (20%); Saudi Arabia (3%); Egypt (2%); Taiwan (2%); Bahrain (1%); Bangladesh (1%); Chile (1%); Japan (1%); Nigeria (1%); Pakistan (1%); Philippines (1%); Poland (1%); Spain (1%); Turkey (1%); and Vietnam (1%), and is expected to be completed by March 2023. FMS (84%); and fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy; 16%), funding in the amount of $1,331,300 will be obligated at time of award, of which, funds in the amount of $255,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1); only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity (N63394-20-F-0019). Oceanit Laboratories Inc.,* Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded an $8,900,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N68335-20-F-0506) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N68335-16-G-0028. This order provides for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III efforts for the continued development of a prototype test unit sensor for integration, test and demonstration with a non-kinetic system under SBIR topic N103-205 titled, “Innovative Imagery Processing Architecture.” Leveraging technology developed under this SBIR topic initiative, this order provides additional engineering support for the continued development of a Trident Saber Staring unit prototype in support of the Office of Naval Research. Work will be performed in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed in September 2023. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Defense wide) funds in the amount of $4,900,000; and fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Defense-wide) funds in the amount of $4,000,000, will be obligated at time of award, $4,000,000 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity. United States Marine Inc.,* Gulfport, Mississippi, is awarded an $8,898,065 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2226 in support of the government of Greece for six 11-meter Naval special warfare rigid-hull inflatable boats, forward looking infrared systems, ship spare parts and other technical assistance. Work will be performed in Gulfport, Mississippi, and is expected to be completed by March 2022. The program is funded by Section 333 building partner capacity security assistance funding in the amount of $8,898,065 and will be obligated at time of award. This U.S appropriated funding will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. In accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(4), this contract was not competitively procured: international agreement. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. DSA LLC,* Gadsden, Alabama, is awarded an $8,695,458 firm-fixed-price contract for grounds maintenance at various installations in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington area of responsibility (AOR). The contract also contains four unexercised options, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $48,190,406. The work to be performed provides for grounds maintenance, street sweeping and snow and ice removal on roads and other paved surfaces. Work will be performed in the NAVFAC Washington AOR, to include Maryland (43%); Virginia (22%); and Washington, D.C. (35%), and is expected to be completed by June 2025. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $8,695,458 will be obligated for the base year beginning October 2020, and will expire at the end of fiscal 2021. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.SAM.gov website with two proposals received. NAVFAC Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contract activity (N40080-20-D-0303). DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Segovia's Distributing Inc.,* El Paso, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $87,750,000 firm-fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fresh fruit and vegetables. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Locations of performance are Texas; and New Mexico, with a Sept. 24, 2025, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Department of Agriculture schools and reservations. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2025 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-20-D-P355). DRS Network and Imaging Services, Melbourne, Florida, has been awarded a $58,082,440 firm-fixed-price, requirements delivery order (SPRRA2-20-F-0132) against nine-year ordering agreement SPRRA2-20-D-0012 for Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem weapon system parts. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 (a)(2). This is a 22-month contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Florida, with a July 31, 2022, performance delivery date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. (Awarded Sept. 24, 2020) ERA Health, doing business as Veterans Health Medical Supply, Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $49,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for medical and surgical supplies. This was a competitive acquisition with 46 responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Texas, with a Sept. 24, 2025, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2025 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE2DE-20-D-2028). Dental Health Products Inc., New Franken, Wisconsin, has been awarded a maximum $43,760,176 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for various medical surgical products. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a one-year base contract with nine one-year option periods. Location of performance is Wisconsin, with a Sept. 26, 2021, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2021 Warstopper funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE2D0-20-D-0019). L3 Technologies Inc., Communication Systems-West, Salt Lake City, Utah, has been awarded a maximum $14,271,100 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, requirements contract for radio frequency and antenna assemblies. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Utah, with a Sept. 25, 2025, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (SPRRA1-20-D-0085). Capps Shoe Co.,* Lynchburg, Virginia, has been awarded a maximum $11,843,250 modification (P00006) exercising the first one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-19-D-1202) with four one-year option periods for men's and women's leather oxford dress shoes. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Virginia, with a Sept. 26, 2021, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2021 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AAR Supply Chain Inc., Wood Dale, Illinois, has been awarded a maximum $11,789,295 firm-fixed-price, one-time buy contract for control and turbine assemblies and diffusers. This was a limited competitive acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 (a)(2). This is a three-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Illinois, with an Oct. 15, 2023, delivery completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2021 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (SPRRA1-20-C-0028). City Light and Power JBLM LLC, Greenwood Village, Colorado, has been awarded a maximum $10,390,548 modification (P00031) to 50-year contract SP0600-18-C-8327, for electric utility services at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. This is a fixed-priced with economic-price-adjustment contract. This modification increases the obligated value from $19,488,611 to $19,541,624. Locations of performance are Colorado; and Washington, with a June 30, 2069, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2069 Army operations and maintenance funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Jedco Inc.,* Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been awarded a maximum $8,344,000 firm-fixed price contract for augmenter support production units for the F100 engine. This was a competitive acquisition with one response received. This is a three-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Michigan, with a Sept. 1, 2023, performance completion date. Using customers are military services in Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 Foreign Military Sales funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (SPRTA1-20-C-0086). Propper International Inc., Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, has been awarded a maximum $7,451,040 modification (P00009) exercising the first one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-19-D-1198) with four one-year option periods for flame resistant trousers. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Puerto Rico, with a Sept. 26, 2021, ordering period end date. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2021 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AIR FORCE L3Harris Technologies Inc., Clifton, New Jersey, has been awarded a $41,240,957 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursement-no-fee contract for AN/ALQ-172 Line Replaceable Unit (LRU)-21. This contract provides for the development of a form, fit function and interface redesign of the AN/ALQ-172 LRU. Work will be performed in Clifton, New Jersey, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 9, 2023. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 consolidated sustainment activity group-engineering funds in the amount of $14,760,184 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Sustainment Center, Targeting and Electronic Warfare, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8522-20-C-0001). https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2362207/

  • Collins’ virtual dogfighting training system flies on US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet

    February 5, 2021 | International, Aerospace, Naval

    Collins’ virtual dogfighting training system flies on US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet

    By Garrett Reim The US Navy has completed the first in-flight test of Collins Aerospace's Tactical Combat Training System II (TCTS II), a system that could become the brains behind future large-scale virtual dogfights. The service tested the system on a US Navy (USN) F/A-18E Super Hornet at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, Collins Aerospace says. TCTS II's wing-tip mounted pods, integrated into ground stations and onboard computers, allow naval aviators to dogfight without actually firing a shot. The system allows virtual firing of missiles and guns. The system features a number of improvements versus older combat training systems, Collins said on 1 February. Unlike prior legacy systems, “TCTS II connects to the aircraft weapons bus securely, which provides access to classified aircraft data, and then pushes and pulls data,” says the company. “When it pushes data, it stimulates aircraft systems and sensors, so the pilot thinks they are engaging with real threats.” It can simulate situations where the aviator uses a jet's active electronically scanned array radar or infrared search-and-track sensor. The system can also simulate a number of weapons, from unclassified operational munitions to those classified Top Secret. And, TCTS II can deliver real-time kill notifications. “What starts the simulation is when the pilot pulls the trigger in the aircraft just like in a real mission,” says Collins. “It also sends a signal to the ground and range training officer's screen, showing them a sim weapon has been launched. Algorithms then run that calculation, the likelihood of a good shot in percentages, and display that to the range training officer.” The simulation also can be manipulated by personnel on the ground. “The range training officer can then decide if they want that shot to count – and remove the targeted platform from the exercise – or overrule the simulation to allow that platform to continue fighting for training purposes,” says Collins. “The shot would then be debriefed later with all interested parties and the accuracy of the shots can then be discussed.” During combat training simulations, TCTS II collects data that can later be reviewed to develop new tactics, techniques and procedures. Collins claims this speeds up development times to a “matter of weeks, instead of months or years”. TCTS II can simulate a variety of combat training, from two-on-two dogfights to exercises with more than 200 participants, the company says. It can also simulate threats from ground-based weapons. The first flight of TCTS II on the F/A-18E is part of the developmental test phase. Collins anticipates it will pave the way for a USN production decision later this year. The system is expected to be qualified on every aircraft in the service's fleet, including Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters. https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/collins-dogfighting-training-system-flies-on-us-navy-f/a-18e-super-hornet/142275.article

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