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  October 18, 2022 | International, Naval

  Les drones sont l'avenir du combat en mer, pour le patron de Naval Group

  Pierre-Eric Pommellet explique que le renouvellement de la flotte française assure à l'industriel un plan de charge élevé, en dépit de la perte du contrat australien. La guerre en Ukraine a démontré la nécessité de protéger ses côtes et d'avoir une flotte modernisée. Elle devra être complétée par des drones marins, qui feront l'objet d'un centre de recherches et de production dans le Var.

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  January 29, 2021 | International, Aerospace

  Future Fighter Investment Is Keeping Eurocanards Competitive

  Tony Osborne Europe may be gearing up for the development of two next-generation combat aircraft, but its trio of so-called Eurocanards have managed to hold sway in the international fighter market. As little as five years ago, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter seemed set to rule the roost in Europe, and the production of the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale was deliberately drip-fed as industry extended production in hopes of securing a place in future fighter contests. Today, however, production of both types looks assured: Export sales and top-up orders from domestic nations will take production of both aircraft well into the late 2020s and their service lives out to 2060-70. Meanwhile, development of Saab's Gripen E continues apace, and the aircraft it was supposed to replace, the C/D model, now looks set to enjoy a career with the Swedish Air Force into the 2030s, paving the way for a new upgrade path into a future as a firm fixture on the international fighter market. “There has been a confluence of military, political, financial and industrial considerations that has kept these aircraft in production,” says Douglas Barrie, senior fellow for military aerospace at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. Because these platforms were originally designed for Cold War-era threats, the expectation was that if the Cold War had continued, the successors to these platforms would have already entered the inventory or at least been well into development. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting reduction in tensions instead saw the pace of fighter development slacken. Financial concerns put future fighter needs on the back burner, and largely incremental upgrades were delivered by industry to keep their skills ready for future programs. “In recent years, however, the deterioration in the security environment and renewed concerns with Russia have given the European fighters and their American counterparts a second wind,” Barrie says. The F-35 is another key factor. Some European countries view the U.S. fighter as a threat to their national industry and sovereignty, and the type is perceived as having strings attached to security and operational uses. Furthermore, the cost of operation has so far been high, and the weaponry options that come with European platforms are not available on U.S. platforms. Both the Eurofighter and the Gripen, however, are integrated with many different U.S. munitions. All three European fighters can now use the ramjet-powered MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, and export customers can also access standoff weapons such as the Storm Shadow, Scalp and Taurus KEPD 350 air-launched cruise missiles, all largely free of strict U.S. regulation—a significant element for Middle East customers. Yet even with their replacements now on the distant horizon, the future development road map for the three European fighters appears more certain than ever. Both the French-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) and the UK-Italian-Swedish Tempest initiatives look set to benefit the platforms they will replace. French plans call for the Rafale to remain in service until 2070, supplementing the New-Generation Fighter (NGF), which will be at the heart of the Future Combat Air System when it enters service around 2040 (AW&ST Nov. 25-Dec. 8, 2019, p. 46). The F4 upgrade for the Rafale includes improvements to the aircraft's communications suite and delivers additional weaponry. The F5 upgrade, meanwhile, planned for the early 2030s, will enable the Rafale to make use of the FCAS' remote-carrier concept and introduce a virtual cognitive assistant to support the pilot in high-workload situations. Work on the artificial intelligence is already underway through the Man-Machine Teaming advanced study program launched by Thales and Dassault in March 2018. Plans for F6 and F7 upgrades, likely to emerge in the 2040s, are envisioned to align with the upgrade path for the NGF. One of the drivers for the Rafale's retention is France's aim to have a two-type fighter fleet: one to meet high-end threats and another lower-cost platform to take on less complex threats. Currently, the Rafale takes that lead role, and the Dassault Mirage 2000 supplements it, but once the NGF enters service, the Rafale will augment that platform. A wave of Rafale orders has helped to sustain that development activity, led first by Egypt and Qatar and then followed by India after the long-drawn-out agreements were finalized. Greece joined the Rafale operators club in January, the first European customer outside France to do so, with an order for 18, including several second-hand aircraft from French Air Force stocks. The Rafale is also in contention in Finland and Switzerland, and an export deal is said to be close in Indonesia. Top-up orders from France are in the offing, too: Twelve are on order to offset those aircraft being delivered to Greece, while another 30 Rafales are planned for delivery in 2027-30. The four Eurofighter partner nations—Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK—managed to draw out production for domestic use over 17 years, keeping production warm for potential future orders. This was a strategy that finally paid off in 2016: Kuwait ordered 28 aircraft, and a year later Qatar ordered 24. The two orders boosted the business case for investment in an active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the aircraft, and Germany's Quadriga order will bring new enhancements to the AESA sensor. The order for 38 Tranche 4 Eurofighters to replace its Tranche 1 fleet keeps the production lines and platform development moving and adds an improved AESA radar and updated electronic warfare systems to the type's optional extras list. Another top-up order should come later this year from Spain, whose Halcon requirement calls for the purchase of an additional 20 airframes. The Eurofighter also will benefit from both the Tempest and FCAS development streams, but much of how this will pan out is still subject to agreement among the four nations. Jointly, they have been studying proposals for the Eurofighter's Long-Term Evolution (LTE) described as a midlife update for the platform. Studies for the LTE, launched by the four-nation consortium at the Paris Air Show in 2019, aim to expand on the performance-enhancement packages already being rolled out across the fleet and build on the fighter's mission-system architecture, defensive-aids suite and human-machine interface. The LTE studies also will consider a wide-area display cockpit as well as the integration of new weapons and enhanced engine performance. LTE will likely feature on the planned Tranche 5 Typhoons that Germany wants to introduce to replace its Panavia Tornado fleet. Airbus has suggested the first LTE aircraft could fly in 2027-28. Other opportunities are in the offing, too. Like the Rafale, the Eurofighter is competing in Finland and Switzerland, and the potential exists for further orders from the Middle East. Saudi Arabia might use the platform to replace its Tornado fleet, which is due to exit service around 2030. Agreements signed by Riyadh in 2018 for another 48 aircraft are yet to be exercised. Output from the LTE study has been submitted to Eurofighter customers for review and consideration, Eurofighter's head of strategic marketing, Raffael Klaschka, tells Aviation Week. “We are actively supporting that process, and we will continue to do so until it concludes. . . . A positive outcome will allow us to progress toward the next phase of the program and bring Typhoon LTE aircraft into service through the latter half of the decade,” Klaschka says. “We are confident that the LTE study report contains cost-effective long-term solutions that will maintain Typhoon's position as a world-leading multirole fighter aircraft, providing the foundation for the continued development of the weapon system well into the 2060s.” In support of the FCAS introduction, Airbus is proposing a combat cloud network for both the Eurofighter and Rafale that would be ready for operations in 2030 and might even pave the way for use of remote carriers—unmanned aircraft that are envisaged to accompany the FCAS into hostile airspace. The UK also is discussing the use of its Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft alongside the Typhoon as an additive capability before the Tempest enters service. Additionally, the UK is advancing plans for a more capable AESA radar with an electronic-attack capability (AW&ST Sept. 14-27, 2020, p. 28). Development of Saab's Gripen E is continuing rapidly; efforts are now taking place across two continents with the arrival of Brazil's first aircraft in-country in late 2020. Saab views the Gripen E as a new-generation fighter aircraft. Because of the differences between the E and C/D models, the company argues there are now four Eurocanards. Although production of the Gripen C/D is currently on ice, Saab has said it could quickly restart production should new orders for the older version emerge. “Gripen E is a completely new aircraft,” says Mikael Franzen, vice president and head of marketing and sales at Saab's aeronautics business. “Of course, we use this very optimized configuration that we have on Gripen, but we have redesigned the complete airframe internally. . . . Pretty much every system in there has been redesigned.” The Gripen E is a stockier, heavier machine than its predecessor. Broader wing roots allow it to carry 40% more fuel, and wider air intakes feed the more powerful General Electric F414-GE-39E turbofan engine. Two additional belly-mounted pylons expand weapon load capacity, while faceted wingtip pods feature an enhanced electronic-warfare capability. Its empty weight is up by 1,200 kg (2,650 lb.) to 8,000 kg, and all-up weight is increased by 2,500 kg to 16,500 kg, yet the jet has been designed to remain within the strict parameters that allow the Swedish Air Force to use the newer version from its network of austere bases and road runways. Internally, Saab has focused on the development of advanced sensor and electronic-warfare capability, while a federated architecture separates critical flight control systems from the tactical systems. Saab says the federated approach will make the Gripen E's avionics and mission systems more easily and quickly upgradable; tactical upgrades could be written, tested and installed in weeks rather than months or even years. “The technology is working, and we are talking weeks rather than months or years for upgrades,” Franzen says. The challenge will be for customers to adapt to this new rapid pace of change. Air forces will need to develop ways to approve the new upgrades and then train their pilots to be able to fight with the modified aircraft, Franzen adds. The Gripen E's new sensors should allow it to surpass the capability of the Gripen C/D when it reaches the front line in 2023. Among the systems onboard is what Saab refers to as human-machine collaboration: If the pilot is focused on an air-to-ground task, for instance, the aircraft systems will continue to monitor the aerial picture and warn the pilot if a potential threat emerges ahead. Sweden would like the aircraft to be able to carry a standoff weapon by the end of the decade, and Brazil sees its Gripen Es carrying a cruise missile, the domestically developed MICLA-BR, in the coming years. Meanwhile, the Swedish government's decision to keep 40 Gripen C/D aircraft in service to supplement the Gripen E fleet in response to the enhanced threat posed by a resurgent Russia has prompted Stockholm to consider how to keep the older, smaller Gripen model relevant into the 2030s, which could bolster its chances on the international market once again, too. The last Gripen C/D sale was to Thailand 13 years ago, but the fighter has struggled to find a sale since; at least one country has cited a lack of AESA on Gripen C/D as a reason for its rejection. Saab subsequently self-developed and flew an X-band AESA in the Gripen last year, and that could form part of the platform's development road map, particularly for the retained Swedish fleet. Franzen says the study work will initially focus on removing obsolescence from the aircraft before looking at capability areas. “We will, of course, try to get all of the ground support system [and] planning stations into one track to support both aircraft,” he says. The Gripen E orderbook stands at 96 aircraft: 60 for Sweden and 36 for Brazil. But Brazil has ambitions to double or triple that number. Like its European rivals, the Gripen is competing hard for Finnish requirements. Saab is developing a road map for the Gripen E, likely to build off Sweden's partnership with the UK and Italy on the Tempest technology work. Both British and Italian industry have cited Sweden's experience with the rapid development of the Gripen E as a key ingredient to achieving success with the Tempest. Ironically, after years of ferocious competition, Europe's fourth-generation fighters will be intrinsically linked together and will end up sharing technologies developed through the political and industrial links established to help replace them. https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/future-fighter-investment-keeping-eurocanards-competitive

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  August 30, 2019 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security

  Contract Awards by US Department of Defense - August 29, 2019

  DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Arthrex Inc., Naples, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $375,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for hospital equipment and accessories for the Defense Logistics Agency electronic catalog. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. This was a competitive acquisition with 89 responses received; 21 contracts have been awarded to date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and other federal organizations. Location of performance is Florida, with a Sept. 1, 2024, performance completion date. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2019 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE2DH-19-D-0014). Meggitt Defense Systems Inc., Irvine, California, has been awarded a maximum $22,189,186 firm-fixed-price contract for magazine assemblies for the Apache AH-64. 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 one-time procurement contract, which includes a quantity option which was exercised at time of award. Location of performance is California, with an April 15, 2021, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2019 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren, Michigan (SPRDL1-19-C-0250). ARMY Warbud SA SKE Support Services GMBH MATO, Warszawa, Poland (W912GB-19-D-0056); Bryan 77 Construction JV, Colorado Springs, Colorado (W912GB-19-D-0058); BBGS SP ZOO, Warszawa, Poland (W912GB-19-D-0057); Wolff & Mueller Government Services GMBH, Stuttgart, Germany (W912GB-19-D-0059); Oxford Federal Doraco Construction JV, Castle Rock, Colorado (W912GB-19-D-0060); and Zafer Taahhut Insaat Ve Ticaret Anonim, Ankara, Turkey (W912GB-19-D-0061), will compete for each order of the $249,950,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design-build and design-bid-build for real property repair, maintenance and construction services throughout the Republic of Poland. Bids were solicited via the internet with 15 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 29, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wiesbaden, Germany, is the contracting activity. S.J. Amoroso Construction Co. Inc., Redwood City, California, was awarded a $143,594,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Department of Veteran's Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System construction. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in French Camp, California, with an estimated completion date of April 20, 2022. Fiscal 2016 civil construction funds in the amount of $143,594,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, California, is the contracting activity (W91238-19-C-0013). Jacobs Technology Inc., Tullahoma, Tennessee, was awarded a $97,762,528 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for test support services. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2020. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91CRB-15-D-0018). Battistella SPA, Pordenone, Italy (W912GB-19-D-0045); BB Government Services SRL, Vicenza, Italy (W912GB-19-D-0046); Environmental Chemical Corp. Italy, Limena, Italy (W912GB-19-D-0047); Eiffage Infraestructuras SA, Sevilla, Spain (W912GB-19-D-0048); JV SKE ITALY 2012, Vicenza, Italy (W912GB-19-D-0049); Tiber River Construction LLC, McLean, Virginia (W912GB-19-D-0050); and Consorzio WMC, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy (W912GB-19-D-0051), will compete for each order of the $49,950,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design-build and design-bid-build services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 12 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 28, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wiesbaden, Germany, is the contracting activity. Semper Tek Inc.,* Lexington, Kentucky, was awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 13 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 29, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Georgia, is the contracting activity (W912HN-19-D-4002). Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was awarded a $40,333,758 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for software development, updates, and improvements to include development, engineering, and technical support. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2024. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W56KGY-19-D-0022). Lockheed Martin Global Inc., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $25,165,589 firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales (Saudi Arabia) contract for procurement of Armor Corps Advanced Gunnery Training systems and contractor logistics support. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida; and Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2022. Fiscal 2017 funds in the amount of $25,165,589 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity (W900KK-19-C-0052). MW Builders Inc., Pflugerville, Texas, was awarded a $23,477,000 firm-fixed-price contract for barracks renovation and modernization. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 28, 2020. Fiscal 2010 military construction funds in the amount of $23,477,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the contracting activity (W912DQ-19-C-4012). MEB General Contractors Inc., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $20,557,000 firm-fixed-price contract for a truck fueling system. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 19, 2021. Fiscal 2017 and 2018 military construction funds in the amount of $20,557,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Georgia, is the contracting activity (W912HN-19-C-3009). General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $19,027,802 modification (P00086) to contract W56HZV-17-C-0067 P00086 for Abrams systems technical support. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 28, 2020. Fiscal 2017, 2018 and 2019 operations and maintenance, Army; and procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, Army funds in the amount of $19,027,802 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity. PRIDE Industries, Roseville, California, was awarded a $17,421,355 modification (P00015) to contract W9124G-18-C-0005 for base operation support. Work will be performed in Fort Rucker, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2023. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $2,877,369 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Rucker, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Meridian Engineering Co., Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $16,950,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Homeland Security Border Patrol facilities and tactical infrastructure. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Sales, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of July 7, 2020. Fiscal 2019 civil construction funds in the amount of $16,950,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, California, is the contracting activity (W912PL-19-C-0031). Cerebral,* Des Moines, Iowa (W91243-19-D-0001); Ironhide Construction Inc.,* Lincoln, Nebraska (W91243-19-D-0002); Kingery Construction Co.,* Lincoln, Nebraska (W91243-19-D-0003); L&J Building Co. LLC,* Kansas City, Missouri (W91243-19-D-0004); K&S LLC,* Souix City, Iowa (W91243-19-D-0005); Nemaha Landscape Construction,* Lincoln, Nebraska (W91243-19-D-0006); Pro-Mark Services Inc.,* West Fargo, North Dakota (W91243-19-D-0007); RGC Constructors Inc.,* Omaha, Nebraska (W91243-19-D-0008); and Venus Unlimited LLC,* Waverly, Nebraska (W91243-19-D-0009), will compete for each order of the $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction projects in support of the National Guard. Bids were solicited via the internet with 13 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 28, 2024. U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer Nebraska, is the contracting activity. The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $14,746,801 modification (P00033) to contract W58RGZ-16-C-0023 for the remanufacture of Longbow Crew trainers and spares. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2025. Fiscal 2017 aircraft procurement, Army funds in the amount of $14,746,801 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Southeast Asia Systems Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $10,843,249 modification (P00019) to Foreign Military Sales (Kuwait) contract W31P4Q-16-C-0022 for technical assistance, planning, training, maintenance and sustainment of the Kuwait Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target (PATRIOT) missile weapon systems, associated PATRIOT equipment, and PATRIOT logistics support elements. One bid were solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Andover, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2020. Fiscal 2019 other funds in the combined amount of $10,843,249 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Kokosing Construction Co./O'Brien & Gere JV, Fredericktown, Ohio, was awarded a $10,268,652 firm-fixed price contract for construction management services that include extensive water treatment management services and dredging material disposal. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2020. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W912P6-16-D-0004). Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Fullerton, California, was awarded a $9,306,511 modification (P00010) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0044 for field service representatives to deploy, operate, and sustain Sentinel Radars. Work will be performed in Fullerton, California, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2020. Fiscal 2019 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $9,306,511 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. CORRECTION: A $38,441,877 contract award to Diversified Technical Systems Inc., Seal Beach, California (W900KK-19-D-0011), was announced Aug. 28, 2019, with an incorrect estimated completion date. The correct estimated completion date is Aug. 27, 2024. All other information in the announcement is correct. DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY Oracle America Inc., Redwood Shores, California, is awarded a competitive single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for Integrated Processor Capacity Services - SPARC Compatible (IPCS-SC). The contract ceiling is $137,837,975. The period of performance (PoP) consists of a five-year base period and five one-year option periods, for a total contract life cycle of ten years. The PoP for the base period is Sept. 3, 2019, through Sept. 2, 2024, and the option years follow consecutively through Sept. 2, 2029. Performance will be at current Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) data centers or future DISA or DISA-approved locations where DISA assumes an operational responsibility for support of mission partner service requirements. Solicitation HC1084-18-R-0010 was posted on the internet as competitive action and one proposal was received. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. NAVY Stanley Consultants Inc., Muscatine, Iowa, is awarded a maximum amount $95,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architectural design and engineering services for industrial type facilities in the Naval Facilities and Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA) area of responsibility and also worldwide. No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed at locations worldwide. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of August 2024. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) 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 military construction funds. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with five proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62470-19-D-5014). Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida, is awarded $68,883,048 for modification P00008 to previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract (N00019-18-C-1037). This modification is for non-recurring engineering and obsolescence management to support delivery of 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye full-rate production Lot 7 – 11 aircraft. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Florida (33%); Syracuse, New York (19%); St. Augustine, Florida (6%); Falls Church, Virginia (6%); Beavercreek, Ohio (6%); El Segundo, California (5%); Woodland Hills, California (3%); Indianapolis, Indiana (3%); Menlo Park, California (3%); Edgewood, New York (3%); Pomezia, Italy (2%); and Ronkonkima, New York (2%), Aire-Sur-L'Adour, France (2%); Grand Rapids, Michigan (1%); Irvine, California (1%); Independence, Ohio (1%); New Port Richey, Florida (1%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (3%). Work is expected to be completed no later than January 2023. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy); and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $68,883,048 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. L3 Electronic Devices Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $33,082,096 five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with both firm-fixed-priced and cost-plus-fixed-fee line items for the production, repair and engineering services of the Aegis Cross Field Amplifiers. The Cross Field Amplifiers are microwave tubes installed in the AN/SPY-1 radar system used on board the DDG51 Class AEGIS destroyers and CG 52 Class AEGIS cruisers. The AN/SPY-1 radar is an air/surface search and tracking system and is used for ballistic missile defense requirements. Work will be performed in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be complete by August 2024. Fiscal 2019 and 2018 other procurement (Navy); and fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $2,165,183 will be obligated at time of award and funding in the amount of $728,847 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a restricted competition procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 - only one responsible source or a limited number of responsible sources. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-19-D-WP70). Communications and Power Industries, Beverly, Massachusetts, is awarded a $30,938,890 five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with both firm-fixed-priced and cost-plus-fixed-fee line items for the production, repair and engineering services of the Aegis Cross Field Amplifiers (CFA). The CFAs are used in the AN/SPY-1B/D/D(V) radar. The CFAs are microwave tubes installed in the AN/SPY-1 radar system used on board the DDG51 Class AEGIS Destroyers and CG 52 Class AEGIS Cruisers. The AN/SPY-1 radar is an air/surface search and tracking system and is used for ballistic missile defense requirements. Work will be performed in Beverly, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by August 2024. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Navy); and fiscal 2019 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $2,029,440 is being obligated at time of award and funding in the amount of $679,728 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is a restricted competition procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 - only one responsible source or a limited number of responsible sources. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-19-D-WP27). CH2M—Burns & McDonnell JV, Englewood, Colorado, is awarded a maximum amount $15,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, architect-engineering contract for architectural design and engineering services for air operations and to support facility modernization located throughout the Naval Facilities Engineering Command area of responsibility worldwide. The work to be performed provides for architectural design and engineering services for air operations and support facilities predominantly for sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects, but also including military construction projects and airfield assessments. Work will be performed worldwide. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of August 2024. Navy working capital funds in the amount of $5,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. No task orders are being issued at this time. Future task orders will be primarily funded by the Navy working capital funds. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62470-19-D-5023). Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, is awarded a $14,092,012 modification for the cost-plus-fixed-fee portion of a previously awarded contract (M67854-16-C-0211) for software release and advanced emplacement displacement simultaneous motion component required to support ongoing Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar Gallium Nitride efforts in support of Program Executive Officer Land Systems, Quantico, Virginia. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland (66%); and East Syracuse, New York (34%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 28, 2020. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $4,455,332 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $228,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured, in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), with only one proposal solicited and one proposal received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-16-C-0211). Provengo LLC, * Merrick, New York, is awarded a $13,702,500 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of up to a maximum 70,000 tropical boots. Work will be performed in Merrick, New York, and is expected to be complete by August 2024. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $19,575 will be obligated on the first delivery order immediately following contract award and funds will expire the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-19-D-1604). Bahfed Corp.,* Portland, Oregon (N68936-19-D-0042); Laguna Components Inc.,* Laguna Beach, California (N68936-19-D-0043); Centeva LLC,* South Jordan, Utah (N68936-19-D-0044); and Unistar-Sparco Computers, Millington, Tennessee (N68936-19-D-0045), are each awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts. These contracts provide various types of commercially available digital information technology and services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake's Energetics Department (Code 470000D). The estimated cumulative aggregate ceiling for all contracts is $11,500,000 with the companies having an opportunity to compete for individual orders under the individual functional areas for which they competed. Work will be performed at various contractor facilities within the continental U.S., and is expected to be completed in August 2024. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. These contracts were competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals, as a small business set-aside, with a total of nine offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, California, is the contracting activity. Atlantic Diving Supply Inc.,* Virginia Beach, Virginia, is awarded an $11,104,250 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of up to a maximum 70,000 tropical boots. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by August 2024. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $15,860 will be obligated on the first delivery order immediately following contract award, and funds will expire the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-19-D-1538). IAP World Services Inc., Cape Canaveral, Florida, is awarded a $10,950,782 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support services at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. The work to be performed provides for management and administration, air operations, supply, facilities support (to include facility management, facility investment, integrated solid waste management, swimming pools, special events), utilities (to include utility management, wastewater, water) and environmental. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and two option periods, is $20,879,122. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by June 2020. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds for $7,357,718 for recurring work will be obligated on individual task orders issued during the base period of the contract extension. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N40080-14-D-0302). The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded $10,926,195 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order N00019-19-F-2496 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-16-G-0001). This order provides for Tactical Open Mission Software Airborne Weapons Simulator (AWS) software capability for the P-8A to serve as a training tool for the combat aircrews. Tasking will consist of the design, development, test and integration, configuration management, and all logistics support elements of the AWS software update. Work will be performed in Puget Sound, Washington, and is expected to be completed in January 2022. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,926,195 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. AT&T Government Solutions Inc., Vienna, Virginia, is awarded an $8,132,606 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N66001-17-C-0295) to exercise Option Two for continuation of services and sustainment support of Navy Enterprise 911 Routing and Management Service. This modification increases the estimated value of the contract from $13,845,920 to $21,978,526. Work will be performed throughout the continental U.S.; Commander Navy Region, Hawaii; and Commander Joint Region, Marianas. Work is expected to be completed Aug. 28, 2020. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,132,606 will be obligated funds at the time of award. Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity. Integrated Systems Development Corp.,* Glen Allen, Virginia, is awarded a $7,034,345, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for facility support services at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, District of Columbia. The work to be performed provides for facility management, facility investment, fire protection, janitorial, pest control, ground maintenance, street sweeping and snow removal services. The maximum dollar value including the base period, four option years and an option to extend services is $38,957,271. Work will be performed in Washington, District of Columbia, and is expected to be completed by February 2025. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $2,461,675 for recurring work will be obligated on individual task orders issued during the base period. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with four proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N40080-19-D-0303). U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) of Poway, California. was awarded a maximum $78,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H92403-18-D-0006) with firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract line items with potential maximum estimated values of $93,000,000 for the integration and testing support for the Medium Altitude Long Endurance Tactical (MALET) MQ-9 and MQ-1C Special Operations Forces Peculiar (SOF-p) modifications; procurement of GA-ASI developed and produced aircraft modification kits; and analysis and studies to inform government decision on potential future MALET MQ-9 and MQ-1C SOF-p modifications. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation; procurement; or operation and maintenance funding may be used depending on the requirement. The ordering period for this contract is valid for five years. The majority of work will be performed in Poway and is expected to be completed by September 2023. This contract was awarded in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Authority 6.302-1, - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting activity. 9Line LLC,* of Tampa, Florida, was awarded a $10,262,787 firm-fixed-price contract (H92222-19-C-0007) to provide non-clinical case management and advocate training support for wounded, ill and injured Special Operations Forces Recovering Service Members (RSMs). The focus areas are in recovery care coordination, military adaptive sports, benevolence, career transition and operations as it relates to the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Warrior Care Program. This contract also contains four unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase the cumulative contract value to $59,029,287. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds will be used for funding of the base year subject to the availability of funds. The work will be performed in 20 locations throughout the U.S. and overseas, and if all options are exercised, will continue through fiscal 2024. This contract was awarded competitively as a service-disabled, veteran-owned, small business set aside with seven proposals received. U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting activity. AIR FORCE Honeywell International Inc. Aerospace, Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded a $23,522,971 firm-fixed-price contract for the repair and upgrade of the C-5M Super Galaxy's Versatile Integrated Avionics/Avionics Integrated Units (VIA/AIU) repair and upgrade. This contract provides for the repair and upgrade of the existing 903 and 904 configuration VIA/AIUs to the 905 configuration. The C-5M VIA/AIU repair and upgrade effort is a key component to the overall core mission computer/weather radar aircraft modification/installation kit. Work will be performed at Phoenix, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by July 5, 2022. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 aircraft procurement funds for a total amount of $17,107,578 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8625-19-F-6803). Northrup Grumman, Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $19,077,364 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order for Product Data Management and Migration Support Services. This contract provides for all labor, supplies and technical support services necessary to operate and maintain Robins Air Force Base product data hardware and software; to aid government customers in managing and executing technical data generation, acceptance and sustainment activities, processes, and products within the product data environment; and to support data improvement, cleansing and migration efforts necessary to prepare data for transition into modernized and/or U.S. Air Force (USAF) enterprise‐level systems, such as the Enhanced Technical Information Management System, the Technical Order Authoring and Publishing initiative, solutions resulting from the USAF Product Lifecycle Management Initiative and other system solutions which may result from system and data center consolidation activities. Work will be performed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 9, 2020. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $19,077,364.00 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Sustainment Center ‐ Robins Operational Maintenance Contracting, Warner Robins, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8501‐19‐F‐A060). DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Pohaku Pacific LLC,* Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity single award contract with a maximum of $21,830,133. HT0038-19-D-0001 provides program management, enterprise sustainment and license maintenance of the Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV) software. This effort has an eight-month base period of performance with one 24-month optional ordering period, and one 22-month optional ordering period. The estimated completion date is March 31, 2024. Work location is task order dependent but primarily will occur at Honolulu, Hawaii. The base task order will be funded by fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds. This contract was non-competitively solicited. The contracting activity is the Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia. Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia, was awarded a $12,464,707 firm-fixed-price contract modification exercising Option Period Three on previously awarded task order HT0011-16-F-0011 for integrated professional services across the Military Health System (MHS). The underlying task order provides professional services to support acceleration of the transformation of the MHS to be a High Reliability Organization. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $12,464,707 are being obligated, increasing the overall value of the task order to $52,483,548. The total potential value of the task order, if all options are exercised, is $64,215,727. The Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Aug. 21, 2019) *Small Business https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/1948303/source/GovDelivery/