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  • The Air Force’s robot pilot returns to the skies

    September 29, 2020 | International, Aerospace, C4ISR

    The Air Force’s robot pilot returns to the skies

    Nathan Strout A developmental robot pilot that transforms manned aircraft into unmanned systems is flying again after the Air Force Research Laboratory took its ROBOpilot out for a test flight at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, Sept. 24. ROBOpilot's name belies the simplicity of the program. In order to turn a manned aircraft into an unmanned one, AFRL simply replaces the human pilot with a robot who interacts with the aircraft controls the same way a human would: it can pull the yoke, press pedals to control rudders and brakes, adjust the throttle and flip switches. In addition to the robot's own internal GPS and inertial measurement unit, the system scans the gauges on the dashboard for information about the aircraft and its position, processing that information with a computer to independently fly the plane. Importantly, ROBOpilot requires no permanent modifications. All operators need to do is remove the pilots' seats and replace them with ROBOpilot. And if users determine that they want to return the aircraft to a manned mission, ROBOpilot is simply removed and the pilots' seats are reinstalled. The robotic system is the result of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) award granted to DZYNE Technologies by the AFRL's Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI). Despite a successful first flight in August 2019, the system was later grounded after it maintained damage during a landing mishap. “The CRI and DZYNE team analyzed the findings and incorporated the recommendations to ensure the success of this latest test,” said Marc Owens, CRI's program manager for ROBOpilot. “We determined the cause of the mishap, identified the best course of corrective action and we're very pleased to be flight testing again.” Since then, ROBOpilot has been cleared to fly again and installed in a new Cessna 206. On Sept. 24, the system returned to the skies for a 2.2 hour test flight over Utah. “Since this is a completely new build with a different Cessna 206, we re-accomplished the flight test points completed on our first flight last year,” Owen explained. “ROBOpilot is too good an idea to let the mishap derail the development of this technology.” https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2020/09/28/the-air-forces-robot-pilot-returns-to-the-skies/

  • Contract Awards by US Department of Defense – September 28, 2020

    September 29, 2020 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security, Other Defence

    Contract Awards by US Department of Defense – September 28, 2020

    AIR FORCE The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $1,110,220,291 modification (P00039) to previously awarded contract FA8802-19-C-0001 for systems engineering and integration support for the National Space Community. This modification provides for the exercise of Option Year Two for fiscal 2021 services being procured under the multiple year contract. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2021. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $3,268,568,356. The U.S. Space Force, Space and Missile Systems Center, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity. The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $39,568,072 undefinitized contract action (UCA) modification (P00221) to contract FA8625-11-C-6600 for KC-46 engineering, manufacturing, and development. This provides for the modification of the existing UCA awarded under modification P00206 and provides for qualification test of the components and full life qualification of the actuator, as well as for conducting lab test, ground test and flight test verifications. Work will be performed in Seattle, and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2023. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $16,269,033 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. Lockheed Martin Corp., Syracuse, New York, has been awarded a $25,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Atmospheric Early Warning System AN/FPS-117 radar program. This contract provides for contractor logistics support and radar hardware/spares procurement. Work will be performed in Syracuse, New York, as well as various sites in Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Utah. The work is expected to be complete by March 2026. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $3,946,336 are being obligated at the time of award. Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8217-20-D-0006). Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a $12,947,292 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development. This contract provides for the Database Optimization Sustainment program to advance the Compact Automatic Target Recognition and Sustainable Environment technology foundation to deliver high-performing air and ground target combat identification systems. Work will be performed in Reston, Virginia, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be complete by Oct. 30, 2025. This award is a result of a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $196,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson, Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-20-C-1143). CDW Government LLC, Vernon Hills, Illinois, has been awarded a $10,236,014 firm-fixed-price delivery order contract for hardware and software components. This contract provides for Hyper Converged Infrastructure Cloud Based Training Range hardware and software components, the combination of which is called a “POD,” essential to conduct hands-on training for cyber weapon systems initial qualification. Work will be performed at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, and Hurlburt Field, Florida, and is expected to be complete by May 31, 2021. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and three offers were received. Fiscal 2020 procurement funds in the amount of $10,236,000 will be obligated at the time of award. The 38th Contracting Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA877320F0156). CORRECTION: The contract announced Sept. 23, 2020, for Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Virginia, (FA8204-20-F-0079) had the incorrect contract award dollar amount. The contract was for $22,803,158. NAVY Lockheed Martin Corp., a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $709,792,854 modification (P00006) to previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target advance acquisition contract N00019-20-C-0009. This modification provides for the procurement of economic order quantities of material in support of F-35 Lightning II aircraft low rate initial production Lots 15, 16 and 17 for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60%); El Segundo, California (14%); Warton, United Kingdom (9%); Cameri, Italy (4%); Orlando, Florida (4%); Nashua, New Hampshire (3%); Baltimore, Maryland (3%); San Diego, California (2%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (1%), and is expected to be completed in May 2026. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $260,380,000; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $245,412,998; non-DoD participant funds in the amount of $141,758,199; and FMS funds in the amount of $62,241,657, 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. General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $215,655,632 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2125 for engineering, technical, design agent and planning yard support for operational strategic and attack submarines. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (42%); and the country of Great Britain (58%), under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (70%); Kings Bay, Georgia (13%); Bangor, Washington (10%); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (3%); North Kingston, Rhode Island (2%); and Newport, Rhode Island (2%), and is expected to be completed by September 2023. Foreign Military Sales Great Britain (52%); and fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy; 42%) funding in the amount of $5,041,000 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Greenbelt, Maryland, is awarded a $188,767,103 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of Hurricane Florence recovery projects located at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. This contract provides replacements for various facilities damaged during Hurricane Florence and entails seven projects: The Courthouse Bay and Hadnot Point Fire Station replacement projects constructs fire stations that will include administrative spaces, storage, alarm communication center, living quarters, recreation/dining, laundry and vehicle maintenance/storage bays. Constructs a low-rise satellite fire station at Courthouse Bay. The complex will include administrative spaces, storage, alarm communication center, living quarters, recreation and dining, laundry and vehicle maintenance and storage bays. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service facilities replacement project constructs an administrative and secured storage facility and includes administrative and support space necessary to conduct the day-to-day operations. The Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) facility replacement project constructs a facility of reinforced concrete masonry and includes administrative and support space necessary to conduct the day-to-day operations of LSSS. The Provost Marshall office facility replacement project constructs a police facility and supply warehouse for Camp Lejeune military and civilian police forces. The Hadnot Point Mess Hall replacement project constructs a low-rise dining facility and a parking garage. The Marine Corps Engineering School Applied Instruction Facility replacement project constructs a multi-story applied and academic instruction facilities. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by August 2025. Fiscal 2020 military construction (Marine Corps) contract funds in the amount of $188,767,103 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.SAM.gov website with nine proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-20-C-0072). Aviation Systems Engineering Co., Inc.,* Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $94,875,560 cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides contractor engineering services in support of the Airborne Anti-submarine Warfare Platform Integration and Systems Engineering Branch. The engineering services provided are in support of legacy and new acoustic and non-acoustic sensors, systems and subsystems for naval air platforms and to improve existing maritime patrol and reconnaissance mission systems in support of Navy and Foreign Military Sales customers. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was a small business set-aside, competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; two offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-20-D-0123). Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is awarded a $91,166,757 fixed-price-incentive-firm, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract that procures the necessary hardware, technical engineering support, management support and logistics support to fabricate, assemble, test and deliver the required fiscal 2020 AN/APR-39C(V)2 and AN/APR-39D(V)2 radar warning receiver hardware for Department of Defense aircraft in support of Navy, Army, Navy Supply Command and various Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Hardware procured on this contract includes Weapon Replaceable Assemblies and support equipment such as 55 AN/APR-39D(V)2 processors; 185 AN/APR-39D(V)2 antenna detectors; 126 AN/APR-39D(V)2 radar receivers; 46 AN/APR-39D(V)2 low band arrays; 22 AN/APR-39D(V)2 handle assemblies; 59 AN/APR-39C(V)2 processors; 236 AN/APR-39C(V)2 antenna detectors; 188 AN/APR-39C(V)2 radar receivers; 76 AN/APR-39C(V)2 upgrade kits; and 65 AN/APR-39C(V)2 circuit card assemblies. Additionally, this contract provides non-recurring engineering efforts that support production capacity to meet necessary fielding requirements. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Illinois (45%); Landsdale, Pennsylvania (13%); Menlo Park, California (13%); Woburn, Massachusetts (9%); Lewisburg, Tennessee (6%); Longmont, Colorado (4%); Madison, Wisconsin (3%); Newark, Delaware (2%); Niagara Falls, New York (2%); Syracuse, New York (2%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (1%), and is expected to be completed in March 2023. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,270,819; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $71,866,262; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $7,200,000; FMS funds in the amount of $9,270,906; and defense working capital fund (Navy) in the amount of $558,770, 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 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-20-C-0054). Integrated Marine Services Inc., Chula Vista, California (N55236-20-D-0001); Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc., San Diego, California (N55236-20-D-0002); Adept Process Services Marine Inc., National City, California (N55236-20-D-0003); Nielsen Beaumont Marine Inc., San Diego, California (N55236-20-D-0004); and Marine Group Boat Works LLC, Chula Vista, California (N55236-20-D-0005), are each awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts with a five base year ordering period to accomplish Navy Expeditionary Combat Craft (NECC) repairs and industrial support for NECCs within the San Diego County, California area (radius of 50 miles). The work will encompass specific modifications, upgrades, service life extension and repairs to non-commissioned boats, craft, lighterage/service craft and their associated and periodic maintenance and NECC planned/emergent repairs. The maximum dollar value for all five contracts combined is $83,282,284. These five companies will have an opportunity to compete for individual delivery orders. Work will be performed in San Diego County, California, and is expected to be complete in September 2025. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funding in the amount of $50,000 (each awardee receives $10,000 minimum guarantee per contract) will be obligated under each contract's initial delivery order and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. These contracts were competitively procured via the beta.SAM.gov web site with six offers received. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Co., Largo, Florida, was awarded a $61,564,606 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-5200 to exercise options for design agent and engineering services to support the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) program. This option exercise is for design agent and engineering services to perform advanced studies and integration efforts as well as software sustainment and support. The CEC program provides a sensor network with integrated fire control capability that significantly improves strike force air and missile defense capabilities by coordinating measurement data from strike force air search sensors on CEC-equipped units into a single, integrated real-time, composite track air picture. CEC improves battle force effectiveness by improving overall situational awareness and by enabling longer range, cooperative, multiple or layered engagement strategies. Work will be performed in St. Petersburg, Florida (70%); and Largo, Florida (30%), and is expected to be completed by September 2021. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy; 35%); fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy; 32%); fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps; 10%); fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy; 6%); Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Japan (5%); FMS Australia (4%); fiscal 2019 procurement (Marine Corps; 4%); fiscal 2019 other procurement (Navy; 3%); FMS Canada (0.9%); and fiscal 2018 other procurement (Navy; 0.1%) funding in the amount of $13,252,873 will be obligated at time of award, and funding in the amount of $6,363,450 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 24, 2020) Serco Inc., Herndon, Virginia, is awarded a $38,699,699 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price provisions for radio frequency distribution and control systems. Work will be performed in Herndon, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by September 2025. Fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $181,762 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.SAM.gov website with two offers received. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, is the contracting activity (N66604-20-D-R000). Hornbeck Offshore Operators LLC, Covington, Louisiana, is awarded a $37,980,207 modification for the fixed-price portion of previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N62387-15-C-2507 to exercise a one-year option period for the operation and maintenance of four modified off-shore supply vessels, identified as T-AGSEs vessels USNS Arrowhead, USNS Eagleview, USNS Westwind and USNS Black Powder, serving as blocking vessels in support of the Navy. The contract includes a 215-day base period, nine one-year option periods and one, 150-day option period. Work for this option period will be performed at sea worldwide and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2021. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $37,980,207 are obligated for fiscal 2021 and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was issued on a basis of other than full and open competition in support of the statute under provisions of 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 Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62387-15-C-2507). Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding division, Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $31,955,801 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2100 to exercise options for engineering, technical, design agent and hull planning yard support for the Navy's operational aircraft carrier fleet. This option exercise will provide for engineering and technical support of operational Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) class aircraft carriers and propulsion plant related efforts for Nimitz (CVN 68) Class aircraft carriers. The scope of this effort includes technical and engineering support for nuclear powered aircraft carriers and aircraft carrier support facilities; design, development, conversion, testing and studies operational support for operational nuclear-powered aircraft carriers; modernization and procurement of material, equipment, spares, repair parts and test equipment for operational nuclear powered aircraft carriers; design agent, planning yard support and equipment obsolescence support of operational nuclear powered aircraft carriers; and engineering/logistics studies in support of modernization efforts, repairs, ship alterations, ship change documents and C4ISR upgrades. Work will be performed in Newport News, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by September 2023. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy; 65.2%); fiscal 2019 other procurement (Navy; 20.9%); fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy; 11.7%); and fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy; 2.2%), funding in the amount of $5,133,948 will be obligated at time of award, of which $3,345,513 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 Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $23,272,579 firm-fixed-price order (N00019-20-F-0875) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-16-G-0001. This order procures one Joint Common Test Set with exercise test capability for the government of Saudi Arabia in support of the Harpoon program. Work will be performed in Saint Charles, Missouri (39.3%); Piedmont, Missouri (9.9%); Cincinnati, Ohio (4.4%); Burlingame, California (3.9%); Eden Prairie, Minnesota (3.4%); Hauppauge, New York (3.2%); Dittmer, Missouri (2.2%); Westerly, Rhode Island (2.2); Bohemia, New York (2.1%); Kansas City, Missouri (1.5%); Orange Park, Florida (1.4%); San Diego, California (1.2%); Waynesboro, Virginia (1.1%); Longmont, Colorado (1.1%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (23.1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $23,272,579 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. ImSAR LLC,* Springville, Utah, is awarded a $22,793,170 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order (N68335-20-F-0625) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N68335-18-G-0015. This order provides for continued research and development under Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) topic AF112-144 titled, "Advanced Radar Concepts for Small (Tier I/II) Remotely Piloted Aircrafts." Additionally, this effort provides for research, development, procurement and sustainment of the ground surveillance radar (GSR) product designated AN/DPY-2(v)1 Split Aces payload system and communications relay package (CRP) and AN/DPY-2(v)2 (Split Aces payload system without CRP) for the RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial system (UAS). Successful completion of this phase of the SBIR project will result in the delivery of additional AN/DPY-2(V)1 and (V)2 Split Aces GSR payload system mission kits for the RQ-21A Blackjack UAS, refinement of the existing software and system capabilities and a simulation training capability for system operators. Work will be performed in Springville, Utah (95%), and Patuxent River, Maryland (5%), and is expected to be completed in September 2023. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $$9,697,206; fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,436,663; fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,000,000; and fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,679,300, will be obligated at time of award, $2,436,663 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. BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $21,323,451 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides engineering and technical services to the Ship and Air Integrated Warfare Division in support of integrated communications and information systems radio communications for Navy ships. Work will be performed in Saint Inigoes, Maryland (60%); California, Maryland (30%); Bath, Maine (5%); and Pascagoula, Mississippi (5%), and is expected to be completed in September 2025. Fiscal 2020 defense working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $17,050,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-20-C-0003). Hourigan Construction Co., Virginia Beach, Virginia, is awarded a $21,228,677 firm-fixed-price task order (N40085-20-F-6757) under a multiple award construction contract for the renovation of Building. 2 at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia. The work to be performed includes renovation of existing administrative, laboratory and healthcare support spaces. The project includes demolition, construction phasing and temporary facilities. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by February 2023. Fiscal 2020 defense health program contract funds in the amount of $21,228,677 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-19-D-9068). Advanced Crane Technologies LLC,* Reading, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $20,867,700 firm-fixed-price contract to provide cranes at Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic, Kings Bay, Georgia. The work to be performed provides for the contractor to design, fabricate, assemble, shop-test, deliver, install, inspect, field test and make ready for use two overhead bridge cranes. Work will be performed at Kings Bay, Georgia, and is expected to be completed by December 2022. Fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $20,867,700 are obligated on this award and will not 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 Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62470-20-C-0011). Lockheed Martin Corp. Missile and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, is awarded a $19,341,680 cost-plus-fixed-fee job order under basic ordering agreement N00164-20-G-JQ96 for the performance of non-recurring engineering for Block Upgrade Phase 2-4 technology/capability insertion in the Target Sight System. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida (86%); and Ocala, Florida (14%), and is expected to be completed in September 2024. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy; 53%); and fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy; 47%), funding in the combined amount of $19,341,680 will be obligated at the time of contract award and will not 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, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N0016420FJ268). Military and Federal Construction Co. Inc.,* Jacksonville, North Carolina, is awarded a $19,264,771 firm-fixed-price contract for road improvements at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. This project includes a series of roadway improvements to Birch Street and Duncan Street. Work will include the construction of service and access roads, the widening of existing roads and the construction of turn lanes. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by March 2022. Fiscal 2016 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $19,264,771 are obligated on this award and 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. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-20-C-0157). ECC International LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, is awarded an $18,045,700 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a fleet maintenance facility at Naval Air Station, Sigonella, Sicily, Italy. The contract also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $18,771,624. The work to be performed provides for construction of maintenance and repair shops, storage and personnel support areas. Work will be performed in Corsico, Italy, and is expected to be completed by June 2022. Fiscal 2016 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $18,045,700 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Contract Opportunities website with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62470-20-C-0012). B.L. Harbert International LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, is awarded a $16,366,260 firm-fixed-price task order (N69450-20-F-0898) under a multiple award construction contract to restore the water distribution system at Naval Support Activity, Panama City, Florida. The work to be performed includes surveys of water distribution routes, construction plan development, permitting, fire hydrant replacement and installation of new potable water and fire protection mains to replace the existing systems. Work will be performed in Panama City, Florida, and is expected to be completed by August 2023. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $16,366,260 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (N69450-19-D-0908). Crowley Government Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, is awarded a $14,513,105 modification for the fixed portion under previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N62387-15-C-5301 to continue the operation and maintenance of the four roll-on/roll-off vessels, USNS SGT Matej Kocak (T-AK 3005); USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK 3006); USNS MAJ Stephen W. Pless (T-AK 3007); and USNS LCPL Roy. M. Wheat (T-AK 3016). Work will be performed at sea worldwide and is expected to be completed, if all options are exercised, by Sept. 30, 2021. Transportation working capital contract funds in the amount of $14,513,105 are obligated for fiscal 2021 and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity. Ameresco Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts, is awarded a $14,375,273 firm-fixed-price contract to install a solar photovoltaic (PV) system and various related improvements at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The work to be performed provides for installation of a solar PV system composed of canopy-mounted arrays over a portion of an existing parking lot; a solar thermal system; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning improvements; and lighting improvements. Work will be performed in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by October 2022. Fiscal 2018 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $14,375,273 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62478-20-C-4002). Parsons Government Services Inc., Pasadena, California, is awarded a $13,983,994 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order under the General Services Administration's (GSA) One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS). This task order provides research and development support services for the Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate at the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC), Silver Spring, Maryland. Work will be performed at NMRC, Silver Spring, Maryland (96%); Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California (1%); Panama City, Florida (1%); Jacksonville, North Carolina (1%); and other miscellaneous locations for meetings and conferences (1%). Work is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2025. The base period of performance under this task order will be awarded with $2,267,275 fiscal 2019 Defense Health Program (DHP) enhanced funding in the amount of $834,079, which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year; fiscal 2019 DHP research, development, testing and evaluation funding in the amount of $563,840, which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year; and fiscal 2020 Navy research, development, testing and evaluation funding in the amount of $162,747, which will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The balance of the task order will be incrementally funded. The total value of the task order for the base period and four option years, if exercised, is $13,983,994. This task order was competitively procured via GSA's OASIS Unrestricted Pool 4, with three proposals received. The Naval Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N6264520F0303). G-W Management Services LLC,* Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $13,516,700 firm-fixed-price task order (N40080-20-F-5202) under a multiple award construction contract for long-term structural repair of parking garages at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, Maryland. The work to be performed provides design and construction services to repair structural deficiencies and includes the repair of all critical elements of the garage including topping slabs, pre-stressed concrete double-tees, inverted tee beams, precast concrete beams, expansion joints, stairs, curbs, columns and guardrails. All elements such as mechanical, plumbing, electrical and fire-sprinklers protection of the garages shall also be included. Work will be performed in Bethesda, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by July 2023. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Defense Health Agency) contract funds are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Eight proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-19-D-0015). Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $13,053,382 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-4316 to continue performance of the repair, maintenance and upgrade efforts on the USS Helena (SSN 725) dry-docking selected restricted availability. The government and Newport News Shipbuilding agreed to a final settlement value of $13,053,382 for the USS Helena SSN 725 dry-dock selected restricted availability for the period Oct. 20, 2020, through Jan. 8, 2021. 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 requirement. The contracted requirements include advance and new work efforts necessary to repair and maintain full unrestricted operation of the submarine, as well as upgrades and modernization efforts required to ensure the submarine is operating at full technical capacity as defined in the Availability Work Package during the Chief of Naval Operations scheduled availability. Work will be performed in Newport News, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by January 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $13,053,382 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, Newport News, Virginia, is the contracting activity. TOTE Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, is awarded an $11,642,218 modification under previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N32205-18-C-3101 to exercise a one-year option for the operation and maintenance of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar Platform (SBX-1). The vessel is operated for the Missile Defense Agency to provide limited test support services and is a contingency component of the ground based, mid-course defense element of the ballistic missile defense system for the U.S. Strategic Command. The vessel may also be used for other government missions as directed or placed in a reduced operating status. Work will be performed in the Pacific Ocean operating area, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2021. Working capital contract funds (Navy) in the amount of $11,642,218 are obligated for fiscal 2021, and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity. Lockheed Martin Corp. Missile and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, is awarded an $11,513,510 cost-plus-fixed-fee job order under basic ordering agreement N00164-20-G-JQ96 for the performance of non-recurring engineering for contractor sustainment services for the Target Sight System. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida (90%); and Ocala, Florida (10%), and is expected to be completed in September 2022. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy; 82%); and fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy; 18%) funds in the amount of $7,878,492 will be obligated at the time of contract award and will not 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, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N0016420FJ269). L3Harris Technologies Inc., Palm Bay, Florida, is awarded a $10,496,695 contract modification (P00002) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N00421-19-C-0039. This modification exercises Lot 20 option items to procure digital map computers (DMCs) and digital video map computers (DVMCs); 50 DMCs and 77 DVMCs in support of sparing for the Naval Supply Systems Command; 24 DVMCs for the Navy in support of the F/A-18E/F aircraft; 16 DMCs for the government of the Czech Republic; and three DMCs for the government of Bahrain. Additionally, this modification procures 24 extension housings for the DVMC buy for the Navy in support of the F/A-18E/F aircraft program. Work will be performed in Malabar, Florida, and is expected to be completed in December 2022. Defense working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,861,116; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,715,808; and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $919,771 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. BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc., doing business as BAE Systems, Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $10,195,034 firm-fixed-price contract modification P00006 under previously awarded contract N00604-18-C-4001 to exercise Option Period Three for munitions handling and management services which include receiving, storing, segregating, issuing, inspecting and transporting various types of ammunition, explosives, expendable and technical ordnance material and weapons for Joint Service commands. This contract includes a nine-month base period and four 12-month option periods. The exercise of this option will bring the estimated value of the contract to $35,354,568, and if all options are exercised, it will bring the total value to $45,611,389. Work will be performed in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by September 2021. If all options on the contract are exercised, work will be completed by September 2022. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance funds (Navy) in the full amount of $10,144,531 will be obligated once the modification to exercise Option Year One is awarded, and funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with the solicitation posted to the Federal Business Opportunities and Navy Electronic Commerce Online websites, with two offers received. The Naval Supply Systems Command, Fleet Logistics Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity. PTC Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, is awarded a $10,000,000 contract modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-6121 to exercise and fund an option for provisioned item orders in support of model based production support. Work will be performed in Boston, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by June 2025. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy; 89%); fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Air Force; 5.3%) fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy; 3%); fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Marines; 2.7%); and funding in the amount of $3,047,196 will be obligated at the time of award, of which, $2,953,194 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. BB&E Inc.,* Northville, Michigan, is awarded a $9,880,969 firm-fixed-price task order for the exercise of the second option period for professional support services in design and capital improvements within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility (AOR). After award of this option, the total cumulative task order value will be $26,346,302. The work to be performed provides for various architecture and construction engineering disciplines to assist in completing various design and capital improvement projects. Work will be performed at various installations within the NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic AOR to include Norfolk, Virginia (72%); Jacksonville, North Carolina (8%); Albany, Georgia (4%); Portsmouth, Virginia (3%); Havelock, North Carolina (3%); Crane, Indiana (3%); Kittery, Maine (3%); Great Lakes, Illinois (2%); and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2%). This option period is from September 2020 to September 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $4,094,156 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2020 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $3,300,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-18-F-9965). Copious Imaging LLC, Lexington, Massachusetts, is awarded a $9,691,589 cost-plus-fixed-fee job order under basic ordering agreement N00164-20-G-JQ82 for the performance of engineering services and repairs for the Wide Area Infrared Surveillance with Persistence (WISP) system. The WISP is a Counter-small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS) capability used in Air Force base defense efforts. These tasks are comprised of program support; contract progress; status and management reporting; counterfeit prevention; repair; failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system (FRACAS); engineering services; hardware and software upgrade and enhancement; engineering investigations; field service representatives support; operator and maintainer training; configuration management; technical data package development and delivery; logistics support analysis and deliverables; technical manual development and delivery; training material development and delivery; and obsolescence management. Work will be performed at various locations outside the continental U.S., and is expected to be completed by September 2023. Fiscal 2020 other procurement (Air Force; 89%); and fiscal 2020 defense operations and maintenance (11%) funding in the amount of $1,071,272 will be obligated at the time of award and funding in the amount of $121,272 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. In accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), this job order was not competitively procured; only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana is the contracting activity (N00164-20-F-J265). L3Harris Technologies Inc., Rochester, New York, is awarded a $9,397,873 modification to previously awarded contract M67004-19-D-0002 for the refurbishment of Marine Corps Radio components associated with Controlled Cryptographic Communications Systems. The modification increases the quantities of existing assets repaired, adds quantities of two new assets to be repaired and adds a contract line item for the pass-through shipping costs of returning the repaired assets to the government. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $42,411,286. Work will be performed in Rochester, New York, with an expected completion date of July 2021. Fiscal 2020 working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $9,397,873 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Logistics Command, Albany, Georgia, is the contracting activity. Northrup Grumman Innovation Systems Inc., Rocket Center, West Virginia, is awarded a $9,043,261 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of explosives storage magazines at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, West Virginia. The work to be performed provides for construction of two new reinforced concrete earth-covered magazines for storage of ammunition and explosives. Work will be performed in Rocket City, West Virginia, and is expected to be completed by October 2022. Fiscal 2019 weapons procurement (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $9,043,261 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of fiscal year. This contract was procured as a sole-source with one proposal received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-20-C-0048). Valiant Government Services LLC, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, is awarded an $8,954,557 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification for the exercise of Option Number Three for base operations support services at Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Central (EURAFCENT) area of responsibility (AOR). After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $34,460,779. The work to be performed provides for all management and administration, facilities management and investment, janitorial, pest control, integrated solid waste, pavement clearance and environmental services. Work will be performed in the Province of Campania, Italy, to include the Municipalities of Capodichino and Gricignano di Aversa; and in the Province of Lazo, Italy, to include the Municipality of Gaeta. This option period is from October 2020 to September 2021. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $7,534,052 for recurring work will be obligated on individual task orders issued during the third option period. NAVFAC EURAFCENT, Naples, Italy is the contracting activity (N62470-17-D-4011). Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded an $8,495,048 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-5109 for the design, development and manufacture of AEGIS weapon system special test equipment in support of AEGIS integrated logistics services. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey, and is expected to be completed by November 2026. Fiscal 2020 Missile Defense Agency defense-wide working capital funds in the amount of $8,495,048 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. AECOM Technical Services Inc., Los Angeles, California, is awarded an $8,483,907 cost-plus-award-fee modification to task order N62742-18-F-0126 under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for investigation and remediation of releases and groundwater protection and evaluation for Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The work to be performed under this modification provides supplemental work required by the regulators, such as continuous soil gas monitoring systems, continued additional groundwater and drinking water sampling and evaluation, monitoring well installation, additional groundwater modelling and a potential pilot groundwater tracer test. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by January 2023. Fiscal 2020 Defense working capital funds in the amount of $8,483,907 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-17-D-1800). Aviall Services Inc., Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Texas, is awarded a $7,670,728 firm-fixed-price order N00019-20-F-0110 against previously issued basic ordering agreement SPE4A1-19-G-0005. This order provides for the production and delivery of seven MQ-8C Fire Scout engines; four electronic engine controls; two fuel metering units; and 25 Scavenge oil filters for the Navy. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana (95%); and Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Texas (5%), and is expected to be completed in May 2022. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,760,848; and fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $909,880 will be obligated at time of award, $909,880 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Assurance Technology Corp., Carlisle, Massachusetts, is awarded a $7,306,620 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for software definable/reconfigurable systems: design, development, support and integration. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $38,651,676‬. The services to be acquired consist of continuing research and development support of technology advancements, system requirements definition, architecture development, and system and unit design, development and transition to operational use. Work will be performed at the contractor facility in Carlisle, Massachusetts (50%); and Washington, D.C. (50%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) in the amount of $50,000 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with one offer received via Contract Opportunities. This contract was a negotiated acquisition under the authority of Title 10 U.S. Code 2304(b)(2), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.203. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00173-20-C-2025). Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Northridge, California, is awarded a $7,041,566 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order (N00019-20-F-0271) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-17-G-0011. This order provides non-recurring engineering support to address hardware and software obsolescence related to special test equipment, to include the Front End Assembly (FEA) test station, Visual Test System, Millimeter Wave (MMW) transceiver test station and the MX-12348/USM cable assembly set interface device. Additionally, this order provides for the production and delivery of five FEA test stations; four MMW test stations; and 15 Visual Test Systems in support of production for all fleet and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers; six MX-12348/USM cable assembly set interface devices, two for the Navy; three for the government of Germany; and one for the government of Australia; and four MX-12307/GYQ-79 cable assembly sets, three for the government of Germany and one for the government of Australia, in support of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile program for the Navy and FMS customers. Work will be performed in Northridge, California (96%); Torrance, California (2%); and Rome, Italy (2%), and is expected to be completed in February 2023. Fiscal 2020 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,979,877; and FMS funds in the amount of $2,061,689 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. CORRECTION: The contract announced on Sept. 25, 2020, for DSA LLC, Gadsden, Alabama (N40080-20-D-0303) for $8,685,458 had an incorrect award and cumulative contract value amounts. The correct award amount is $9,880,552 and the cumulative contract value amount is $49,402,758. ARMY ASIRTek Federal Services LLC,* San Antonio, Texas (W9124J-20-D-0019); Bacik Group,* Pelham, Alabama (W9124J-20-D-0020); Beshenich Muir & Associates LLC,* Leavenworth, Kansas (W9124J-20-D-0021); Decision Point GAP Solutions JV LLC,* Gaithersburg, Tennessee (W9124J-20-D-0022); FITT Scientific LLC,* Colonial Heights, Virginia (W9124J-20-D-0023); Government & Defense Support Services LLC,* Tyrone, Georgia (W9124J-20-D-0024); Hager Development Group LLC,* Virginia Beach, Virginia (W9124J-20-D-0025); Innovative Reasoning LLC,* Orlando, Florida (W9124J-20-D-0026); IntellecTechs Inc.,* Virginia Beach, Virginia (W9124J-20-D-0027); International Service Contractors,* Winter Garden, Florida (W9124J-20-D-0028); Milvets Systems Technology Inc.,* Orlando, Florida (W9124J-20-D-0029); Offset Systems Group LLC,* Huntsville, Alabama (W9124J-20-D-0030); Red River Science & Technology LLC,* Lawton, Oklahoma (W9124J-20-D-0031); The Logistics Co. Inc.,* Fayetteville, North Carolina (W9124J-20-D-0032); Vali Inc.,* Brownsboro, Alabama (W9124J-20-D-0033); and Veritiss LLC,* Reston, Virginia (W9124J-20-D-0034), will compete for each order of the $414,500,000 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract to provide garrison augmentation support services in support of mobilization/demobilization and deployment/redeployment activities at multiple Army garrisons in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Bids were solicited via the internet with 27 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2030. The U.S. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $398,329,554 modification (P00031) to contract W31P4Q-17-C-0194 for tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missiles (TOW), TOW obsolescence and safety missiles and practice missiles. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2017, 2019 and 2020 missile procurement (Army); 2019 and 2020 procurement (Defense-wide) funds; and 2018 and 2019 defense revolving funds in the amount of $398,329,553 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $258,664,388 firm-fixed-price for overhaul/repair of T55-GA-714A engines for the CH-47 Chinook. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2021. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-20-D-0098). TRAX International Corp., Las Vegas, Nevada, was awarded a $90,045,872 modification (P00048) to contract W9124R-18-C-0001 for non-personal test support services at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2021. The 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Yuma, Arizona, is the contracting activity (W9124R-18-C-0001). American Ordnance LLC, Middletown, Iowa, was awarded a $76,556,603 firm-fixed-price contract for M795 trinitrotoluene load assemble and pack. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2025. Fiscal 2018, 2019 and 2020 procurement of ammunition (Army) funds in the amount of $76,556,603 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-20-C-0035). Professional Contract Services Inc., Austin, Texas, was awarded a $62,023,797 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for facility maintenance, repair support services and minor construction at Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Michigan. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Warren, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2025. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $1,381,562 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-20-C-L859). Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Wideband Training and Certification System, Version 2. 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. 27, 2025. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity (W900KK-20-D-0015). Turtle Reef Holdings LLC,* Alexandria, Virginia (W15QKN-20-D-0047); Defense Analytics LLC,* Reston, Virginia (W15QKN-20-D-0049); Sehlke Consulting LLC,* Arlington, Virginia (W15QKN-20-D-0050); Lynch Consultants LLC,* Arlington, Virginia (W15QKN-20-D-0051); and Microtechnologies LLC,* Vienna, Virginia (W15QKN-20-D-0052), will compete for each order of the $38,756,039 firm-fixed-price contract to provide professional support services, studies and analyses for Headquarters, Department of the Army. 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 Sept. 27, 2023. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity. CDW Government LLC, Vernon Hills, Illinois, was awarded a $34,183,380 firm-fixed-price contract to purchase laptop computers for U.S. Army Reserve Command. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 29, 2021. The 419th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is the contracting activity (W91247-20-F-0546). Sauer Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, was awarded a $30,067,000 firm-fixed-price contract for renovation of Building 416 at Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 14, 2022. Fiscal 2020 and 2021 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $30,067,000 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W912DR-20-C-0050). Mike Hooks LLC, West Lake, Louisiana, was awarded a $25,145,900 firm-fixed-price contract for removal of material from the Calcasieu River ship channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of June 10, 2021. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $25,145,900 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-20-C-0068). Pacific Federal-Pacific Tech JV 1 LLLP,* Longview, Washington (W9127N-20-D-0003); RJS Construction Inc.,* Washougal, Washington (W9127N-20-D-0004); and TSI Engineering Inc.,* North Highlands, California (W9127N-20-D-0005), will compete for each order of the $20,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design-build of small construction projects for the Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, Oregon. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2025. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon, is the contracting activity. Radmacher Brothers Excavating Co. Inc., Pleasant Hill, Missouri, was awarded a $16,921,110 firm-fixed-price contract to repair Fort Leavenworth levees. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 19, 2022. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $16,921,110 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the contracting activity (W912DQ-20-C-4016). Heffler Contracting Group,* El Cajon, California, was awarded a $16,625,637 firm-fixed-price contract for the full facility restoration of Building 295 at Fort Hunter Liggett, California. Bids were solicited via the internet with eight received. Work will be performed at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2022. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Army Reserve) funds in the amount of $16,625,637 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-20-C-0055). Sevenson Environmental Services Inc.,* Niagara Falls, New York, was awarded a $16,224,669 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for excavation/remedial action of contaminated soils at the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program/DuPont Chambers work sites in Deepwater, New Jersey. 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. 29, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W912BU-20-F-0094). Gannett-Fleming Inc., Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (W912EE-20-D-0012); Stantec Consulting Services Inc., Nashville, Tennessee (W912EE-20-D-0013); and West Consultants Inc.,* San Diego, California (W912EE-20-D-0014), will compete for each order of the $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for hydraulic/hydrological engineering, modeling, design and associated engineering support services. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2025. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the contracting activity. Grunley Construction Co. Inc., Rockville, Maryland, was awarded a $13,999,667 firm-fixed-price contract for roof repair at a Pentagon remote delivery facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of April 26, 2022. Fiscal 2018 defense revolving funds in the amount of $13,999,667 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W912DR-20-C-0061). Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Oak Brook, Illinois, was awarded a $13,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract for removal and disposal of shoal material excavated from the Atchafalaya River Bay. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Berwick, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2021. Fiscal 2020 civil operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $13,800,000 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-20-C-0075). https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2364180/source/GovDelivery/

  • Promesse tenue pour le budget de la défense

    September 29, 2020 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security

    Promesse tenue pour le budget de la défense

    Promesse tenue pour le budget de la défense Mise à jour : 30/09/2019 - Auteur : Aude Borel - Direction : DICoD Présenté vendredi en Conseil des ministres par Florence Parly, ministre des Armées, le projet de loi de finances 2020 des Armées prévoit une hausse des ressources de 1,7 milliard d'euros, pour s'élever à 37,5 milliards d'euros. Modernisation des équipements majeurs, créations de postes, innovation : tour d'horizon des grandes lignes du budget des Armées pour l'an prochain. 37,5 milliards d'euros. C'est le montant du budget du ministère des Armées pour l'année 2020. Les crédits consentis pour la modernisation des capacités de nos armées en font le deuxième poste budgétaire de l'Etat, derrière l'Education nationale. L'effort de défense en 2020 représentera ainsi 1,86% du PIB. Un budget en hausse de 4,5%. Le budget de la Défense bénéficiera de 1,7 milliard d'euros de ressources nouvelles en 2020, conformément à la trajectoire de la loi de programmation militaire 2019-2025. Au cours des trois dernières années, le budget du ministère des Armées aura ainsi bénéficié de 10 milliards d'euros de dépenses supplémentaires en cumul. En 2019, le budget avait déjà augmenté de 1,7 milliard d'euros. Avec un budget en croissance pour la troisième année consécutive, les engagements sont donc tenus. Les ressources de la Défense devraient augmenter au même rythme d'ici à 2022. Un soldat mieux équipé, mieux protégé. L'effort de défense sur l'équipement devrait atteindre 20,9 milliards d'euros. Dès l'an prochain, la totalité des combattants déployée sur les thé'tres d'opération seront équipés de treillis et casques F3 ainsi que d'un gilet pare-balles nouvelle génération. Une tenue adaptée aux menaces et besoins actuels. 12 000 fusils d'assaut HK 416F supplémentaires viendront remplacer les Famas. Le renouvellement des capacités opérationnelles. L'effort supplémentaire se traduira par des investissements à hauteur de 6,8 milliards d'euros dans la modernisation des principaux programmes d'équipements. Le premier sous-marin d'attaque de nouvelle génération Barracuda, deux ATL2 rénovés et deux A400M seront livrés aux armées françaises courant 2020. 128 nouveaux Griffon, 4 premiers Jaguar et 2 Mirage 2000D rénovés viendront compléter les livraisons attendues. Un financement plus sincère des opérations. En 2020, le montant de la provision pour les opérations extérieures et les missions intérieures atteindra son niveau normalisé de 1,1 milliard d'euros (à comparer à 450 millions d'euros en 2017). Il s'agissait de se rapprocher, sans forcément l'atteindre, du niveau des surcoûts constatés sur la période récente, soit 1,2 à 1,4 milliard d'euros. Avec ces ressources pré-identifiées, cela facilitera le financement des engagements de la France. Le quotidien du militaire et de ses proches amélioré. Le volet social voit lui aussi ses crédits s'accroître. Sur l'année 2020, le plan Famille continue de rester une priorité du ministère des Armées puisqu'environ 80 millions d'euros lui seront consacrés. 120 millions seront débloqués pour améliorer les conditions d'hébergement des militaires et 540 millions seront dédiés à l'entretien des infrastructures. L'accompagnement des anciens combattants maintenu. 2,1 milliards d'euros sur le budget 2020 seront accordés à la mission Anciens Combattants. Pensions militaires d'invalidité, retraite du combattant, budget de l'Office national des anciens combattants et des blessés de guerre (subvention de 26 millions), autant de droits préservés par le projet de loi de finances 2020. Blessés. 293 250 euros seront débloqués pour soutenir l'activité handisport. Actuellement, 274 militaires blessés sont suivis dans la convention entre l'ONACVG et les armées. La rénovation des infrastructures. En 2020, des aménagements liés à l'accueil des frégates multi-missions seront effectués à Brest. L'armée de Terre entreprendra des travaux pour préparer l'arrivée des nouveaux blindés Scorpion. L'an prochain, 300 engins de ce type entreront en service. La base aérienne 125 d'Istres se préparera quant à elle à réaliser les infrastructures pour le MRTT Phénix. Les priorités du budget. Nouvel environnement de conflictualité, l'espace bénéficiera de 448 millions d'euros, notamment pour renouveler les capacités satellitaires. 336 millions seront investis dans le domaine du renseignement. Autre axe majeur : le cyber (1,6 milliard). 93 nouveaux cyber-combattants gagneront les rangs de l'institution l'année prochaine. En 2020, le budget de la dissuasion nucléaire est porté à 4,7 milliards d'euros pour renouveler les composantes océanique et aéroportée. Construire une Europe de la Défense. L'initiative européenne d'intervention (IEI) qui regroupe à l'heure actuelle 13 pays constitue une force potentielle de 26 000 militaires engagés en opérations extérieures. Dans le cadre de la Coopération structurée permanente, 8 projets sur 34 sont coordonnés par la France, comme la rénovation de l'hélicoptère Tigre déployé au Sahel. Un chiffre qui témoigne de l'importance de la France dans le dispositif européen. Développer l'innovation. 5,5 milliards seront consacrés à la Recherche et au Développement. Les études amont dédiées aux travaux de jeunes chercheurs et à l'innovation à cycle court connaîtront en 2020 une croissance de 8,3% par rapport à 2019, avec une enveloppe dédiée de 821 millions d'euros. Parmi les grandes nouveautés, la création d'une cellule de coordination de l'intelligence artificielle de Défense (CCIAD). Sur le plan énergétique, 2020 verra la concrétisation du Plan « Place au Soleil » et les conclusions du comité de travail dédié à l'énergie. Patrimoine. 5 millions d'euros seront consacrés à l'entretien et à la valorisation des neuf hauts lieux de la mémoire nationale, 274 nécropoles, sépultures et carrés militaires sur le territoire national. Les trois musées nationaux des armées bénéficieront de subventions totalisant un montant de 44,7 millions d'euros. En 2020, les commémorations célébreront la guerre de 1870, le 80e anniversaire de l'appel du 18 Juin du général De Gaulle, le 75e anniversaire de la libération des camps et le 70e anniversaire de la création du bataillon de Corée. Jeunesse. La loi de finances 2020 se fixe comme objectif d'atteindre 750 000 jeunes entre 16 et 25 ans via la Journée défense et citoyenneté. Pour le Service militaire volontaire, l'ambition est de fidéliser plus de 300 volontaires et de maintenir le taux d'insertion à 70%. Des personnels pour la protection des Français. Une force de 10 000 soldats assure la protection des citoyens sur le territoire national. 7 000 d'entre eux sont mobilisables en permanence et 3 000 sont rattachés à la réserve stratégique. S'y ajoute un vivier de 40 000 réservistes opérationnels. La LPM prévoit 1 500 nouveaux emplois sur la période 2019-2022. 450 ont été créés en 2019, 300 le seront en 2020. A noter que chaque année, 27 000 personnes sont recrutées au sein du ministère des Armées. https://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/articles/projet-de-loi-de-finances-2020-promesse-tenue-pour-le-budget-de-la-defense

  • Nouvelle commande pour l'Airbus A330 MRTT

    September 29, 2020 | International, Aerospace

    Nouvelle commande pour l'Airbus A330 MRTT

    L'Occar transforme en commande ferme une option sur un Airbus A330 MRTT dans le cadre du contrat MMF qui vise à créer une flotte de ravitailleurs pour plusieurs pays européens. Quatre Airbus A330 MRTT en un mois Après la commande passée par la France pour trois Airbus A330 transformables en MRTT dans le cadre du plan de relance du gouvernement, c'est au tour de l'Occar transformer en achat ferme une des trois options prises dans le cadre du contrat MMF (Multinational MRTT Fleet) qui porte sur huit Airbus A330 MRTT fermes. Initié en 2012 par l'Agence européenne de la Défense, ce contrat est géré par l'Occar pour le compte de la NSPA, l'agence de soutien et d'achats de l'OTAN. L'objectif est de mettre le parc à la disposition de plusieurs pays européens : les Pays-Bas, le Luxembourg, la Norvège, l'Allemagne, la Belgique et la République Tchèque. Le Luxembourg veut plus d'heures Les Etats participant au programme MMF ont un accès exclusif aux ravitailleurs qui sont gérés en pool par l'OTAN. Les coûts et le personnel sont répartis en fonction du nombre d'heures de vol requises par chaque pays. C'est la demande du Luxembourg d'augmenter son quota d'heures de vol qui a d'ailleurs déclenché cette commande qui porte désormais à neuf le nombre d'Airbus A330 MRTT commandés fermes auxquels s'ajoutent deux options. Le Luxembourg veut en effet passer de 200 à 1 200 heures de vol. Des avions multimissions Comme les deux premiers exemplaires livrés, l'appareil sera configuré pour réaliser plusieurs missions : le ravitaillement en vol mais aussi le transport de personnels et de fret ainsi que les opérations d'évacuation médicale. La pandémie de coronavirus ou covid-19 a d'ailleurs été l'occasion pour les A330 MRTT Phénix de l'Armée de l'Air de démontrer ses capacités en matière d'évacuation médicale d'urgence dans le cadre de l'Opération Résilience qui a nécessité l'installation de postes de réanimation lourde pour accompagner le transport des patients. https://air-cosmos.com/article/nouvelle-commande-pour-lairbus-a330-mrtt-23664

  • Airbus’s First Wide-Body Deal Since March Is for Sole Tanker-Jet

    September 29, 2020 | International, Aerospace

    Airbus’s First Wide-Body Deal Since March Is for Sole Tanker-Jet

    Charlotte Ryan Airbus SE announced its first wide-body order in almost six months -- for a single aerial refueling and transport aircraft based on an old model of its A330 jet. The A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport or MRTT was ordered by Europe's multinational procurement body on behalf of NATO and will be available to the air forces of six nations, Airbus said in a statement Monday. The military purchase highlights the collapse in sales to airlines and leasing firms that traditionally dominate orders as the coronavirus crisis shatters travel demand. In normal times, Airbus and Boeing Co. would expect to have racked up dozens of orders for hundreds of planes over the summer. Airbus's last twin-aisle deal, for 10 A350-900 jets, was secured on March 31. Since then, the pandemic has compelled the Toulouse, France-based company to focus more on protecting existing orders by allowing its struggling customers to defer deliveries rather than targeting up new business. The tanker purchase comes after Luxembourg agreed to maximize participation in the shared program and means all three options for additional MRTT planes have been exercised, taking the total fleet to nine. In addition to air-to-air refueling, the jets can carry troops, cargo and be used for medical evacuation. Airbus will announce full order and delivery figures for September next week. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-28/airbus-s-first-wide-body-deal-since-march-is-for-sole-tanker-jet

  • KC-46 Progress Revives Next-Generation Tanker Talks

    September 29, 2020 | International, Aerospace

    KC-46 Progress Revives Next-Generation Tanker Talks

    Steve Trimble Proposals for a next-generation tanker that would come after the last Boeing KC-46 delivery in fiscal 2029 have popped up every few years since 2006, only to get sidetracked by yet another acquisition process misstep or technical problem afflicting the program's frustrating development phase. As a fresh sense of optimism gathers among senior U.S. Air Force leaders about the direction of the KC-46 program, a new discussion has started between Defense Department officials and the Air Mobility Command (AMC) about the future of the air-refueling mission. Some proposals in the discussions include revived versions of various older concepts for weaponized larger tankers and smaller stealth tankers. But this time, discussions involve taking a wider view of the overall need to defend and deliver fuel to aircraft in combat, with implications for base defenses, the size and range of future fighters and next-generation tanker designs. A perceived turnaround in the fortunes of the KC-46 program allows the Air Force to reopen the next-generation discussion. Since at least 2016, a heated dispute over Boeing's original design—and, later, proposed fixes—for the KC-46's remote vision system (RVS) sidetracked planning for a next-generation tanker. Air Force officials complained that Boeing's original RVS design fell short of operator requirements, especially when the receiver aircraft was backlit by the Sun. In addition, the canted layout of the belly-mounted, panoramic cameras created subtle distortions in the displayed video that proved bothersome to some RVS operators, Air Force officials say. The Air Force and Boeing finally agreed to a redesign plan in January 2019. The Air Force is finalizing a test report on an enhanced RVS, which was formerly known as RVS 1.5. AMC officials have committed to review the test data but offered no promises on whether they would approve the enhanced RVS to be installed in the KC-46. The installation would require parking a fleet of more than 36 delivered KC-46s to complete the retrofit, and the AMC remains unsure whether the improvement is worth the delay. The enhanced RVS offers only software updates to the current system, but the AMC clearly wants more. Boeing has committed to a more dramatic upgrade called RVS 2.0. Including hardware and software changes, this Boeing-funded, second-generation RVS system is expected to meet the image-resolution standards demanded by the Air Force and create a path to inserting the software algorithms necessary to give the KC-46 an optional autonomous-refueling mode. Boeing is scheduled to deliver the first 12 RVS 2.0 shipsets by the end of 2023 and begin the retrofit process on delivered KC-46s, says Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, the AMC commander. The AMC expects a production cutin for RVS 2.0 starting in 2024, although Boeing's KC-46 global sales and marketing director, Mike Hafer, says the first RVS 2.0-equipped aircraft could start rolling off the assembly line in late 2023. Will Roper, the Air Force's assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, says the progress toward fielding the RVS 2.0 makes him feel “excited” about the KC-46 program. “I think we've turned a new page,” he says. In mid-September, Roper and Van Ovost met to discuss what will follow the KC-46. The next-generation tanker discussion comes after a series of dramatic acquisition decisions surrounding Air Force aircraft. Most visibly, Roper led a push in 2018 to cancel the Joint Stars recapitalization program, which was replaced with the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). More quietly, Roper also drove the Air Force to rethink the acquisition strategy for the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The ABMS and NGAD are now characterized by an architecture of multiple systems, with no single-aircraft silver bullet solution. Roper acknowledges that the nature of tanker operations does not immediately lend itself to a distributed multiplatform solution. “We can break up a J-Stars [replacement into multiple systems],” Roper says. “We may be able to break up an [E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System] in the future, but we can't break up fuel easily.” Still, Roper prefers to address the future air-refueling problem in an era of great power competition with a similar architectural approach as ABMS and NGAD. “When there's a solvable problem and you need to turn multiple knobs, the Pentagon likes to turn one and only one,” Roper says. “And [aerial refueling] sounds like a really good architectural question that you'd want to have an architected solution for—[rather than] design a one-solution candidate in the form of a platform.” Roper's turnable knobs for a future air-refueling system cover a wide range of options, including two with only indirect impacts on a tanker aircraft design. To Roper, the problem of air refueling includes defending the bases closest to an adversary where aircraft can be refueled on the ground. Likewise, another part of the solution is to move away from relatively small fighter aircraft that lack sufficient range for a Pacific theater scenario. “Maybe having small, currently sized fighters is not the way to go in the future,” Roper says. “Thinking about bigger fighters is a natural question to lay alongside the question, ‘How does your future tanker force look?'” Air-refueling capacity also is partly a function of the vulnerability of the tanker aircraft. Fewer and perhaps smaller tankers may be possible if existing tanker aircraft could operate closer to the battlefield. The Air Force now uses fighters on combat air patrols to defend high-value assets, such as tankers, surveillance and command-and-control aircraft. Those fighters conducting the patrols also add to the refueling burden. A possible solution is to weaponize tankers such as the KC-46 and KC-135. The Air Force is developing podded defensive lasers and miniature self-defense munitions. “We don't put weapons and sensors on tankers to shoot down aircraft, but the current KC-46 is a big airplane with the ability to mount sensors and weapons on the wings,” Roper says. “We're going to look at all those [options].” The Air Force also believes a new tanker aircraft is necessary. As far back as 2002, research began on stealthy mobility aircraft under the Air Force Research Laboratory's Speed Agile program. As the KC-X acquisition program kicked off, the Air Force released a tanker road map in 2006 that called for launching a KC-Y acquisition program in 2022 and a KC-Z program by 2035. By 2016, AMC leaders openly discussed proposals for leapfrogging the KC-Y requirement, which sought to buy a larger version of a commercial derivative. Instead, AMC officials began investigating concepts for an autonomous stealthy aircraft. By 2018, Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works had defined a concept for such an aircraft, which featured an undisclosed refueling technology that could dock with a receiver aircraft without compromising radar stealth. As discussions have reopened in September, the Air Force is again considering the acquisition of a mix of larger and smaller aircraft to fulfill the demand for in-flight refueling in the 2030s and 2040s. “One trade we can do is having bigger tankers that stand off a lot farther,” Roper says, “[and] having smaller, microtankers that do that last mile, the dangerous mile—and we expect to lose some of them.” The Air Force's budget justification documents suggest research on a next-generation tanker will continue at a low level: Nearly $8 million was requested in fiscal 2021 to “assess promising configurations in high- and low-speed wind tunnels.” The Air Force also is designing a small, pod-mounted tactical air-refueling boom, according to budget documents. The latter suggests that one option for increasing refueling capacity for aircraft equipped with boom receivers is to integrate a podded fuel-delivery system on tactical aircraft, such as a Lockheed Martin C-130. “I expect that as we really look at airpower in the truly contested environment, we'll be looking at fuel very strategically,” Roper says. “We may have a different solution for outside [a threat area] versus inside. And I think we will value, increasingly, aircraft that have range for the last mile.” https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/kc-46-progress-revives-next-generation-tanker-talks

  • COVID-19 further delaying some overdue military procurements

    September 29, 2020 | Local, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security, Other Defence

    COVID-19 further delaying some overdue military procurements

    Lee Berthiaume OTTAWA — While the federal government is pressing ahead with plans to buy billions of dollars worth of much-needed equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces, the Department of National Defence's top procurement official says COVID-19 is further slowing down some already delayed purchases. The past six months have seen a number of major milestones for Canada's beleaguered military procurement system, including last week's unveiling of the first of 16 new military search-and-rescue planes after 16 years of delays and controversy. Procurement officials are also now reviewing three bids that were received from fighter-jet makers at the end of July as Canada inches closer to selecting a replacement for the aging CF-18s following more than a decade of political mismanagement. The list of recent successes also includes Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding having delivered the first of six new Arctic offshore patrol vessels in late July, while progress has been made on a number of other files, such as the long-overdue purchase of new engineering vehicles for the Army. Yet some of those milestones would have been achieved earlier had it not been for COVID-19. And Troy Crosby, the Defence Department's assistant deputy minister of materiel, acknowledges many other projects are being affected as well. That includes the more than 100 military procurements — roughly half of them dealing with new equipment and the rest focused on building new infrastructure on Canadian Forces bases across the country — that were listed as already delayed before the pandemic hit. "COVID didn't speed anything up," Crosby said in an interview with The Canadian Press. "I think everybody would understand that that's going to have some impact. And exactly what that impact is difficult to tell right now." Delays in military procurements can have several impacts. In some cases such the CF-18s, the Canadian Armed Forces is being forced to keep using equipment that was supposed to have been retired years ago. In others, delays drive up the cost of the new purchases due to inflation. The projects most likely to be delayed due to COVID-19 are those in production, Crosby said. Examples include the construction of new naval ships by Irving and Seaspan ULC in Vancouver, which have had to adopt physical distancing and other COVID-19 measures at their shipyards. "For the projects that are at a stage where the work is office-based ... once we got over that initial hump as everybody had to as we moved toward a remote-work posture, the work continued," said Crosby. "If you're in a shipyard and you're trying to advance the production of a ship given all of the physical distancing requirements and the health and safety considerations, that's challenging." Crosby has previously argued much of the frustration around military procurement is the result of unrealistic expectations born of a lack of understanding and appreciation for how the system — which is dealing with more projects than at any time in recent history — actually works. COVID-19 has also prompted speculation the Liberal government could start cutting back on its promise, unveiled in 2017, to spend $553 billion on the military over the next 20 years. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan told The Canadian Press earlier this month that the funding is "secure." Asked about the spending plan — which is contained in the Liberals' defence policy and known as Strong, Secure, Engaged — Crosby said: "Strong Secure Engaged continues to be our focus and it laid out a program of work and we're trying to get that program of work delivered. "It's been that way right through this whole COVID situation. That hasn't changed anything. ... The people in the materiel group, the people we're working with across government, we're all seized with the program forward." This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 28, 2020. https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/covid-19-further-delaying-some-overdue-military-procurements-1.24211049

  • Contract Awards by US Department of Defense – September 25, 2020

    September 28, 2020 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security, Other Defence

    Contract Awards by US Department of Defense – September 25, 2020

    U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Tampa, Florida, awarded 46 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth a maximum $950,000,000 for Special Operations Forces Core Support services in support of USSOCOM enterprise requirements in the U.S. and globally. Contracted subject matter expertise and knowledge-based services will support education, training, engineering, technical, professional, administrative, management support, program management and other requirements. Funding shall be provided on a delivery order basis. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds will be used to satisfy a $2,500 contract minimum guarantee. The contracts were awarded competitively using Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15 procedures. This list of awardees has been updated based on the result of Small Business Administration size challenges and corrective action taken from Government Accountability Office protests. The following companies were awarded: Core One Solutions LLC, Sterling, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0002); Crisis Response Co. LLC, Keller, Texas (H92400-20-D-0003); Consulting Services Group LLC, Herndon, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0004); D3 Air and Space Operations Inc., St. Augustine, Florida (H92400-20-D-0005); Defense Acquisition Inc., Huntsville, Alabama (H92400-20-D-0006); EnGenius, Huntsville, Alabama (H92400-20-D-0007); Firebird AST, Arlington, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0008); Federal Information Systems Inc., San Antonio, Texas (H92400-20-D-0009); FITT Scientific LCC, Colonial Heights, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0010); Gemini Industries Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts (H92400-20-D-0011); Global Dimensions LLC, Fredericksburg, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0012); Geo Owl LLC, Wilmington, North Carolina (H92400-20-D-0013); Iron EagleX, Tampa, Florida (H92400-20-D-0014); INTEROP-ISHPI JV LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0015); ITELITRAC Inc., Ashburn, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0016); K2 Solutions Inc., Southern Pines, North Carolina (H92400-20-D-0018); Legion Systems LLC, Tampa, Florida (H92400-20-D-0019); Lukos LCC, Tampa, Florida (H92400-20-D-0020); METIS Celestar JV LLC, Tampa, Florida (H92400-20-D-0021); MHM Innovations Inc., Fairfax, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0022); Nisga'a Tek LLC, Chantilly, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0023); OSCAR DEUCE LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0024); Prescient Edge Corp., McLean (H92400-20-D-0025); ProCleared LLC, Chantilly, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0026); Preting LLC, Springfield, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0027); Quiet Professionals, Tampa, Florida (H92400-20-D-0028); R3 Strategic Support Group Inc., Coronado, California (H92400-20-D-0029); The Red Gate Group Ltd., Chantilly, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0030); RMGS Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0032); Special Applications Group, Tampa, Florida (H92400-20-D-0033); SOLUTE Inc., San Diego, California (H92400-20-D-0034); Arrow Security and Training LLC, Nashua, New Hampshire (H92400-20-D-0035); Spathe Systems LLC, Tampa, Florida (H92400-20-D-0036); Strategic Solutions Unlimited Inc.; Fayetteville, North Carolina (H92400-20-D-0037); Streamline Defense LLC, Tampa, Florida (H92400-20-D-0038); T3i Inc., Imperial Beach, California (H92400-20-D-0039); TriDcor JV LLC, Wesley Chapel, Florida (H92400-20-D-0040); Tyoneck Global Services LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (H92400-20-D-0041); Threat Tec LLC, Hampton, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0042); Universal Strategy Group Inc., Franklin, Tennessee (H92400-20-D-0043); Vistra Communications LLC, Lutz, Florida (H92400-20-D-0044); VxL Enterprise LLC, Alexandria, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0045); Walsingham Group Inc., Fayetteville, North Carolina (H92400-20-D-0046); Webworld Technologies Inc., Fairfax, Virginia (H92400-20-D-0047); ATSG Corp., Fairfax (H92400-20-D-0048); and Delan Associates Inc., Freeport, New York (H92400-20-D-0049). ARMY ECRMJV LLC,* Milton, Florida (W9127S-20-D-6002); Encompass IDBO LLC,* Overland Park, Kansas (W9127S-20-D-6004); Global Engineering and Construction LLC,* Renton, Washington (W9127S-20-D-6006); Royce Construction Services LLC,* Reston, Virginia (W9127S-20-D-6008); and SES Construction and Fuel Services LLC,* Oak Ridge, Tennessee (W9127S-20-D-6010), will compete for each order of the $240,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract in support of the Army Medical Command's sustainment, restoration and modernization program. 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 Sept. 24, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas, is the contracting activity. Day and Zimmermann Inc., Parsons, Kansas, was awarded a $92,700,000 modification (P00010) to contract W15QKN-17-C0112 for production of M1061 60 mm high-explosive mortar cartridges. Work will be performed in Parsons, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2021. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 procurement of ammunition (Army) funds in the amount of $7,709,762 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity. CUBRC Inc., Buffalo, New York, was awarded a $71,343,113 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research, operations and maintenance support services. 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. 24, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-20-D-0047). Kiewit Infrastructure South Co., Sunrise, Florida, was awarded a $40,502,895 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of levee structures and gated box culverts equipped with dewatering apparatus features. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Miami, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 6, 2024. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $40,502,895 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (W912EP-20-C-0024). Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $38,662,174 modification (P00053) to contract W52P1J-15-C-0078 for installation support operations and other support services. Work will be performed in Doha, Qatar, with an estimated completion date of March 29, 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Defense-wide) funds in the amount of $37,576,641 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity. Honeywell, Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $26,224,706 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract for program management, field service support, production support and systems technical support for the Automotive Gas Turbine Engine 1500 Engine. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Arizona; and Anniston, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2021. Fiscal 2020 weapons and tracked combat vehicle procurement (Army) funds; and 2020 Army working capital funds in the amount of $26,224,706 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-20-F-0390). International Enterprise Inc., Talladega, Michigan, was awarded a $26,177,663.00 firm-fixed-price contract to provide test, teardown and evaluation and repair of the components of the Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. 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, 2023. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-20-D-0113). Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $25,168,702 modification (P00440) to contract W56HZV-15-C-0095 for interim contractor support for fielding for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2021. Fiscal 2019 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $25,168,702 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity. Sherpa 6 Inc.,* Littleton, Colorado, was awarded a $24,565,468 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop a variety of technologies to support research and development concept prototype components for dismounted Soldier mission command systems, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System and Nett Warrior. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Littleton, Colorado, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2024. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Army) funds in the amount of $2,100,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W911QY-20-C-0102). Quality Enterprises USA Inc., Naples, Florida, was awarded a $24,356,076 firm-fixed-price contract to construct seven miles of levee and associated conveyance canal, install a triple-barrel culvert in the existing Lipman Canal and another in the conveyance canal, install a double-barrel culvert through the levee, construct an access road to the levee and resurface an existing road. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed in Naples, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 24, 2023. Fiscal 2020 civil works funds in the amount of $24,356,076 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (W912EP-20-C-0016). Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, Louisiana, was awarded a $24,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for rental of a 27-30 inch cutterhead pipeline dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 25, 2021. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91278-20-D-0078). Structural Associates Inc.,* East Syracuse, New York, was awarded a $21,731,500 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a Unmanned Aircraft Systems Shadow hangar. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed at Fort Drum, New York, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 25, 2022. Fiscal 2018 and 2020 military construction (Army) funds in the amount of $21,731,500 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, New York, is the contracting activity (W912DS-20-C-0025). Ashford Leebcor,* Williamsburg, Virginia, was awarded a $19,717,932 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of an approximately 38,880 gross square-foot aircraft maintenance building. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed in Garden City, Georgia, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2022. Fiscal 20202 military construction (Army National Guard) funds in the amount of $19,717,932 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Property and Fiscal Office, Georgia, is the contracting activity (W50S70-20-C-0002). Technomics Inc.,* Arlington, Virginia, was awarded an $18,112,824 firm-fixed-price contract for cost, economic and technical analysis for combat weapon systems, combat support and combat service support systems, information management systems, as well as associated acquisition and financial management reporting. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 24, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-20-D-0116). The Missouri Department of Social Services, Jefferson City, Missouri, was awarded a $17,777,800 modification (P00012) to contract W911S7-20-C-0002 for full food service at Fort Leonard Wood. Work will be performed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 5, 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $16,341,430 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Eustis, Virginia, is the contracting activity. General Dynamics Mission System Inc., Taunton, Massachusetts, was awarded a $17,458,284 modification (P00006) to contract W15P7T-19-F-0144 for logistics and fielding support services for Product Manager Tactical Network-Mission Network. Work will be performed in Taunton, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2021. Fiscal 2018 and 2020 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $12,469,656 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $16,005,560 modification (P00437) to contract W56HZV-15-C-0095 to provide total package fielding for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at various locations. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2021. Fiscal 2019 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $16,005,560 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity. SpawGlass Contractors Inc., Selma, Texas, was awarded a $15,459,784 firm-fixed-price contract to renovate two facilities as part of the McAllen Central Processing Center. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in McAllen, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 10, 2021. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $15,459,784 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-20-C-0042). Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington was awarded a $15,037,000 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging the Mississippi River. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2021. Fiscal 2020 civil operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $15,037,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-20-C-0073). The Dutra Group, San Rafael, California, was awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 25, 2021. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91278-20-D-0079). Supplied Industrial Solutions Inc., Granite City, Illinois, was awarded a $14,293,064 firm-fixed-price contract for structural, stability, process, mechanical and electrical modifications to seven existing pump stations. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Kansas City, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 25, 2023. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $14,293,064 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the contracting activity (W912DQ-20-C-1117). General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a 14,129,939 modification (PZ0002) to contract W56HZV-20-D-0011 for Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile vehicle kits. 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 April 18, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-20-D-0011). The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $12,539,230 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop the technologies required to design, build and test a high-reduction ratio transmission that accomplishes a nominal 60-to-1 gear reduction in two stages or less, in a lightweight, compact package. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2025. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Army) funds in the amount of $12,539,230 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W911W6-20-C-0071). Promega Corp., Madison, Wisconsin, was awarded an $11,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of customized reagents and consumables. 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. 24, 2025. U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W81XWH-20-A-0008). Lowry Holding Co. Inc.,* Brighton, Michigan, was awarded an $11,268,202 firm-fixed-price contract to purchase hand-held tablets for the Army National Guard. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Chester, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 25, 2020. Fiscal 2020 National Guard and Reserve equipment (Defense) funds in the amount of $11,268,202 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-20-F-0647). Integrated Environmental Solutions Inc.,* Gary, Indiana, was awarded an $11,017,384 firm-fixed-price contract to increase crest elevation of an 8,833-foot-long compacted clay dike and widening a 2,000-foot-long segment of the dike. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in East Chicago, Indiana, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2022. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $11,017,384 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois is the contracting activity (W912P6-20-C-0016). Donald L. Mooney LLC doing business as Nurses Etc. Staffing, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded an $8,676,184 firm-fixed-price contract to provide licensed vocational nurses and certified nurse assistants for the San Antonio Military Healthcare System. 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 March 31, 2021. U.S. Army Health Contracting Activity, San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity (W81K04-20-D-0021). Aerovironment Inc,* Simi Valley, California, was awarded an $8,371,332 firm-fixed-price contract for a Puma unmanned aircraft systems, initial spares, contractor logistics support, reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition, vampire and kestral software, launchers and new equipment training. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2020 Iraq country funds in the amount of $8,371,332 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-20-C-0043). Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded an $8,345,500 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging of the Freeport Harbor, entrance and jetty channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Freeport, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 25, 2020. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 civil operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,345,500 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-20-F-0052). Harry Pepper and Associates Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, was awarded an $8,170,822 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of Pump Station S-705 in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Homestead, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 22, 2022. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $8,170,822 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (W912EP-20-C-0020). Alutiiq General Contractors LLC,* Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded a $7,822,077 firm-fixed-price contract for seismic upgrades, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning replacement, roof replacement and locker room renovations to Building 7116 at Camp Rilea Air National Guard Station. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Warrenton, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 2, 2022. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $7,822,077 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Property and Fiscal Office, Oregon, is the contracting activity (W50S8Y-20-C-5000). Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $7,255,289 modification (P00204) to contract W31P4Q-08-C-0418 to provide support for the Integrated Battle Command System extended limited user test and additional test events. 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/

  • Curtiss-Wright acquiring PacStar for $400 million

    September 28, 2020 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security, Other Defence

    Curtiss-Wright acquiring PacStar for $400 million

    Andrew Eversden WASHINGTON — North Carolina-based defense technology company Curtiss-Wright announced Sept. 24 that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Pacific Star, a major tactical communications vendor for the U.S. Army. Curtiss-Wright, based in North Carolina, bought PacStar for $400 million in an effort to boost its network communications business. According to a press release from Curtiss-Wright, PacStar's business will operate within the Curtiss-Wright defense business and is expected to generate $120 million in sales in 2020. “The acquisition of PacStar establishes Curtiss-Wright as a critical supplier of advanced tactical and enterprise network communications solutions supporting a broad spectrum of high-priority U.S. military force modernization programs,” said David C. Adams, chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Corporation, in a statement. “The combination of Curtiss-Wright's mission-critical mobile and secure COTS-based processing, data management and communications technologies with PacStar's highly complementary hardware and software solutions will enable us to deliver best-in-class platform network integration and tactical data link network management to the warfighter.” Curtiss-Wright ranked No. 72 in Defense News' Top 100 annual report on the world's largest defense companies. PacStar is an important vendor for the Army's tactical network modernization effort, where it provides products to improve tactical expeditionary communications. Back in July, PacStar was awarded work to support the fielding of satellite baseband communications to three Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced (ESB-E) units by Army Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical. PacStar also provides networking and communications capabilities for the Marine Corps' Networking On-The-Move (NOTM) program. “PacStar, which represents the largest transaction in Curtiss-Wright's recent history, is well-positioned to benefit from the military's continued investment in robust, secure and integrated battlefield network management and is expected to yield significant opportunities for revenue growth," Adams said. "Further, this acquisition supports Curtiss-Wright's financial objectives for long-term profitable growth and strong free cash flow generation within our disciplined and balanced capital allocation strategy.” https://www.c4isrnet.com/industry/2020/09/25/curtiss-wright-acquiring-pacstar-for-400-million/

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