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  • Contract Awards by US Department of Defense – October 1, 2020

    2 octobre 2020 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité, Autre défense

    Contract Awards by US Department of Defense – October 1, 2020

    U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND The Federal Express Team, Memphis, Tennessee, has been awarded a modification (P00005) on contract HTC7111-8-D-CC37 in the estimated amount of $1,630,630,000. Team members include American Airlines Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; Amerijet International Inc., Miami, Florida; Atlas Air Inc., Purchase, New York; Federal Express Corp., Memphis, Tennessee; Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc., Purchase, New York; Eastern Airlines LLC, Wayne, Pennsylvania; and Hawaiian Airlines Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. The modification provides continued international long-range and short-range charter airlift services for the Department of Defense. The option period of performance is from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2021 transportation working capital funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $3,261,260,000 from $1,630,630,000. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. The Patriot Team, Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been awarded a modification on contract HTC711-18-D-CC39 in the estimated amount of $1,447,524,000. Team members include ABX Air Inc., Wilmington, Ohio; Air Transport International Inc., Wilmington, Ohio; JetBlue Airways Corp., Long Island City, New York; Kalitta Air LLC, Ypsilanti, Michigan; Northern Air Cargo LLC, Anchorage, Alaska; Omni Air International LLC, Tulsa, Okla.; United Airlines Inc., Chicago, Illinois; United Parcel Service Co., Louisville, Kentucky; and Western Global Airlines LLC, Estero, Florida. The modification provides continued international long-range and short-range charter airlift services for the Department of Defense. The option period of performance is from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2021 transportation working capital funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $2,895,048,000 from $1,447,524,000. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. National Air Cargo Group Inc., Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a modification (P00006) on contract HTC711-18-D-CC40 in the estimated amount of $110,406,000. The modification provides continued international long-range and short-range charter airlift services for the Department of Defense. The option period of performance is from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2021 transportation working capital funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $220,812,000 from $110,406,000. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. Sun Country Inc., doing business as Sun Country Airlines, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract HTC711-20-D-CC08 with an estimated amount of $59,112,000. This International Charter Airlift Services contract is in support of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet and provides international long-range and short-range charter airlift services for the Department of Defense. Work will be performed globally. The option period of performance is from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2021 transportation working capital funds were obligated at award. The U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. Delta Air Lines Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded a modification (P00005) on contract HTC711-18-D-CC41 in the estimated amount of $28,026,000. The modification provides continued international long-range and short-range charter airlift services for the Department of Defense. The option period of performance is from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2021 transportation working capital funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $56,052,000 from $28,026,000. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. Phoenix Air Group, Inc., Cartersville, Georgia, has been awarded a modification (P00004) to task order HTC711-19-F-1554 in the amount of $7,051,282. This modification provides continued chartered passenger airlift services to the Naval Air Warfare Center. Work will be performed in Point Mugu, San Nicolas Island, and China Lake, California. The option period of performance is from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021. Fiscal 2021 transportation working capital funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the task order to $18,350,249 from $11,298,967. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. NAVY Ambyth Shipping Micronesia Inc., Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (N68171-21-D-0001); American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group Inc., Parsippany, New Jersey (N68171-21-D-0002); Bahrain Fujairah Marine Services, Manama, Bahrain (N68171-21-D-0003); Black Bull Group Inc., Miami, Florida (N68171-21-D-0004); Bahrain Maritime & Mercantile International BSC, Sitra, Kingdom of Bahrain (N68171-21-D-0005); Cox Logistics, Juffair, Kingdom of Bahrain (N68171-21-D-0016); Crane Worldwide, Houston, Texas (N68171-21-D-0007); Crowley Government Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida (N68171-21-D-0008); DaeKee Global Co. Ltd., Pusan, South Korea (N68171-21-D-0009); Downie Jones Ship Stores, Bulimba, Queensland, Australia (N68171-21-D-0010); Downie Jones Ship Stores Ltd., Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong (N68171-21-D-0011); EMS Shipping & Trading GmbH, Leer (Ostfriesland), Niedersachsen, Germany (N68171-21-D-0012); Global Defense Logistics SRL, Constanta, Romania (N68171-21-D-0013); Global Maritime Logistics Support Inc., Olongapo City, Philippines (N68171-21-D-0014); Global Support Inc., Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (N68171-21-D-0015); Inchcape Shipping Services Dubai LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (N68171-21-D-0017); Kentucky Defense Services LLC, Covington, Kentucky (N68171-21-D-0018); Multinational Logistic Services Ltd., Gziza, Malta (N68171-21-D-0020); Multinational Logistic Services USA, Longmeadow, Massachusetts (N68171-21-D-0021); National Alliance Management LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada (N68171-21-D-0022); OPS Corp., Pusan, South Korea (N68171-21-D-0023); Parsh Marine (S) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (N68171-21-D-0024); Qube Ports Pty. Ltd., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (N68171-21-D-0025); Rio Logistics (S) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore (N68171-21-D-0026); Royal Cargo Inc., Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines (N68171-21-D-0027); Shipping Consultants Associated Ltd., Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom (N68171-21-D-0028); Seabulk Towing Inc. (doing business as Seabulk Logistics Services), Fort Lauderdale, Florida (N68171-21-D-0029); Seaway Filipinas Logistics Inc., Zambales, Zambales, Philippines (N68171-21-D-0031); Stirling Advanced Logistical Services, Amman, Jordan (N68171-21-D-0032); Toll Remote Logistics Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (N68171-21-D-0033); Tsui Wah Ferry Services Co. Ltd., Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong (N68171-21-D-0034); and Waypoint LLC, Brookings, South Dakota (N68171-21-D-0035), are awarded an estimated $1,061,000,000 multiple award of firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to provide husbanding, management and integration services consisting of general charter and hire, utilities, force protection, communications and land transportation services to support maritime forces of the Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, and other nations to include Navy Ships, Marine Corps, Military Sealift Command (MSC), Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and other foreign vessels participating in U.S. military or NATO exercises and missions. The contracts will run concurrently and will include a five-year base ordering period with one five-year option with individual requirements performed under task orders when specific dates and locations are identified. If the option period is exercised, the total estimated value of the contracts combined will have a ceiling value of $2,122,000,000. The ordering period of the contract is expected to be completed by October 2025; if all options are exercised, the ordering period will be completed by October 2030. Work will be performed in thirty geographic regions: United Arab Emirates (14%); Philippines (10%); Djibouti (7%); Eastern U.S. and U.S. territories (6%); Southeastern Asia 2 (5%); Indian Ocean (5%); South Korea (5%); South America (5%); Singapore (4%); Western California (4%); Southeastern Asia 1 (3%); Bahrain (3%); Oman (3%); Oceania (2%); China and Russia (2%); United Kingdom/Western Europe (North Sea) (2%); Italy (2%); Eastern Europe/Black Sea (2%); Western Europe (Mediterranean) (2%); Northern Atlantic (2%); Panama (2%); North America (2%); Japan (1%); Greece (1%); Africa (1%); Middle East (1%); Central America (1%); Caribbean and Bermuda (1%); Eastern U.S. territories (1%); and Western U.S. territories (1%). Due to the fact that the specific requirements for husbanding support cannot be predicted at this time, more specific information about where the work will be performed cannot be currently provided. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $96,000 will be obligated ($3,000 on each of the 32 contracts to fund the contracts' minimum amounts) and funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Additional funds will be obligated at the task order level with the appropriate fiscal year funding as issued by the main type commanders for each area of responsibility. Typical funding issued by each of the customers include operations and maintenance (Navy) funds from U.S. Fleet Forces Command; and working capital funds (Navy) from MSC. The requirement was competitively procured for the award of multiple contracts with the solicitation posted on beta.SAM.gov, Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) and Euro NECO with 36 offers received. The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center, Sigonella, Naples Detachment, Italy, is the contracting activity. BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $94,022,896 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for airborne capabilities integration, including but not limited to sensors, communications systems, weapons systems and control technologies for a variety of manned and unmanned airborne platforms in support of the Airborne Systems Integration Division. Work will be performed in Saint Inigoes, Maryland (39%); Lexington Park, Maryland (29%); Patuxent River, Maryland (17%); Hollywood, Maryland (8%); Yuma, Arizona (4%); and California, Maryland (3%), and is expected to be completed in October 2025. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; four offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Command Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-21-D-0001). Systems Planning and Analysis Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, is awarded an $85,377,546 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the acquisition of technical services, program support, assessments, special studies and systems engineering for the Trident II Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Strategic Weapons system. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Virginia (86%); and Strategic Systems Programs Headquarters, Washington, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. (14%), with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2025. Subject to availability of funding, fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $5,168,031 will be obligated on base award. This contract was a sole-source acquisition in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-21-C-6019). The Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Mitchell Field, New York, is awarded a $68,603,033 cost plus incentive fee and cost plus fixed fee contract modification (P00005) to previously awarded and announced contract N00030-20-C-0045 for the U.S. and United Kingdom to provide Strategic Weapon System Trident fleet support, Trident II SSP Shipboard Integration (SSI) Increment 8, SSI Increment 16, Columbia class and U.K. Dreadnought class navigation subsystem development efforts. Work will be performed in Mitchel Field, New York (47%); Huntington Beach, California (36%); Clearwater, Florida (9%); Cambridge, Massachusetts (6%); and Hingham, Massachusetts (2%), with an expected completion date of Nov. 30, 2022. Subject to the availability of funding, fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $42,869,626; fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $4,247,698; and United Kingdom funds in the amount of $21,485,709, will be obligated at time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole-source acquisition in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) and (4). Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California, is awarded a $59,097,371 cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost plus fixed-fee level of effort contract (N00030-21-C-6002) to provide the U.S. and United Kingdom Trident II (D5) maintenance, rebuilding and technical services in support of the Navigation subsystem. Work will be performed at Huntington Beach, California (63%); and Heath, Ohio (13%), along with field engineering conducted at Puget Sound, Washington (4%); Heath, Ohio (4%); Mitchell Field, New York (4%); Norfolk, Virginia (4%); Kings Bay, Georgia (4%); Port Canaveral, Florida (2%), and Faslane, Scotland (2%). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2022 (inclusive of all option periods). United Kingdom funds in the amount of $893,383 are being obligated on this award. Subject to the availability of funds, fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $27,877,125 will be obligated. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole-source acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.- Marine Systems (NGSC-MS), Sunnyvale, California, is awarded a $29,541,061 cost-plus incentive-fee contract (N00030-21-C-1010) for fiscal 2021 ongoing support of the Trident II (D-5) deployed SSBN and the SSGN Underwater Launcher Systems (ULS), NGSC-MS will provide technical engineering support and integration for D5, and SSGN Attack Weapon System (AWS). This support provides field services at sites and shipyards. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, California (52%); Bangor, Washington (18%); Kings Bay, Georgia (14%); Rocket Center West Virginia (7%); Cape Canaveral, Florida (4%); St. Charles, Missouri (3%); and Camarillo, California (2%). The base year performance period is Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021. Subject to availability of funds, fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $29,541,061 will be obligated on this award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract includes firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee option contract line items. The contract was not competitively procured. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Bothell, Washington, was awarded a not-to-exceed $24,072,455 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of gas generators for use in the suppression system onboard the V-22 aircraft to provide explosion/fire suppression capabilities. The contract will include a three-year base ordering period with no options. Work will be performed in Moses Lake, Washington, and is expected to be completed by September 2023. This effort combines purchases with procurement and ammunition (Navy and Marine Corps) funds (82.9%); ammunition (Air Force) funds (14.7%); and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funding (Japan) (2.4%) under the FMS program. Funds in the amount of $7,802,197 will be issued for delivery order N00104-20-F-B501 that will be awarded concurrently with the contract and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One source was solicited for this non-competitive requirement under authority 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), with one offer received. The Naval Supply Systems Command, Weapon Systems Support, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00104-20-D-B501). (Awarded Sept. 29, 2020) Science Applications International Corp., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $22,614,979 combination cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, and firm-fixed-price type contract. The contract is for the First Article testing and production of the All Up Round MK 28 MOD 2 Exercise and MK 29 MOD 0 Warshot fuel tank assemblies for the MK 48 heavyweight torpedo, engineering services with associated other direct costs and contract data requirements list in support of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport Undersea Warfare Systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $142,265,948. Work will be performed in Bedford, Indiana (90%); and Middleton, Rhode Island (10%), and is expected to be completed by March 2022. Fiscal 2020 Foreign Military Sales/Armament Cooperative Program funds in the amount of $19,639,611 (87%); fiscal 2017 Navy Replace in Kind funds in the amount of $2,354,790 (10%); and fiscal 2020 Navy Replace in Kind funds in the amount of $620,578 (3%), will be obligated at time of 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 one offer received. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport, Keyport, Washington, is the contracting activity (N00253-20-C-0010). (Awarded Sept. 30, 2020) FLIR Surveillance Inc., Wilsonville, Oregon, is awarded a $14,565,377 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering period for BRITE Star Block II systems, repair actions, data, provision item order, training and engineering services. Work will be performed in Wilsonville, Oregon, and is expected to be completed by September 2025. This contract includes purchases for the Czech Republic under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. FMS Czech Republic funding in the amount of $8,179,077 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of 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, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-20-D-JQ51). AIR FORCE The Boeing Co., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $298,369,312 firm-fixed-price contract for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program. This contract provides a prototype payload to develop hardware and software. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and is expected to be complete by May 2025. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 research and development funds in the amount of $29,447,172 are being obligated at the time of award. The U.S. Space Force, Space and Missile Systems Center, Development Corps, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity (FA8808-20-C-0047). (Awarded Sept. 30, 2020) DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $70,743,464 modification (P00042) to previously awarded contract FA4890-17-C-0005 for Air Force Central Command War Reserve Materiel (WRM). This modification provides for the exercise of Option Year Four for WRM services being provided under the basic contract. Work will be performed at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; and the United Arab Emirates, and is expected to be complete by September 2021. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $326,492,114. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $69,799,021 are being obligated at the time of award. Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, is the contracting activity. Gryphon Technologies L.C., Washington, D.C., has been awarded a $49,149,327 hybrid firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee with a cost reimbursable line item, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the processing, analysis and quantitative evaluation of environmental samples and other associated services in support of the Air Force Technical Applications Center's (AFTAC) mission. This contract also analyzes calibration samples and conducts studies on analytical techniques, instrumentation and data handling advancements. Work will be performed in Sunol, California, and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2028. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $4,119,773 are being obligated at the time of award. Headquarters Air Combat Command, Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA7022-21-D-0001). Dark Wolf Solutions LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, has been awarded a $9,087,314 firm-fixed-price task order for cyber innovation services. This contract provides for software penetration testing and adversarial assessment. Work will be performed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and is expected to be completed April 11, 2022. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $539,203 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force District of Washington, Joint Base Andrews – Naval Air Facility, Maryland, is the contracting activity (FA7014-21-F-0012). The Boeing Co., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $7,176,568 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00121) to previously awarded Wideband Global Satellite Communication (SATCOM) (WGS) Block II follow-on contract FA8808-10-C-0001. This contract modification provides for the acquisition of engineering support for a hosted payload accommodation effort. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and is expected to be completed December 2021. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $2,514,827,988. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,916,699 are being obligated at the time of award. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY UPDATE: Federal-Fabrics-Fibers Inc.,* Lowell, Massachusetts (SPE1C1-21-D-1400), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for commercial shelters issued against solicitation SPE1C1-18-R-0003 and awarded May 10, 2019. * Small business https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2369073/source/GovDelivery/

  • General Dynamics gets $1.2 billion to build short-range air defense systems for US Army

    2 octobre 2020 | International, Terrestre, Sécurité

    General Dynamics gets $1.2 billion to build short-range air defense systems for US Army

    Jen Judson WASHINGTON — General Dynamics Land Systems has secured a $1.2 billion contract at the close of the fiscal year to build and deliver the U.S. Army's Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense system, or IM-SHORAD. The Stryker combat vehicle-based system includes a mission equipment package designed by Leonardo DRS. That mission equipment package includes Raytheon's Stinger vehicle missile launcher. The estimated completion date of the contract is Sept. 30, 2025, according to a Defense Department contract announcement. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order. GDLS officials told Defense News on Oct. 1 that the initial order for the contract, worth $230 million, is for 28 vehicles, and that the company has begun ordering material and laying out production for those vehicles. The first vehicle under this contract will roll off the line in roughly 18 months, but the first platoon will be fielded in March 2021 and the first battalion (of 32 vehicles) will be fielded in September 2021 using prototypes already built to fill it out. A second battalion will be fielded in 2022. The Army wrapped up developmental testing for the SHORAD system after experiencing a minor “hiccup” that, when paired with complications due to the coronavirus pandemic, set the program back by a few weeks, Maj. Gen. Robert Rasch, the service's program executive officer for missiles and space, said Aug. 5. The production contract award came on time. It took just 19 months from the time the service generated the requirement to the first delivery of a platform for testing, answering an urgent call in 2016 from U.S. Army Europe to fill the short-range air defense capability gap. The service received the requirement to build the system in February 2018. After a shoot-off in the desert of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and subsequent evaluations of vendors, the Army selected a Stryker combat vehicle-based system with the Leonardo DRS mission equipment package. Training has already begun at White Sands in preparation for an early user assessment in the latter part of the year. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2020/10/01/general-dynamics-gets-12-billion-to-build-short-range-air-defense-systems-for-us-army/

  • Future Defense Task Force: Scrap obsolete weapons and boost AI

    2 octobre 2020 | International, C4ISR

    Future Defense Task Force: Scrap obsolete weapons and boost AI

    Joe Gould WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan congressional panel is recommending that the Pentagon must “identify, replace, and retire costly and ineffective legacy weapons platforms,” and prioritize artificial intelligence, supply chain resiliency and cyberwarfare in order to compete with China and Russia. The House's Future of Defense Task Force's 87-page report issued Tuesday echoed the accepted wisdom that the Pentagon must expand investments in modern technologies and streamline its cumbersome acquisition practices or risk losing its technological edge against competitors. The task force is co-chaired by House Armed Services Committee members Reps. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Jim Banks, R-Ind., who both signaled they'll champion elements of the report in future defense authorization legislation. While lawmakers are broadly in favor, efforts to retire specific platforms often meet resistance on Capitol Hill. On weapons systems, the task force offered some practical steps to this end. Congress, it said, should commission the RAND Corporation, or similar entity, and the Government Accountability Office to study legacy platforms within the Defense Department and determine their relevance and resiliency to emerging threats over the next 50 years. Then a panel should be convened, comprising Congress, the Department of Defense, and representatives from the industrial base, to make recommendations on which platforms should be retired, replaced or recapitalized, the report reads. Investments in science and technology research need to be prioritized nationally, and at the Pentagon level such investments should meet 3.4 percent of the overall defense budget, as recommended by the Defense Science Board. Funding ought to be expanded at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, national and defense research laboratories and partnering universities, the report says. The report recommended that each of the military services ought to spend at least one percent of their overall budgets on the integration of new technologies. The Pentagon must, the report says, scale up efforts to leverage private sector innovation, which is leading the government. The report calls for a tenfold increase in spending for Defense Innovation Unit, AFWERX, Army Futures Command and others ― and more collaborative opportunities like Hacking for Defense. The report calls for a Manhattan Project for artificial intelligence, saying DoD must go further than its increased investment in AI and Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to assist with the transition and deployment of AI capabilities. “Using the Manhattan Project as a model, the United States must undertake and win the artificial intelligence race by leading in the invention and deployment of AI while establishing the standards for its public and private use,” the report's authors wrote. (The Manhattan project is the U.S.-led World War II-era research and development effort that produced the first nuclear weapons.) The report calls for every major defense acquisition program to evaluate at least one AI or autonomous alternative prior to funding. Plus, all new major weapons purchases ought to be “AI-ready and nest with existing and planned joint all-domain command and control networks,” it says. Warning the country's supply chain is one of its “greatest national security and economic vulnerabilities,” the report calls for a national supply chain intelligence center under the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the elimination of single points of failure within DoD's supply chain. The task force, launched last October, includes several lawmakers with practical national security experience: Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., a former Air Force officer who studied technology and policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; as well as Reps. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Michael Waltz, R-Fla., who have served in senior Pentagon policy jobs. HASC members Reps. Susan Davis, D-Calif., Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., and Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., also served on the task force. In a statement, Moulton said the bipartisan plan could be used, no matter the outcome of the Nov. 3 presidential and congressional elections. “America needs a plan to confront the dual threats of Russia's aggression and China's rise. This is it,” he said. https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/09/29/future-defense-task-force-scrap-obsolete-weapons-and-boost-ai/

  • Pentagon’s CIO shop teams with armed services to prep for move to JEDI cloud

    2 octobre 2020 | International, C4ISR

    Pentagon’s CIO shop teams with armed services to prep for move to JEDI cloud

    Andrew Eversden WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top IT official said Wednesday that his office has spent the last few months preparing the armed services to migrate to the department's long-delayed enterprise cloud as soon as it becomes available. “We're doing a lot of work with the services on getting them prepared to move their [software] development processes and cycles to DevOps so when the [Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure] cloud finally does get awarded, we're not starting at Day One,” Dana Deasy, Pentagon chief information officer, said during a Defense Writers Group roundtable. The JEDI cloud contract was originally awarded to Microsoft over Amazon Web Services 11 months ago, and then was halted by a federal judge in February. Though the court case remains unresolved, Deasy said the services must now identify tools, integration environments and directories that need set up to connect users into the cloud when it's available. Despite the judge's decision, “that's all work that we can do because it sits inside our ownership all ready,” Deasy said. While the Department of Defense has faced criticism for its single-award structure, particularly as cloud technologies have advanced during the yearslong delay, Deasy insisted the JEDI cloud still fills a critical capability gap the department needs to deliver to the war fighter: data at the tactical edge and DevOps. The JEDI cloud is the platform the department still envisions for those needs and is an important piece of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept, an initiative through which the services want to connect sensors and shooters. Deasy said the DoD has solutions in place to form that connection, but still needs “that tactical cloud out at the tactical edge.” “JADC2 is going to point out, time and time again, about the need of being able to swiftly bring data together. And guess what? That data is going to be of different classifications, and bringing that together in a cross-domain way in a very quick-to-need [way] is something that is still a need we have across the Department of Defense that JEDI was specifically designed to solve for,” Deasy said. Cloud, data and artificial intelligence are core elements to enabling JADC2. Using data for joint war fighting is the top priority of the department's forthcoming data strategy, which Deasy said he expects will be released in the next 30 days. The department has a lot of data, but it is not necessarily prepared or stored in a way that is ready to be used for any sort of operations. The data strategy is expected to outline how to approach those challenges. The DoD's new chief data officer, Dave Spirk, will finalize the data strategy. After he started in June, Spirk went on a “listening tour” across the department to inform the strategy. Deasy said Spirk was told by many components that the department needs to set goals to ensure data is visible, understandable and trustworthy, while also easily within classification levels. They also said the data needs to be interoperable and secure, while also linked and integrated between sensors and shooters. The Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, the department's AI hub that's situated under Deasy's office, is tackling joint war fighting this year under a new project that uses AI to link intelligence gathering systems to operations and effects systems for commanders. The JAIC recently awarded its Joint Common Foundation contract to Deloitte. The company is to provide an environment for an enterprisewide AI development platform. That platform, which uses the Air Force's Cloud One enterprise cloud, was originally supposed to operate inside the JEDI cloud. Therein lies the challenge for the DoD: Components that have been waiting for the JEDI cloud have had to look elsewhere — a problem Deasy recognizes he'll have to grapple with. Right now, Deasy is encouraging components that are waiting for JEDI but have an “urgent war-fighting need” to look elsewhere for platforms. “That is obviously OK in the short term, but over time that starts to become problematic because now you're starting to set up a lot of different solutions in different environments where you're going to have to go back and sort out in an enterprise way,” Deasy said. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/it-networks/2020/09/30/pentagons-cio-shop-teams-with-armed-services-to-prep-for-move-to-jedi-cloud/

  • How new network tools can help find paratroopers faster and improve situational awareness

    1 octobre 2020 | International, Terrestre, C4ISR

    How new network tools can help find paratroopers faster and improve situational awareness

    Andrew Eversden FORT BRAGG, N.C. — When paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's First Brigade Combat Team landed in the drop zone during a night jump last week, it took leaders 45 minutes after hitting the ground to locate about 90 percent of their formation. For contrast, at an exercise early last year, the commander of that brigade didn't achieve 75 percent accountability of formation until the second day of the exercise. That's one of the major improvements that's coming to three more Army brigades as part of Capability Set '21, a new set of network tools that will be fully fielded to the First Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd in December. The exercise at Ft. Bragg provided a soldier touch point opportunity for the Army's integrated tactical network (ITN) team, made up of Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical and the Network Cross-Functional Team, to hear what soldiers thought about Capability Set '21. And leaders from the Army's tactical network modernization team received some important feedback: the technology works, but the training needs improvement. “It does what we thought it would do, which is increase situational awareness up and down,” Col. Andrew Saslav, commander of the 82nd Airborne's First Brigade Combat Team, said in an interview with C4ISRNET. “That's the critical thing ... we don't know where people are on the battlefield unless we can talk with them. Now, I can see them and that just speeds up processing.” That's good news for the Army as it's set to deploy Capability Set '21 to three more infantry brigades in fiscal 2021. The exercise, originally scheduled for January, was delayed after the deployment of the brigade to Kuwait in January and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Army's tactical network modernization effort is working to provide a resilient tactical network to enable faster communications and data transfer to enable multi-domain operations (MDO) or Joint All-Domain Command and Control. “Our obligation is very simple: we have to make this work,” said Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, said at a meeting Sept. 24. “And if it doesn't, MDO, all-domain and everything else, is a pipe dream.” Lessons learned While a high-profile Army experiment in the Yuma, Ariz. desert tested various future networking capabilities, this lesser known event in North Carolina found that the network tools fielded to brigades significantly improve communications, but that soldiers need improved training with the batteries and additional cables. A major difference maker is Capability Set '21′s End User Device, a Samsung Galaxy smartphone that works in tandem with the soldier's radio to broadcast their location to all other users across the formation, as well as provides mapping capabilities. On average, the new “revolutionary” capability allows Saslav to see his formation 45 minutes to two hours, he said, a far cry from last year and a “game changer” when it comes to fighting battles. “My job is to resource those companies, troops and batteries in the fight and I do that mainly through fires, whether that's Army indirect fires, or its joint aircraft. If I can't see them, if I don't have a real-time data on where they are, then I can't support them. And so now I can support them faster more quickly, I can bring everything in closer to get that into the fight,” Saslav told C4ISRNET. The devices also allow soldiers to mark enemy positions and broadcast that information back through the rest of the formation. Shared understanding and increased situational awareness across the formation will save lives, and the EUDs increase both by an “untold variable,” Saslav said, because the capability eliminates the game of “telephone” played between the brigade commander and soldiers spread throughout the field. Another Capability Set '21 technology, known as the Variable Height Antenna, a tethered drone flying a TSM radio, successfully extended communications by several kilometers further than a standard, ground-based antenna would reach, the exercise found. These capabilities are a critical component of the Army's work evolving its network into a mesh network that gets away from line-of-sight communications and uses individual radios as nodes that extend the range of the network to allow soldiers to talk to each other beyond line-of-sight, across the battlespace. “I can always talk to the lowest radio to the highest radio because we have this mesh network and in ITN terms, that's game changing for us,” Saslav said. “It is moving us beyond line of sight, so for the first time, and that beyond line of sight is movable and fixable.” While the devices provide greater situational awareness, Saslav said during the exercise the location data wasn't coming in with specific identifiers for what dots representing locations meant. But, in a way that highlighted the DevOps approach that the Army is taking to the modernization of its tactical network, the software was updated during the exercise because the vendor was in the field, Saslav said. In addition, the Army discovered some linkage challenges between the radio and device, finding that the radio and device would lose the link between them if they were switched off. Leaders in the field want the devices to connect automatically so soldiers don't have to connect them together themselves. A new approach to training But one major challenge Army tactical network officials learned from talking to soldiers using the equipment on the ground was that the training process for teaching soldiers how to use the equipment needed to improve. The radio and EUD are connected together to broadcast location information, but soldiers were trained to use the devices separately. But since the devices need to be used as a system, leaders learned that the soldiers needed to be trained on how the system works. “What needs to happen is soldiers need to be trained with the equipment as they are worn and functions as an overall network because everything affects everything else,” said Capt. Brian Delgado, S6 of the 82nd Airborne Division's first Brigade Combat Team. And that network can be affected differently depending on the terrain. So while classroom training on the devices is important for the soldiers to learn the technology, they also need to learn how to use the technology in the field and how the terrain can affect it. Capt. Matthew Kane, S6 of the first brigade's 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, told C4ISRNET that his big takeaway was adjustments to training. “It needs to be as hands on as possible,” Kane said. “You need to get in the terrain and actually test the radio. The classroom won't cut it just because it's no longer programming the radio and walking away.” These new capabilities also mean soldiers must carry more batteries and more cables with them. Col. Garth Winterle, project manager for tactical radios at PEO C3T, said that the team identified a couple issues with battery life, one that requires training soldiers different configurations to optimize battery life. The other battery life problem was addressed through a firmware update by the vendor. Several Army personnel in the field also noted that soldiers needed to be taught best practices for cable management. Soldiers “weren't experts on how it's powered or how to manage cables and that's not a fault of the paratroopers,” Delgado said. “That's a fault with the way that we were addressing training.” As the Army perfects Capability Set '21 and moves forward with Capability Set '23, its next iteration of network tools, it will continue to rely on the feedback of soldiers to ensure that technology works, while being simple and intuitive enough for the user. “The beauty of it is that feedback we're going to get because [which] soldier right now has a really good idea that's going to make this better? And that's the feedback we're really looking for,” said Col. Rob Ryan, deputy director of the Network-CFT. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/it-networks/2020/09/29/how-new-network-tools-can-help-find-paratroopers-faster-and-improve-situational-awareness/

  • Contract Awards by US Department of Defense – September 30, 2020

    1 octobre 2020 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité, Autre défense

    Contract Awards by US Department of Defense – September 30, 2020

    ARMY General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $1,219,170,958 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price and fixed-price-incentive) contract to produce, test and deliver Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) systems. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-20-D-0039). General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $131,596,627 modification (P00011) to contract W58RGZ-19-C-0022 for Gray Eagle aircraft, satellite communications air data terminals, program management and government-furnished equipment maintenance and repair. Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2022. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement, Army funds in the amount of $131,596,627 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 29, 2020) BAE Systems, York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $127,588,892 modification (P00026) to contract W56HZV-17-C-0242 for the sole source procurement of M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System vehicles. Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2023. Fiscal 2020 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $127,588,892 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity. Radiance Technologies Inc.,* Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $120,784,794 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical assistance support to the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office. Bids was solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2023. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $2,794,694 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W50RAJ-20-F-0014). Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, Utah, was awarded a $64,907,822 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering, science and technology, analysis, test and fundamental technology research for systems, operations, hardware and software. 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 Dec. 31, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W9113M-20-D-0060). A&K Construction Inc., Paducah, Kentucky, was awarded a $56,070,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a middle school at Fort Campbell. Bids were solicited via the internet with eight received. Work will be performed at Fort Campbell, Tennessee, with an estimated completion date of May 18, 2023. Fiscal 2019 military construction, defense-wide funds in the amount of $56,070,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-20-C-0054). Purcell Construction Corp., Richmond, Virginia, was awarded a $47,269,234 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of Advanced Individual Training barracks at Fort Eustis. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Work will be performed in Newport News, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 10, 2022. Fiscal 2016 and 2020 military construction, Army funds in the amount of $47,269,234 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (W91236-20-C-2027). Caterpillar Inc. Government and Defense Products, Peoria, Illinois, was awarded a $40,607,049 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract to return 243 government-owned Caterpillar construction and material-handling vehicles to a like-new condition status. 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. 28, 2022. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-20-F-0424). Korte Construction Co., St. Louis, Missouri, was awarded a $36,685,652 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of a combined intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance group and squadron operations facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Las Vegas, Nevada, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 8, 2022. Fiscal 2020 military construction, defense-wide funds in the amount of $36,685,652 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, California, is the contracting activity (W912PL-20-C-0021). The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $32,427,632 firm-fixed-price contract for logistics support for H-47 forward and aft blades and associated containers. 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, 2021. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-20-F-0625). Nan Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded a $30,867,340 firm-fixed-price contract to repair Building 502 on Fort Shafter. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2023. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $30,867,340 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-20-C-0007). Lockheed Martin, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $26,960,639 modification (PZ0058) to contract W31P4Q-16-C-0036 for the procurement of last time buy production components for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launchers. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; Camden, Arkansas; and Palm Bay, Florida, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2023. Fiscal 2019 missile procurement, Army funds; and fiscal 2019 and 2020 U.S. Marine Corps funds in the amount of $26,960,639 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. StructSure Projects Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, was awarded a $26,388,053 firm-fixed-price contract for renovation work at the Military Correction Complex at Fort Leavenworth. Bids were solicited via the internet with eight received. Work will be performed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $26,388,053 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the contracting activity (W912DQ-20-C-4021). General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc., Taunton, Massachusetts, was awarded a $25,917,217 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to procure engineering and technical support services to execute a pilot program Tactical Network-Transport on the Move systems and equipment. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Taunton, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2021. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W15P7T-20-F-0286). SOC LLC, Hawthorne, Nevada, was awarded a $24,000,000 modification (P00012) to contract W52P1J-11-D-0002 W52P1J-20-F-0130 for operation and maintenance of the Hawthorne Army Depot, Nevada. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2021. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity. Hensel Phelps Construction Inc., was awarded a $22,455,000 firm-fixed-price contract to repair Building 503A on Fort Shafter. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2020 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $22,455,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-20-C-0008). SES Construction and Fuel Services LLC,* Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was awarded a $21,684,441 firm-fixed-price contract for two-phase design, construction and repair of Hangar Building 290 at Tyndall Air Force Base. Bids were solicited via the internet with 12 received. Work will be performed at Tyndall AFB, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 27, 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance, Air Force funds in the amount of $21,684,441 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91278-20-C-0038). Patriot Construction, Dunkirk, Maryland, was awarded a $20,641,702 firm-fixed-price contract for HVAC repairs at Fort Leavenworth. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2025. Fiscal 2020 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $20,641,702 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the contracting activity (W912DQ-20-C-4024). Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $19,249,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of facilities for development of nano energetic/explosive technologies and the development, integration, rapid prototyping and fielding of advance munitions. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2020 military construction, Air Force funds in the amount of $19,249,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91278-20-C-0034). Greenup Industries LLC,* Kenner, Louisiana, was awarded a $17,915,131 firm-fixed-price contract for excavation and reconstructing an asphalt pavement ramp and other incidental projects. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed in LaPlace, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 7, 2022. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $17,915,131 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-20-C-0077). Walga Ross Group 3 JV,* Joplin, Missouri, was awarded a $15,120,882 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction renovations for Buildings 2824 and 2850 at Fort Polk. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 24, 2022. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $15,120,882 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-20-C-0055). SOL Engineering Services LLC,* Jackson, Mississippi, was awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for research, development, test and evaluation and civil activities. 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 Sept. 30, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the contracting activity (W912HZ-20-D-0006). V Line Services LLC,* Kingston, Georgia, was awarded a $14,564,000 firm-fixed-price contract to renovate Building 888 at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of April 14, 2022. Fiscal 2020 Air Guard sustainment, restoration and modernization funds in the amount of $14,564,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Property and Fiscal Office, Ohio, is the contracting activity (W50S8P-20-C-0010). Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $13,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance and overhaul of helicopter mechanical transmissions. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Shelton, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2024. Fiscal 2020 Army working capital funds in the amount of $13,400,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-20-C-0046). Lockheed Martin MFC, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $13,203,134 modification (P00019) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0101 for last time buy of production parts for High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; Camden, Arkansas; and Palm Bay, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 26, 2024. Fiscal 2018 and 2020 missile procurement, Army funding; fiscal 2020 U.S. Marine Corps funding; and 2020 Foreign Military Sales (Finland, Jordan, Romania, Singapore, United Arab Emirates) funds in the amount of $13,203,134 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. SGS LLC,* Yukon, Ohio, was awarded a $12,499,983 firm-fixed-price contract to renovate tactical equipment maintenance facilities at Fort Polk. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of May 23, 2022. Fiscal 2020 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $12,499,983 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-20-C-0593). Speegle Construction Inc.,* Niceville, Florida, was awarded an $11,836,700 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a 36,800 square-foot high bay facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with eight received. Work will be performed at Hurlburt Field, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2022. Fiscal 2024 military construction, defense-wide funds in the amount of $11,836,700 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91278-20-C-0026). SES Construction and Fuel Services LLC,* Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was awarded a $10,767,743 firm-fixed-price contract to repair Building 9310 at Tyndall Air Force Base. Bids were solicited via the internet with 15 received. Work will be performed in Panama City, Florida, with an estimated completion date of May 30, 2022. Fiscal 2020 operation and maintenance, Air Force funds in the amount of $10,767,743 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91278-20-C-0036). GXM Consulting LLC,* Ashburn, Virginia, was awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to support the Army Research Laboratory's Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate. 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. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W911NF-20-F-0050). Shiers Communication Specialist Inc.,* Vicksburg, Mississippi, was awarded a $9,950,000 firm-fixed-price contract for labor services, equipment and materials for the voice, video and data communications networks at the U.S. Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center locations. 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. 29, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the contracting activity (W912HZ-20-D-0007). Milicon Inc.,* Sunrise, Florida, was awarded a $9,727,848 firm-fixed-price contract for roof renovation of Building 54 at the Defense Logistics Agency. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Richmond, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of April 4, 2022. Fiscal 2020 military construction, Army funds in the amount of $9,727,848 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (W91236-20-C-2004). Modern American Recycling & Repair Services of Alabama LLC,* Mobile, Alabama, was awarded a $9,562,791 firm-fixed-price contract to keep the Wheeler Dredge Vessel in good working condition to meet inspection requirement from U.S. Coast Guard regulations. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2020. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $9,562,791 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-20-C-0078). Maverick Constructors LLC,* Lutz, Florida, was awarded a $9,109,257 firm-fixed-price contract for expansion of Quantico National Cemetery. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Triangle, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of April 11, 2022. Fiscal 2017 Veterans Administration minor construction funds in the amount of $9,109,257 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (W91236-20-C-5024). Kemron Environmental Services Inc.,* Atlanta, Georgia, was awarded a $9,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to support technical activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District. 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, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, California, is the contracting activity (W91238-20-D-0003). Diversified Construction of Oklahoma Inc., Edmond, Oklahoma, was awarded an $8,880,370 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of multiple roadway segments and parking lots for ground support equipment and personally owned vehicles at Tinker Air Force Base. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with an estimated completion date of May 17, 2022. Fiscal 2020 military construction, defense-wide funds in the amount of $8,880,370 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (W912BV-20-F-0165). EA Engineering, Science and Technology Inc. PBC,* Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded an $8,252,999 firm-fixed-price contract for environmental remediation services Air Force installations. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Tinker AFB, Oklahoma; Enid, Oklahoma; and Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2030. Fiscal 2020 environmental restoration, defense funds in the amount of $8,252,999 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (W912BV-20-C-0016). McCormick Industrial Abatement Services Inc.,* Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded an $8,060,430 firm-fixed-price contract to paint the tainter gates at Wilber D. Mills Lock and Dam. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Tichnor, Arkansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2020 civil operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,060,430 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock, Arkansas, is the contracting activity (W9127S-20-C-0008). Vellutini, doing business as Royal Electric, Sacramento, California, was awarded a $7,580,580 firm-fixed-price contract to repair an airfield lighting system at Grissom Air Reserve Base. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 20, 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance, defense-wide funds in the amount of $7,580,580 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-20-C-0062). General Constructors Inc. of the Quad Cities,* Betendorf, Iowa, was awarded a $7,427,764 modification (P00005) to contract W912EK-18-C-0036 to demolish an existing guidewall and construct a new one. Work will be performed in Pleasant Valley, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 26, 2021. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $7,427,764 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity. NAVY Fluor Marine Propulsion LLC, Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $1,120,460,003 cost-plus-fixed fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2130 to exercise the fiscal 2021 option for naval nuclear propulsion work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory. Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (48%); Schenectady, New York (42%); and Idaho Falls, Idaho (10%), and is expected to be completed by September 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $5,996,652 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations 2410(a). This contract modification was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Lockheed Martin Space, Titusville, Florida, is awarded a $498,444,190 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (PZ0001) to previously awarded and announced unpriced letter contract N00030-20-C-0100 for Trident II (D5) missile production and deployed systems support. Work will be performed in Cape Canaveral, Florida (25.9%); Kings Bay, Georgia (20.6%); Bangor, Washington (19.3%); Sunnyvale, California (11.8%); Denver, Colorado (9.8%); Titusville, Florida (5.4%); Magna, Utah (1.6%); Bethesda, Maryland (1.2%); and other various locations (less than 1.0% each, 4.4% total). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2026. The maximum dollar value of the modification, including the base and all option items, if exercised, is $1,219,882,483. Fiscal 2020 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $45,081,348; fiscal 2019 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,273,190; and United Kingdom funds in the amount of $4,403,914 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is being awarded to the contractor on a sole-source basis under 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) and was previously synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Charlottesville, Virginia, was awarded a $210,104,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost type contract for the production of the AN/WSN-7 Ring Laser Gyroscope navigation system, provisioned items and associated technical support, for use on Navy ships and submarines. Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by December 2022. Fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) (66%); and fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) (34%) funding in the amount of $19,737,867 will be obligated on the first task order at the time of 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 Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-20-D-5230). (Awarded Sept. 25, 2020) Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Northridge, California, is awarded a $122,306,544 modification (P00013) to previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract N00019-19-C-0050. This modification provides flight test support in support of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range missile for the Navy and test assets for the Air Force. Work will be performed in Northridge, California (98%); and Ridgecrest, California (2%), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $12,000,000 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. Rogers, Lovelock & Fritz Inc., Orlando, Florida, is awarded a maximum amount of $100,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for multi-discipline projects at various activities in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Northwest area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed includes, but is not limited to, providing architectural design and engineering services for preparation of design-build requests for proposals and design-bid-build construction documents for various project types within the NAVFAC Northwest AOR. No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed at various government installations within the NAVFAC Northwest AOR including, but not limited to Washington (75%); Alaska (22%); Idaho (1%); Montana (1%); and Oregon (1%). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of September 2025. Fiscal 2020 military construction (MILCON) (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $1,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by MILCON (Navy). This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, Washington, is the contracting activity (N44255-20-D-0002). Chenega Management LLC,* Anchorage, Alaska (N39430-20-D-2261); Red Peak Technical Services LLC,* Anchorage, Alaska (N39430-20-D-2262); Silver Mountain Weston SB JV, LLC,* Idaho Falls, Idaho (N39430-20-D-2263); and Trofholz Technologies Inc.,* Rocklin, California (N39430-20-D-2264), are each awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for a maximum dollar value of $99,000,000 for all four contracts combined. The work to be performed provides for design, procurement, integration, installation, technology refreshment, testing, initial training, repair and replacement for PS/AC systems to include hardware, firmware and associated software. The types of PS/AC systems covered in this contract include automated vehicle gates, automated pedestrian turnstiles, enclaves, final denial barriers, electronic security systems-intrusion detection systems and physical security information management systems. Trofholz Technologies Inc., is being awarded the initial seed task order in the amount of $388,228 for the replacement of active vehicle barriers and associated construction at Naval Support Activity Orlando, Florida. Work for this task order will be performed in Orlando, Florida, and is expected to be completed by April 2021. Work on this contract will be performed at various locations worldwide depending upon needs of the Navy. Based on historical data, work will be distributed to California (18%); Virginia (16%); Washington (15%); Hawaii (11%); Illinois (11%); Florida (7%), Mississippi (7%); Texas (5%); Connecticut (3%); Georgia (3%); Nevada (2%); and Tennessee (2%). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of September 2025. Fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy) (OPN); and fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) (O&M,N) contract funds in the amount of $418,228 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by OPN and O&M,N funds. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with 16 proposals received. These four contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia (M95494-20-D-4001); Calibre Systems Inc., Alexandria, Virginia (M95494-20-D-4002); Corps Solutions LLC, Stafford, Virginia (M95494-20-D-4003); Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., McLean, Virginia (M95494-20-D-4004); and Whitney, Bradley & Brown Inc., Reston, Virginia (M95494-20-D-4005), are awarded a combined $97,713,798 hybrid firm-fixed-price and cost only indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract to provide professional support services to the Marine Corps, Pacific, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and III MEF. Each awardee will be awarded $5,000 (minimum contract guarantee per awardee) at contract award. Work will be performed in Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii; Camp Pendleton, California; Okinawa, Japan; and Blount Island Command, Florida. Work is expected to be completed September 2025. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $25,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. All other funding will be made available at the delivery order level as contracting actions occur. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with seven offers received. The Marine Corps Installations Command, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded $79,002,316 for an indefinite-delivery, performance-based logistics requirements contract for repair, replacement and program support covering 10 components, including the tail gearbox assembly, nose gearbox assembly, damper and swashplate in support of the CH-53 and MH-53 aircraft. This contract includes a 27-month base period with no options. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut (77%); and Cherry Point, North Carolina (23%). Work is expected to be completed by December 2022. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $35,112,140 will be obligated for delivery order N00383-21-F-0U00 that will be awarded concurrently with the contract. Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One company was solicited for this non-competitive requirement under authority 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, with one offer received. The Naval Supply Systems Command, Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00383-19-D-U001). Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $53,231,976 cost-plus-fixed-fee option exercise modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-2109 for engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics support, database management, research and development, modernization, planning yard for operational nuclear strategic and attack submarines. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (98%); and the government of Great Britain (2%), under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Work will be performed in Newport News, Virginia (90%); Kings Bay, Georgia (3%); Bremerton, Washington (2%); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (2%); Kittery, Maine (2%); and Groton, Connecticut (1%), and is expected to be completed by September 2022. If all options are exercised, work will be completed by September 2024. Fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy; 54%); research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy; 44%); and FMS Great Britain (2%) funding in the amount of $839,295 will be obligated at time of 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). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-20-C-2109). Bell Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $48,580,244 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-priced order (N61340-20-F-7002) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-17-G-0002. This order procures software and hardware upgrades for 24 V-22 flight training devices necessary to integrate V-22 aircraft Tactical Software Suite version 8.1 and 8.2 into 23 MV-22 training devices for the Marine Corps and one CV-22 training device for the Air Force. Work will be performed in Chantilly, Virginia (26%); Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (21%); Fort Worth, Texas (20%); St. Louis, Missouri (9%); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (9%); Fort Walton Beach, Florida (8%); Orlando, Florida (4%); and Clifton, New Jersey (3%), and is expected to be completed in August 2024. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $42,601,350; and fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $5,978,894 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 Training System Division, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia (N66604-20-D-K001); Huntington Ingalls Industries Fleet Support Group LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (N66604-20-D-K002); Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Mission Systems, Annapolis, Maryland (N66604-20-D-K003); Oasis Systems LLC, Rockville, Maryland (N66604-20-D-K004); Oceaneering International Inc., Hanover, Maryland (N66604-20-D-K005); Science Applications International Corp., Reston, Virginia (N66604-20-D-K006); and Serco Inc., Herndon, Virginia (N66604-20-D-K007), are awarded a maximum dollar value combined $46,867,283 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The work to be performed is to design, develop, fabricate, test, install, analyze, document and deliver rapid prototype solutions associated with payload launch/retrieval systems; payload stowage/handling equipment and payload integration systems; hatches, trunks and closures equipment; payload encapsulation systems; simulators and electronic equipment; and cables, coatings and materials. Work will be performed at the contractors' sites (70%); government sites (15%); and various shipyards, Navy bases and platforms (15%) according to individual orders, and is expected to be complete by September 2025. Overhead funding in the amount of $7,000 (each awardee receives $1,000 minimum guarantee per contract) will be obligated under each contract's initial task order and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This multiple-award contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with seven acceptable offers received. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, is the contracting activity. General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $35,339,953 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Reactor Plant Planning Yard support for nuclear-powered submarines and Support Yard for the Navy's Moored Training Ships. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (95%); and Charleston, South Carolina (5%), and is expected to be completed by September 2021. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy; 70%); and fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy; 30%) funding in the amount of $19,726,396 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2410(a). 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 (N00024-20-C-2114). L3 – Interstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim, California, is awarded a $33,245,905 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (P00034) to exercise options under previously awarded and announced contract N00030-18-C-0001 for engineering and services support for flight test instrumentation (FTI) and readiness instrumentation (RI) systems operated in support of the Trident II D5LE flight test program. Work will be performed in Anaheim, California (56%); Cape Canaveral, Florida (27%); Bremerton, Washington (2%); Kings Bay, Georgia (2%); Washington, D.C. (6%); Norfolk, Virginia (1%); Laurel, Maryland (2%); Silverdale, Washington (2%); and Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom (2%), with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2021. Fiscal 2020 weapons funds in the amount of $33,245,905, are being obligated to this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is not a competitive award. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corp., Millersville, Maryland, is awarded a $31,119,670 fixed-price incentive fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost reimbursable modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-6251 to exercise for the production of towed arrays. Contract action is a modification to a previously awarded contract in order to exercise options for the production of towed array assemblies. Work will be performed in Liverpool, New York (52%); Millersville, Maryland (28%); and Ashaway, Rhode Island (20%), and is expected to be completed by February 2023. Fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy); fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy); fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy); and 2018 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy), amount of $31,119,670 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 Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. MA Engineers JV,* San Diego, California, is awarded a maximum $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and plumbing services located in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for preparation of requests for proposals, construction contract packages and support services, mechanical and electrical site investigations and fire protection engineering. No task orders are being issued at this time. All work on this contract will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Southwest AOR including, but not limited to California (86%); Arizona, (5%); Nevada (5%); Colorado (1%); New Mexico (1%); and Utah (1%), but may also be available worldwide (1%). 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 $5,000 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. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with seven proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N62473-20-D-0552). Technology Trends Group, LLC,* Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $24,029,195 firm-fixed-price, contract for the modernization efforts at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico. The contractor will be required to engineer, furnish, install, secure, test and make operational a turnkey Base Area Network Transport and Enterprise Unified Communications Voice solution for the modernization of the existing communication infrastructure at MCB Quantico and other Marine Corps facilities as defined by the government to include enterprise integration and convergence. Work will be performed in Quantico, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by March 2022. Fiscal 2020 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $24,029,195 will be obligated at the time of award and funds will expire Sept. 30, 2023. This procurement is a direct 8(a) sole-source award to an Alaskan Native Corporation in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-5, authorized or required by statute. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-20-C-4919). The University of California, Davis, California, is awarded a $22,030,519 cost reimbursement agreement to develop revolutionary new treatment approaches for spinal cord injuries that integrate injury stabilization, regenerative therapy and functional restoration. This five-year contract includes seven optional tasks which, if exercised, would bring the potential value of this contract to an estimated $36,482,957. Work will be performed at the contractor's facilities in Lausanne, Switzerland (28%); Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (23%); Davis, California (14%); Richardson, Texas (14%); Geneva, Switzerland (9%); Columbus, Ohio (6%); San Francisco, California (3%); and San Diego California (3%). The period of performance of this award is from Sept. 30, 2020, through Oct. 1, 2025. Optional tasks if exercised will be conducted within this period of performance. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,285,258 will be obligated at the time of award. This agreement was competitively procured via a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency broad agency announcement solicitation published on the beta.SAM.gov website. Twelve proposals were received and three were selected for award. The Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-20-2-4046). SOLPAC Construction Inc., doing business as Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, California, is awarded a $15,767,000 firm-fixed-price task order (N62473-20-F-5350) under a multiple award construction contract for replacement of the ambulatory care center at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The work to be performed provides for the construction of a replacement ambulatory care center that will deliver primary medical and dental care, including specialty clinics, ancillaries and support and administrative departments. The existing building will be demolished. Supporting facilities include utilities, site improvements, facility special foundations, access drives, parking, signage, antiterrorism force protection measures, demolition and environmental protection measures. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by October 2022. Fiscal 2020 Defense military construction, Medical contract funds in the amount of $15,767,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N62473-18-D-5855). Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $13,488,956 cost-reimbursement cooperative agreement to develop revolutionary new treatment approaches for spinal cord injuries that integrate injury stabilization, regenerative therapy and functional restoration. This five-year contract includes two optional tasks which, if exercised, would bring the potential value of this agreement to an estimated $14,444,793. Work will be performed at the contractor's facilities in Baltimore, Maryland (63%); Laurel, Maryland (17%); New York, New York (10%); and Bothell, Washington (10%). The period of performance of this award is from Sept. 30, 2020, through Sept. 29, 2025. Optional tasks if exercised will be conducted within this period of performance. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,189,377 will be obligated at the time of award. This contract was competitively procured via a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency broad agency announcement solicitation published on the beta.SAM.gov website. Twelve proposals were received and three were selected for award. The Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-20-2-4075). General Dynamics Mission System Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, is awarded a $13,106,623 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides upgrades of Navy owned Type 3 Advanced Mission Computers (AMC) with a fourth general purpose processor (GPP) to create a Type 3 extra processor and upgrade of all the Warfare Management Computer A11 cards with mission system computer equivalent GPPs in support of Advanced Mission Computer and Display. Work will be performed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is expected to be completed in September 2023. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,961,999; fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $224,616; fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,227,442; and non-Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $692,566 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 (N00421-20-C-0047). General Atomics, San Diego, California, is awarded an $11,196,515 firm-fixed-price order (N00019-20-F-0639) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-16-G-0006. This delivery order provides non-recurring engineering services in support of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) modification efforts. Specifically, implementing modifications made to the EMALS baseline during USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) production to the USS Gerald Ford (CVN 78) configuration. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (78%); and Waltham, Massachusetts (22%), and is expected to be completed in February 2024. Fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,196,515 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Asturian-Consigli JV LLC,* Virginia Beach, Virginia, is awarded an $11,130,130 firm-fixed-price task order (N40085-20-F-6689) under a multiple award construction contract for the expansion of the demolition training compound at Naval Air Station Oceana, Dam Neck Annex, Virginia. The work to be performed provides for construction of a training facility, grenade trainer, staging area, breaching walls, containment walls, utilities and other associated work. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by August 2022. Fiscal 2020 military construction (Defense-wide) contract funds in the amount of $11,130,130 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-18-D-1124). The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California, is awarded an $11,096,697 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-6307 to exercise options for engineering support services in support of the Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program. This option exercise is for engineering services under the existing contract that will be used to further develop and study additional capabilities, payloads, operational uses, and deployment scenarios for the XLUUV program. Work will be performed in Huntington Beach, California (75%); and Cockeysville, Maryland (25%), and is expected to be completed by September 2021. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $4,836,002 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. BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire, is awarded a $10,600,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery-requirements contract. This contract provides engineering support, studies, models and related services and supplies required in support of F-35 Joint Simulation Environment Electronic Warfare system data and data rights. Work will be performed in Nashua, New Hampshire, and is expected to be completed in September 2026. 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 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N68335-20-D-0046). The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $10,451,439 cost-reimbursement agreement to develop revolutionary new treatment approaches for spinal cord injuries that integrate injury stabilization, regenerative therapy and functional restoration. This five-year contract includes no options. Work will be performed at the contractor's facilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (37%); Goose Creek, South Carolina (35%); and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (28%). The period of performance of this award is from Sept. 30, 2020, through Sept. 29, 2025. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,380,172 will be obligated at the time of award. This agreement was competitively procured via a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency broad agency announcement solicitation published on the beta.SAM.gov website. Twelve proposals were received and three were selected for award. The Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-20-C-4050). Coastal Enterprises of Jacksonville Inc., Jacksonville, North Carolina, is awarded an $8,619,891 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification for the exercise of Option Two for custodial services at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The work to be performed provides for various custodial services including but not limited to emptying trashcans, sweeping, dusting, mopping, cleaning toilets and medical waste disposal for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $24,914,030. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, North Carolina. 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); and Defense Federal Health Program contract funds in the amount of $8,365,474 for recurring work will be obligated on individual task orders issued during the option period. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-18-D-6161). Metson Marine Services Inc.,* Ventura, California, is awarded $7, 226,056 for modification P00016 to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N68836-19-C-0002, to exercise Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-9 for Option Period Two for port operations support services that include maintenance and repairs of government furnished boats, service craft and waterfront equipment; oil spill response; industrial marine services; docking regular overhauls; ship movement and fleet liaison support services; berth day support; facility response team services; counter-terrorism support; barrier and gate services; and exclusion buoy inventory in support of Commander, Navy Region Southeast. The contract will include a nine-month base period and four one-year option periods, which if exercised, the total value of this contract will be $36,553,373. Work is expected to be completed by September 2021. If all options on the contract are exercised, work will be completed by September 2023. Work will be performed in Kings Bay, Georgia (30%); Kingsland, Georgia (28%); Mayport, Florida (18%); Pensacola, Florida (15%); Key West, Florida (4%); Port Canaveral, Florida (3%); Panama City, Florida (1%); and Jacksonville, Florida (1%). Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds (98%); and fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance funds (Coast Guard; 2%) in the amount of $2,971,239 will be obligated at time of award and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with the solicitation as a total small business set-aside requirement with five offers received. The Naval Supply Systems Command, Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity. Goodrich Corp., Troy, Ohio, is awarded a $7,177,466 firm-fixed-price order (N00019-20-F-02A2) under previously awarded Defense Logistics Agency indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract SPE4AX-18-D-9416. This order procures 51 carbon brakes, 50 wheel assemblies and associated part kits in support of the C-130 aircraft for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Troy, Ohio, and is expected to be completed in March 2021. Fiscal 2018 National Guard and Reserve equipment (Defense) funds in the amount of $2,822,752; and fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,354,714 will be obligated at the time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Riviera Beach, Florida, is awarded a $7,131,524 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-6308 to exercise options for engineering support services in support of Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) subsystem development. This option exercise is for engineering services under the existing contract that will be used to develop and study UUV subsystems and concepts initially developed under the Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program, including navigational capabilities, autonomy and payload deployment. Work will be performed in Riviera Beach, Florida, and is expected to be completed by September 2021. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy); and fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $1,900,987 will be obligated at time of award and funds in the amount of $78,882 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. AIR FORCE Global Turbine System Inc., Medley, Florida, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $93,416,530 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity undefinitized contract action for TF33 engine repair. This contract provides for maintenance, repair and overhaul repairs of the TF33 engine. Work will be performed in Medley, Florida, and is expected to be complete by September 2022. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $30,448,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity for contract (FA8124-20-D-0008). AT&T Corp., Oakton, Virginia, has been awarded an $81,800,000 firm-fixed-price task order using the General Services Administration (GSA) information technology Schedule 70 contract for Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, supplement communications recovery effort follow-on effort. The purpose of this task order is to sustain commercial network services; implement base-level compute and store solutions; expand the voice over internet protocol telephony solution installed on the remediation contract to tenant units; and provide solutions integration and discovery and planning site surveys for the implementation of future efforts. Contractor support functions will include change management, engineering and onsite project management. Work will be performed at Tyndall AFB, Florida, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 25, 2023. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $11,291,118; and fiscal 2020 other procurement funds in the amount $9,387,842 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8726-20-F-0146). M1 Support Services LP, Denton, Texas, has been awarded a $79,287,756 firm-fixed-price modification (A00067) to contract FA3002-16-C-0006 for aircraft maintenance services. This modification exercises the fifth option period of a seven-year contract for T-6, T-38 undergraduate pilot training and T-38 Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF) aircraft maintenance services. Work will be performed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2021. Fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $19,821,939 are being obligated at the time of award for the next option period. Total cumulative face value of the contract is $363,312,131. The 82nd Contracting Squadron, Sheppard AFB, Texas, is the contracting activity. Diversified Technologies Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $71,670,595 requirements contract for the Cobra Dane Radar program. This contract provides for the building and factory testing of up to 11 new transmitter groups, installation and check out of the first three production transmitter groups, installation and testing instruction and oversight of second and third production groups and technical support of final eight production transmitter groups. Sufficient engineering extras (installation spares) on hand to support installation of transmitter groups. Work will be performed in Bedford, Massachusetts, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2025. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 procurement funds in the amount of 16,382,581, are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity (FA8723-20-D-0001). BioFire Defense LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, has been awarded a $33,133,017 firm-fixed-price contract for BioFire Respiratory 2.1 (RP2.1) panel with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). This contract provides for BioFire RP2.1 panels in support of 73 BioFire FilmArray and 7 Torch analyzers across 42 military treatment facilities in place for Home Station Medical Response programs. BioFire RP2.1 Panels are the only reagents compatible with BioFire FilmArray and/or Torch Analyzers. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 29, 2021. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 Defense Health Program; and fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance in the full amount are being obligated at the time of award. The 773rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA8052-20-C-0018). QinetiQ Limited, Farnborough, United Kingdom, has been awarded a $27,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for weapons range services. This contract provides fighter pilots from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom; Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany; and Aviano Air Base, Italy, the ability to employ precision guided munitions in a practice environment. Work will be performed in the United Kingdom, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 23, 2025. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 European Deterrence Initiative funds in the amount of $544,221 are being obligated at the time of award. The 48 Contracting Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, is the contracting activity (FA558720D0005). Communications and Power Industries LLC, Beverly, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $24,500,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for electron tubes repair. This contract provides for the teardown, test and evaluation, minor and major repairs and total rebuild of electron tubes. Work will be performed in Beverly, Massachusetts, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 29, 2025. This award was the result of a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Sustainment Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8250-20-D-0006). Rand Corp., Santa Monica, California, has been awarded a $19,957,309 cost-plus-need for fee modification (P00009) to previously awarded contract FA7014-16-D-1000 for a ceiling increase. This modification provides for a ceiling increase to the contract for research that will provide the people, tools, facilities, supplies, materials and studies and analysis research disciplines to conduct research, studies, and analyses that best addresses the mission needs of the Department of the Air Force and U.S. Space Force. Work will be performed in Santa Monica, California, and is expected to be complete by May 1, 2021. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $256,208,348. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force District of Washington, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, is the contracting activity. https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2367105/source/GovDelivery/

  • En Lituanie, Macron fustige la dépendance européenne aux équipements militaires américains

    1 octobre 2020 | International, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité

    En Lituanie, Macron fustige la dépendance européenne aux équipements militaires américains

    Piotr Smolar Lors de sa visite à Vilnius, le président français a appelé de ses vœux la montée en puissance de capacités européennes autonomes de production de matériels de défense, dans un pays dont la sécurité est d'abord garantie par les Etats-Unis. La séquence se voulait télégénique. Elle devait aussi illustrer, de façon pratique, la solidarité promue par Emmanuel Macron avec les pays baltes, la prise en compte de leurs préoccupations sécuritaires. Tel était le but recherché par le président français en se rendant, mardi 29 septembre, sur la base militaire de Rukla, en Lituanie. Depuis juillet, 300 militaires français y servent dans un bataillon de l'OTAN sous commandement allemand, dans le cadre de la « présence avancée renforcée » (eFP) de l'Alliance dans les pays baltes et en Pologne. « C'est aussi notre sécurité qui se joue dans ces confins de l'Europe », a noté M. Macron. Huit pays participent à ce bataillon de 1 200 soldats. La France est la seule à faire des rotations de ses effectifs chaque année entre les pays baltes, depuis 2017. Cette position particulière s'explique notamment par les engagements militaires multiples de la France, qui sollicitent beaucoup ses effectifs, à commencer par le Sahel. Pour Emmanuel Macron, cette visite était tout de même la démonstration de l'engagement inconditionnel de la France aux côtés des Baltes, à la fois Etats-membres et alliés au sein de l'OTAN. Le nom de la menace n'était prononcé par aucun responsable militaire, mais cette opération de l'Alliance, de nature défensive, est clairement organisée pour contrer la Russie. Contrairement aux attentes, cette visite n'a pas été le principal événement d'actualité militaire, dans le programme chargé du président français. Celui-ci a en effet consacré plusieurs minutes très instructives à la question de la défense européenne, au cours de ses échanges avec des étudiants de l'université de Vilnius. M. Macron a placé son intervention à l'aune de la souveraineté européenne, sa préoccupation centrale dans tous les dossiers-clés. « Nous ne pouvons pas accepter de vivre dans un monde qui serait structuré par un duopole, Chine-Etats-Unis, a-t-il dit. Le risque c'est ça, si nous sommes divisés. Si nous sommes divisés, nous aurons le choix entre la technologie chinoise ou américaine, de choisir l'investissement qui apparaît le plus attractif au moment où on le choisit. Nous serons les vassaux ou de l'un ou de l'autre, avec des incohérences (...) L'Europe ces dernières années a construit un chemin qui n'est pas praticable. » Le président a appelé à une mise en commun des capacités, des financements et de l'intelligence Emmanuel Macron a désigné le cyber et le secteur spatial comme deux secteurs essentiels dans lesquels les Européens doivent investir massivement, alors que les acteurs y deviennent « de plus en plus agressifs ». Il a aussi appelé à une mise en commun des capacités, des financements et de l'intelligence, en ne se contentant pas des coopérations, de plus en plus pertinentes, sur un plan opérationnel. Il vous reste 53.79% de cet article à lire. La suite est réservée aux abonnés. https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/09/30/en-lituanie-macron-fustige-la-dependance-europeenne-aux-equipements-militaires-americains_6054245_3210.html

  • South Korea's Hanjin up for sale

    1 octobre 2020 | International, Naval

    South Korea's Hanjin up for sale

    Jon Grevatt Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) – one of South Korea's most prominent naval shipbuilders – has announced that the state-owned Korea Development Bank (KDB), its main creditor and largest shareholder, is looking to sell its stake in the company. HHIC, based in Busan, said in a filing to the South Korean stock exchange on 29 September that the KDB has invited bidders to acquire all or part of its 83.45% stake in HHIC, with the aim to finalise a preliminary bidding phase by the end of October. The stake in its entirety is expected to be worth around USD430 million. In a separate statement, the KDB said it plans to sell at least 63.44% of its shareholding in HHIC and to decide on whether to divest the remaining stake before the end of final bidding. It added that its shareholding in HHIC is split across several financial institutions including the KDB itself. Institutions in the Philippines are also shareholders in the company, said the KDB. HHIC has been facing severe economic pressure for several years: a result mainly of a downturn in sales in commercial shipbuilding and construction sectors. In fiscal year 2018, the company's sales increased year-on-year by 3% to KRW1.69 trillion (USD1.44 billion). However, HHIC's losses expanded from KRW278 billion in 2017 to KRW1.32 trillion in 2018. While no HHIC sales figures for the defence sector are available, these are expected to have remained relatively strong. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/south-koreas-hanjin-up-for-sale_12630

  • US Army scraps ERCA autoloader plans, heads back to the drawing board

    1 octobre 2020 | International, Terrestre, Autre défense

    US Army scraps ERCA autoloader plans, heads back to the drawing board

    Ashley Roque Weight and mobility challenges have forced the US Army to abandon a government-designed autoloader for its Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) programme and the service is now looking for help from six tech companies. Brigadier General John Rafferty, the head of the Long-Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team, spoke at a virtual Fires Conference on 29 September and provided an update of programmes under his purview. One notable change is an army's decision not to move forward with an autoloader that it had been developing for the new weapon based off BAE Systems' Paladin M109A7 self-propelled howitzer. “The integration challenge for [it] was too much of a trade with mobility and durability, and some of the results from putting 3,000 miles on a combat vehicle [out at Yuma Proving Ground] weighted up with the centre of gravity issue that we had,” the one-star general told the audience. “It was an easy decision to say that we can't do that.” Instead the army is looking to a group of six companies previously picked to help find artillery munition resupplying solutions – Actuate, Apptronik, Carnegie Robotics, Hivemapper, Neya Systems, and Pratt Miller. Although Brig Gen Rafferty did not provide in-depth information on the path ahead, he noted that a future capability may not be an autoloader at all. ”I've learned that it was really stupid to go into this saying, ‘Hey, we want an autoloader'. I don't want an autoloader; What we want is an improved rate of fire,” he added. ”What I told them is I don't care if there's cannoneer there setting fuses if we're able to get the six to 10 rounds a minute,” Brig Gen Rafferty furthered. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/us-army-scraps-erca-autoloader-plans-heads-back-to-the-drawing-board

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