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By: David B. Larter WASHINGTON — With bigger, faster missiles in development and bound for the fleet, the U.S. Navy's engineers are considering installing upgraded launchers on the stalwart Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The head of Naval Sea Systems Command, Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, told an audience at a conference of naval engineers that the Arleigh Burkes — due to their vertical launch system and Aegis missile capabilities — were easier to keep relevant than other destroyers such as the Adams and Spruance classes. Still, with the service attempting to keep the ships longer, new launchers may be in order to pace the threat from Russia and China, which have been developing their own hypersonic weapons. “Vertical launch system has been a real game changer for us. We can shoot any number of things out of those launchers,” Moore said. “We'll probably change those out and upgrade them for prompt strike weapons down the road.” Putting hypersonic weapons on surface ships would greatly increase the effectiveness of their strike capabilities. The current main strike weapon, the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, is a subsonic missile that is vulnerable to evermore advanced Russian and Chinese air defenses. Prompt strike, which refers to a Pentagon-wide effort to field hypersonic weapons to quickly strike anywhere in the world, are most likely coming first to submarines, said Thomas Callender, a retired submarine officer and analyst with the Heritage Foundation. Because subs are stealthy and can sneak in close to land undetected more easily than a surface ship, they make the most sense. “They're looking at putting hypersonics on submarines first because where you can get access,” Callender said. “You can potentially then put them on surface ships as an added capability for them, but the submarines would be the priority for access and the ranges you can achieve.” The Navy is designing a new large surface combatant to replace the cruisers and ultimately the destroyers with larger missiles in mind. As a result, the ship may be fairly large, former Surface Warfare Director Rear Adm. Ron Boxall told Defense News last year. The benefit of larger vertical launch cells is that you can pack more missiles into each cell, if you are not using the cell for the larger hypersonic missiles, Boxall said. “We are going to need, we expect, space for longer-range missiles,” he said. They are going to be bigger. So the idea that you could make a bigger cell, even if you don't use it for one big missile, you could use it for multiple missiles — quad-pack, eight-pack, whatever.” The missiles that would go into a larger launcher are still very much under development. The Navy is teamed with the Army to develop a booster for a hypersonic missile, and the Army is leading a team with the Navy and Air Force to internally build a common glide body that is producible on a larger scale. Radar upgrades Naval Sea Systems Command is also examining installation of a scaled-down version of the air and missile defense radar AN/SPY-6, under development for the Flight III DDG. The scope of that project, however, remains to be determined. “We are looking at a scaled-back version of the air and missile defense radar to back-fit the Flight Is and Flight IIs, similar to how we are looking for a version of the [Enterprise Air Search Radar] developed for [the Ford-class aircraft carriers] to back-fit on some of the old Nimitz class,” Moore said. “I'm not sure how many ships it is going to go on, we're still doing the design work. It's a fairly significant change to the structure of the ship, AMDR versus Spy.” The purpose of the upgrade would be used to track the faster, more dynamic missiles under development by Russia and China. The array is a smaller version of the SPY-6 intended for the Flight III DDG, the first of which is now under construction at Huntington Ingalls Industries. The SPY-6 destined for DDG-125 will have 37 radar modular assemblies, or RMA, which are 2-foot-by-2-foot-by-2-foot boxes that use gallium nitride technology to direct radar energy on air targets. The Flight IIA version will have 24 RMAs in the array. A version of the radar planned for the FFG(X) future frigate is a nine-RMA configuration. The Navy wants to upgrade all of its DDGs to Aegis Baseline 9 or higher with a ballistic missile defense capability and extend the service lives to 45 years as part of an effort to grow the fleet. But the Navy is going to try to get 50 years out of its Flight IIA ships. The IIAs make up the bulk of the DDG fleet, with 46 total planned for the service — DDG-79 through DDG-124. DDG-127 will also be a Flight IIA. That upgraded SPY-6 will be far easier to maintain than the current SPY-1D. Raytheon claims the radar can be maintained by simply removing an RMA and switching it out with a new one, with the rest of the work performed offsite. https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2019/06/30/navy-eyes-new-launchers-on-stalwart-destroyers-for-putting-hypersonics-afloat/

By: Jen Judson WASHINGTON — The Army has awarded several key contracts to build virtual trainers, which make up a critical part of the service's developing Synthetic Training Environment (STE). Cole Engineering Services, Inc. (CESI) was selected from a pool of vendors with solutions for ground and air virtual trainers on June 28 to build a prototype of the Army's Synthetic Training Environment's Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RVCT). The Army sifted through a total of 11 responses to a request for solutions issued in April — eight RVCT solutions that address aircraft, two that address ground platforms and one that covered both air and ground capability in a comprehensive solution. “As a result of a multi-stage competition, the comprehensive solution, provided by Cole Engineering Services Inc., was selected as the winning vendor providing best value to the government,” a June 28 statement sent to Defense News from Army Contracting Command- Orlando said. The total value of the prototype project, if all phases and options are exercised, is $81.4 million. The Army also awarded a $95 million contract June 19 to VT MAK, a subsidiary of Singapore company ST Engineering in the United States, to deliver both Training Simulation Software (TSS) and a Training Management Tool (TMT) — two essential elements that, when combined with One World Terrain, form the STE's Common Synthetic Environment (CSE). The CSE enables the RVCT, the Soldier Squad Virtual Trainer and the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). The awards mark big progress in developing the STE — essentially a virtual world in which to train soldiers for war and aims to move the service away from its stove-piped training systems from the ‘80s and ‘90s. The new system will allow soldiers to train collectively — which is critical to preparing for multidomain operations across air, ground, sea, cyber and space — with greater fidelity. The STE will ultimately also be used as a mission planning tool. The idea is to be able to click on any place on a virtual globe and go there. Soldiers can then train virtually in an exact environment in which they can expect to operate in reality. The STE was prioritized through the establishment of Army Futures Command and has its own cross-functional team led by Maj. Gen. Maria Gervais to push efforts forward quickly. Prior to the standing up of the new four-star command aimed at rapidly building and procuring more modern equipment, the STE wasn't going to be ready until 2030. Now that timeline has been shrunk through new approaches in development and acquisition. The contracts awarded this month, for example, are Prototype Other Transaction Agreements under the Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX), which allowed the service to move more quickly through a competitive process. The plan moving forward for the RVCT is “upon successful completion of this prototype effort,” the Army would award a follow-on production contract “without the use of competitive procedures,” according to the ACC-Orlando-issued statement. But if the vendor fails to “demonstrate progress” or “be unsuccessful in the accomplishment of the goals of this prototyping effort,” the Army “reserves the right to return to the results of this competition and award additional Other Transaction Agreements to one or more of the vendors that responded to the initial Request for Solutions, as appropriate within the scope and evaluated results of the competition,” the statement notes. Should the vendor move forward, a follow-on effort could include continued development, further scaling of the solution and integration of future capabilities. The Army estimates the fielding quantity for the prototype would be 210 (or greater) RVCT-Air trainers and 656 ground versions “at various locations for Full Operational Capability,” according to the statement. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/06/28/army-awards-key-contracts-to-build-virtual-trainers/

Posted by Eric Brothers Lockheed Martin is investing $142 million in its Camden, Arkansas, facility and adding 326 new jobs by 2024. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson joined Lockheed Martin executives during the Paris Air Show announcing this investment. Two new production buildings will support manufacturing long range fires and PAC-3 missile defense capabilities, plus expanding current facilities. Frank St. John, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, said, "The facility has a long record of precision manufacturing and on-time deliveries, which is the reason we continue to invest in and expand our Camden Operations." Camden Operations is Lockheed Martin's Precision Fires operations center of excellence. Hutchinson said, "Lockheed's investment illustrates the fact that Arkansas continues to be a global player in the aero-defense industry." The newly created jobs are growing the Camden facility workforce from approximately 700 employees to more than 900 employees in the next few years. https://www.aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com/article/lockheed-martin-invest-camden-arkansas/

By Allen Cone June 27 (UPI) -- Three companies -- BAE System Technology Solutions and Services Inc., Serco and Scientific Research Corp. -- have been awarded combined contracts by the U.S. Navy worth up to $1.8 billion to support the branch's shipbuilding programs, including communications and computers systems aboard vessels. The initially obligated amount on orders will not exceed $747 million throughout the duration of the awarded contracts, the Defense Department said in an announcement Wednesday. The work will be performed aboard new construction aircraft carriers and large deck amphibious ships, including refueling and complex overhaul ships. The programs require integrated work on integrated command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems, or C4I. This includes logistics, integration, engineering, procurement, fabrication, assembly, test, inspection, zone integration and installation. The integrated capability comprises distributed systems that provide network capabilities, communications, command and control, intelligence, and non-tactical data. The breakdown is $601.5 million for BAE, $608.2 million for Serco and $599.5 million for Scientific, the Pentagon said. Seventy-three percent of the work will be performed in Newport News, Va., 17 percent in Charleston, S.C. and 10 percent in Pascagoula, Miss. Work is expected to be completed by June 2029. No contract funds have been obligated at the time of award. Each company will receive $50,000 on the first task order under each contract, which won't expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval fiscal 2017 shipbuilding and conversion, fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion, and fiscal 2019 research and development funds will be obligated. https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/06/27/Three-companies-awarded-18B-to-support-Navy-shipbuilding-programs/5311561636928/

By PAUL MCLEARY WASHINGTON: As the Marine Corps prepares to wrap up the first deployment of its innovative mobile counter-drone system to the Middle East, the service is rushing ahead to put lasers on a ground vehicle, with an eye to shooting down drones. While the deployed Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System — mounted on two Polaris MRZR all-terrain vehicles — can move quickly and electronically jam drones, the Marines are looking for something a little more...well, kinetic. They hope they've found it in the Compact Laser Weapons System (CLaWS) program. It is the first ground-based laser approved by the Pentagon for use by ground troops. Marine Lt. Col. Ho Lee, product manager for Ground Based Air Defense Weapons Systems, said in a statement that the CLaWS program has been developed, troops trained on it, and its been fielded for testing all in about a year's time, a timeline the Corps is hoping will get the system fielded in a relatively short time period. “We've been doing rapid prototyping, rapid delivery,” Lee said. “With this and a lot of the other efforts we are doing, we are using items currently available and integrating them to meet a capability. Little development, if any, went into this.” Back in 2017, Boeing began developing the system in 2-kW, 5-kW and 10-kW configurations. But it's unclear which version the Marines are testing. The Army has already placed a version of the weapon on a Stryker for testing in Europe, while the Marines last year showed it off on top of a JLTV. The idea is to get the system in the field as part of a larger, integrated air defense system that can protect deployed troops from DIY drones to more sophisticated models built by nation states. Despite the Pentagon's National Defense Strategy which prioritize equipping the force for competition with China and Russia, out in the world, there are still 15,000 US troops in Afghanistan, 5,000 in Iraq and somewhere around 2,000 in Syria, all of whom are in range of small, DIY drones made by insurgent groups or second-tier states. In Syria, Iranian-made drones operated by the Asad regime have dropped small bombs near US troops, and US aircraft have been forced to shoot them down using aircraft that launch expensive missiles, creating a cost imbalance that favors the other side. Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq have also long weaponized small commercial quadcopter drones to drop small munitions on Iraqi troops and US-backed fighters, who have little to no protection against them. The Taliban has filmed attacks on Afghan outposts from a collection of drones, as well. “We will never deploy again to a theater of operations where we are not under threat from unmanned aerial systems,” UK's Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney, former deputy commander of US and coalition troops in Iraq and Syria in 2017-2018 said recently. “Both those high-end systems of our near-peer competitors, and lower, off-the-shelf, botched-together systems that are developed by asymmetric enemies. And we need to get used to that.” https://breakingdefense.com/2019/06/marines-develop-laser-to-fry-drones-from-jltvs/

Fareham Safran Helicopter Engines a signé avec le Defence Equipment and Support du Ministère de la Défense du Royaume-Uni, une prolongation de trois ans du contrat assurant la disponibilité des moteurs RTM322 équipant les hélicoptères Merlin de la Royal Navy et Apache AH Mk1 de la British Army. Portant sur une flotte de plus de 400 moteurs, ce contrat avait démarré en 2013, année du rachat par Safran des parts de Rolls-Royce dans le programme RTM322. Depuis, le Groupe a significativement amélioré la fiabilité de ce moteur et a affiché durant quatre années consécutives une disponibilité des moteurs, accessoires et pièces détachées, supérieure aux objectifs fixés. Safran Helicopter Engines conduira ce contrat depuis ses installations de Fareham (Hampshire) au Royaume-Uni, où plus de 40 personnes sont directement impliquées. Ce contrat intègre l'approvisionnement en moteurs, modules, accessoires et pièces détachées, la maintenance et la réparation, le support technique et logistique, et la fourniture de la documentation technique. Ce contrat est ainsi prolongé jusqu'au 31 mars 2022, avec une option pour deux années supplémentaires. « Safran Helicopter Engines fournit à notre flotte de moteurs RTM322 un support performant, fiable et réactif, garantissant un haut niveau de disponibilité. Nous sommes heureux de signer la prolongation de ce contrat qui maintient une continuité pour les utilisateurs finaux », a déclaré le Vice-Maréchal de l'air Graham Russell, Directeur de la branche Hélicoptères au sein du Defence Equipment and Support Organisation du Ministère de la Défense du Royaume-Uni. « Nous nous réjouissons de la prolongation de ce contrat qui témoigne du haut niveau de confiance qu'accorde le Ministère de la Défense du Royaume-Uni à nos solutions de motorisation et à nos équipes. Nous ferons en sorte de mériter cette confiance en leur fournissant le meilleur service possible, à l'heure où se déploient ces hélicoptères sur les nouveaux porte-avions britanniques », a déclaré Franck Saudo, Président de Safran Helicopter Engines. https://www.safran-helicopter-engines.com/fr/media/safran-prolonge-sur-la-maintenance-des-moteurs-des-helicopteres-merlin-et-apache-britanniques-20190624

NAVY Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is awarded a $390,390,785 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for up to 63 RQ-21A attrition air vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy. In addition, this contract provides for up to six RQ-21A unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and up to 17 RQ-21A air vehicles for foreign military sales (FMS) customers, including the governments of Canada, Poland and Oman. The contractor will also provide up to 93 ScanEagle UASs in various configurations. In addition, this contract provides for associated services, including training, test and engineering, development of engineering change proposals, operations support, organizational level maintenance, field service representatives, land and ship surveys, hardware site activations, hardware installs, repairs and data. Work will be performed in Bingen, Washington (83%) and various locations inside the continental United States (CONUS) (5%) and outside CONUS (12%), and is expected to be completed in June 2022. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy), fiscal 2019 building partnership capacity, and FMS funds in the amount of $9,919,160 will be obligated at time of award, $9,519,160 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-19-D-0033). United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded not-to-exceed $358,529,006 modification P00008 to a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract (N00019-18-C-1021). This modification provides for eight initial spare F135-PW-100 propulsion systems and one initial spare F135-PW-600 propulsion system for the Global Spares Pool, including initial spare modules and initial spare parts. The Global Spares Pool supports the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps., Non-U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Participants and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (93%); Indianapolis, Indiana (6%); and Bristol, United Kingdom (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2022. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy), non-U.S. DoD participant and FMS funds in the amount of $229,449,221 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for U.S. Air Force ($121,237,779; 34%); U.S. Marine Corps ($83,050,441; 23%); the U.S. Navy ($23,547,961; 7%); Non-U.S. DoD Participants ($100,160,036; 28 %) and FMS customers ($30,532,789; 8%). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Speedway Orion JV,* San Diego, California (N62473-19-D-2443); South Bay EDC, Inc.,* Chandler, Arizona (N62473-19-D-2444); Southwestern Dakotah, Inc.,* Tucson, Arizona (N62473-19-D-2445); Heffler Contracting Group,* El Cajon, California (N62473-19-D-2446); HCI Systems, Inc.,* Ontario, California (N62473-19-D-2447); Millennium Fire Protection Corp.,* Oceanside, California (N62473-19-D-2448) are each awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract small business set-aside for new construction, renovation and repair of fire protection system projects at various government installations located in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. The maximum dollar value including the two-year base period and one three-year option period for all six contracts combined is $240,000,000. No task orders are being issued at this time. All work on these contracts will be performed at various government installations located in California (80%), Arizona (16%), Nevada (1%), Utah (1%), Colorado (1%) and New Mexico (1%). The terms of the contracts are not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of June 2024. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $30,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by military construction (Navy); operation and maintenance (Navy and Marine Corps); and Navy working capital funds. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 10 proposals received. These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $36,700,000 firm-fixed-price contract for fiscal 2019 U.S. Navy and foreign military sales (FMS) to Japan for the procurement of Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) requirements. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (91%) and the government of Japan (9%) under the FMS Program. This contract is to procure material, fabricate parts, assemble, test and deliver RAM Mk 49 Mod 3 GMLSs. RAM is a missile system designed to provide anti-ship missile defense for multiple ship platforms. The RAM guided-missile weapon system is co-developed and co-produced under an international cooperative program between the governments of the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (43%); Ottobrunn, Germany (27%); Louisville, Kentucky (8%); Huntsville, Alabama (5%); San Diego, California (5%); Tulsa, Oklahoma (2%); Berryville, Arkansas (2%); and other U.S. locations below one percent (8%), and is expected to be completed by June 2021. Fiscal 2017 and 2018 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy), foreign military sales (Japan), fiscal 2019 other procurement (Navy) and non-FMS German funding in the amount of $36,700,000 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)(4) (international agreement). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-19-C-5404). MIK Construction, Inc,.* Whittier, California, was awarded a maximum amount $30,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning construction alterations, renovations, and repair projects at Naval Base Ventura County. Projects will be primarily design-bid-build (fully designed) task orders or task order with minimal design effort (e.g. shop drawings). Projects may include, but are not limited to, alterations, repairs, and construction of plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning system installation projects. Work will be performed in Port Hueneme, California (50%) and Point Mugu, California (50%). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of June 2024. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) 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 operation and maintenance (Navy). This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N62473-19-D-2605). (Awarded June 27, 2019) L.S. Black Constructors Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, is awarded a $28,650,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) base support consolidation of Building H1 located at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The construction project provides, but is not limited to, renovating spaces in Building H1, which was originally constructed in 1913 as a Naval Hospital and, in 1975, converted to an outpatient clinic. Renovations shall support the consolidation and configuration of space for the building occupants for facilities being demolished (H10, 241 and 235), Installation Commanding Officer and other supporting CNIC base support functions. Electrical and mechanical system and architectural finishes upgrades will be provided in the renovated areas. Structural improvements will occur within the facility at areas included in the renovation, and also at the stairways and egress pathways in order to improve compliance with fire and life safety codes. Heating systems will be repaired or replaced in areas that are being renovated, as well as the provision of upgraded lighting, power and air conditioning. Fire suppression and mass notification systems shall be upgraded and provided in areas where the deficiencies exist. Furthermore, the project will provide energy efficiency. State Historic Preservation Officer consultation and mitigation will be required for all permanent modifications made to character defining features. Work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and is expected to be completed by October 2022. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance, (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $28,650,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with three proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia is the contracting activity (N40085-19-C-9220). Baldi Bros. Inc.*, Beaumont, California, is awarded $14,174,052 for firm-fixed-price task order N62473-19-F-4788 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-15-D-2443) for the design-bid-build repair of runways, Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu. The work to be performed provides for the repair of asphalt concrete and Portland cement concrete pavement. Scope also includes the mill and overlay of the runway, taxiways and apron, and the relocation of the field carrier landing practice box and rehabilitation of the existing airfield lighting. Repairs will also encompass support facilities and some full-depth reconstruction of runway and taxiway shoulders. The task order also contains three unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $17,996,025. Work will be performed in Point Mugu, California, and is expected to be completed by July 2020. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $14,174,052 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, California is the contracting activity. Innovative Defense Technologies,* Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $12,972,431 option under a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00014-19-C-1054 for the Cloud-to-Edge development under Small Business Innovative Research project in Phase III. With the exercise of this option, it brings the value of the contract to $13,001,964. Work will be performed at the contractor's facility in Arlington, Virginia, and work is expected to be completed June 28, 2024. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,774,000 will be obligated at the time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was awarded as a sole-source utilizing the authority of Small Business Innovative Research project Phase III. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is he contracting activity. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia, is awarded an $11,879,270 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract M67400-18-F-0065 to exercise option year one for analytics support for III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC). Work will be performed in Okinawa, Japan, and is expected to be completed July 7, 2020. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funding in the amount of $11,879,270 will be obligated at the time of award. The MCIPAC Regional Contracting Office, Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, is the contracting activity. Bristol Design Build Services LLC*, Anchorage, Alaska, is awarded $10,909,664 for firm-fixed-price task order N62473-19-F-4781 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-17-D-4636) for renovation of Michelson Laboratory, Building 00005, Wing 01 at Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake. The work to be performed provides for complete renovation of Wing 1, Building 00005, Michelson Laboratory. The Wing 1 utility systems will also be repaired through this project. Renovation required includes American with Disabilities Act measures, interior demolition, utility upgrades, sensitive compartmented information requirements for command intelligence measures and reconfiguring interior spaces to meet mission requirements. The task order also contains one planned modification, which if awarded, would increase cumulative task order value to $10,939,842. Work will be performed in Ridgecrest, California, and is expected to be completed by January 2021. Fiscal 2019 working capital (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $10,909,664 are obligated on this award and will 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 Hana Industries Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded a $10,886,973 firm-fixed-price, estimated indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for regional armed security guard services located at various installations throughout the mid-Atlantic region. The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, all labor, management, supervision, tools, material and equipment required to perform force protection at various installations as described in the performance work statement. Examples of services include; entry control point services, identification checks, commercial vehicle inspection and roving guard patrol. The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option years is $58,326,374. Work will be performed in various government installations located in Virginia (48%), New Jersey (27%), Massachusetts (15%), and Pennsylvania (10%). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of June 2024. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) and direct cite funding in the amount of $1,516,107 will be obligated on individual task orders issued during the base period and funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-19-D-9006). Applied Research Associates Inc., Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $10,871,878 cost-plus fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to a previously awarded contract N00174-17-D-0032 to exercise option year two for continued non-lethal weapons and research and development. The work is for follow on services for the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons requirement for weapons, devices or munitions explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate targeted personnel or materiel immediately, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel and undesired damage to property in the target area of environment. Non-lethal weapons are intended to have reversible effects on personnel and materiel. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by June 2020. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Funding will be obligated per individual task orders as issued. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia, is awarded a $9,756,331 cost-plus fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to a previously awarded contract N00174-17-D-0034 to exercise option year two for continued non-lethal weapons and research and development. The work is for follow on services for the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons requirement for weapons, devices or munitions explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate targeted personnel or materiel immediately, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel and undesired damage to property in the target area of environment. Non-lethal weapons are intended to have reversible effects on personnel and materiel. Work will be performed in McLean, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by June 2020. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Funding will be obligated per individual task order as issued. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Applied Technology Inc., King George, Virginia, is awarded a $9,507,131 cost-plus fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to a previously awarded contract N00174-17-D-0033 to exercise option year two for continued non-lethal weapons and research and development. The work is for follow on services for the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons requirement for weapons, devices or munitions explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate targeted personnel or materiel immediately, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel and undesired damage to property in the target area of environment. Non-lethal weapons are intended to have reversible effects on personnel and materiel. Work will be performed in King George, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by June 2020. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Funding will be obligated per individual task order as issued. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity. American Systems Corp., Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded a $9,497,098 cost-plus fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to a previously awarded contract N00174-17-D-0031 to exercise option year two for continued non-lethal weapons and research and development. Work is for follow on services for the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons requirement for weapons, devices or munitions explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate targeted personnel or materiel immediately, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel and undesired damage to property in the target area of environment. Non-lethal weapons are intended to have reversible effects on personnel and materiel. Work will be performed in Chantilly, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by June 2020. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Funding will be obligated per individual task orders as issued. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Fluke Electronics Corp., Everett, Washington, is awarded an $8,805,690 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for automated deadweight piston gauges to support the Naval Air Systems Command, Metrology and Calibration Program providing support to Navy Depot Level Calibration Laboratories. The automated deadweight piston gauges are used by Navy personnel to verify the accuracy of calibration equipment used in Navy intermediate calibration laboratories afloat. The automated deadweight piston gauges are used to verify the accuracy and precision of test instruments such as pressure gauges, pressure transducers automated pressure calibrators, portable hydraulic test stands and pressure decay test sets. Work will be performed in Everett, Washington, and is expected to be completed by June 2024. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $2,592,630 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) - only one source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division, Corona, California, is the contracting activity (N64267-19-D-0002). International Marine and Industrial Applicators LLC, Spanish Fort, Alabama, is awarded an $8,480,396 firm-fixed-price contract for the accomplishment of preservation and non-SUBSAFE structural repairs and maintenance on USS Michigan (SSGN 727). This contract will provide preservation, structural repairs, anode removal and safety track repair requirements. The contract will include all necessary management, material support services, labor, supplies and equipment deemed necessary to perform depot level preservation, structural repairs, anode removal, sound damping removal and safety track repairs. This contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $9,297,412. Work will be performed in Bremerton, Washington, and is expected to be completed by June 2020. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,480,396 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, is the contracting activity (N4523A-19-C-0801). Carelton Life Support Systems Inc., doing business as Cobham Mission Systems, Davenport, Iowa, is being awarded a $7,966,084 modification P00006 to a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (N00421-18-F-0047) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00421-17-G-0006). This modification provides for the Phase II upgrade and qualification testing of the GGU-25 oxygen concentrator on the T-45 aircraft. Work will be performed in Davenport, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in July 2021. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,966,084 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. Quality Roofers & Guttering, Inc.*, Jacksonville, North Carolina, is awarded $7,579,347 for firm-fixed-price task order N40085-19-F-5882 under a previously multiple award construction contract (N40085-16-D-6352) for roof replacement of multiple buildings at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune and incidental related work. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by June 2021. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) contract funds in the amount of $7,579,347 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia is the contracting activity. ARMY Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $320,000,000 modification (P00060) to domestic and Foreign Military Sales (Argentina, Djibouti, Iraq, Lebanon, Romania) contract W56HZV-09-D-0159 for procurement of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle variants. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 24, 2021. Fiscal 2019 foreign military sales and other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $320,000,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren Michigan, is the contracting activity. Louis Berger U.S. Inc., Washington, DC, was awarded a $110,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide Temporary Emergency Power support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 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 June 30, 2023. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W911WN-19-D-3009). General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded an $80,052,248 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for contractor logistics support for the Gray Eagle Block 0 Unmanned Aircraft System. One bid was via the internet with one bid received. Work will be performed in Afghanistan, and Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of June 28, 2020. Fiscal 2019 defense overseas contingency operations transfer funds in the amount of $28,888,888 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-19-C-0030). Louis Berger U.S. Inc., Washington, DC, was awarded a $75,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide Temporary Emergency Power support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 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 June 30, 2023. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W911WN-19-D-3008). Louis Berger U.S. Inc., Washington, DC, was awarded a $75,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide Temporary Emergency Power support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 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 June 30, 2023. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W911WN-19-D-3007). Louis Berger U.S. Inc., Washington, DC, was awarded a $75,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide Temporary Emergency Power support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 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 June 30, 2023. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W911WN-19-D-3006). Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc.,* Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was awarded a $49,736,784 firm-fixed-price contract for base operations support services. One bid was via the internet with one bid received. Work will be performed in Fort Meade, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2020. Fiscal 2019 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $4,750,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9124J-19-C-0020). American Ordnance LLC, Middletown, Iowa, was awarded a $28,862,252 modification (0003 27) to contract W52P1J-16-D-0050 for the purchase and shipment of Trinitrotoluene (TNT). Work will be performed in Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2022. Fiscal 2017, 2018 and 2019 procurement of ammunition, Army funds in the amount of $28,862,252 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity. L3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded a $25,918,639 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of the Melody II Application-Specific Integrated Circuit chip. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2021. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 procurement of ammunition, Army funds in the amount of $25,918,639 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-19-C-0040). Konecranes Nuclear Equipment and Services, New Berlin, Wisconsin, was awarded a $24,997,043 firm-fixed-price contract for furnishing a rail mounted portal crane. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Lettsworth, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of July 11, 2022. Fiscal 2019 civil construction funds in the amount of $24,997,043 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-19-C-0055). Grunley Construction Co. Inc., Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a $24,006,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Pentagon safety, traffic and parking improvement. Nine bids were solicited with two bids received. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 29, 2020. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 defense military construction funds in the amount of $24,006,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W912DR-19-F-0396). Walsh Federal JV, Chicago, Illinois, was awarded a $21,823,320 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a replacement air traffic control tower and base operations complex at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 19, 2020. Fiscal 2015, 2016 and 2019 military construction funds in the amount of $21,823,320 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Georgia, is the contracting activity (W912HN-19-C-3006). Honeywell International, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $16,523,132 firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales (Kuwait and Saudi Arabia) contract for the production of the J7 Digital Electronic Control Unit for the Abrams family of vehicles. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of June 28, 2024. Fiscal 2017 and 2019 foreign military sales, Army working capital and procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, Army funds in the combined amount of $16,523,132 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-19-F-0501). General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc., Taunton, Massachusetts, was awarded a $14,569,395 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide engineering and test services for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 systems and equipment. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Taunton, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2020. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 research, development, test and evaluation and defense procurement funds in the combined amount of $14,569,395 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W15P7T-19-F-0094). Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded an $11,545,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Mississippi River maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2019. Fiscal 2019 civil operations and maintenance - recovery act - funds in the amount of $11,545,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-19-C-0056). RDZM LLC, Arlington, Virginia, was awarded an $8,388,482 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development, Low Rate Initial Production and Full Rate Production of the 40mm HV HEDP-AB XM1176 cartridge. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Middletown, Iowa; Stafford, Virginia; and Reading, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date of June 27, 2025. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,838,556 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-19-C-0032). BAE Systems Land & Armaments, San Jose, California, was awarded a $7,840,325 modification (P00105) to contract W56HZV-15-C-0099 for management and engineering efforts associated with the development of a new Technical Data Package, Interactive Electronic Technical Manual and Training Manuals for the M993A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System Carrier. Work will be performed in San Jose, California, with an estimated completion date of .June 25, 2021. Fiscal 2019 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $7,840,325 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity. General Atomics Aeronautical, Poway, California, was awarded a $7,639,948 modification (P00031) to contract W58RGZ-17-C-0035 for engineering change proposal to upgrade the Warrior Alpha Unmanned Aircraft System fleet to a Gray Eagle Block 0 UAS deployable configuration. Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 28, 2020. Fiscal 2019 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $7,639,948 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Pentad Corp., Las Vegas, Nevada, was awarded a $7,089,054 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for cadet mess attendant and waiter services at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Four bids were solicited with four bids received. Work will be performed in West Point, New York, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2026. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance Army funds in the amount of $50,794 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, West Point, New York, is the contracting activity (W911SD-19-C-0009). Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $7,083,186 modification (P00196) to contract W56HZV-15-C-0095 to incorporate engineering change proposal OSKW8599 (Noise Reduction-Muffler) into the baseline configuration of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle family of vehicles. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2021. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 research, development, test and evaluation; procurement Marine Corps; and other procurement, Army funds in the combined amount of $7,083,186 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Remote Diagnostic Technologies LLC, Huntsville, Alabama, has been awarded a maximum $100,000,000 firm‐fixed‐price, indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity contract for patient monitoring systems, accessories and training. This is a five-year base contract with one five‐year option period. This was a competitive acquisition with 36 responses received. Location of performance is New York and Alabama, with a June 27, 2024 performance completion date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2019 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE2D1‐19‐D‐0015). American Water Operations and Maintenance, LLC, Voorhees, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $12,781,363 modification (P00149) to a 50‐year contract (SP0600‐08‐C‐8257) with no option periods for the ownership, operation and maintenance of the water and wastewater utility systems at Fort Polk, Louisiana. This is a fixed‐price with prospective‐price‐redetermination contract. Locations of performance are Louisiana and New Jersey, with a Jan. 31, 2059, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2019 Army operations and maintenance funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Polk, Louisiana. AIR FORCE The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a $70,968,876 firm-fixed price modification to previously awarded contract FA8625-11-C-6600 for a previously established option for KC-46 interim contractor support year three. Work will be managed out of Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be completed by June 27, 2020. Fiscal 2017 procurement funds in the amount of $70,968,876 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. Raytheon, El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $47,676,543 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for next generation application specific integrated circuit Preliminary Design Review (PDR). This contract provides for the design, develop and test of modernized Global Positioning System receivers that are intended for future military applications to the PDR level. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and is expected to be completed by December 2020. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2019 research and development funds in the amount of $19,300,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California is the contracting activity (FA8807-19-C-0002). Lockheed Martin Space, Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $15,915,000 modification (P00770) to previously awarded contract F04701-02-C-0002 for Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF). The contract modification is to make changes to the AEHF Mission Planning Element software to provide capability improvements. Work will be performed at Sunnyvale, California, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2020. Fiscal 2017 space procurement appropriation in the amount of $15,915,000 is being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity. Med-Eng LLC., Ogdensburg, New York, has been awarded an $11,500,000 ceiling increase modification (P00002) from previously awarded contract FA8051-18-D-0001 for the delivery of a full bomb suit ensemble and associated accessories for explosive ordinance disposal personnel. This modification raises the price ceiling from $15,000,000 to $26,500,000. Work will be performed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and is expected to be completed by March 2023. No funds are being obligated with the modification. The 772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity. L3 Interstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim, California, has been awarded a $9,304,622 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00115) to previously awarded contract FA8807-12-C-0011 for military Global Positioning System (GPS) user equipment. The contract modification is for the design, develop and test of modernized GPS receivers that are intended for future military applications. This modification will increase the value of the contract from $150,149,714 to $159,454,336. Work will be performed at Anaheim, California, and is expected to be completed by June 2020. Fiscal 2019 research and development funds in the amount of $2,200,000 are being obligated at time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., doing business as Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $7,181,433 modification (P00020) to previously awarded contract FA8726-18-C-0005 for design, integration and procurement of sufficient quantities of situational awareness data link, external time reference for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node fleet. This modification will increase the contract value from $342,956,962 to $350,138,395. Work will be performed in San Diego, California and multiple international sites, and is expected to be complete on Jan. 23, 2020. Fiscal 2017 procurement and fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $7,181,433 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity. DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Merrimack, New Hampshire, was awarded a modification (P00002) to exercise an option totaling $8,357,557 to previously awarded contract HR0011-19-C-0016 for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) research project. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $12,765,168 from $4,407,611. Work will be performed in Merrimack, New Hampshire; North Billerica, Massachusetts; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Marion, Illinois, with an expected completion date of September 2020. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,500,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity. *Small business https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1891418//

ARMY Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $106,108,230 firm-fixed-price domestic and foreign military sales (Netherlands and United Kingdom) contract for Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor systems, subcomponent production and technical services for the Apache Attack Helicopter. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2023. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-17-D-0043). SRCTec LLC, Syracuse, New York, was awarded a $91,400,000 modification (P00013) to contract W15P7T-13-D-C702 for lightweight counter mortar radar systems, vehicle mounts, spare parts, retrofit kits and support services. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 16, 2021. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity. The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $47,684,233 modification (P00029) to contract W58RGZ-16-C-0023 for Version 6/Improved Drive System-enhancement cut-in on the Apache Attack Helicopter (AH)-64E production line and for the Apache Longbow Crew Trainers. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2022. Fiscal 2010, 2018 and 2019 foreign military sales, and aircraft procurement, Army funds in the combined amount of $23,365,274 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., was awarded a $21,954,252 modification (P00007) to contract W58RGZ-19-C-0027 for procurement of performance based logistics support services for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System. Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2020. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance Army funds in the amount of $9,733,334 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Morrish-Wallace Construction Co.,* Cheboygan, Michigan, was awarded an $18,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for complete repairs on the Buffalo North Breakwater. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 26, 2022. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, New York, is the contracting activity (W912P4-19-D-0002). Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, was awarded a $14,079,784 firm-fixed-price contract for consulting services. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of June 27, 2020. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance Army funds in the amount of $5,866,577 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91RUS-19-F-0235). Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co., Portland, Oregon, was awarded an $8,745,321 firm-fixed-price contract for annual maintenance dredging of the Sacramento and Stockton Deep Water Ship Channels. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Sacramento and Stockton, California, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2020. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance, civil funds in the amount of $8,745,321 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California, is the contracting activity (W912P7-19-C-0011). AIR FORCE CACI Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, has been awarded a $45,992,341 firm-fixed-price task order (FA7014-19-F-A106) to the previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (47QTCK-18-D-0009) for the Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management Financial Information Systems Maintenance Support Services. This task order provides the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management Budget Operations and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Financial Management & Comptroller IT maintenance and support services for their existing financial information systems: the automated schedule and reporting system; the exhibit automation system; the planning, programming, budget and execution portal and the data analysis reporting tool. These services are performance-based, and they provide maintenance via web portals and access via the internet. The tools assist the government by providing a myriad of analytical reports that allow budget analysts to identify program trends and discrepancies for improved program justification of program changes. Work will be performed in Washington, District of Columbia, and is expected to be complete by June 21, 2024. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,236,756 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force District of Washington, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Dell Federal Systems LP., Round Rock, Texas, has been awarded a $35,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract for mobile interceptor platform and deployable interceptor platform. The contract provides for hardware refresh which cyber protection teams use to defend mission partner enclaves and platform information technology from cyber threats. Work will be performed in San Antonio, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 28, 2019. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and three offers received. Fiscal 2019 procurement funds in the amount of $20,464,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA8732-14-D-0002/FA8307-19-F-0095). Dataminr Inc., New York, New York, has been awarded a $35,766,667 firm-fixed-price modification (P0001) to previously awarded contract FA7014-19-C-A011 for First Alert proprietary alerting system. Worked will be performed in New York, New York, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 11, 2019. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $24,923,077 are being obligated at the time of the award. Air Force District of Washington, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Exbon Development, Garden Grove, California (FA486117-17-D-A100); DSB-RLR JV, American Folk, Utah (FA4861-17-D-A101); North Star Construction, Yuba City, California (FA486117-17-D-A102); North Wind Construction, Las Vegas, Nevada (FA4861-17-D-A103); Kautaq-Northcon Team Tempe, Arizona (FA486117-17-D-A104); Sierra Range Construction of Visalia, California (FA4861-17-D-A105); West Point Contractors Inc., Tucson, Arizona (FA486117-17-D-A107), have been awarded a $30,000,000 ceiling increase modification (P00003) to previously awarded multiple award contract FA4861-17-D-A10X for a broad range of maintenance, repair and minor construction work on real property. This modification will increase the contract value from $40,000,000 to $70,000,000. Work will be performed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, and is expected to be completed by May 2022. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The 99th Contracting Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Co., Fullerton, California, has been awarded a $26,600,000, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm‐fixed-price, cost-plus fixed fee, cost‐reimbursable contract for the Situation Awareness Data Link program. This contract provides software maintenance and engineering services support services. Work will be performed in Fullerton, California, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 21, 2024. This award is the result of a sole‐source acquisition. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $3,012,233 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contract activity (FA8574‐19‐D‐0001). Universal Technology Corp., Dayton, Ohio, has been awarded an $11,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for nondestructive evaluation exploratory development and inspection support for Air Force systems. This contract provides for quick reaction response support for failure analysis and materials and processes issues relating to nondestructive inspection in support of the systems support division of the Air Force Research Laboratory's materials and manufacturing directorate. Work will be performed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Sep. 28, 2024. This contract was a competitive source acquisition, with one offer received. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $200,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-19-D-5625). Barnett Paving & Sealing LLC,* Wichita Falls, Texas, has been awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order contract for airfield pavements. This contract provides for the repair and sustainment of the airfield pavements along with restriping and rubber removal. Work will be performed at Little Rock Air Force Base, and is expected to be completed by June 2024. This award is the result of a competitive, hub zone small business acquisition and two offers were received. No funds are being obligated at the time of award, however, fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $164,659 will be obligated on the first task order immediately after award. The 19th Contracting Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, is the contracting activity (FA4460-19-D-A003). Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $7,085,068 cost reimbursement contract modification (P00153) to previously awarded contract (FA8810-08-C-0002) for Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) Operational Migration to Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) Step 1 development and test campaign support. The contract modification is for Lockheed Martin system engineering integration test support for our HOME RS test campaign, as well as anomaly response matrix validation, flight software validation, synchronized pre-deployment and operational tracker support, and a few minor HOME development efforts. Work will be performed at Aurora, Colorado; Azusa, California; Boulder, Colorado; and Sunnyvale, California, and is expected to be completed by March 6, 2020. Fiscal 2019 research and development funds in the amount of $7,085,068 are being obligated at the time of award. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California is the contracting activity. NAVY Diversified Maintenance Systems Inc.,* Sandy, Utah, is awarded a maximum amount $40,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for other specialty trade contractors construction alterations, renovations and repair projects at Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and Naval Air Station Lemoore. Projects will be primarily design-bid-build (fully designed) task orders or task order with minimal design effort (e.g. shop drawings). Projects may include, but are not limited to, alterations, repairs and construction of electrical; mechanical; painting; engineering/design; paving (asphaltic and concrete); flooring (tile work/carpeting); roofing; structural repair; fencing; heating, ventilation and air conditioning and fire suppression/protection system installation projects. Work will be performed in Monterey, California (33%), China Lake, California (34%), and Lemoore, California (33%). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of June 2024. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) 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 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N62473-19-D-2629). Advanced Crane Technologies LLC,* Reading, Pennsylvania (N62470-19-D-1006); Crane Technologies Group Inc.,* Rochester Hills, Michigan (N62470-19-D-1007); HECO-Pacific Manufacturing Inc.,* Union City, California (N62470-19-D-1008); Mid-Atlantic Crane,* Raleigh, North Carolina (N62470-19-D-1009); Piedmont Hoist and Crane Inc.,* Colfax, North Carolina (N62470-19-D-1010); and Sievert Crane and Hoist,* Forest Park, Illinois (N62470-19-D-1011) are each awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for ordering new, and overhauling existing, weight handling equipment located primarily within Navy, Marine Corps and other federal activities worldwide. The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option years for all six contracts combined is $30,000,000. Piedmont Hoist and Crane Inc. is being awarded the initial delivery order at $241,700 for the design, fabrication, assembly, testing, delivery, installation and inspection of one two-ton, under-running, underhung, single girder electric traveling crane and one half-ton monorail trolley and hoist to be installed in Building 124 at Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Work for this delivery order is expected to be completed by December 2020. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of June 2024. Fiscal 2019 Navy working capital funds in the amount of $241,700 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future delivery orders will be primarily funded by military construction (Navy), operation and maintenance (Navy) and Navy working capital funds. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. These six contractors may compete for delivery orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity. McNally Industries LLC, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, is awarded a maximum value $21,246,166 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order N00174-19-F-0373 under previously-awarded basic ordering agreement N00024-17-G-5385 to overhaul Mk 6 Mod 19 ammunition hoist assemblies. This basic ordering agreement is to provide materials and services required to receive, inventory, stage, disassemble, inspect, convert, repair, overhaul, upgrade, manufacture, procure, assemble, test, preserve, package and ship Mk 6 Mod 19 ammunition hoist assemblies. Work will be performed in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, and is expected to be completed by May 2022. Fiscal 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $7,843,136 will be obligated at time of award, and $980,392 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity. POWER Engineers Inc., Hailey, Idaho, is awarded an $18,000,000 firm-fixed-price modification to increase the maximum dollar value of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N62742-16-D-0002) for architect-engineering services for various electrical engineering projects and related services at various locations in all areas under the cognizance of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific. After award of this modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $38,000,000. Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Pacific area of operations including, but not limited to Guam (70%), Hawaii (25%) and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (5%). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of November 2020. No funds will be obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued. Task orders will be primarily funded by military construction (planning and design). Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is awarded $16,132,820 for job order 0012 under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00164-17-G-JQ02 for seven Multi-spectral Targeting Systems “B” AN/DAS-3. The Multi-spectral Targeting Systems “B” AN/DAS-3 are in support of the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP 3 and 4) efforts of the MQ-4C Triton Program. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas, and is expected to be complete by July 2021. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $16,132,820 will be obligated 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 Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity. Didlake Inc., Manassas, Virginia, is awarded a $10,384,079 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N40085-15-D-0083) to exercise option four for annual custodial services at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story. The work to be performed provides for annual custodial services, including, but not limited to, all management, supervision, tools, materials, supplies, labor and transportation services necessary to perform custodial services for office space, restrooms and other types of rooms at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Virginia. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $53,428,936. Work will be performed at various installations in Virginia Beach, Virginia (77%) and Portsmouth, Virginia (23%), and work is expected to be completed June 2020. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2019 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $10,250,107 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. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded $7,823,461 for modification 11 to a firm-fixed-price delivery order 5306 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-14-G-0004). This modification procures 36 Nacelles Production Kits in support of the H-53 aircraft. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed in December 2020. Fiscal 2017 and 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,823,461 will be obligated at time of award, $1,738,547 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY World Fuel Services Inc., Miami, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $9,289,995 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for fuel. This was a competitive acquisition with 148 responses received. This is a 45-month contract with one six-month option period. Location of performance is Florida, with a March 31, 2023, performance completion date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2019 through 2023 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (SPE607-19-D-0092). *Small business https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1890122/source/GovDelivery/

By: Aaron Mehta WASHINGTON — Production of a component vital to protecting American troops from chemical attacks that can't keep up with need. Key suppliers of aircraft parts that could go bankrupt at any time. A key producer of missile components that closed for two years before the Pentagon found out. These are just some of the key findings of an annual report from the Pentagon judging the greatest risks to the defense industrial sector, underlining that while the overall defense industry continues to bring in massive profits, not all is well among the suppliers of key components that, while small pieces of larger systems, could impact America's ability to wage war. The annual “Industrial Capabilities” report, quietly released May 13 by the Defense Department's Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy, found that despite total dollars spent by the department on weapons and ammunition increasing year over year since 2016, the number of vendors supplying them has decreased. In addition, while the report found generally positive trends for the U.S. defense sector, it did warn that in certain areas, foreign weapon sales are decreasing. For instance, the U.S. saw its market share of global naval weapon exports go from 63 percent in 2007 to just 17 percent in 2017. And from 2008-2017, two reliable buyers of U.S. defense goods — Pakistan and South Korea — saw their U.S. procurement percentages drop. Pakistan went from 31 percent to 12 percent, while South Korea went from 78 percent to 53 percent. This is the first Industrial Capabilities report to be published since the October release of a White House-mandated study on the defense-industrial base. That study concluded, in part, that the government needs to increase use of its Defense Production Act Title III authorities, which allows the government to expend funds to support key production lines that might now otherwise survive. The latest report says that through March 2019, seven presidential determinations were issued to address “key industrial base shortfalls in lithium sea-water batteries, alane fuel cell technology, sonobuoys production, and critical chemicals production for missiles and munitions.” However, details of those agreements, such as how much funding might go toward fixing the issues, were pushed into a nonpublic appendix. Here are the biggest concerns, broken down by sector: Aircraft: The report cites long product and system development timelines, high costs for development and qualification, and limits on production as broad issues in the aircraft sector. Those issues are inherent in major defense programs, but the report also calls out the aging workforce and consolidation among the industrial base, which “has expanded into the sub-tiers of the supply chain, creating additional risks for single or sole source vendors.” As an example, the report notes there are only four suppliers with the ability to manufacture “large, complex, single-pour aluminum and magnesium sand castings” needed to make key parts of military aircraft. These four suppliers face “perpetual financial risk and experience bankruptcy threats” due to the insecure nature of Pentagon funding. “The single qualified source for the upper, intermediate, and sump housing for a heavy-lift platform for the Marines has experienced quality issues and recently went through bankruptcy proceedings,” the report adds. “Without a qualified or alternate qualified source for these castings, the program will face delays, impeding the U.S. ability to field heavy-lift support to Marine Corps expeditionary forces.” Finding qualified software engineers is another issue identified, with the report warning it is “increasingly difficult to hire skilled, cleared, and capable software engineers. As aircraft continue to increase in software complexity, it will become even more important for the sector to hire skilled software engineers.” Ground systems: The report says the Pentagon's plan of incremental updates to existing systems rather than wholesale new designs has created “a generation of engineers and scientists that lack experience in conceiving, designing, and constructing new, technologically advanced combat vehicles.” But the same issues of consolidation and lack of budget stability that showed up in the aircraft sector impact the ground vehicle sector. “Legislation and DoD industrial policy requires DoD to manufacture all large-caliber gun barrels, howitzer barrels, and mortar tubes at one organic DoD arsenal,” the report cites as an example. “There is only one production line at the arsenal for all of these items, and policy modifications to meet demand and surge from overseas have led to a lack of capacity to meet current production requirements.” Shipbuilding sector: When it comes to maritime vessels, the “most significant risks found were a dependence on single and sole source suppliers, capacity shortfalls, a lack of competition, a lack of workforce skills, and unstable demand,” the report found. The lack of competition goes from the highest levels, where four companies control the seven shipyards building military vessels, to the lowest components, such as “high-voltage cable, propulsor raw material, valves, and fittings.” Workforce concerns also dominate the shipbuilding sector. The report cites statistics from the Department of Labor predicting that between 2018 and 2026, there will be a 6–17 percent decrease in U.S. jobs in occupations critical to Navy shipbuilding projects, “such as metal layout (ship-fitting), welding, and casting.” If that is not addressed, a lack of skilled workers “will significantly impact the shipbuilding industry's ability to meet the Navy's long-term demand.” Munitions sector: A major concern in last year's annual report was the future of the U.S. munitions sector, and many of those issues remain in the 2019 version. The report identified “multiple risks and issues, including material obsolescence and lack of redundant capability, lack of visibility into sub-tier suppliers causing delays in the notification of issues, loss of design and production skill, production gaps and lack of surge capacity planning, and aging infrastructure to manufacture and test the products.” As an example, the report points to a voltage control switch, used in ignition devices and flight termination systems for Department of Defense missiles. Several years ago, the foundry that made a key component for the switch was purchased by another foundry, which then decided to close the factory. The Pentagon was not informed until two years after the foundry was closed, at which point “it became evident that the end-of-life buy, which was designed to last from three to five years, would only last six months.” In another case, two key chemicals in solid-fuel rocket motors became obsolete, requiring the DoD to scramble for potential replacements. Chemical, biological and radiological sector: The chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense sector provides protection for war fighters through items like respirators, masks and vaccines. But the report found serious issues regarding the industrial base's ability to provide that capabilities, indicating that Title III authorities might be needed in the near future to maintain production. As an example, the report points to production of ASZM‑TEDA1 impregnated carbon, a defense-unique material with only a single qualified source that, as a result, “precludes assurances for best quality and price.” The carbon is used in 72 chemical, biological and nuclear filtration systems, and the report notes that current sourcing arrangements “cannot keep pace with demand.” The DoD is already using Title III to modernize the production line and try to establish a second source for the material. Soldier systems: The collapse of the American textile market over the last three decades has left the department depending on single sources or foreign suppliers for soldier systems. Additionally, battery production is identified as a potential future issue. “Lack of stable production orders has resulted in lost capability and capacity, increased surge lead times, workforce erosion, and inhibited investments by remaining suppliers. Surge-capacity-limiting constraints occur at several points along the value chain, from raw material to final battery assembly,” the report says. Space systems: Aside from major issues around future threats to space assets from near-peer competitors, the report identifies major industrial base concerns for space as including “aerospace structures and fibers, radiation-hardened microelectronics, radiation test and qualification facilities, and satellite components and assemblies.” Other areas include solar panel development — “There is not enough space business for companies to justify R&D to improve cells without [government] help,” the report says — the erosion of the traveling-wave tube industry, and a lack of suppliers for key parts needed to produce precision gyroscopes needed for spacefaring systems. Electronics: The Pentagon has been sounding the alarm about China's growing power in the printed circuit board market, and this report continues that trend. The United States now accounts for only 5 percent of global production, representing a 70 percent decrease from $10 billion in 2000 to $3 billion in 2015, per the report. Meanwhile, almost half of global production comes from China. https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2019/06/27/here-are-the-biggest-weaknesses-in-americas-defense-sector/