Wednesday, June 26, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 26, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 26, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  466-13 June 26, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 26, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  June 26, 2013  are undermentioned;


CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
            United Launch Services LLC, Littleton, Colo., has been awarded a $1,088,000,000 Not-To-Exceed letter contract for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) production services  in support of the following Air Force and National Reconnaissance Organization (NRO) launch vehicle configurations: AF Atlas V 401, AF Atlas V 501, AF Delta IV 4,2, AF Delta IV 5,4  NRO Atlas 401, NRO Atlas 541, and a NRO Delta IV 5,2.  Work will be performed at Centennial, Colo., and is expected to be complete by 2015.  This award is the result of a sole source acquisition.  Fiscal 2013 Missile Procurement funds in the amount of $525,000,000 will be obligated on this award.  Launch Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8811-13-C-0003). 

            Restoration Specialists, Savannah, Ga., has been awarded a maximum $45,000,000 firm-fixed- price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for simplified acquisition of base engineering requirements for minor construction, facility repair and real property maintenance projects to support Joint Base Charleston Base Civil Engineering.  Work will be performed at Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, Charleston, S.C. (Berkeley and Charleston County), and is expected to be complete by June 25, 2018.  This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, solicited electronically, and seven offers were received.  No funds will be obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued.  No contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The 628 Contracting Squadron/LGCB, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (FA4418-13-D-0006). 

            Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded an additional $21,390,000 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract award for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs).  The contractor will provide 95 Sniper ATPs for the Royal Saudi Air Force and will supply 35 Compact Multiband Data Link, 70 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) systems, 75 IRST pylons, and spares.  Work will be performed at Orlando, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2019.  This award is the result of a source-directed/sole-source acquisition.  This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales for Saudi Arabia.  The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WNKCB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8540-12-C-0012 PZ0001). 

            CUBRC, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded a $12,839,646 modification (P00007) for a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (FA9302-09-D-0030) for continued engineering support for the Virtual Integrated Electronic Warfare System program.  The contract modification is to increase the contract ceiling for additional engineering support, materials, and travel.  Work will be performed at Buffalo, N.Y., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2015.  The total cumulative face value of the contract is $43,892,646.  No funds will be obligated at time of award.  Air Force Test Center, Directorate of Contracting, Installation Contracting Division, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity. 

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $12,718,538 modification (P00195) for additional work under ECP 0590 - Automatic Backup Oxygen Supply (A-BOS) cost-plus-incentive-fee (includes cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-plus-award-fee and time and material) work contract (FA8611-08-C-2897)  in the F-22 Life Support System.  Effort includes 72 retrofits kits, 2 CTF/RTA kits, trainer kits, support equipment, and spares.  The total cumulative face value of the contract is $5,139,647,272.  Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be complete by May 30, 2015.  Fiscal 2012 and 2013 Research and Development and Aircraft Procurement funds in the amount of $12,718,538 are being obligated at time of award.  The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWUK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity. 

            DRS-Sustainment Systems, Inc., Saint Louis, Mo., has been awarded an $8,063,154 (estimated) delivery order (022) for a fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract (FA8519-12-D-0002) for Vehicle Depot Overhaul of eight Tunner 60K Loaders.  Work will be performed at West Plains, Mo., and is expected to be completed by June 13, 2014.  This award is the result of a sole source acquisition.  Fiscal 2013 Working Capital funds and Operations and Maintenance funds in the amount of $7,906,094 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WNKBBA is the contracting activity. 

ARMY
            Chenega Management LLC, Alexandria, Va., (W911QY-13-C-0061); STS International Inc., Berkeley Springs, W.Va., (W911QY-13-C-0062); Global Technical Services, Anchorage, Alaska, (W911QY-13-C-0063); and Advanced Technology Systems Co., McLean, Va., (W911QY-13-C-0064); were awarded a firm-fixed-price, option-filled, multi-year contract with a maximum value of $249,300,000 for services in support of fielded force protection systems at permanent and contingency sites in military installations.  Performance location and funding will be determined with each order.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with nine bids received.  The Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity. 

            Komada LLC, Warner Robbins, Ga., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, multi-year, task-order contract with a maximum value of $95,000,000 for general construction services.  Performance location and funding will be determined with each order.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 30 bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-13-D-0012). 

            The Ross Group Construction Corp., Tulsa, Okla., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, option-filled contract with a maximum value of $20,869,000 to construct a C-130J Fuel Maintenance Hangar at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.  Fiscal 2013 Military Construction funds are being obligated on this award.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 10 bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock, Ark., is the contracting activity (W9127S-13-C-6002). 

            SRA International Inc., Fairfax, Va., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, option-filled, multi-year contract with a maximum value of $8,012,547 for enterprise operations and security services in support of the Army National Guard.  Work will be performed in Arlington, Va.  Fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance funds are being obligated on this award.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (W9133L-13-C-0025). 

            CAE USA Inc., Tampa, Fla., was awarded a $7,198,001 modification (P00001) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract (W912ER-13-C-0016) for the construction of a flight training facility at Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait.  This FMS contract is in support of Kuwait.  The cumulative total face value of this contract is $25,391,389.  Fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity.

NAVY
            Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $30,302,022 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract (N00019-11-C-0020) for the manufacture and delivery of nine Mission Avionics Systems and Common Cockpits for the MH-60R for the Danish Government’s Defence Acquisition and logistics organization under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.  Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y. (71 percent); Farmingdale, N.Y. (10 percent); Woodland Hills, Calif. (8 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (3 percent); Ciudad Real, Spain (3 percent); Bennington, Vt. (2 percent); Lewisville, Texas (1 percent); and various locations throughout the United States (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2018.  FMS contract funds in the amount of $30,302,022 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. 

            General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GDAIS) Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $29,748,709 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-6250) for engineering and technical services in support of the AN/BYG-1 tactical control system for U.S. Navy submarines.  GDAIS will continue to migrate the AN/BYG-1 Tactical Control System from a Technology Insertion (TI-10) baseline to a TI-12, integrate Advanced Processing Build (APB-13), begin development of the TI-14 baselines, and deliver this capability to multiple variants to be delivered to multiple submarine platforms.  Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va., and is expected to be completed by July 2014.  Fiscal 2013 Research, Development, Test and Evaluationfunding in the amount of $4,047,018 will be obligated at the time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. 

         General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $25,000,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-08-D-0013) for approximately 300,000 hours of integrated logistics services in support of technical analysis and investigations of Foreign Military Sales programs.  This work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (56 percent); Annandale, Va. (9 percent); Philadelphia, Pa. (7 percent), Jacksonville, Fla. (6 percent); the Philippines (6 percent); Arlington, Va. (4 percent); and at various locations inside and outside the United States (12 percent); and work is expected to be completed in September 2014.  Funds are not being obligated at the time of award.  Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. 

            Head Inc.*, Columbus, Ohio, is being awarded a $10,984,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a simulated landing helicopter dock (LHD) flight deck at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.  The work to be performed provides for construction of a LHD flight deck consisting of high temperature resistant concrete material, a new landing officer safety officer tower to support F-35 training and operational squadrons, and construction of a simulated short takeoff and vertical landing LHD carrier landing deck consisting of required foreign object debris zones, airfield lighting and associated electrical upgrades.  Work will be performed in Beaufort, S.C., and is expected to be completed by July 2014.  Fiscal 2013 Military Construction, Navy funds in the amount of $10,984,000 are being obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with five proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-13-C-1773).

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated June 26, 2013

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated  June 26, 2013
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DTN News: Paris Air Show Top Stories / Headlines News Dated June 26, 2013

DTN News: Paris Air Show Top Stories / Headlines News Dated June 26, 2013
*International Media on PARIS AIR SHOW Related News
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 26, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Paris Air Show from Le Bourget, France.
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However, the second big surprise of the show was the absence of American aircraft in the sky – even the Blackhawk S-70i was Polish. The American defence industry approach to the Paris Air Show this year has been quite interesting, placing legacy as the ...
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