CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Dynetics, Incorporated, of Huntsville, Ala., Georgia Tech Applied Research Institute of Atlanta, Ga. and MilTec Corporation of Huntsville, Ala. are being awarded a $45,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for firm, fixed priced hardware, software, and design, and a cost reimbursable line item for travel and a Not Separately Priced Line item for data. This effort provides C4I & munitions test improvement. Location of performance is Dynetics, Inc., Hunstville, Ala; Georgia Tech Applied Research Institute, Atlanta, Ga. and MilTec Corporation, Huntsville, Ala. The contracting activity is AAC/PKE, Elgin Air Force Base, Fla. (FA9201-11-D-0095, FA9201-11-D-0096 and FA9201-11-D-0097)
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Air BP division of BP Products North America Inc., Naperville, Ill. was awarded an unusual and compelling contract SP0600-10-R-0061-0003. Award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, one and a half month contract with a maximum $42,313,420 for fuel. Other locations of performance include Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.
The drill simulated a wartime situation in which runways at airbases in southern Taiwan are destroyed by mainland Chinese guided missile attacks, according to the Ministry of National Defense. “In such an event, sections of highways that have been designed to accommodate military aircraft need to be employed,” said the MND.
More than 300 types of weaponry are being showcased by Russia at the Latin America Aero and Defense 2011 (LAAD-2011) arms show in Rio de Janeiro on April 12-15.
Russia hopes to make $9.5 bln in 2011 arms sales (Update 1)
The White House and congressional leaders agreed to a $670.8 billion Defense Department appropriations bill for 2011 that is $18.1 billion below the Pentagon's original request for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. The base budget proposed for the Pentagon is $513 billion while funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan remain at $157.8 billion, the amount requested by the Obama administration, according to budget details released by the Senate.