Tuesday, December 31, 2013

DTN News - NEW YEAR 2014 CELEBRATIONS: New Zealand Celebrates New Year 2014

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 31, 2013:  Fireworks explode over the heads of tourists and locals as the clock hits midnight to celebrate the New Year on the waterfront in the New Zealand town of Queenstown, on January 1, 2014 (AFP, Marty Melville)


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Sunday, December 29, 2013

DTN News - SEASON'S GREETINGS: Happy New Year 2014

Asian Defense News: DTN News - SEASON'S GREETINGS: Happy New Year 2014
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 29, 2013: DTN News wish,  Our Readers and Viewers plus Everyone in the Global Village a super-duper extra luck Happy New Years 2014! Here's hoping that all your dreams come true.


New Years marks a new beginning. New people to meet, new adventures to enjoy and new memories to create. Here's again DTN News wish all the Happiest New Year 2014 ever!

Welcome New Year
We Look Forward To You..
A Year Of Wonderful Happiness..
A Year Of Good Health..
A Year Of Great Success..
A Year Of Incredibly Good Luck..
A Year Of Continuous Fun..
A Year Of World Peace

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Friday, December 20, 2013

DTN News - BHGSG NEWS: Aishwarya on failing Bollywood Marriages: Unfair to Be Judgemental

Asian Defense News: DTN News - BHGSG NEWS: Aishwarya on failing Bollywood Marriages: Unfair to Be Judgemental
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 20, 2013:  In the backdrop of crumbling marriages in Bollywood, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan feels that its unfair to limit and judge relationships.


"I don't think it is fair to get judgemental and limit relationships or strengths or inability to hold themselves or limit it to showbiz. What happens in society is each to his own. What would be fair and respectful is belief in people to allow them to live their lives and finding strength in choices they make," the actress said in response to a query on effects of showbiz on marital life. Recently, Hrithik Roshan and his wife of 13-years Sussanne decided to separate. Also, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actress wife Kalki Koechlin are taking time off their marriage.

Aishwarya was speaking at the launch of L'Oreal Paris - Kajal Magique - here yesterday. For the actress, her mother and daughter Aaradhya's eyes are beautiful. "Eyes are windows to the soul," she said. Aishwarya thinks being Indian is being beautiful.

"We are rooted, consider values in the highest esteem, we are simple people. We are very hard working and we know to retain respect, love, commitment and tradition. Being Indian is being beautiful."
On actors opting go under the knife, she said, "For me it is all natural, thank you parents and God."

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DTN News - SEASONS GREETINGS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE: US President Barack Obama And Famiy Pose For Photographs During Pre-Christmas Celebrations

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 20, 2013: Christmas got a presidential seal of approval Sunday night.

The Backstreet Boys opened TNT's Christmas in Washington concert with a medley of their original holiday songs, Christmas Time and It's Christmas Time Again. President Obama, Mrs. Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia looked on.

Also on the lineup at the 32nd annual holiday concert: Hugh Jackman, Sheryl Crow, Janelle Monae, Anna Kendrick and Pat Monahan. Jackman served as host for this year's festivities,which benefits the Children's National Health System. President and Mrs. Obama were front and center for the holiday fun, and the American Family Choir, Washington Youth Choir and AFTRA Choir accompanied the star singing talent. Charles Barkley, NBA Hall of Famer and analyst for TNT's Inside the NBA, made a special guest appearance.

After noting that Christmas is a "time for warmth of family and friends," Jackman pointed out that he is the first Australian to host Christmas in Washington. "Even TNT is outsourcing these days," he joked.

Jackman said he wasn't sure what to get the Obamas, but decided on a "gift that speaks to the true meaning of Christmas: a box set of all seven X-Men and Wolverine movies."

Kendrick, who was just in Washington one week ago to perform at the Kennedy Center Honors, was up next, singing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Monahan sang Merry Christmas Baby, and Crow crooned the classic, Please Come Home for Christmas.

Monae sang This Christmas, and then the entire lineup came together for a closing medley when Jackman put his voice on display during Angels We Have Heard On High. Then President Obama and Mrs. Obama took to the stage.

Obama pointed out that while he loves getting Christmas presents, it's "a time to remember the story of a child born to two faithful travelers on earth." He said this time of year brings "a message of hope." "We wish this holiday season, and all holiday seasons, peace on earth."

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 18, 2013

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Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-031-13 December 18, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 18, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 18, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
Meridian Medical Technologies, Columbia, Md., has been awarded a maximum $123,191,610 modification (P00013) exercising the third one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2DP-11-D-0002) with four one-year option periods for nerve agent antidotes in auto-injectors and services related to basic maintenance and surge readiness.  This is a firm-fixed-price contract. Locations of performance are Maryland and Missouri with a Dec. 31, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2011 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital and warstopper funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
NAVY
 
DZSP 21 LLC, Philadelphia, Pa., is being awarded $85,998,135 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N40192-13-C-3001) to exercise the fifth award option period for base operation support services at Joint Region Marianas.  The work to be performed provides for general management and administration services; command and staff (public affairs office); public safety; port operations; ordnance; material management; galley; facilities management and engineering services; sustainment, restoration and modernization; facilities services; utilities (electrical, wastewater, steam and demineralized water, and potable water); base support vehicles and equipment; and environmental. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $799,295,163.  Work will be performed at various installations in the U.S. Territory of Guam, and work is expected to be completed December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 Navy working capital funds; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy; fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance, Air Force; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Army Reserve; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Defense agencies; and fiscal 2014 Defense Commissary Agency account contract funds in the amount of $32,853,236 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Marianas, Guam, is the contracting activity.
 
Turner Construction Co., Washington, D.C., is being awarded a $41,407,500 firm-fixed-price contract for the Medical Clinic Replacement at Naval Support Activity Annapolis.  The work to be performed provides for the construction of a multi-story, free standing health clinic on the North Severn side of the United States Naval Academy.  This new clinic will be a replacement facility for the current health clinic.  The new health clinic encompasses primary care, orthopedics, physical therapy, dental, optometry and mental health as well as ancillaries, support and administrative space.  The facility also has an emergency response support mission.  Supporting facilities construction will include all site utilities, site preparation, site improvements, environmental mitigation, paving (parking and roadways), and access roads.  Work will be performed in Annapolis, Md., and is expected to be completed by January 2016. Fiscal 2013 military construction, defense medical contract funds in the amount of $41,407,500 are obligated on this 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 eight proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-14-C-0154).
 
S. S. Dannaway and Associates Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a maximum $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services for fire protection and related services at various locations under the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR).  The work to be performed provides for services that include design and engineering services for preparation of technical reports including conducting engineering investigations and concept studies; preliminary and final design plans and specifications; construction estimates; operations and maintenance manuals; record drawings; shop drawing reviews; technical review of design plans and specification prepared by A-E firms and government forces; water flow testing; final acceptance testing of all types of installed fire protection systems and other consulting requiring immediate action.  Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Pacific AOR including, but not limited to Hawaii (55 percent), Guam (30 percent), and Far East (15 percent).  The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of December 2018.  Fiscal 2013 military construction, Navy contract funds in the amount of $10,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with seven proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-14-D-0001).
 
ARMY
 
Military Hardware*, Wilmington, N.C., was awarded a $51,952,200 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for improved modular tactical holsters with a minimum order of 100 units and a maximum of 300,000 units.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with 25 received.  Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-14-D-0002).
 
Atlantic Diving Supply*, Virginia, Beach, Va., was awarded a $24,288,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for improved modular tactical holsters.  The contract minimum is 100 units and the contract maximum is not to exceed 300,000 units.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with 25 received.  Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-14-D-0001).
 
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded an $18,556,810 modification (P00009) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0030 for an undefined contract action for six additional months of contractor logistics support for the Bell 407, Huey, Jet Ranger, and OH-58A&C helicopters in Al Taji, Iraq, in accordance with foreign military sales case IQ-B-UDZ.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $9,092,838 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Aug. 8, 2014.  One bid was solicited with one received.  Work will be performed in Iraq and Piney Flats, Tenn.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.
 
American Southwest Electronic*, Las Vegas, Nev., was awarded a $13,087,038 firm-fixed-price contract for the West Bank Mississippi River Levee, Mississippi River and Tributaries Project, Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, Pointe Coupee Seepage Control, New Roads Relief Wells, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $13,087,038 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 19, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with nine received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, La. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-14-C-0015).
 
Structural Assoc. Inc.*, East Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded an $11,163,100 firm-fixed-price contract to design and-build a soldier specialty care clinic at Fort Drum, New York.  Fiscal 2014 military construction funds in the amount of $11,163,100 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec.17, 2015.  Thirty bids were solicited with six received.  Work will be performed at Fort Drum, N.Y.  Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-14-C-0003).
 
Reema Consulting Services, Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded a $9,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract for operations support services for program management soldier weapons, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.  These services will be for the following:  senior and junior operations specialist, computer graphics specialist, public affairs specialist, technical editor specialist and information technology specialist.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 17, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with seven received.  Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-14-D-0008).
 
Oracle America, Reston, Va., was awarded a $7,043,216 modification (P00054) to contract N00024-01-C-6110 for Oracle PeopleSoft licenses and maintenance services.  Fiscal 2014 research, development, testing and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,297,739 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 20, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received.  Work will be performed in Reston, Va.  Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity.
 
AIR FORCE
 
Rockwell Collins Inc., Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $46,654,122 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for B-2 Common Very Low Frequency Receiver Increment 1 Engineering Manufacturing Development (EMD) Effort.  The EMD phase includes the modification, qualification, and testing of the system which consists primarily of an existing terminal/receiver design, an antenna, a Human Machine Interface display, power supply, and other ancillary equipment to enable receipt and display of emergency action messages, including a mission planning ground station.  Work will be performed at Richardson, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 28, 2018.  This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition.  Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $4,184,895 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWZK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity  (FA8616-14-C-6061).
 
The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., has been awarded a $12,322,017 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00063) on an existing contract (FA8819-08-C-0006) for the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 System.  The contract modification is for uninterrupted satellite operations, maintenance, and anomaly resolution of the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 System.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $4,895,000 are being obligated at the time of award.  Work will be performed at El Segundo, Calif.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Shriever Air Force Base, Colo.; and Boulder, Colo.; and is expected to be complete by June 20, 2015.  Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Superiority Systems Directorate, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity.
 
Exelis Inc., Herndon, Va., has been awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00011) for a ceiling increase to an existing contract (FA8750-09-D-0002).  The total cumulative face value of the contract is $59,900,000.  The contract modification is to maintain support and prevent loss of support for the 120 operationally deployed systems and continue basic development to address operational gaps.  The principle purpose is for the research and development, integration, testing, deployment, enhancement, and maintenance of Information Support Server Environment Cross-Domain Sharing capabilities throughout the Air Force, the DoD Intelligence Information Systems community.  Work will be performed at Herndon, Va., and is expected to be completed by June 14, 2016.  This is a ceiling increase modification and no funding will be obligated at time of award.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKE, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity
 
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., NGIS, Herndon, Va., has been awarded an $8,424,108 modification (P00012) for an existing cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (FA8750-13-C-0120) for software enhancement/testing/integration/maintenance.  The contract modification is to provide a full spectrum of technical support to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center to maintain, enhance and operate the current infrastructure and applications and incorporate new capabilities required to meet future mission requirements.  This is accomplished by performing operations and maintenance, and intelligence production support to operate, maintain, modernize, extend the capabilities of, and utilize NASIC's current functional capabilities to include the Automated Virtual Information Production Support System.  Work will be performed at Fairborn, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 17, 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $5,079,000 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKE, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity.
 
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

DTN News - BRAZIL DEFENSE NEWS: Brazil Chooses Swedish Fighter Jet In $4.5B Deal

Asian Defense News: DTN News - BRAZIL DEFENSE NEWS: Brazil Chooses Swedish Fighter Jet In $4.5B Deal
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 18, 2013: RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government said Wednesday that Sweden's Saab won a long-delayed fighter jet contract initially worth $4.5 billion that will supply at least 36 planes to Latin America's biggest nation.

The decision comes as Brazil seeks to ramp up its defense capabilities to patrol a porous land border that's more than 9,300 miles (15,000 kilometers) long, much of it covered by jungle, over which arms and drugs easily flow. Brazil is also seeking better protection for massive offshore oil fields that it has discovered in recent years.

Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim said that the choice after some 15 years of debate was made after "careful study and consideration, taking into account performance, transfer of technology and cost, not just of acquisition but of maintenance. The choice was made on the best balance of these three factors."

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote on Twitter that the decision was "a tribute to Swedish technology and competitiveness."

The decision to buy the Swedish jet over Boeing's F-18 Super Hornet or France's Dassault Rafale came as a surprise to many. The French jet had been favored by former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, while current leader Dilma Rousseff had been said to favor the Boeing bid.

Some analysts said the Boeing jet was hurt by the fallout over revelations six months ago that the U.S. National Security Agency carried out a massive espionage program that directly targeted Rousseff's own communications.

That led to Rousseff canceling a planned state visit to Washington in October.

"Dilma had been favoring the Boeing plane and a lot of people thought she would announce her decision during her state visit to Washington," said David Fleischer, a political scientist at the University of Brasilia. "Boeing was very close but then the NSA booted them out of the air."

Others, however, contend the Swedish jet, which was favored by Brazil's Air Force, according to an internal assessment leaked to the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper in 2010, was always going to win the competition and that the decision had little to do with the NSA spy revelations.

Alexandre Barros, a political risk consultant with the Brasilia-based firm Early Warning, said many in the government had long opposed Boeing because the company's bid was less flexible in terms of technology transfers than the two European plane makers and also because they were wary of becoming indebted to Washington.

"The Americans tend to think that if you buy arms from them you are automatically their allies," said Barros. "Brazil doesn't want that kind of link."

He said that Brazilian officials long prized their autonomy from the U.S., and as the main power in South America they don't want to be in the position of being perceived as having to support American policies on the continent, particularly in Colombia and Venezuela. Part of the draw of Saab's bid was that Sweden doesn't have any political clout in the region.

Regardless of the main reasons, Brazil's military hopes the government making the decision after some 15 years of debate will lead to advances in its defense capabilities.

Brazil in the mid-1980s had the largest defense industry in the developing world. It became the world's eighth-largest arms exporter amid strong demand for its armored personnel carriers, reconnaissance and anti-aircraft vehicles, troop carriers and rocket launchers.

However, the industry went into a tailspin when the Cold War ended and demand for weapons declined. In 1990, Brazil's two largest arms manufacturers, Engesa and Avibras, sought protection from creditors for debts of about $200 million.

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Associated Press writers Jenny Barchfield in Rio, Karl Ritter in Stockholm and Stan Lehman in Sao Paulo contributed to this report.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 17, 2013

Asian Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 17, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-030-13 December 17, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 17, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 17, 2013  are undermentioned;

No: CR-030-13
December 17, 2013

CONTRACTS
 
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
 
Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Mass., is being awarded $172,680,000 contract modification (P00019) under firm-fixed-price contract HQ0147-12-C-0006, increasing the total contract value from $580,766,787 to $753,446,787.  Under this contract modification, the contractor will manufacture and deliver the AN/TPY-2 Radar #12 (CLIN 0018) with associated spares (CLIN 0019).  The work will be performed in Woburn, Mass.  The performance period is from December 2013 through March 2016.  Fiscal 2013 procurement funds in the amount of $172,680,000 are being obligated on this award.  The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity.
 
NAVY
 
JCON Group, Construction and Design*, Miami, Fla. (N69450-14-D-0754); Orocon -- Carother Joint Venture 1*, Oxford, Miss. (N69450-14-D-0755); Mitchell Industrial Contractors Inc., and Brasfield and Gorrie LLC, a Joint Venture*, Madison, Ala. (N69450-14-D-0756); PentaCon LLC*, Catoosa, Okla. (N69450-14-D-0757); TMG Services Inc.*, Cleveland, Ohio (N69450-14-D-0758), and Leebcor Services LLC*, Williamsburg, Va. (N69450-14-D-0759); are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award design-build construction contract for construction projects, located primarily within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR).  The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option years for all six contracts combined is $95,000,000.  The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, new construction, renovation, alteration, demolition, repair work, and any necessary design including:  industrial, airfield, aircraft hangar, aircraft traffic control, infrastructure, administrative, training, dormitory, and community support facilities.  JCON Group, Construction and Design is being awarded task order 0001 at $8,696,000 for the construction of an enlisted dining facility located at Naval Air Station, Meridian, Miss.  Work for this task order is expected to be completed by October 2015.  All work on this contract will be performed primarily within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR which includes Mississippi (48 percent), Florida Panhandle area (48 percent), and in the remainder of the NAVFAC Southeast AOR (4 percent).  The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of December 2018.  Fiscal 2013 military construction, Navy, and fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $8,701,000 are obligated on this award and $5,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with 51 proposals received.  These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
 
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $70,032,166 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 12 encapsulated harpoon all-up round tactical missiles; five harpoon Grade B exercise missiles; two encapsulated harpoon certification training vehicles and shipping containers; 100 harpoon improved fuze booster kits; 50 harpoon improved fuze kits; two harpoon blast test vehicles; and associated hardware and containers for the U.S. Navy and various foreign military sales customers. Work will be performed in the St. Charles, Mo. (48.2 percent); United Kingdom (12 percent); McKinney, Texas (8.83 percent); Middletown, Conn. (4.77 percent); Elkton, Md., (4.16 percent);  Toledo, Ohio (3.72 percent); Lilititz, Pa. (2.24 percent); Joplin, Mo. (2.09 percent); Galena, Kan. (1.9 percent); St. Louis, Mo. (1.74 percent); Grove, Okla. (1.38 percent); Lancaster, Pa. (1.04 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (1.0 percent); Newton, Pa. (0.8 percent); China Lake, Calif. (0.8 percent); Chandler, Ariz. (0.7 percent); Minneapolis, Minn. (0.56 percent); East Camden, Ark. (0.55 percent); and various locations in the continental United States (3.52 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in December, 2014.   Foreign military sales in the amount of $67,638,493 and fiscal 2013 weapons procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $70,032,166 will be obligated at time of award, $2,393,673 of which expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($2,393,673; 3.42 percent); the governments of Korea ($38,122,613; 54.44 percent); Canada ($9,981,318; 14.25 percent); Japan ($7,679,885; 10.97 percent); Germany ($6,491,198; 9.27 percent); Australia ($3,354,415; 4.79 percent); Taiwan ($812,520; 1.16 percent); Saudi Arabia ($460,952; .66 percent); Turkey ($444,749; .64 percent); Egypt ($239,618; .34 percent); and the United Kingdom ($51,225; .07 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-14-C-0005).
 
Watts Contrack, a Joint Venture, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $57,084,144, firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of the MV-22 hangar and infrastructure and aircraft staging area at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii.   The work to be performed provides for the construction of a hangar, apron, and taxiway to support one MV-22 squadron.  The hangar is a multi-story type II modified aircraft maintenance hangar to provide a weather protected shelter for inspection, service, and maintenance for the MV-22 aircrafts.  The high bay aircraft maintenance hangar will be steel frame construction with a standing seam metal roof installed over a steel metal deck.  The second floor administrative space of the hangar will be steel framed with metal deck and concrete fill.  Other primary and supporting facilities include aircraft taxiway, aircraft taxiway shoulders, Substation No. 3 feeder upgrade and utility infrastructure.  The project will also construct an aircraft staging area to support one MV-22 squadron, which consists of 12 aircrafts.  Site preparations include clear/grub, earthwork, site grading and excavation.  Paving and site improvements include site storm drainage systems and taxiway shoulders.  The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to an estimated $58,999,995.  Work will be performed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by September 2015.  Fiscal 2010, 2011 and 2013 military construction, Navy contract funds in the amount of $57,084,144 are obligated on this 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 nine proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-14-C-1327).
 
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $33,996,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of AN/AAQ-30(A) Target Sight Systems (TSS) and data.  AN/AAQ-30(A) TSS will be integrated into the AH-1Z Cobra Attack helicopter as part of the Marine Corps H-1 upgrades program for the remanufacture of legacy aircraft with state of the art designs incorporated into the existing fleet of AH-1W's, converting them to AH-1Z.  The TSS provides target identification and tracking, passive targeting for integrated weapons, including Hellfire missiles, and a laser designation capability supporting friendly laser-guided weapons.  Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (80 percent), and Ocala, Fla. (20 percent), and is expected to complete by May 2016.  Fiscal 2013 and 2014 aircraft procurement Navy contract funds in the amount of $31,163,000 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.C. 2304(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(ii) - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-14-C-JQ65).  
 
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $16,331,483 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024 13 C-5402) for fiscal 2014 standard missile depot and intermediate level maintenance, all-up-round re-certifications, and special maintenance tasks.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (95 percent), Camden, Ark. (3 percent), and Burlington, Mass. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $16,331,483 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
 
AIR FORCE
 
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., has been awarded an $81,972,630 delivery order (0378) on an existing contract (F33657-01-D-0013) for C-32A and C-40B/C integrated fleet support (IFS).  The contract modification is to provide support for calendar year 2014 IFS.  Work will be performed at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, and other locations as necessary to support the aircraft, and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 3, 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $81,972,630 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WLKLB, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity.  
 
A-Tech Corp., doing business as Applied Technology Associates, Albuquerque, N.M., has been awarded a $60,000,000 not-to-exceed, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (FA9453-14-D-0312) with cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders to assist Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, Spacecraft Technology Division in the development, evaluation and integration of new technologes, as well as innovative operational concepts, leading to improved operational systems in support of the warfigter.  The award was solicited electronically as a total small business set-aside, and three proposals were received.  Work will be performed at Albuquerque, N.M., and Kirtland AFB, N.M., and is expected to be completed by March 20, 2019.  Fiscal 2013 research and development funds (task orders 0001 through 0006) in the amount of $723,000 are being obligated at same time as the basic contract.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RVKVV, Kirtland AFB, N.M., is the contracting activity.
 
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif., has been awarded a not-to-exceed $19,970,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide research and development pertaining to the development and implementation of condition-based maintenance plus structural integrity.  The scope of the program is to develop and demonstrate a probabilistic, risk-based, flight-by-flight individual aircraft tracking (IAT) framework to replace the baseline deterministic IAT framework currently used for legacy aircraft.  Deliverables will include technical reports and may include hardware and software.  The award is a result of a competitive acquisition.  Unlimited offers were solicited, and four offers were received.  Work will be performed at Redondo Beach, Calif., and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by March 17, 2020.  Fiscal 2013 research and development funds for task order 0001 in the amount of $140,446 are being obligated on this task order, which has a total value of $2,052,203.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RQKPD, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-14-D-2413).
 
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., has been awarded a $6,896,385 modification (P0005) on an existing cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursement contract (FA8730-13-C-0003) for the Taiwan Surveillance Radar program follow-on support string upgrade engineering change proposal.  The contract modification provides a continental United States sustainment string upgrade that creates a controlled site-like testing environment for build deployment and system troubleshooting at the CONUS development facility.  Work will be performed at Sudbury, Mass., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 8, 2017.  This contract involves foreign military sales to Taiwan.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HBNA, Hanscom AFB, Mass., is the contracting activity.
 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
Nacco Materials Handling Group Inc., doing business as Hyster Co., Greenville, N.C., has been awarded a maximum $28,725,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for Navy shipboard-use forklifts.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and four offers were received.  Location of performance is North Carolina with a Dec. 16, 2018 performance completion date.  This contract is a five-year base with no option year periods.  Using military service is Navy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2019 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM8E8-14-D-0002).
 
The Oilgear Co., Milwaukee, Wis., has been awarded a maximum $16,000,000 modification (P00004) exercising the third one-year option period on a two-year base contract (SPM8EE-10-D-0004) with three one-year option periods for meter assembly skids and fuel.  This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract.  Location of performance is Wisconsin with a Jan. 28, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military service is Army.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
Rocky Brands Inc., Nelsonville, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $14,957,408 modification (P00005) exercising the first one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM1C1-13-D-1017) with four one-year option periods for Army hot weather combat boots.  This is a firm-fixed-price contract.  Locations of performance are Ohio and Puerto Rico with a Dec. 21, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
Signature Flight Support Corp., Las Vegas, Nev., has been awarded a maximum $14,649,857 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for into-plane jet fuel.  This contract is a sole source acquisition.  Location of performance is Nevada with a March 31, 2018 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2018 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-14-D-0023).
 
Mercury Air Centers, doing business as Atlantic Aviation, Reno, Nev., has been awarded a maximum $13,496,963 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for into-plane jet fuel.  This contract is a sole-source acquisition.  Location of performance is Nevada with a March 31, 2018 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2018 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0022).
 
Altama Delta Corp., Atlanta, Ga., has been awarded a maximum $10,340,320 modification (P00005) exercising the first one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM1C1-13-D-1018) with four one-year option periods for Army hot weather combat boots.  This is a firm-fixed-price contract.  Locations of performance are Georgia and Tennessee with a Dec. 21, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
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