Friday, January 22, 2016

DTN News: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Cessna Aircraft Co., For Maintenance and Training of Afghan Air Force C-208 Aircrafts

DTN News: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Cessna Aircraft Co., For Maintenance and Training of Afghan Air Force C-208 Aircrafts
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-013-16 January 21, 2016
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 22, 2016: Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kansas, has been awarded a $55,268,755 firm-fixed-price contract for the Afghanistan Trainer Program. 


Contractor will provide interim contractor support of 18 C-208 B aircraft and one C-208 aircrew training device, including maintenance and training. Work will be performed at Kabul Air Base and Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2017. 

This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales to the country of Afghanistan. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. 

Fiscal 2015 Afghanistan Security Forces funds in the amount of $18,251,442 are being obligated at the time of award. 


Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8617-16-C-6208).

*Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-013-16 January 21, 2016 
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated January 21, 2016

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated January 21, 2016
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-013-16 January 21, 2016
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 21, 2016: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued January 21, 2016 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

System of Systems Security (SOSSEC) Inc., Atkinson, New Hampshire, has been awarded a maximum $99,000,000 other transaction agreement for prototypes in command, control, communications, and cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) information sharing information systems. Contractor will provide development, test, measurement, demonstration, integration, and delivery of prototypes for the Air Force related to C4ISR information sharing information systems. These systems include: Distributed Common Ground Station; Theater Battle Management Core Systems; Air Operations Center; Open Mission System; Secure View; Information Support Server Environment Guard; cybersecurity environments; Web Temporal Analysis System; Combined Information Data Network Exchange; Collaboration Gateway, and other systems to be determined. Work will be performed at Atkinson, New Hampshire; however, individual prototype projects awarded under this agreement will be performed by consortium members at locations to be determined after award. The agreement is expected to be complete by Jan. 21, 2021. This agreement is the result of a competitive acquisition with six offers received. Funding will be dependent upon the initial prototype project(s) selected under the terms of the agreement. Air Force Research Lab, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-16-9-9000).

Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kansas, has been awarded a $55,268,755 firm-fixed-price contract for the Afghanistan Trainer Program. Contractor will provide interim contractor support of 18 C-208 B aircraft and one C-208 aircrew training device, including maintenance and training. Work will be performed at Kabul Air Base and Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2017. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales to the country of Afghanistan. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2015 Afghanistan Security Forces funds in the amount of $18,251,442 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8617-16-C-6208).

Composite Engineering Inc., Sacramento, California, has been awarded an $18,674,455 modification to previously awarded contract FA8678-15-C-0069 for Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) Lots 11-13 production. Contractor will provide additional quantity of 21 AFSAT production units being produced under the basic contract (Lot 12) and the associated warranty. Work will be performed at Sacramento, California, and is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, 2020. Fiscal 2016 procurement funds in the amount of $17,785,195 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $92,732,991 modification (P0010) to foreign military sales (Qatar) contract W31P4Q-12-G-0001 for PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 and Missile Segment Enhancement Multi-Band Radio Frequency Data Link obsolescence redesign.  Work will be performed in Grand Prairie and Lufkin, Texas; Camden, Arkansas; and Camden, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30, 2020.  Fiscal 2015 and 2016 research, development, test and evaluation; and other procurement funds in the amount of $85,934,078 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Contacting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Hal Hays Construction Inc., Riverside, California, was awarded an $18,508,130 firm-fixed-price contract with options to construct a Fresno, California, Army Reserve Center with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with four received.  Fiscal 2015 and 2016 military construction; and operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $18,508,130 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-16-C-0006).

Sotera Defense Solutions Inc. Herndon, Virginia, was awarded an $11,402,662 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with options for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Research and Development Counter Insurgency Operations project.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia; and Austin, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 20, 2019.  Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,749,378 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Contracting Command, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the contracting activity (W911NF-16-C-0005).

NAVY

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded $12,115,859 for modification P00002 to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N68936-14-D-0011) for up to 52,473 hours of advanced technology insertion and integration support of weapons systems.  The systems supported include AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM), AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), R/UGM-109 Tomahawk, XM982 Excalibur, BGM-71 tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) missile, Standard missile, Evolved Sea Sparrow missile, Talon, Pyros and Griffin.  Also included are line of sight/non-line of sight technologies for seekers, multi-mode seekers, tube-launched unmanned aircraft systems, autonomous weapons employment and precision targeting, and similar applications.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed in April 2017.  No funds are being obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders.  The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, California, is the contracting activity.

Gilbane Federal, Walnut Creek, California, is being awarded $9,960,000 for firm-fixed-price task order JM01 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N39430-15-D-1634) for construction of two barrel-type bulk fuel storage tanks at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.  The construction will include new concrete footings and foundations, excavation, grading, site preparation, steel erection, piping, valves, cathodic protection system, fire protection system, remote electronic leak detection/alarm sensing devices, paving, drainage dike, oil-water separator, approved tank liner as required by environmental regulations, and final landscaping.  Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by November 2017.  Fiscal 2015 military construction (Defense Logistics Agency) contract funds in the amount of $9,960,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Five proposals were received for this task order.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity. 

Progeny Systems Corp.,* Manassas, Virginia, is being awarded $9,599,780 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0003 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-13-G-0001) for efforts required for the completion of a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project.  These efforts are in support of SBIR topic N121-152, entitled “Maritime Airborne Service Oriented Architecture Integration.”  Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia, and is expected to be completed in April 2017.  Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,599,780 are being obligated on this award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $9,020,798 not-to-exceed modification to previously issued delivery order 5507 placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-14-G-0020.  This modification provides for the procurement and installation of additional air vehicle retrofit kits supporting F-35 Block 3F and Navy initial operational capability-related engineering change proposals.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (85 percent); Ogden, Utah (13 percent); Marietta, Georgia (1 percent); and Palmdale, California (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2018.  Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy); and fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,510,399 are being obligated on this 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.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated January 20, 2016

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated January 20, 2016
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-012-16 January 20, 2016
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 20, 2016: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued January 20, 2016 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Engineering Research and Consulting Inc.,* Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $89,223,718 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Climatic, Dynamic, and Propulsion Test Divisions test and evaluation support services, with an estimated completion date of Oct.13, 2018.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-16-D-0003).

Leidos, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $9,000,000 firm-fixed-price, multi-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architectural and engineering environmental support for military and civil works projects within the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Mission Boundaries of the Corps of Engineers, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 19, 2021.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-16-D-0003).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Brighton Cromwell LLC,* Randolph, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $17,202,863 firm-fixed-price with annual firm-fixed-price adjustment, indefinite-quantity contract for medium and light tactical vehicle parts. This was a competitive acquisition with one response received. This is a three-year base contract with two one-year option periods. Location of performance is New Jersey, with a Jan. 19, 2019, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2016 through fiscal 2020 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio (SPE7LI-16-D-0004).

Rocky Brand Inc., Nelsonville, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $15,623,052 modification (P00111) exercising the fourth one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPM1C1-13-D-1017) with four one-year option periods for hot weather combat boots. This is a firm-fixed-price contract. Location of performance is Ohio, with a Jan. 14, 2017, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2016 through fiscal 2017 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

AIR FORCE

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $14,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost contract for research and development in support of increased capabilities for next-generation, air-launched, tactical missiles. Contractor will work to increase the number of missiles carried on a single sortie, increase the effectiveness of each missile, and enhance the platform survivability against all threats in an anti-access, area denial (A2AD) environment. Two research concepts to fulfill these needs are the Small Advanced Capability Missile (SACM) and Miniature Self-Defense Munition (MSDM). The SACM will support affordable, highly lethal, small size and weight ordnance with advanced air frame design and synergistic control capabilities for air dominance enabling high air-to-air load-out. The MSDM will support miniaturized weapon capabilities for air superiority by enabling close-in platform self-defense and penetration into contested A2AD environment with little to no impact to payload capacity. Work will be performed at Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 19, 2021. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with four offers received. Fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $388,905 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8651-16-D-0314).
*Small business

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DTN News: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Lockheed Martin For Modification of External Fuel Tank of The Israeli Air Force C-130J

DTN News: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Lockheed Martin For Modification  of External Fuel Tank of The Israeli Air Force C-130J
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-010-16 January 15, 2016
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 20, 2016: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Marietta, Georgia, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $10,035,434 modification (P00510) to previously awarded contract FA8625-11-C-6597 for C-130J advanced procurement and external fuel tank modification kits. 


Contractor will provide long-lead items and the external fuel tank mod kits in preparation for the procurement of C-130Js for Israel. 

Work will be performed at Marietta, Georgia, and is expected to be complete by June 30, 2018. 

This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales to Israel. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

*Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-010-16 January 15, 2016
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DTN News: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Rockwell Collins For Upgarding And Maintenance of Pakistani Air Force (PAF) C-130 fleet

DTN News: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Rockwell Collins For Upgarding And Maintenance of Pakistani Air Force (PAF) C-130 fleet 
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-010-16 January 15, 2016
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 19, 2016: Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $30,727,886 undefinitized contract action for the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) C-130 fleet. 


Contractor will design, manufacture, integrate, train, provide technical support during installation, and deliver 11 C-130E model kits and five C-130B integrated avionics suites and kits. 

Additionally, Rockwell Collins shall develop, validate, and deliver consolidated B/E flight manual and associated checklists, and maintenance supplements required to operate, maintain, and sustain the PAF C-130 fleet. 

Work will be performed at Nur Khan Base, Islamabad, Pakistan, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2020. 


This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales to the country of Pakistan. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8553-16-C-0005).

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DTN News: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Martin Baker Aircraft Company For U.S. Navy F/A-18 Series And EA-18G Aircrafts Ejection Seats

DTN News: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Martin Baker Aircraft Company For U.S. Navy  F/A-18 Series And EA-18G Aircrafts Ejection Seats
Source:K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-010-16 January 15, 2016
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 19, 2016: Martin Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd., Higher Denham, Near Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, is being awarded a $9,458,828 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0066), for the procurement of 30 Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seats for F/A-18 series and EA-18G aircraft for the Navy.  


In addition, this modification provides for associated hardware, equipment, technical data, and production support services.  

Work will be performed in Higher Denham, Near Uxbridge, Middlesex, England (61.86 percent); Johnstown, Pennsylvania (22.46 percent); Ronkonkoma, New York (8.24 percent); and Chatsworth, California (7.44 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2017.  

Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,458,828 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.

*Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-010-16 January 15, 2016
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated January 19, 2016

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated January 19, 2016
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-011-16 January 19, 2016
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 19, 2016: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued January 19, 2016 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman Information Systems, San Diego, California, has been awarded a $55,681,130 modification (P00037) to exercise the option on previously awarded contract FA8726-13-C-0010 for Battlefield Airborne Communication Node platform maintenance and support. Work will be performed at overseas locations, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 31, 2017. Fiscal 2016 overseas contingency operations funds in the amount of $55,681,130 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $43,740,596 undefinitized contract action for France's MQ-9 second system. Work will be performed at Poway, California, and is expected to be complete by Oct. 31, 2017. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales to France. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-15-G-4040).

PAE Applied Technologies LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $31,927,651 modification (P00101) to exercise the option on previously awarded contract FA3010-13-C-0007 for Keesler Base Operations Support services. Work will be performed at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 31, 2017. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The 81st Contracting Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, is the contracting activity.


*Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-011-16 January 19, 2016 
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