DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia Buys New Aircraft, Armored Vehicles and Missiles

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 13, 2013: Russia’s military will acquire more than 210 new planes and helicopters, over 250 armored vehicles and more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2014, President Vladimir Putin announced. The ongoing program to modernize the Russia’s military armament has developed “a good rhythm of work,” Putin said, according to local daily Kommersant.

The announcement came Tuesday at the meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry’s board in the presence of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The acquisitions will be part of the country’s plan to spend US $650 billion on new arms and military equipment by 2020.

Putin said that Russia might be facing a number of potential security threats and challenges in the near future. These include armed conflicts in the Middle East, the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan, and plans to expand US missile defense to Europe. He also noted the Russian Navy would need to protect the country’s security and interests in the Arctic.

Shoigu said that, along with procurements of new arms, there was a necessity to intensify the training of troops. In 2013, Russia’s armed forces acquired 56 planes, 122 helicopters, 260 tanks, 112 armored infantry fighting vehicles, 279 armored personnel carriers, six vessels, a submarine, and a number of missile and gun systems, the defense minister said.

The Russian Navy missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov is expected to rejoin the fleet in 2015 following delays in the warship’s refit, the Zvezdochka shipyard said Friday.

The Marshal Ustinov, a Slava-class missile cruiser, was launched in 1982 and commissioned with the Russian Northern Fleet in 1986. It has been undergoing a refit at the Zvezdochka shipyard in northern Russia since 2011.

The completion of the work, which included repair of the propulsion system and overhaul of the ship’s missile, communications and navigation systems, was originally scheduled for 2014. However, diagnostics revealed that the majority of electrical cables on the vessel must be replaced, the yard said.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 12, 2013

Asian Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 12, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-025-13 December 12, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 12, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 12, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

 

NAVY

 

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an estimated ceiling-price of $872,766,714 for system upgrades for F/A-18 A/B, C/D, E/F and EA-18G aircraft for the U.S. Navy and the governments of Australia, Finland, Switzerland, Kuwait, Malaysia, and Canada.  This contract provides for deliverables and services based on System Configuration Set life cycle phases for the aircraft.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (95 percent) and China Lake, Calif. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2018.  Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation, Navy contract funds in the amount of $100,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to the FAR 6.302-1.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($802,945,377; 92 percent) and the governments of Australia ($29,674,068; 3

40 percent); Finland ($21,819,168; 2.50 percent); Switzerland ($6,982,134; .80 percent); Kuwait ($4,363,834; .50 percent); Malaysia ($4,363,833; .50 percent); and Canada ($2,618,300; .30 percent).  The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-14-D-0008).

 

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded an $112,926,348 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, for Trident II (D5) Underwater Launcher System and Advanced Launcher Development Program Support.  This contract provides for ongoing support for the TRIDENT II (D-5) deployed SSBN and the SSGN underwater launcher subsystem, Engineering Refueling Overhaul shipyard support, spares procurement, United States (U.S.) and United Kingdom (U.K.) launcher trainer support, Vertical Support Group E-mount and shim procurement, Nuclear Weapons Safety and Security Review, TRIDENT II (D-5) missile hoist overhaul, underwater launch technology support, U.S. and U.K. SSP Alterations and non-compliance report projects, gas generator refurbishment and case hardware production.  It provides specialized technical support of TRIDENT II (D-5) missile tube closure production, technical engineering services, and tactical hardware production efforts for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.  It provides technical engineering services to support the Advanced Launcher Development Program and the Common Missile Compartment Concept Development and Prototyping effort for the U.S. and U.K.  The contractor shall be required to assess and analyze technologies and concepts to support the selection of a preferred system concept, which includes the identification of critical cost and risk impacts as a result of immature launcher technologies and/or immature requirements.  The result of the effort will then advance and support the conduct of the technology development effort to support developing cost-effective launcher subsystem architecture for the Ohio-class Replacement Program.  Work will be performed at Sunnyvale, Calif. (78 percent), Kings Bay, Ga. (7 percent), Bangor, Wash. (6 percent), St. Charles, Mo. (5 percent), Gardena, Calif. (2 percent), Camarillo, Calif. (1 percent), and Los Angeles, Calif. (1 percent), with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2018.  The maximum dollar value, including the base period and one option year, is $220,288,791.  Fiscal year 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $38,527,166; fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $31,762,778; fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $31,102,315; and fiscal 2014 United Kingdom contract funds in the amount of $11,534,089.  Contract funds in the amount of $38,527,166 will expire at the end of the fiscal year.  This contract was a sole source acquisition in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).  Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-14-C-0011).  (Awarded Dec. 11, 2013).

 

Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., is being awarded a $10,037,074 modification to a previously awarded time-and-materials contract to exercise a one-year option for marine mammal systems support services providing care and training of the Navy's marine mammals.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (70 percent), Kings Bay, Ga. (17 percent), and Bangor, Wash. (13 percent), and work is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2014.  Fiscal 2013 Navy working capital funds in the amount of $5,018,537 will be placed on contract and obligated at the time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with one offer received.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-10-C-0070).

 

Simmonds Precision Products operating as Goodrich Corp., Sensors and Integrated Systems, Vergennes, Vt., is being awarded a $7,945,029 modification on a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-2015) to exercise an option for 8 MH-60S integrated mechanical diagnostic systems (IMDS) production A1 kits, 27 IMDS integrated vehicle health ,management units and data transfer units, 17 MH-60S IMDS retrofit kits, 19 MH-60R IMDS Troy kits, and 19 MH-60R IMDS production A1 kits.  Work will be performed in Vergennes, Vt., and is expected to be completed in December 2015.  Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $7,945,029 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, Md., is the contracting activity.

 

AIR FORCE

 

Lockheed Martin Corp, Newton, Pa., has been awarded a $200,700,415 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00276) on an existing contract (FA8807-08-C-0010) for GPS III space vehicles 05 and 06.  Work will be performed at Littleton. Colo., and Clifton, N.J., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 14, 2017 for space vehicle 05 and June 14, 2018 for space vehicle 06.  Fiscal 2013 missile procurement funds in the amount of $200,700,415 are being obligated at time of award.  The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Contracting Directorate, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity.

 

U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

 

Textainer Equipment Management (U.S.) Ltd., San Francisco, Calif., is being awarded a $15,952,358 indefinite-delivery-requirements-type, fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for the program management, leasing, transportation and repair of intermodal equipment.  Work will be performed at multiple locations both within and outside of the United States, with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2017.  Program management and transition of operations are funded by fiscal 2014 transportation working capital funds and individual leasing task orders will be funded by each individual Department of Defense requiring activity at the time the order is placed.  The U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-14-D-R027).

 

ARMY

 

Exelis Systems Corp., FKI ITT Systems, Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded an $11,538,204 contract modification (FR0112) to contract W911SE-07-D-0006 to exercise the option for logistic support center base operations support services, Fort Rucker, Ala.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $9,713,703 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2014.  Sixteen bids were solicited with four received. Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala.  Army Contracting Command, Fort Rucker, Ala., is the contracting activity.

 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

 

Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, N.Y., has been awarded a maximum $70,228,104 modification (P00101) exercising the fifth one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D1-09-D-8308) with seven one-year option periods for radiology systems, subsystems, and components.  This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract.  Location of performance is New York with a Dec. 15, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

 

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY

 

MCI Communications Services Inc., doing business as Verizon Business Services, Ashburn, Va., was awarded an $11,071,650 sole-source modification (P00066) to firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract DCA200-02-D-5003 for Defense Research and Engineering Network II telecommunication services in support of the High Performance Computing Modernization program office.  This action adds a second six-month option that runs from Dec. 19, 2013 to June 18, 2014.  Performance will be at various sites geographically dispersed across the continental United States, as well as locations outside the U.S.  The Defense Information Technology Contracting Office, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.  (Awarded Dec. 11, 2013).

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DTN News - NORTH KOREA NEWS: Kim Jong Un's Uncle Executed

Asian Defense News: DTN News - NORTH KOREA NEWS: Kim Jong Un's Uncle Executed

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 13, 2013: Jang Song-Thaek is believed to have been killed by machine gunfire after being found guilty of attempting to overthrow the state.

The once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been executed for a string of alleged crimes.

State news agency KCNA announced his death early on Friday, branding the once-powerful General Jang Song-Thaek a "traitor".

Gen Jang was executed on Thursday shortly after a special military trial, the agency reported, after committing such a "hideous crime as attempting to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state".

South Korean media say they believe he was killed by machine gunfire - a relatively common form of execution in the North.

The announcement comes days after Pyongyang announced that Gen Jang had been removed from all his posts because of allegations of corruption, drug use, gambling, womanising, generally leading a "dissolute and depraved life" and "dreaming different dreams".

He was once considered the second most powerful official in the North.

He was seen as helping Mr Kim consolidate power after the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il, two years ago.

Gen Jang is the latest and most significant in a series of personnel reshuffles that Mr Kim has conducted in an apparent effort to bolster his power.

In a viciously-worded attack, the regime accused Gen Jang of betraying the trust of both Mr Kim and his father, saying he had received "deeper trust" from the younger leader in particular.

Branding Gen Jang "despicable human scum ... worse than a dog", the regime accused him of attempting to stand in the way of Mr Kim's succession, according to KCNA.

Gen Jang, who was married to the sister of the late Kim Jong-Il, played a key role in cementing the leadership of the inexperienced new leader.

But analysts say the 67-year-old's power and influence had become increasingly resented by his nephew, who is aged around 30.

Gen Jang - seen as Mr Kim's political regent and the country's unofficial number two - had earlier been stripped of all posts and titles, with the regime accusing him of corruption and building a rival power base.

State TV this week showed photos of Gen Jang being dragged out of his seat at a meeting by two officers, in an extremely rare public humiliation of a figure who was then demonised as a drug-taking womaniser.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday accused Mr Kim of resorting to extreme violence to cement his leadership.

"North Korea is now engaged in a reign of terror while carrying out a massive purge to consolidate the power of Kim Jong-Un," she told a cabinet meeting, according to her office.

The Kim family has ruled the North for six decades with an iron fist, regularly purging those showing the slightest sign of dissent. Most are executed or sent to prison camps.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 11, 2013

Asian Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 11, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-024-13 December 11, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 11, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 11, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Equilon Enterprises doing business as Shell Oil Products, Houston, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $1,359,019,230 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0463). 

ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., has been awarded a maximum $872,570,007 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Virginia, Texas, and Louisiana with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0480).

 Valero Marketing and Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $769,729,995 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0474).

 Placid Refining Company LLC*, Port Allen, La., has been awarded a maximum $320,296,759 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Louisiana with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0477).

 Phillips 66 Co., Bartlesville, Okla., has been awarded a maximum $292,016,625 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Oklahoma and Colorado with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0465).

 Equilon Enterprises doing business as Shell Oil Products, Houston, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $281,774,306 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Texas and Alabama with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0464).

 Husky Marketing and Supply Co., Dublin, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $194,906,385 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Ohio with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0479).

 Calumet Shreveport Fuels LLC, Indianapolis, Ind., has been awarded a maximum $189,694,644 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Indiana and Louisiana with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0476).

 Wynnewood Energy Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., has been awarded a maximum $179,238,610 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Oklahoma with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0469).

 Alon USA LP., Dallas, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $159,634,730 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0471).

 Petromax LLC.*, Pasadena, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $154,116,245 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0475).

 Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co., San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $89,568,843 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Texas, North Dakota, and Minnesota with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0470).

 Hunt Refining Co., Tuscaloosa, Ala., has been awarded a maximum $65,314,925 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Alabama with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0468).

 Wyoming Refining Company, Rapid City, S.D., has been awarded a maximum $59,814,800 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are South Dakota and Wyoming with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0481).

 Irving Oil Terminals, Portsmouth, N.H., has been awarded a maximum $42,164,940 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are New Hampshire and Maine with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0467).

 Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.*, Titusville, N.J., has been awarded a maximum $41,402,283 modification (P00008) exercising the second one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D0-127-D-0001) with seven one-year option periods for various pharmaceutical products.  This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  Location of performance is New Jersey with a Dec. 15, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 warstopper funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

 Epic Aviation LLC*, Salem, Ore., has been awarded a maximum $9,011,683 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Oregon and Minnesota with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0473). 

NAVY

 Interstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim, Calif., was awarded a $47,401,675 cost-plus-incentive fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort, completion type contract for specialized technical support for flight test instrumentation systems in support of Trident II flight tests.  This contract provides for, but is not limited to, engineering services for flight test mission support requirements for strategic systems programs, to include flight test operations and data acquisition, operations and maintenance, systems engineering, post-mission processing and analysis, instrumentation refreshes, and strategic weapons system training program support.  Work will be performed in Anaheim, Calif. (55.5 percent); Cape Canaveral, Fla. (25 percent); Newark, Calif. (3.2 percent); Bremerton, Wash. (3 percent); Kings Bay, Ga. (3 percent); Norfolk, Va. (3 percent); Washington, D.C. (3 percent); Silverdale, Wash. (2 percent); Austin, Texas (1.3 percent); San Jose, Calif. (less than 1 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (less than 1 percent); Sunnyvale, Calif. (less than 1 percent); and El Segundo, Calif. (less than 1 percent); with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2016.  The maximum dollar value, including the base period and two option years, is $177,254,512.  Fiscal 2012 weapons procurement, Air Force contract funds in the amount of $292,528; fiscal 2013 weapons procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $1,465,757; fiscal 2014 weapons procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $1,982,000; fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $1,015,335; fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $3,212,000;  fiscal 2014 research, development, test & evaluation, Navy contract funds in the amount of $802,415; Fiscal year 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $13,216,055; and United Kingdom contract funds in the amount of $2,624,809.  Contract funds in the amount of $292,528 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was a sole-source acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (5).  The Department of the Navy, Strategic Systems Programs Office, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-14-C-0006).  (Awarded Dec. 9, 2013)

EMCOR Government Services, Inc., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $30,755,772 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract to exercise option three for regional base operating support services at Naval Support Activity Washington, Naval Support Activity Bethesda, Naval Support Activity South Potomac, and Quantico Marine Corp Base.  The National Capitol Region Base Operating Support Services including, but not limited to, repair and maintenance of property, facilities, and assets.  The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $198,088,060.  Work will be performed in the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. (40 percent); Bethesda, Md. (40 percent); Anacostia, Washington, D.C. (eight percent); Arlington, Va. (six percent); Quantico, Va. (five percent); and Dahlgren, Va. (one percent), and work is expected to be completed December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy; fiscal 2014 working capital funds, Defense; fiscal 2014 health program, Defense; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Marine Corps; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Defense contract funds in the amount of $23,586,019 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-07-D-0374). 

AIR FORCE

 EDO Corp., Defense Systems Division, Amityville, N.Y., has been awarded an estimated $10,206,061 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity requirements contract for depot level repair efforts of ALQ-161 radio frequency surveillance/electronic countermeasure (RFS/ECM) system components.  Contractor will acquire depot level repair on a combination of line replaceable and shop replaceable units consisting of 235 national stock numbers in support of ALQ-161A RFS/ECM used on the B-1 aircraft.  Work will be performed at Amityville, N.Y., and is expected to be complete by Dec. 5, 2014.  This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition.  No fiscal 2012 consolidated sustainment activity group supply division funds from working capital funds will be obligated at time of award.  Air Force Sustainment Center/PZABB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity.  (FA8522-14-D-0002) 

Northrop Grumman Technical Services Inc., Hill Air Force Base, Utah, has been awarded a $7,697,898 modification (P03927) for an existing contract (F42610-98-C-0001) for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Remote Visual Assessment (RVA) Wing III Retrofit program.  The contract modification is to provide interim contractor support (ICS) maintenance.  This will include all ICS support at the missile alert facility such as Launch Control Center RVA feeds, closed circuit television system, flight security controller functions and all supporting equipment.  This will include all ICS support at the Launch Facility and all supporting equipment.  Work will be performed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Minot AFB, N.D., and F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014.  Fiscal 2013 missile procurement funds in the amount of $7,697,898 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center/PZBE, Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

 Circle City Telcom Inc.*, Ala., was awarded a $7,870,392 firm-fixed-price contract to complete the installation, and testing of upgrades to the information technology infrastructure at Fort Rucker, Ala.  The work will complete the installation, and secure and test upgrades to Fort Rucker's installation information infrastructure.  It will install the remaining outside plant core and fiber optic cable, inside plant fiber optic cable terminations, complete site preparation for two communication shelters, and core data node installations.  It will also complete data network fielding at the remaining end-user locations, and the cutover and migration of data users to the new installation information infrastructure modernization network.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $7,870,392 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 11, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received.  Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala.  Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-14-C-0063).

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US-Russian Helicopter Deal Under Fire

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 10, 2013: The US government is under fire for allegedly misleading the Congress into buying Russian transport helicopters for US troops in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon ordered 63 Russian Mi-17 rotorcrafts worth $1 billion over the past two years.

According to the Associated Press, senior Pentagon officials have repeatedly assured members of Congress that the Department of Defense had made the right call, citing a top-secret 2010 study that named the Mi-17 as the superior choice.

The report also states the Boeing Chinook was found to be “the most cost-effective single platform type fleet for the Afghan Air Force over a twenty-year” period.

The 2010 study "specifically analyzed the opportunity for DOD to provide a U.S. alternative to the Mi-17 for Afghanistan," the report said, adding the Boeing helicopter is larger than its Russian counterpart, carries up to a 26,000 pound payload, which is twice as much as the Mi-17, and can operate at nearly the same high altitude.

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