Monday, August 16, 2010
DTN News: Oshkosh Awarded Contract $201 Million For FMTV
DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 16, 2010
CONTRACTS
ARMY
Northrop Grumman Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded on Aug. 12 a $457,125,797 five-year, firm-fixed-price contract. This requirement is for the procurement of the APR-39A/B/C Radar Signal Detection Set (RSDS) including upgrade kits; and repair, integration, interim software support and field support. The RSDS identifies different types of threats on a display, prioritize those threats on a display, identifies the threat posing the most immediate danger to an aircraft and provide audible information to the pilot. Work is to be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2014. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, CECOM, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-10-D-R802).
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Aug. 12 a $201,545,286 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the production of 1,288 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0159).
Centerre Government Contracting Group, Glendale, Colo., was awarded on Aug. 12 a $7,380,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is required to provide adequate permanent facilities to support the healing process of Warriors in Transition soldiers. The scope of this project is for the construction of Warrior in Transition standard design dining facility. Sustainable design and development and Energy Policy Act of 2005 features will be included. Supporting facilities include special foundations, facility specific parcel site work, all necessary utilities, lighting, information systems, parking, sidewalks, roads, curbs, and gutters, storm drainage and storm water retention measures, site accessories, and other site improvements. Force protection measures include all current criteria minimums, building access control, surveillance and mass notification systems, site restricting features and landscaping and area lighting. Access for individuals with disabilities will be provided. Comprehensive building and furnishings related interior design services are required. The heating and cooling system should be provided by self-contained systems. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 5, 2011. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W91236-10-D-0012).
NAVY
DCK North America, LLC, Clairton, Pa. (N40085-10-D-5329); The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Baltimore, Md. (N40085-10-D-5330); Walbridge Aldinger Co., Detroit, Mich. (N40085-10-D-5331); Sundt Construction, Inc., Tempe, Ariz. (N40085-10-D-5332); and Hardin Construction Co., LLC/Whitsell-Green, Inc., JV, Atlanta, Ga. (N40085-10-D-5333) are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award design-build/design-bid-build construction contract for a wide range of general construction service type projects at Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point, N.C. The work may also include demolition, repair, total/partial interior/exterior alteration/renovation of buildings, systems and infrastructure. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years, for all five contracts combined is $750,000,000. DCK is being awarded Task Order 0001 at $22,176,000 for the design and construction of a School of Infantry East Facilities, Camp Geiger, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by December 2012. All work on this contract will be performed in Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point, N.C. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of August 2015. Contract funds for Task Order 0001 will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 14 proposals received. These five contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $23,178,898 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-07-C-0060) for the procurement of 12 AE1107C CV-22 spare engines. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be completed in December 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Marine Hydraulics International, Inc., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $13,540,957 firm-fixed-price contract for a 135-calendar day mid-term shipyard availability for Military Sealift Command’s fast combat support ship USNS Supply. The ship’s primary mission is to provide fuel, cargo and ammunition to Navy ships at sea and fuel to aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. This shipyard availability is primarily for ship maintenance and voyage repairs, including major work on the replacement of high-speed gear and other key equipment. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $16,250,115. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an unrestricted solicitation posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Fleet Support Command, a field activity of Military Sealift Command, is the contracting activity (N40442-10-C-2003).
BAE Systems Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded an $11,656,003 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-07-C-0019) to exercise an option for engineering and technical products and services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems. The estimated level of effort for this option is 136,000 man-hours. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md. (80 percent), San Diego, Calif. (10 percent), and various shipboard locations (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., is the contracting activity.
L-3 Communications Corp., Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $7,448,721 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to repair items used in support of the H-1 helicopter. Work will be performed in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and work is expected to be completed by August 2015. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively awarded. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00383-10-D-005N).
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded a $90,544,706 contract modification which will provide continued sustainment of the contractor logistics support and legacy effort. At this time, no money has been obligated. ISSW/PKS, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-95-C, Modification P00645).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded a $15,996,804 contract which will enable continued study on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite enhancement options. At this time, $15,996,804 has been obligated. SMC/MCSW, El Segundo, Calif. is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0002, P00443).
General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., Needham Heights, Mass., was awarded an $11,117,885 contract for 47 Low Rate Initial Production. At this time, $1,384,850 has been obligated. ESC/HNCK, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA8307-10-C-0016).
Ametek Aerospace, Sellersville, Pa., was awarded a $7,334,709 contract which will provide fuel quantity indication systems. At this time $2,284,852 has been obligated. OC-ALC/GKAKB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8102-10-D-0002-0001).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $6,810,188 contract modification which will provide for interim contractor support for the common organizational level tester unit and common accessory kit. At this time, $4,127,559 has been obligated. ASC/WNQK, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8626-04-C-2060 P00064).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Aviall Services, Inc., Dallas, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $23,760,150 firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract for fuel control. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Department of Defense. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is July 31, 2016. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (SPRRA1-10-D-0048).
L3 Communications Corp., Sarasota, Fla. is being awarded a maximum $17,530,000 firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract for flight data recorders and interconnection boxes. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The original proposal was Web-solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is Aug. 15, 2015. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land (formerly DLA, Warren, Mich.), Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (SPRBL1-10-D-0012).
DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated August 16, 2010
Monday August 16, 2010
- Lockheed Martin Conducts First Flight of F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System on Cooperative Avionics Test Bed 3:21 pm - PR Newswire
- Astronauts revive space station's cooling system 3:17 pm - Reuters
- UPDATE - FLIR to buy sensor technology firm ICx for $274 mln 2:54 pm - at Reuters
- Intelsat Starts Construction of Intelsat 27 Satellite 2:29 pm - Business Wire
- Oman air force buys 3 planes from Lockheed, Airbus 2:10 pm - at Reuters
- UH-72A Lakota Marks a New Milestone With the U.S. Army as a Single Airframe Surpasses the 1,000 Flight Hour Mark 1:28 pm - Marketwire
- exactEarth Announces Successful Preliminary Results of South African Space-based AIS Trial 1:00 pm - CNW Group
- Pratt & Whitney Share of Air Lease Corporation Order Valued at $165 Million 12:49 pm - PR Newswire
- Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Complete Successful CANES Preliminary Design Review 12:48 pm - GlobeNewswire
- Power Assure CTO to Speak on Data Center Power Management at NASA Technology Summit 12:45 pm - Marketwire
- MISUMI USA to Display at Design & Manufacturing Midwest Show September 28-30, 2010 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center 11:45 am - Business Wire
- McChrystal to teach at Yale 11:04 am - Reuters
- Tactical Communications Group and DRS ICAS Enter Into New Technical Alliance and Marketing Agreement 10:42 am - Marketwire
- Precision Machining Company CNC Industries Completes AS9100 Rev C Upgrade Training and Internal Audit 10:42 am - PR Newswire
- Boeing Training & Flight Services Receives FAA Provisional Approval for 787 Dreamliner Pilot Training Courses 10:19 am - PR Newswire
- Intelleflex Partners with Lockheed Martin to Develop a Versatile Advanced Monitoring System (VAMS) for Perimeter Security 10:14 am - Business Wire
- Research and Markets: Indian Defense Sector: Sector Report 10:10 am - Business Wire
- DRS Technologies Receives Phase II Contract From the United States Marine Corps for Initial Production of On-Board Vehicle Power (OBVP) Generation Kits 10:01 am - Marketwire
- Digital Power Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2010 10:00 am - PR Newswire
- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems and Bivio Networks Partner to Deliver Innovative Defenses Against Cyber Threats 10:00 am - PR Newswire
- Interstellar Boundary Explorer Researchers Quantify How Earth's Magnetosphere Protects the Planet From the Solar Wind 10:00 am - PR Newswire
- Dynasty Limousine Inc. Is Awarded Transportation Contract With the Department of the Navy 9:31 am - Marketwire
- Raytheon NCS Engineering Recertified at CMMI Level 5 9:30 am - PR Newswire
- Dynasil Reports Record Third Quarter Results 9:15 am - Business Wire
- Raytheon Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Plays Key Role in Latest Missile Defense Test 9:00 am - PR Newswire
- Goodrich to Address Morgan Stanley Global Industrials Unplugged Conference 9:00 am - PR Newswire
- 2011 Military Friendly Schools List Released 8:54 am - PR Newswire
- AeroVironment's Stratospheric Global Observer Unmanned Aircraft System Makes First Flight 8:10 am - Business Wire
- SAIC Awarded Contract by Defense Logistics Agency 8:05 am - PR Newswire
- Mundus Group, Inc. Announces That U.S. Border Patrol Expressed Urgent Interest in AirStar Industrial Drone UAVs to Assist in Seeing Underground Tunnels Near and Around the San Diego U.S. Border 8:00 am - GlobeNewswire
- ManTech Awarded $99.5 Million Contract to Support Cyber Security Services for the Federal Bureau of Investigation 8:00 am - Business Wire
- ADA Technologies Receives $100K Contract for Micro Air Vehicle Battery Research 8:00 am - Business Wire
- Volt Telecom Group Receives TL 9000 Certification at All Locations for All Provided Services 8:00 am - Business Wire
- PICMG Completes Military Environmental Testing of the MicroTCA Connector System 8:00 am - Business Wire
- New Power Architecture(R) Silicon Roadmap Signals Strong Growth in Existing and New Markets as Power Architecture Technology Extends Its #1 Worldwide 32-Bit MPU and 32-Bit CPU Market Share Leadership Through 2009 8:00 am - Marketwire
- FLIR Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire ICx Technologies 7:52 am - Marketwire
- SAIC Completes Acquisition of Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc. 7:50 am - PR Newswire
- ICx Technologies Reports First-Half 2010 Results 7:46 am - Business Wire
- ICx Technologies Agrees to be Acquired by FLIR Systems for $7.55 Per Share in Cash 7:42 am - Business Wire
- TiaLinx, Inc. Launches a Miniaturized 2W Effective Radiated Output Power Active Array Transmitter and Companion Receiver Modules at the V-band 7:30 am - PR Newswire
- Xenonics Announces Third Quarter Results 7:30 am - Business Wire
- Teleflex Completes Refinancing Transactions 7:00 am - Business Wire
- Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Demonstrates Versatile Advanced Monitoring System (VAMS) for Perimeter Security 6:00 am - PR Newswire
- Optex Systems Releases Fiscal 2010 Third Quarter Financial Results 5:00 am - GlobeNewswire
- Saab Training USA Signs Multi-Year Range Target Systems Contract With the U.S. Marine Corps 4:15 am - Marketwire
- AOptix Announces New Slim Design Iris Recognition System 3:01 am - Business Wire
- CAV International Wins Kuwait Air Terminal Contract Renewal 12:01 am - PR Newswire
Sunday August 15, 2010
- Agility's Prime Vendor Food Service Extended to December 3:29 pm - Business Wire
- Israel's Barak approves U.S. F-35 fighters purchase 10:43 am - at Reuters
Saturday August 14, 2010
- Military Order of the Purple Heart Elects New National Commander 2:31 pm - Business Wire
- Aerojet Propulsion Critical to Atlas V Launch of Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite 12:09 pm - PR Newswire
- Synergies to add $3 bln to new LAN-TAM group-report 10:56 am - at Reuters
- United Launch Alliance Atlas V Successfully Launches First AEHF Mission 8:36 am - PR Newswire
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Powers Launch of U.S. Military's Advanced Extremely High Frequency Communications Satellite 8:25 am - PR Newswire
- First Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Launched Successfully 8:14 am - PR Newswire
Friday August 13, 2010
- A LatAm airline colossus is born with TAM-LAN deal 8:27 pm - at Reuters
- TAM, LAN deal could be binding in 2-3 months-Cueto 6:42 pm - at Reuters
- US to supply 2,526 Humvees to Afghan forces 5:54 pm - at Reuters
- Aerojet's Ramjet Propulsion Engine Successfully Meets Coyote High Diver Mission Requirements on U.S. Navy's Initial Flight Test 5:33 pm - PR Newswire
- Mesaba Aviation, Inc. Releases July Performance Data 5:30 pm - Marketwire
DTN News: Pakistan TODAY August 16, 2010 - International Response To Devastating Pakistan Floods Is 'Absolutely Pitiful', Says Nick Clegg
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the Sultan Colony in Punjab yesterday
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the Sultan Colony in Punjab yesterday Britons have so far given £15million to help victims of the worst floods in Pakistan's history, providing some 600,000 survivors with emergency care, clean water, food or shelter. The UK Government has also earmarked £31.3million in aid, nearly £17million of which has now been allocated. But the response has been lower than in the wake of the Haiti earthquake earlier this year, and the Disasters Emergency Committee says more is needed as the situation on the ground is deteriorating. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called it the worst disaster he has ever seen and urged the international community to step up its efforts. Speaking at a Town Hall-style question and answer session in London, Mr Clegg said: 'About close to one quarter of the aid already devoted to Pakistan has come from this country.'Like dogs': Angry flood survivors gather to block a highway demanding food, shelter and water in Sukkar, Pakistan. They claim aid is given out only when the media is present
'Like dogs': Angry flood survivors gather to block a highway demanding food, shelter and water in Sukkar, Pakistan. They claim aid is given out only when the media is present 'The response from the international community as a whole, I have to say, has been lamentable. It's been absolutely pitiful.' Speculating on why donations had been relatively low, he added: 'One of the reasons may be because this is a disaster on a scale that people are struggling to understand. The flooded area is the same size as England.' His intervention came as fresh rain today piled more misery on the millions already living in makeshift camps and adding to the urgency of the massive international aid effort. There is a danger of more flooding after what have already been the worst deluges in recorded history in the country, affecting some 20million people and 60,000 square miles of land. But there has been growing fury from survivors who earlier blocked a major highway with stones and rubbish near the hard-hit Sukkur area, complaining they were being treated like animals. Protester Kalu Mangiani said government officials only came to hand out food when media were present. 'They are throwing packets of food to us like we are dogs. They are making people fight for these packets,' he said. It is feared the catastrophe could destabilise the country, which is pivotal to British and American counter-terrorism and hopes of defeating Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The UN has appealed for an initial $460million (£295million) to provide relief - around 60 per cent of which has already been given. Once the floods recede, billions more will be needed for reconstruction and getting people back to work in the already-poor nation of 170million people. The International Monetary Fund has warned the floods could dent economic growth and fuel inflation.A Pakistani Army crewman drops relief supplies in the Rajanpur district
Victims struggle to get donated food in flooded areas in Shah Jamal
Marooned survivors look up as an army helicopter with supplies draws near
Stagnant flood plains in densely populated, poverty-striken urban areas could become breeding grounds for cholera, mosquitos and malaria, significantly raising the death toll.
Stagnant flood plains in densely populated, poverty-striken urban areas could become breeding grounds for cholera, mosquitos and malaria, significantly raising the death toll. The U.N. has voiced fears that disease in overcrowded and unsanitary relief camps may yet cause more deaths. Cholera has already broken out, with a case of the deadly disease confirmed in the Swat Valley and more sufferers suspected. Cholera is highly infectious and likely to spread rapidly via the flood waters. Aid agencies are warning six million children are now at risk of life-threatening waterborne diseases, malnutrition and pneumonia.Flood victims fleeing the Shah Jamal near Muzaffargarh in Punjab
Flood victims fleeing the Shah Jamal near Muzaffargarh in Punjab Stagnant flood plains in densely populated, poverty-striken urban areas could become breeding grounds for cholera, mosquitos and malaria, significantly raising the death toll. There is also unrest due to the lack of aid. Survivors were seen fighting over food being handed out from a relief vehicle close to Sukkur in the hard-hit Sindh province this weekend. They were ripping at each other's clothes and causing such chaos that the distribution had to be abandoned. Waters five feet deep washed through Derra Allah Yar, a city of 300,000 people on the border of Sindh and Baluchistan provinces. About 200,000 were forced to flee the city. 'We are here like beggars,' said Mukhtar Ali, a 45-year-old accountant living on the side of a highway along with thousands of other people. 'The last food we received was a small packet of rice yesterday and 15 of us shared that.'DTN News: Afghanistan TODAY August 16, 2010 - U.S. Hopes To Begin Afghan Security Transfer By Spring
Pfc. Abraham Figueroa, 19, of Chicago, keeps watch on patrol in Kandahar province's Arghandab valley, a Taliban stronghold. (Dion Nissenbaum, McClatchy-Tribune / August 2, 2010)
"With more Afghan forces, we can be on a path to transition in more places around the country," Gates said. "The success with the [Afghan] army in particular, I think, bodes well for in fact beginning to have some transitions maybe as early as this spring, but certainly beginning in the summer." Gates was referring to the recent announcement by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization training command in Afghanistan that it had reached its 2010 goal of 134,000 trained Afghan troops two months early. His comments are part of an effort by senior civilian and military officials to counter growing doubts in the U.S. and Europe about the war. In separate interviews, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the senior commander in Afghanistan, also pointed to what he called "small pockets of progress" in several areas. Gates and Petraeus played down the possibility of rapid cuts in U.S. troop levels starting in July 2011, the point at which President Obama said the 30,000-troop increase he ordered late last year would start to reverse. "There is no question in anybody's mind that we are going to begin drawing down troops in July of 2011," Gates said in the interview Thursday. But so far, he said, "there hasn't even been a discussion of a steep decline quickly" at the top levels of the administration. His comments were a pointed rebuttal to lower-level officials in Washington who have privately asserted that Obama will rapidly withdraw troops beginning next summer. Gates disputed that notion, emphasizing a consensus among himself, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Obama. "As the president has said, and Hillary has said and I've said, the pace and the number are going to depend on the conditions on the ground," Gates said. Petraeus emphasized in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" that any drawdown would depend on gains in quelling the insurgency and establishing competent Afghan forces. Despite the gains in numbers, the Afghan national army remains heavily dependent on the U.S. for logistics, air cover and planning of operations, which are usually conducted with U.S. advisors or jointly with NATO units. U.S. commanders say the Afghans are often staunch fighters and can be invaluable, particularly because they speak Dari and Pashto. But the army and, to a greater extent, the police remain beset by attrition, drug use and corruption. Meanwhile, the insurgency has been making inroads in areas outside its traditional strongholds in the south and east. The international military command said Sunday that insurgents attacked a district police station in northern Afghanistan a day earlier, an assault that ended with a NATO airstrike that killed two of the attackers. Petraeus left open the possibility that he might recommend against anything more than a token drawdown starting next July. "The president didn't send me over here to seek a graceful exit," the general was quoted as saying by the New York Times. Petraeus took over as the top commander in early July, after Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was replaced for comments he and his aides made that were published in a Rolling Stone article. Whether Obama is willing to remain heavily engaged in Afghanistan beyond next year is unclear, especially if signs of lasting progress are elusive and public support for the war continues to diminish. "What the president very much wants from me, and what we talked about in the Oval Office, is the responsibility of a military commander on the ground to provide his best professional military advice," Petraeus told NBC. "Leave the politics to him." The comments by Gates and Petraeus reflect the difficult position in which they find themselves. They need to show gains, especially in order to reassure nervous allies, but they are unable to endorse a rapid pullout next year because of the possibility that security will remain tenuous at best. Although the U.S.-led training effort is ahead of schedule, it still is 750 trainers short of what it needs, Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, commander of the training mission, told reporters last week. North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries have failed to send promised personnel, forcing the United States to send additional units and to rely more heavily on contractors to ready Afghan units. If Afghans are able to take over responsibility for more areas of the country by next spring, it will free up U.S. and other NATO troops to move to still-violent regions, rather than permitting withdrawals, Gates said. "It's incumbent on us to show greater progress, to show sustained progress," Petraeus said. "I would argue that the progress, if you will, really just began this spring." Petraeus said operations in central Helmand province have improved security for residents. He said advances also are underway in Kandahar and the southern part of Herat province, even as the Taliban has been "fighting back very hard." "All of these," he said, "are small pockets of progress." *Link to the aforementioned article from source - By David S. Cloud and Richard Serrano, Los Angeles Times