Thursday, July 07, 2011

DTN News - SIKORSKY DEFENSE NEWS: Sikorsky Delivers 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopter to U.S. Army

DTN News - SIKORSKY DEFENSE NEWS: Sikorsky Delivers 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopter to U.S. Army
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / STRATFORD, Connecticut - July 7, 2011: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the delivery of the 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the U.S. Army. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.
"The war-fighter has provided outstanding reviews of the UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter’s performance in theater,” said Lt. Col. Heyward Wright, Product Manager, representing Col. Thomas Todd of the U.S. Army's Utility Helicopters Project Office. "In my estimation, the UH-60M aircraft sets the standard for a successful utility platform in a combat environment."
Sikorsky began delivering UH-60M aircraft to the U.S. Army in 2006. With a new airframe, avionics and propulsion system, the aircraft is the most modern in a series of BLACK HAWK variants that Sikorsky has been delivering to the Army since 1978. Sikorsky Aircraft also has delivered UH-60M aircraft to other U.S. federal government agencies, and to international customers.
“The UH-60M platform brings the most up-to-date technology to the war-fighter to keep our troops safe for their diverse missions,” said John Palumbo, Sikorsky Vice President, Army Programs. “We continue to receive very positive feedback from the U.S. Army because the UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter provides reduced pilot workload, increased lift, better protection and enhanced survivability. It is a proven, reliable combat aircraft.”
Sikorsky is expected to deliver more than 950 UH-60M aircraft to the U.S. Army by 2025.
Additionally, the Army plans to buy more than 400 HH-60M MEDEVAC aircraft used to extract wounded troops from the battlefield. Exact procurement numbers year-to-year and across the life of the program will be determined by budget authorizations and specific contract awards.
Sikorsky continues to improve the aircraft via the UH-60M Modernization program. This includes a fly-by-wire flight control system and FADEC-equipped GE-701 engine.
BLACK HAWK helicopters of all variants flown by the U.S. Army in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of war have accumulated more than one million fleet flight hours without a single Class A material failure. The combined operational sortie rate in both theaters stands at 85 percent. The U.S. Army’s total BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet exceeds 1,945 aircraft.
More than 3,000 BLACK HAWK helicopters of all variants are in use today, operating in 30 countries. Designed to stringent U.S. military standards, the BLACK HAWK helicopter has become the leader in multi-mission type aircraft. Among the mission configurations it serves are troop transport, medical evacuation, electronic warfare, attack, assault support and special operations.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacturing and service. United Technologies Corp., of Hartford, Conn., provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning potential production and sale of helicopters. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in government procurement priorities and practices, budget plans or availability of funding or in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production and support of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in United Technologies Corporation’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated July 7, 2011

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated July 7, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 7, 2011: Comprehensive daily news related to Aerospace/Defense for the world of TODAY.
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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 7, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 7, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - July 7, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued July 7, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $119,415,215 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of two Lot 86 Harpoon missile bodies; two exercise Grade B canister All Up Round (AUR); eight anti-submarine rocket AUR; and associated hardware for the government of Taiwan. In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of four exercise air launch and associated hardware for the government of Taiwan (two) and India (two); 20 tatical air launch AUR for the government of India; 20 tactical light weight canister AUR for the government of Egypt; and Harpoon-associated hardware for the governments of Singapore, Japan, Australia, Korea and Canada. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Mo. (43.5 percent); McKinney, Texas (13.5 percent); Toledo, Ohio (6.0 percent); Motherwell, United Kingdom (4.4 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (3.6 percent); Lititz, Pa. (3.5 percent); Elkton, Md. (3.0 percent); Grove, Okla. (2.6 percent); Black Mountain, N.C. (2.2 percent); Middletown, Conn. (1.8 percent); Kirkwood, Mo. (1.6 percent); Galena, Kan. (1.5 percent); Joplin, Mo. (1.3 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (1.1 percent); Chandler, Ariz. (1.0 percent); Palo Alto, Calif. (0.8 percent); McCalester, Okla. (0.8 percent); El Paso, Texas (0.7 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (0.7 percent); Lancaster, Pa. (0.7 percent); Estill Springs, Tenn. (0.6 percent); and various location in and outside the continental U.S. (5.1 percent). Work is expected to be completed in July 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Taiwan ($26,939,620; 22.5 percent); India ($35,107,410; 29.4 percent); Egypt ($51,197,160; 42.9 percent); Singapore ($404,441; 0.3 percent); Japan ($2,051,762; 1.7 percent); Australia ($1,883,516; 1.6 percent); Korea ($1,155,312; 1.0 percent); and Canada ($675,994; 0.6 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. This contact was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0300).

G4S-SJC, LLC, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $90,000,000 design-build indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity construction contract for various repairs, alteration, construction, and demolition work to shore facilities at the U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Task order 0001 is being awarded at $3,951,880 for the repair shoreline revetment at the back of Bachelor Officers Quarters 7 at U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia; task order 0002 is being awarded at $1,172,466 for the replacement of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system at facility number 939, Air Force Galley, Diego Garcia; task order 0003 is being awarded at $217,571 for the construction of a shelter for two base stations at U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Work for all three task orders is expected to be completed by July 2012. All work on this contract will be performed in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $3,951,880 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Asia Navy Electronic Commerce Online websitewith four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Far East, Yokosuka, Japan, is the contracting activity (N40084-11-D-0004).

Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $46,158,317 modification to increase funding to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive fee contract (N0019-07-C-0097) for the conventional takeoff and landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, England (20 percent); Orlando, Fla., (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $34,300,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Aquate Corp., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a $44,590,377 cost-plus-fixed-fee/hybrid-cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price completion contract to provide work efforts for procurement, total package fielding, and sustainment support of state-of-the-art commercial-off-the-shelf equipment in support of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives used by responders for combating weapons of mass effect. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed by June 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-11-C-0037).

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., was awarded on July 5 a $15,776,023 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2100) for continued engineering, technical services, concept studies, and design of a common missile compartment for the United Kingdom Successor SSBN and the Ohio replacement SSBN submarine. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (93 percent); Quonset Point, R.I. (3 percent); Newport News, Va. (2 percent); and Newport, R.I. (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed by December 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Makers Architecture and Urban Design, LLP*, Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a maximum amount $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for facilities planning documentation services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for project planning documents, plans, studies, geo-spatial information and service, global positioning system services and other services. Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Southwest AOR including, but not limited to, California (87 percent), Arizona (5 percent), Nevada (5 percent), Colorado (1 percent), New Mexico (1 percent), and Utah (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $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 10 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-11-D-0010).

TCOM, LP*, Columbia, Md., is being awarded a $10,224,392 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N68335-11-C-0250) for the procurement of hardware in support of phase three of the Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems (PGSS) for the Army. Hardware to be procured includes five 22M+ aerostat systems, six tether-up spares kits, and two line replaceable units/site spares to outfit and enhance the capabilities of the existing PGSS currently fielded. Work will be performed in Elizabeth City, N.C. (90 percent), and Columbia, Md. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was issued a modification exercising the sixth option year on the current contract SPM4AX-09-D-9404/P00087. Award is a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $70,595,754 for supply spare parts to support numerous aircraft platforms. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The date of performance completion is July 7, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Va., is the contracting activity.

Michelin North America, Inc., Greenville, S.C., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $29,643,016 for ground tires. Other locations of performance are Indiana and South Carolina. Using services are Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The date of performance completion is Sept. 13, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SPM7LX-11-D-0144).

Michelin North America, Inc., Greenville, S.C., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $9,887,860 for ground tires. Other locations of performance are Spartanburg, S.C., and France, Spain, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Romania, Italy, Canada. Using services are Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The date of performance completion is Sept. 13, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SPM7LX-11-D-0142).

Plaza Fueling Agents, Inc.*, Newport News, Va., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $8,599,340 for marine gas oil. Other locations of performance are Pennsylvania and Maryland. Using services are Navy, Coast Guard, and federal civilian agencies. The date of performance completion is April 30, 2015. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-11-D-0374).

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Tribalco, LLC, Bethesda, Md., is being awarded a contract option which will increase the total estimated contract ceiling to $54,595,617 for the four-year ordering period indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of tactical combat casualty care sets in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. The work will be performed in Bethesda, Md., and is expected to be completed in 2015. This contract was awarded through competitive acquisition, in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2305(b)(4)(B) and 41 U.S.C. 253b(d)(3). U.S. Special Operations Command is the contracting activity (H92222-10-D-0023).

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $37,274,119 contract under its indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the development and test period which consists of an engineering development model, engineering services, training, long lead time materials, and travel. The contract is for the Shallow Water Combat Submersible in support of U.S. Special Operations Command, Program Executive Office-Maritime. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed within 24 months from issuance of delivery order. U.S. Special Operations Command is the contracting activity (H92222-11-D-0002).

FSCX, Inc., Lawton, Okla., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price contract in the amount of $17,560,721 for a base year and four one-year option periods for survival evasion resistance escape instruction support in support of U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The work will be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., and surrounding areas and is expected to expire in July 2016. This contract was awarded as a service disable veteran owned small business set-aside. U.S. Army Special Operations Command is the contracting activity (H92239-11-C-0011).

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