Saturday, October 19, 2013

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

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 18, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. 731-13 October 18, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) HONG KONG - October 18, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  October 18, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

 Today’s contract announcements include awards made during the government shutdown where noted.

U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

(All of the following contracts were awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Three option year modifications were awarded under a firm fixed-price contract for international airlift services. The teams and their awards are as follows: (1) Alliance Contractor Team of Leesburg, Va., estimated $141,487,046 (HTC711-13-D-CC01). Team members are: American Airlines, Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas; Evergreen International Airlines, Inc., McMinnville, Ore.; North American Airlines, Inc., Jamaica N.Y.; US Airways, Inc., Phoenix Ariz.; and World Airways, Inc., Peachtree City, Ga. (2) Federal Express Charter Programs Team Arrangement of Memphis, Tenn., estimated $237,326,979 (HTC711-13-D-CC02). Team members are: Air Transport International, LLC, Little Rock, Ark.; Atlas Air, Inc., Purchase, N.Y., Delta Air Lines, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.; Federal Express Corp., Memphis, Tenn.; Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc., Purchase, N.Y.; and MN Airlines, LLC, doing business as Sun Country Airlines, Mendota Heights, Minn. (3) Patriot Team, Tulsa, Okla., estimated $168,183,810 (HTC711-13-D-CC04). Team members include: ABX Air, Inc., Wilmington, Ohio; JetBlue Airways Corp., Long Island City, N.Y.; Kalitta Air, LLC, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Northern Air Cargo, Anchorage, Alaska; Sky Lease I, Greensboro, N.C.; Southern Air, Inc., Norwalk, Conn.; United Airlines, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill.; and United Parcel Service, Louisville, Ky. Work will be performed at worldwide locations and is expected to be completed Sept 30, 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Louis Berger Aircraft Services Inc., Greenville, S.C., was awarded a $14,959,823 modification (P00021) to previously awarded contract HTC711-10-C-S002 to exercise the option for air terminal and ground handling services for fiscal year 2014. Work will be performed at Kuwait International Airport/Abdullah Al Mubarak Air Base with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Transportation Working Capital Funds were obligated for the full amount at the time of award. The U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Science Applications International Corp., Mc Lean, Va., is being awarded a $14,110,134 
cost-plus-award-fee task order modification to previously awarded task order HC1028-08-D-2025-6S01 to exercise option period four for Agile Transportation for the 21st Century Business Process Management services. This contract modification will provide for process and systems improvement and reengineering for BPM development activities for discrete and capacity-based deployment and distribution processes, including group passenger movements, distribution planning, route planning, sustainment planning (e.g., stock position management, distribution planning capacity management) and transportation execution activities. The contractor shall apply best business practices and configure the BPM tool, webMethods®, to standardize, automate, benchmark and improve business. Work will be performed at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Transportation Working Capital Fund operating, fiscal 2014 TWCF working capital, fiscal 2014 non-IT operating, and fiscal 2013 and 2014 research, development, test & evaluation funds in the amount of $11,382,134 were obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will expire at the end of fiscal year 2014. The U. S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Paragon Technology Group, Inc., Vienna, Va., is being awarded an $11,260,500 labor hour modification (P00010) to previously awarded task order HTC711-12-F-D015 to exercise option period one for program management office support. This modification will provide for support and integration within acquisition program management for assigned acquisition programs and services acquisitions. Disciplines include, but are not limited to: program control, resource management, requirements management, configuration management, test and evaluation, systems engineering, security engineering, program management support, risk management, information technology administrative support, acquisition support, and integration of all the disciplines. Work will be performed at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Transportation Working Capital Funds operating, TWCF capital, non-IT operating, and Defense Health Program operating funds in the amount of $11,037,326 were obligated at time of modification execution. Contract funds will expire at the end of fiscal year 2014. The U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Harris IT Services Corp., Dulles, Va., is being awarded a $10,087,122 (estimated) fixed-price, labor hour and cost task order modification (24) to previously awarded contract W91QUZ-07-D-0001-6S02 to exercise option period two for customer services support: service delivery. This modification will provide continued support for selected command, control, communications, and computer systems and support functions to include exercise and contingency operations support, Web support, test center support, network infrastructure engineering and support, command and control and business systems support, application support and information protection and event analysis support. Work will be performed at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Transportation Working Capital Fund operating, TWCF working capital, Air Force operations and maintenance, Office of the Secretary of Defense operations and maintenance, and Defense Health Program. funds in the amount of $8,424,921 (estimated) were obligated at time of award. Contract funds will expire at the end of fiscal year 2014. The U. S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, is the contracting activity.

Agile Defense, Inc.,*Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $8,763,796 fixed-price, labor hour, and cost task order modification (P00024) to previously awarded contract HTC711-11-F-D051 to exercise option period two. This modification will provide continued support for the corporate services support, including service support help desk and desktop customer support; audio-visual and video teleconference support; hardware management and maintenance; special command, control, communications and computer systems support; and information assurance/information protection support. The contract contains tasks for the contractor to provide non-personal services for the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command and U.S. Transportation Command help desk and desktop customer support; senior management support; telephone support services; IA policy, certification and accreditation; and lifecycle support for C4 infrastructure. Work will be performed at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Transportation Working Capital Fund operating and TWCF working capital funds in the amount of $8,763,796 were obligated at time of award. Contract funds will expire at the end of fiscal year 2014. The U. S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Tapestry Solutions, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $8,366,969 fixed-price, labor hour, and cost contract. This contract award will provide continued support for the Integrated Computerized Deployment System ICODES, including contract level and project management support, ICODES sustainment, ICODES enhancements, configuration management support, information assurance support, help desk support service. The contract contains tasks for the contractor to provide non-personal services for the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command and U.S. Transportation Command. Work will be performed at San Diego, Calif., and at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Transportation Working Capital Fund operating funds in the amount of $8,366,969 were obligated at time of award. Contract funds will expire at the end of fiscal year 2014. The U. S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-13-C-D006).

Northrop Grumman, Chantilly Va., is being awarded an $8,365,347 modification (P00016) to previously awarded contract (HTC711-12-F-D048) to exercise option period one on a one-year base contract with two one-year option periods for Joint Distribution Process Analysis Center. This contract provides for support for the Joint Distribution Process Analysis Center for work for the global deployment and distribution network and infrastructure assessments, analytically driven operational courses of action, joint capability analysis to inform programmatic decisions, systems integration and data management, Joint Deployment Distribution Enterprise analysis/global distribution performance assessment, and future transformation analysis. Work will be performed at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 TWCF, DPO, and AT-21 funds in the amount of $8,365,347 were obligated at time of award. The contracting activity is U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

Lynden Air Cargo, LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a $6,773,188 firm-fixed price with economic-price-adjustment contract. The contract provides for cargo charter airlift moving up to 40,000 pounds of cargo. Work will be performed in Alaska from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Eareckson Air Station (Shemya Island) and other satellite locations in Alaska, and is expected to be completed in August 2016. Fiscal 2014 Transportation Working Capital Funds and in the amount of $6,773,188 were obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This acquisition was a competitive acquisition, and five offers were received. U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity. (HTC711-14-D-CC01)

ARMY
Harris Corporation, Rochester, N.Y., was awarded a modification (P00019) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, multi-year, foreign military sales contract (W15P7T-11-D-H607) to increase the ceiling for country-directed, sole-source procurement of Harris radios to $846,600,000. This FMS contract is in support of Saudi Arabia, Poland, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Latvia and Romania. Performance location and funding will be determined with each order. The Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 8, 2013)

Akima Construction Services LLC, Laurel, Md., (W912DY-14-D-0001); Ayuda Management Corporation, Broomfield, Colo., (W912DY-14-D-0002); FutureNet Group Inc., Detroit, Mich., (W912DY-14-D-0003); Ma-Chis Kawv III LLC, Kinston, Ala., (W912DY-14-D-0004); North Wind Neu Security Services LLC, Idaho Falls, Idaho, (W912DY-14-D-0005); Security Construction Services Inc., Hudson, Mass., (W912DY-14-D-0006); and Zieson Construction Co LLC, Topeka, Kan., (W912DY-14-D-0007); were awarded a firm-fixed-price, option-included contract with a maximum value of $80,000,000 to provide design, build and construction capabilities for Access Control Point construction and equipment installation. Performance location and funding will be determined with each order. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 29 bids received. The Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 7, 2013)

AIR FORCE
United Launch Services LLC, Littleton, Colo., was awarded a $939,085,130 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00002) with cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract line item numbers under a previously existing contract (FA8811-13-C-0003) for Fiscal 2014 EELV Launch Capability for the Delta IV and Atlas V families of launch vehicles. The contract modification is for all launch capability effort to include mission assurance, program management, systems engineering, integration of the space vehicle with the launch vehicle, launch site and range operations, and launch infrastructure maintenance and sustainment. Work will be performed at Littleton, Colo., Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., and will be completed Sept. 30, 2014. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition with only one offer solicited and received. Fiscal 2013 in the amount of $294,314,145 was obligated at time of award. Launch Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $787,782,764 (excluding unexercised options) cost-plus-fixed-fee, five year contract for general life cycle systems engineering and integration for the National Security Space Community. Contractor will provide planning, systems definition, and technical specification support, analyze user needs, design and design alternative, interoperability, manufacturing and quality control, and assist with test and evaluation, launch support, flight tests, orbital operations and integration of space systems into effective systems of systems. Work will be performed at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2014 research and development, operations and maintenance, procurement and other procurement funds are being obligated upon availability of funds. Space and Missile Systems Center/PKE, Los Angeles AFB, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8802-14-C-0001). (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded a maximum $377,400,000 not-to-exceed delivery order, undefinitized contract award (0050) on an existing firm-fixed-price contract (FA8620-10-G-3038) for fiscal 2013 MQ-9 Reaper production. Contractor will provide 24 MQ-9 Block 5 Reaper aircraft, shipping containers, initial spares and support equipment. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., and is expected to be complete by July 29, 2016. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $305,000,000, Fiscal 2012 standard equipment procurement funds in the amount of $3,800,000, and Fiscal 2012 spares orocurement funds in the amount of $68,600,000 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WIIK, Medium Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433 is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 15, 2013)

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Marietta, Ga., was awarded an $180,991,416 not-to-exceed modification (P00177) on an undefinitized contract award (FA8625-11-C-6597) for two foreign military sales Saudi Arabia KC-130J aircraft and associated non-recurring engineering support. Work will be performed at Marietta, Ga., and is expected to be completed by April 2016. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales for Saudi Arabia. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WLNNC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 3, 2013)

DynCorp International, LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $73,980,649 modification exercising option year five on a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-award-fee with cost-reimbursable line items contract (FA4890-08-C-0004) for receipt, inventory, accountability, maintenance, repair, periodic inspection and test, serviceability, marling, storage, security, shopping, and reporting of War Reserve Materials resources. Work will be performed at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Langley AFB, Va., and overseas operations at Thumrait, Oman; Masirah, Oman; Salalah Port, Oman; Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar; Al Jaber, Kuwait; Al Dhafra, United Arab Imrates; and Manama, Bahrain, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Operations and Maintenance funds in the amount of $28,378,069 are being obligated at time of award. Air Combat Command/AMIC/OKC, Langley AFB, Va., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

ATK Launch Systems Inc. (ATK), Corrine, Utah, was awarded on Oct. 15, 2013, a $49,418,935.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Research and Development on the Medium Class Stage III motor. The contractor shall demonstrate available and common emerging technologies in a Medium Class Stage III motor that may be applicable to multiple future common strategic propulsion systems. The effort will begin the development of a flight motor design that will be a direct replacement for the SR-73. Work will be performed at Corinne, Utah, and is expected to be complete by Oct.15, 2016. This award is the result of Broad Agency Announcement. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $9,629,261 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center/PZBA, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the Contracting Activity; (FA8219-14-C-0001) (Awarded Oct. 15, 2013)

Raytheon Company Network Centric Systems, Marlborough, Mass., was awarded a $40,248,828 modification (P00016) to the existing firm-fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (FA8307-12-C-0013) for the exercise of an option which continues development and testing of Engineering Development Models of air (E-4, E-6) and ground fixed & transportable Command Post Terminals with Presidential & National Voice Conferencing for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals. Work will be performed at Marlborough, Mass., and is expected to be completed by March 2014. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $150,000 were obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HNSK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 15, 2013)

DynCorp International, LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $39,652,740 modification (A00066) exercising option year four on a firm-fixed-price contract (FA3002-09-C-0024) for T-6, T-38 Undergraduate Pilot Training and T-38 Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals aircraft maintenance services. Work will be performed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2016. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $39,652,740 will be awarded upon availability of funds. The 82nd Contracting Squadron/LGCA, Sheppard AFB, Texas, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Aerojet Rocketdyne, Rancho Cordova, Calif., was awarded a $28,938,705.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development on the Medium Class Stage III motor. The contractor shall demonstrate available and common emerging technologies in a Medium Class Stage III motor that may be applicable to multiple future common strategic propulsion systems. The effort will begin the development of a flight motor design that will be a direct replacement for the SR-73. Work will be performed at Rancho Cordova, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 15, 2016. This award is the result of a broad agency announcement. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $8,598,958 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center/PZBA Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8219-14-C-0002). (Awarded Oct. 15, 2013)

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $26,772,401 modification (P00192) to the existing cost-plus fixed fee contract (FA8611-08-C-2897) to retrofit fielded Mission Training Centers with Out the Window visual systems upgrade and night vision goggles capability. Effort includes upgrades for F-22 Training Systems at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Tyndall AFB, Fla.; Langley AFB, Va.; Hickam AFB, Hawaii, and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas, with an expected completion date of Dec. 31, 2016. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $26,772,401 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Company, St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $24,726,375 modification (P00044) for an existing contract (FA8678-10-C-0100) for QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target low rate initial production. The contract modification is for the exercise of the LRIP option under the basic contract, and is for the purchase of 13 QF-16s, 12 drone peculiar support equipment, and integration engineering support. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 9, 2015. Fiscal 2013 procurement funds in the amount of $24,726,375 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/EBYK (Aerial Targets), Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 10, 2013)

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Md., was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in the amount of $24,375,000 (as one of five contractors with a shared ceiling for five contracts) for research and development regarding automatic target recognition (ATR). The Compact ATR and Sustainable Environment (CASE) program addresses efficiency and sustainability concerns associated with the development, operation and maintenance of current non-cooperative ATR technology. Research is focused on reducing template/database dimensionality and cost for single and multi-phenomenology ATR, while maintaining target identification performance. CASE will develop and demonstrate the ability to add new target representations to ATR databases rapidly, including potentially on-the-fly target insertion. CASE will exploit opportunities for increased operational efficiency and robustness through missionization of ATRs. Technology developments will be demonstrated in both laboratory and field environments, including real time flight demonstrations. CASE will also explore the migration of compact ATRs to operational use. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 3, 2020. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and multiple offers were solicited through a broad agency announcement, seven offers were received; however five contracts will be awarded. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $200,000 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory/ RQKSR is the contracting activity (FA8650-14-D-1750). (Awarded Oct. 3, 2013)

Beaver Aerospace & Defense, Inc., Livonia, Mich., was awarded a maximum $23,097,009 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the repair of Fast-Rising B Plug (FBRP) components for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. The B-Plug is the closing apparatus for the Personnel Access Hatch which is the entrance to the launch tube of the Minuteman III Launch Facility. Under the awarded contract, Beaver Aerospace & Defense will provide the required hardware, test equipment, manpower, and facilities to repair FRBP components. Work will be performed at Livonia, Mich., and is expected to be complete by October 2019. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2013 missile procurement funds in the amount of $5,419,223 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Sustainment Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8206-14-D-0001).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., was awarded a $21,624,671 modification (P00228) to an existing contract (FA8625-11-C-6597) for the diminishing manufacturing sources solution to Color Multipurpose Display Unit and Multi-Function Color Display for C-130J aircraft. The contract modification redesign effort for the CMDU and MFCD is to replace common obsolete central processor and graphics processor chip sets. Work will be performed at Marietta, Ga., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2015. This contract includes 15 percent foreign military sales Norway, Israel and Kuwait. The remaining 85 percent are fiscal 2012 procurement funds in the amount of $21,624,671, and are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WLNNC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 10, 2013)

Exelis Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded a $20,696,055 modification (P00125) exercising option year seven on a firm-fixed-price with cost-reimbursable line items contract (FA4890-07-C-0007) for base operation services at Forward Operating Location-Curacao. Work will be performed at FOL-Curacao, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds will be awarded upon availability of funds. Headquarters Air Combat Command AMIC/PKB is the contract activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

The Defense Support Services LLC (DS2), Mount Laurel, N.J., was awarded a $18,703,564 modification (A00066) exercising option year five on an existing firm-fixed-price contract (FA3002-09-C-0003) for civil engineering services. The contractor will provide all labor, supplies, materials, parts, supervision and other items or services necessary to perform the management and operation of the base operating support services, civil engineering. Work will be performed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2018. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $18,703.564 will be obligated upon availability of funds. The 82nd Contracting Squadron, Sheppard AFB, Texas, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

M1 Support Services, Denton, Texas, was awarded a $16,893,372 modification (P00053) to exercise option year two under a previously existing contract (FA4890-11-C-0005) for T-38 support for the T-38 Companion Trainer program. The contract modification is for program management, organizational and intermediate maintenance services for T-38 aircraft. Work will be performed at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Holloman AFB, N.M., Langley AFB, Va., Tyndall AFB, Fla., and Whiteman AFB, Mo., and will be completed Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds will be awarded subject to availability of funds. Air Combat Command/Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Langley AFB, Va., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., Rancho Cordova, Calif., was awarded a $16,085,503 firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract action for the procurement of a classified quantity of BLU-129 warhead casings. Work will be performed at Rancho Cordova, Calif., and will be completed by Dec. 30, 2014. Fiscal year 2011 ammunition procurement funds in the amount of $16,085,503 were obligated at time of award. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8656-13-C-0235). (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

Defense Support Services LLC, Marlton, N.J., was awarded a $14,878,790 modification (P00115) exercising option year five under an existing Aerial Targets firm-fixed-price with award fee provisions contract (FA4890-09-C-0004). The modification provides for Air Combat Command AMIC contracting and program management oversight to include functional and quality assurance support for the Aerial Targets program which directly supports live-fire weapons system testing and enables the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group in the developmental and operational weapons testing for all air-to-air missiles and for the F-22, F-35, F-16, and F-15 aircraft. Work will be performed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and Holloman AFB, N.M., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014. This action is subject to availability of fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funding. Air Command Command/AMIC/PKCA, Newport News, Va., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, was awarded a $14,349,903 modification (0005) for a contract (HTC711-10-D-R001) for Rotary Wing Airlift services for the North Warning System. Work will be performed at North Warning System radar sites throughout the arctic region of Canada, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds will be obligated upon availability of funds. Headquarters Air Combat Command/AMIC/PKB, Langley Air Force Base, Va., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

The Bionetics Corporation, Yorktown, Va., was awarded a $13,741,824 task order (0005) under a firm-fixed-price, single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (FA4890-10-D-0001-0005) for the Multi-Command Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories (PMEL) contract. The contractor shall provide all management, personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform the PMEL services as defined in the performance work statement. Work will be performed at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.; Beale AFB, Calif.; Cannon AFB, N.M.; Dyess AFB, Texas; Ellsworth AFB, S.D.; Minot AFB, N.D.; Moody AFB, Ga.; Offutt AFB, Neb.; Royal Air Force Feltwell, United Kingdom; and Whiteman AFB, Mo., and is expected to be complete by Sept. 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds will be awarded subject to availability of funds. Air Combat Command AMIC/PKB, Langley AFB, Va., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Telecommunication Support Services, Inc. (TSS), Melbourne, Fla., was awarded a $11,428,392 modification (P00062) for the exercise of option year four services under the Mobile Air Surveillance System contract (FA4890-09-C-0009) for radar air surveillance; radio and satellite communications for counterdrug operations; host nation air sovereignty; search air rescue; and other regional operations in the United States Southern Command area of responsibility. This contract has multiple performance locations. Program management and support is provided from TSS facilities in Melbourne, Florida and other locations both continental U.S. and worldwide, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in this modification incrementally funds the amount of $2,099,000, the remaining $9,329,392 for subsequent incremental funding is subject to availability of funds. Headquarters Air Combat Command/AMIC/PKCB, Langley Air Force Base, Va., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

ViaSat, Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., was awarded an $11,406,320 firm-fixed-price delivery order (0001) for an existing contract (FA8307-13-D-0004) for KS-252 follow-on production and sustainment. Work will be performed at Scottsdale, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 11, 2015. Fiscal 2012 and 2013 procurement funds in the amount of $11,406,320 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HNCK, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 15, 2013)

PKL Services Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded a $9,958,180 modification (P00013) for the exercise of option year one under a previously existing firm-fixed-price contract (FA4897-12-C-2004) for Republic of Singapore aircraft maintenance and operation services. The contractor shall be responsible for providing personnel, supervision and services necessary to maintain Republic of Singapore Air Force F-15SG and United States Air Force F-15E aircraft based with the 366th Maintenance Group, located at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. This includes providing flying and maintenance scheduling support, centralized control (maintenance operations center), maintenance training functions, operations support to include aviation resource management, aircrew flight equipment, pilot training, and simulator/platform instruction. Work will be performed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition and relates to 100 percent foreign military sales to the Republic of Singapore. The 366th Contracting Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Science Applications International Corp., S&R and Intelligence System Services, McLean, Va., was awarded a $8,399,044 cost-plus-fixe-fee completion contract for Advanced Laser Technology Research (ALTER) to advance the state-of-the-art in technologies for the purpose of laser development and laser damage and vulnerability testing programs and to provide facility and operations support to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, Laser Division, Advanced Electric Laser Branch. Work will be performed at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and is expected to be completed on Oct. 14, 2016. This award is the result of request for proposal FA9451-11-R-0267 competitive acquisition advertised on FedBizOps, and four offers were received. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $260,367 are being obligated upon availability of funds. Air Force Research Laboratory, Det 8/RVKDL, Kirtland AFB, N.M., is the contracting activity (FA9451-13-C-0267). (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Kuhana Associates, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded a maximum $7,842,873 modification (P00024) to the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and small business set aside contract (FA4877-10-D-0001) for health care workers who will perform a full range of clinical support service. Work will be performed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Defense Health program funds in the amount of $3,814,348 are being obligated upon availability of funds. The 355th Contracting Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

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Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., was awarded a $406,024,307 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee multi-year procurement contract for the production of Aegis Weapon System AN/SPY-1D(V) Radar Transmitter Group and Missile Fire Control System (MFCS) MK 99 equipment, engineering services, and an option for AN/SPY-1D(V) Transmitter Group and select MFCS MK 99 equipment. Work will be performed in Andover, Mass. (78.3 percent), Sudbury, Mass. (19.3 percent), Canada (1 percent), Moorestown, N.J. (0.9 percent), and Norfolk, Va.,(0.5 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2019. Fiscal 2013 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy funding in the amount of $205,532,390 was obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)- only one or limited number of sources and no other suppliers will satisfy the requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-13-C-5115). (Awarded Sept. 27, 2013)

Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., was awarded a $385,742,176 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the engineering and modeling development phase design, development, integration, test and delivery of Air and Missile Defense S-Band Radar (AMDR-S) and Radar Suite Controller. The AMDR-S radar will be deployed on DDG 51 Flight III class ships. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $1,633,363,781. Work will be performed in Sudbury, Mass. (65.1 percent); Fairfax, Va. (15.6 percent); East Syracuse, N.Y. (6.4 percent); Stafford Springs, Conn. (5.3 percent); Milwaukee, Wis. (2 percent); Indianapolis, Ind. (1.7 percent); Placentia, Calif. (1.7 percent); Maynard, Mass. (0.8 percent); Norton, Mass. (0.7 percent); and Olathe, Kan. (0.7 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2017. Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $156,960,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with three offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-14-C-5315). (Awarded Oct. 10, 2013)

CACI Technologies, Inc., Chantilly, Va. (N65236-14-D-4924); Centurum Information Technology, Inc., Marlton, N.J. (N65236-14-D-4925); Computer Sciences Corp., Falls Church, Va. (N65236-14-D-4926); DRS Technical Services, Inc., Herndon, Va. (N65236-14-D-4927); General Dynamics One Source, LLC, Fairfax, Va. (N65236-14-D-4928); 
Lockheed Martin Corp. Global Training and Logistics - Development, Orlando, Fla. (N65236-14-D-4929); ManTech Telecommunications and Information Systems Corp., Herndon, Va. (N65236-14-D-4930); M.C. Dean, Inc., Dulles, Va. (N65236-14-D-4931); Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va. (N65236-14-D-4932); Secure Mission Solutions, LLC, Fairfax, Va. (N65236-14-D-4933); Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. (N65236-14-D-4934); Systems Research and Applications Corp., Fairfax, Va. (N65236-14-D-4935); Scientific Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga. (N65236-14-D-4936); and STG, Inc., Reston, Va. (N65236-14-D-4937) were each awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, with provisions for fixed-price-incentive (firm target) and firm-fixed-price task orders, performance based contract. The contracts are for the procurement of transport computing & infrastructure services including the entire spectrum of non-inherently governmental services and solutions (equipment and services) associated with the full system lifecycle support including research, development, test, evaluation, production and fielding of sustainable, secure, survivable, and interoperable Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Information Operations, Enterprise Information Services and Space Capabilities. The cumulative, estimated value (ceiling) of the base year is $179,908,687. These contracts include options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value (ceiling) of these contracts to an estimated $899,543,435. Work will be performed worldwide. Work is expected to be completed by October 2014. If all options are exercised, work could continue until October 2018. SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic Navy Working Capital funds in the amount of $25,000 will be obligated at the time of award as the minimum guarantee and will be split among the 14 awardees; these funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract action establishes a potential ceiling value, in which funds are obligated on individual task orders for efforts that fall within the core competency areas. The multiple award contracts were competitively procured by full and open competition via the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center e-Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 21offers received. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, 
Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 3, 2013)

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Va., was awarded a $155,682,919 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2102) for engineering, technical, design, configuration management, Integrated Logistics Support, database management, research and development, modernization, trade and industrial support for nuclear submarines. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Fiscal 2012 and 2013 other procurement, Navy and working capital funds in the amount of $560,635 were obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $63,263,861 expired at the end of fiscal year 2013. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 27, 2013)

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded a $95,727,501 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5201) for definitization of the Navy’s FY12 AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare System production requirements and exercise of Fiscal 2013 production options. The AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 is a surface ship combat system with the capabilities to search, detect, classify, localize and track undersea contacts; and to engage and evade submarines, mine-like small objects, and torpedo threats. Work will be performed in Lemont Furnace, Pa. (56 percent), Syracuse, N.Y. (23 percent), Clearwater, Fla. (14 percent), and Owego, N.Y. (7 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy and fiscal 2012 and 2013 other procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $54,497,343 was obligated at the time of the award. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $70,777,435 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4400) for USS Princeton (CG 52) fiscal 2014 extended dry-dock selected restricted availability. An extended dry-dock selected restricted availability includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by November 2014. Fiscal 2013 operations & maintenance, Navy and Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $70,777,435 was obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $40,839,406 expired at the end of fiscal 2013. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 27, 2013)

M.A. Mortenson Co. doing business as Mortenson Construction, Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded a $36,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of a Littoral Combat Ship Training Facility at Naval Base San Diego. The work to be performed provides for renovating a portion of an existing warehouse building to provide a centralized training facility to house the Littoral Combat Ship simulators supporting the new Navy platforms coming to Naval Base San Diego. The contract also contains one unexercised option and two planned modifications, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $43,472,004. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by October 2015. Fiscal 2009, 2011, and 2013 military construction, Navy contract funds in the amount of $36,900,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with ten proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-13-C-4206). (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., (N00024-13-D-4408); Continental Maritime of San Diego, San Diego, Calif., (N00024-13-D-4409); and General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, Calif., (N00024-13-D-4410) were each awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts for the completion of Chief of Naval Operations availabilities, continuous maintenance availabilities and emergent maintenance availabilities on DDG 51 and CG 47 class ships in San Diego, Calif. Both cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm fixed price delivery orders may be issued under the multiple award contracts. The maximum dollar value of all delivery orders awarded under all three contracts is $35,000,000. The contracts include one option period which, if exercised, extends the term of the contracts by one year but does not increase the cumulative value of the contracts beyond $35,000,000. The term of the contracts, including the base and option period, is not to exceed 24 months. Work is expected to be completed in San Diego, Calif., though the place of performance and completion dates for specific availabilities will be determined in that availability’s delivery order and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Fiscal 2013 operations & maintenance, Navy funding in the amount of $10,000 were obligated on each contract at the time of contract award to satisfy the contract’s minimum guarantee, for a total obligation of $30,000. Contract funds in the amount of $30,000 expired at the end of fiscal year 2013. The contracts were competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

URS Group, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a $31,181,234 firm-fixed-price task order JM01 under a previously awarded multiple-award construction contract (N62742-09-D-1174) for replacement of a fuel pier and truckload facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The work to be performed provides for demolition of the existing pier and replaces it with a concrete fuel pier which includes fender piles, mooring dolphins, a control building and a ramp to transition from the pier to the shore. The project also includes fuel piping, ship hose service with spill containment, constructing a new road leading to the pier, telephone, fire alarm and suppression systems, oily water collection system, and construction dredging. Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Fiscal 2013 military construction, Department of Defense contract funds in the amount of $31,181,234 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 3, 2013)

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $30,000,000 fixed-price-incentive (firm-target) modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-13-C-0014), to provide long lead-time parts, materials and components required for the delivery of two additional Low Rate Initial Production Lot VIII F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Takeoff and Landing aircraft for the Government of Japan. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in July 2014. Foreign military sales funding in the amount of $30,000,000 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 authority. (Awarded Oct. 11, 2013)

BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $23,802,154 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4400) to definitize the USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) fiscal 2014 selected restricted availability. A selected restricted availability includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities. This modification includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $23,915,216. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by May 2014. Fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance, Navy and fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $23,802,154 was obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $20,636,052 expired at the end of fiscal 2013. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 28, 2013)

Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Training, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $21,350,270 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-03-C-5115) for DDG 51 Combat System Ship Integration Technical Data Packages and Design Budget Engineering Team Packages associated with incorporating the AEGIS Weapon System and associated Combat system elements into DDG 51 class ships. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., (41 percent), Bath, Maine, (26 percent), Pascagoula, Miss., (26 percent), Washington, D.C., (5 percent), Port Hueneme, Calif., (1 percent), and Syracuse, N.Y., (1 percent) and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Fiscal 2011 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy funding in the amount of $19,072,625 will be obligated at the time of the award. 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.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Baltimore, Md., was awarded a $20,356,252 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5343) for the procurement, fabrication and delivery of three AN/SPQ-9B radar sets with redundancy, two interface kits, Cooperative Engagement Capability, and one combat interface kit for Aegis. The AN/SPQ-9B radar system provides U.S. Navy ships the capability to detect and track low-flying, high-speed, small Radar Cross Section (RCS) anti-ship missile targets in heavy clutter environments. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md. (85 percent), and Bethpage, N.Y. (15 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2015. Fiscal 2013 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy and Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $20,356,252 were obligated at time of award and did not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 27, 2013)

Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $15,814,969 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for professional and engineering support services for the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center. These services include support to the product family departments in the areas of production operations, corrosion control, engines, machine, combat systems, production control, and offsite repair programs on Naval Base San Diego. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be complete by July 2014. Fiscal 2013 operations & maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $15,814,969 were obligated at time of award and expired at the end of fiscal 2013. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) - only one or limited number of sources and no other suppliers will satisfy the requirements. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N55236-13-C-0013). (Awarded Sept. 28, 2013)

DRS Power & Control Technologies Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., was awarded a $13,396,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of rugged air circuit breakers and associated cradles in support of the LSD class midlife electric plant upgrade. Work will be performed in Milwaukee, Wis., and is expected to be complete by October 2017. Fiscal 2012 other procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $1,358,560 was obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with one offer received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship System Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-13-D-0027). (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

BAE Systems Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded a $13,171,617 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4408) for repairs to the USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60). This repair modification consists of 68 work items for DDG 60 scheduled fiscal 2014 CNO availability. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to be complete in March 2014. Fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance, Navy funds in the amount of $13,171,617 were obligated at time of award and expired at the end of fiscal year 2013. The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 27, 2013)

Siemens Industry, Inc., Beltsville, Md., was awarded a $12,136,943 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of an Energy Management and Control System and Direct Digital Control System for Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning System Upgrades at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The work to be performed provides for upgrades to numerous buildings. The new Energy Management and Control Systems shall integrate all buildings into a central system. All new and existing Direct Digital Systems shall be seamlessly integrated into an overall Energy Management and Control System. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and is expected to be completed by October 2016. Fiscal 2013 operation and maintenance, Marine Corps contract funds in the amount of $12,136,943 were obligated on this award and expired at the end of fiscal year 2013. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with one proposal received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-13-C-0003). (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $10,934,694 firm-fixed price modification to a previously awarded contract for 31 Launcher Switching Multiplex Unit/Launcher Interface Control Assembly technical refresh kits and 17 Maintenance Assist Module Delta Kits for the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) MK 49 Mod 3 Guided Missile Launch Systems (GMLS). The RAM MK 31 Guided Missile Weapon System (GMWS) is a NATO cooperative development and production program between the participating governments of the United States and Federal Republic of Germany, developed in response to the need for an Anti-Ship Missile Defense System. The MK 31 GMWS is comprised of the MK 44 Guided Missile Round Pack and the MK 49 GMLS. The countries operate under a memorandum of understanding which establishes business principles for program execution along with contracting and financial agreements for the RAM Program. This contract modification involves a purchase by the German government as a result of an international agreement between the governments of the United States and Germany (100 percent). Work will be performed in Louisville, Ky., and is expected to be completed by December 2018. German funding in the amount of $10,934,694 was obligated at the time of contract award. Contract funds did not expire at the end of fiscal year 2013. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-11-C-5448). (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $9,932,848 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for non-recurring engineering services for the finalization of technical data packages; and pre-production/production units for ship self-defense Mk2 command and control hardware for LSD 50, LSD 52, CVN 72 and CVN 78. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Va., and is expected to be completed by October 2015. Fiscal 2012 and 2013 other procurement, Navy and Fiscal 2013 research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $$2,657,064 was obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $2,440,602 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) only one or limited number of sources and no other suppliers will satisfy the requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (N00178-14-D-3003). (Awarded Oct. 9, 2013)

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $9,606,647 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-5403) for engineering and technical support services for the Standard Missile program. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by November 2014. Fiscal 2012 research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $49,472 was obligated at the time of award and expired at the end of fiscal 2013. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

FutureNet Group, Inc.*, Detroit, Mich., was awarded a $9,499,725 firm-fixed-price contract for front gate anti-terrorism/force protection improvements at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. The proposed construction will consist of a new entry control facility, including roadway relocation paving and construction of a gate sentry house facility, four sentry booths, a canopy, and a raised over-watch station. Work will be performed in Parris Island, S.C., and is expected to be completed by April 2015. Fiscal 2013 military construction, Navy contract funds in the amount of $9,499,725 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with five proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-14-C-1757). (Awarded Oct. 16, 2013)

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, was awarded a $9,132,002 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) to exercise an option for DDG 1000 class services. This work will provide technical and industrial engineering in the interpretation and application of the detail design to support construction and the maintenance of the ship design. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Fiscal 2013 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy funding in the amount of $9,132,002 was obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 7, 2013)

Progeny Systems Corp.,* Manassas, Va., was awarded a $8,986,414 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for the procurement of engineering and technical services associated with Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Topic Number N96-278 - Technology Infusion Methodology for commercial off-the-shelf-based systems and topic N98-115 - COTS Approach to Information Security. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va., and will is expected to be completed by December 2014. Funding in the amount of $761,300 was obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2013 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $761,300 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(5) - authorized or required by Statue 15 U.S.C. 638 (r) aid to small business. The Naval Sea System Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-14-C-6294). (Awarded Oct. 11, 2013)

Wolf Creek Federal Services, Inc.*, Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded $8,357,229 for firm-fixed-price task order 0002 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N44255-13-D-8008) for base operating support services primarily at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and Naval Station Everett. The work to be performed provides for bachelor housing services; facility management services; facility investment services; pest control services; integrated solid waste management services; pavement clearance services; utilities maintenance and operations services to include electrical, gas, wastewater, steam, and water; base support vehicles and equipment; crane services; and environmental services. Work will be performed in Whidbey Island and Everett, Wash., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $8,357,229 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One proposal was received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, Wash., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md., was awarded a not-to-exceed $7,703,991 cost-plus-award-fee undefinitized contract action for the procurement of Phase II upgrades to the LCS 1 Integrated Tactical Trainer. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by May 2015. Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $3,851,995 was obligated at time of award and did not expire at the end of fiscal year 2013. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) - only one or limited number of sources and no other suppliers will satisfy the requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-03-C-2311). (Awarded Sept. 27, 2013)

Alliant Techsystems Operations, LLC, Elkton, Md., was awarded a $7,478,270 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the manufacture of WW98 Initiating Propellant that will be used on the MK48 Advance Capability Torpedo system. Work will be performed in Elkton, Md., and work is expected to be completed by Feb. 9, 2019. Fiscal 2013 weapon procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $1,669,370 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This procurement was solicited on a sole source basis in accordance 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The Naval Supply Systems Command, Weapon Systems Support, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-14-D-K003). (Awarded Oct. 9, 2013)

Asset Group, Inc.*, Oklahoma City, Okla., was awarded $7,307,000 for firm-fixed-price task order 0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N69450-10-D-0784) for renovations to building 600 at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The work to be performed provides for interior demolition, minor structural repairs, sheet rock replacement on walls and ceilings, interior electrical repairs, interior plumbing replacement, installation of fire suppression system and detection systems, floor covering replacement, interior and exterior door replacement, stairwell repairs, heating, ventilation and air conditioning system replacement, elevator upgrades and site repairs. Work will be performed in Pensacola, Fla., and is expected to be completed by January 2015. Fiscal 2013 military construction, Navy contract funds in the amount of $7,307,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, Joplin, Mo., was awarded a $7,190,283 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the manufacture of 450 units of thermal crossover batteries. Work will be performed in Joplin, Mo., and work is expected to be completed by Oct. 9, 2018. Fiscal 2013 weapon procurement Navy funds in the amount of $1,118,947 will be obligated at the time of award, and will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This procurement was solicited on a sole source basis in accordance 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The Naval Supply Systems Command, Weapon Systems Support, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-14-D-K002). (Awarded Oct. 9, 2013)

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., was awarded a $6,920,249 cost-plus-fixed fee task order under basic ordering agreement (N00024-13-G-5413) for NATO Sea Sparrow Surface Missile System and Ship Self Defense System design agent engineering, technical, logistic and programmatic services in support of Objective Configuration Phase II ship self-defense improvements and related efforts. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, R.I., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy and Fiscal 2013 research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $3,993,473 was obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 7, 2013)

Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., was awarded a not-to-exceed $6,532,228, cost-plus award fee undefinitized contract action under previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00024-12-G-4329) for the accomplishment of planning yard support efforts in support of USS Fort Worth (LCS 3). Planning yard services will include: vendor training and crew familiarization; trainer support; availability advanced planning; long lead time material planning and procurement; material warehousing; logistics product updates; and class sustainment management. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Fiscal 2013 operations & maintenance, Navy funds in the amount of $4,415,461 were obligated at time of award and expired at the end of fiscal 2013. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept 30, 2013)

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Cardinal Health, Inc., Dublin, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $130,086,972 modification (P00099) exercising the second twenty-month option period on a twenty-month base contract (SPM2DX-10-D-0001) with two twenty-month option periods for prime vendor brand name specific pharmaceutical items. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract. Locations of performance are Ohio, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Washington, New Jersey, and California with a June 30, 2015 performance completion date. Using services are U.S. Naval Fleet, USNS hospital ships Mercy and Comfort, and Department of Defense. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. (Awarded Oct. 3, 2013)

Spraying Devices Inc.,* Visalia, Calif., has been awarded a maximum $87,500,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for procurement of commercial type agricultural equipment with spraying devices. This contract was a competitive acquisition and eight offers were received. This is a five year base contract. Location of performance is California with an Oct. 10, 2018 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2019 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPE8EC-14-D-0002). (Awarded Oct. 11, 2013)

Kinder Morgan Tank Storage Terminals LLC., Carson, Calif., has been awarded a minimum $47,075,000 firm-fixed-price contract for contractor-owned, contractor-operated fuel storage terminal. This contract was a competitive acquisition and three offers were received. This is a five year base contract with no option periods. Location of performance is California with an Oct. 9, 2018 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2019 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-13-C-5356). (Awarded Oct. 7, 2013)

Reinhart Foodservice, LLC, Valdosta, Ga., has been awarded a maximum $31,500,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment bridge contract for prime vendor food and beverage support. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Location of performance is Georgia with an Oct. 16, 2014 performance completion date. Using military service is Navy. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM300-14-D-3702). (Awarded Oct. 10, 2013)

Mindray DS USA, Inc., Mahwah, N.J., has been awarded a maximum $35,817,633 modification (P00009) exercising the fourth one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D1-09-D-8352) with nine one-year option periods for patient monitoring systems, subsystems, accessories, consumables, and training. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract. Location of performance is New Jersey with an Oct. 18, 2014 performance completion date. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. (Awarded Oct. 16, 2013)

Marketing Assessment, Inc.,* Sterling, Va., has been awarded a maximum $30,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for warming blankets and other medical and emergency supplies. This contract was a competitive acquisition and thirty-three offers were received. Location of performance is Virginia with an Oct. 2, 2018 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2013 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM2D1-14-D-8200). (Awarded Oct. 3, 2013)

SupplyCore, Inc.,* Rockford, Ill., has been awarded a maximum $28,600,000 five-month bridge modification (P00025) on contract SPM500-05-D-BP06 for maintenance, repair, and operations supplies for the Japan region. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Illinois with a March 31, 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. (Awarded Oct. 7, 2013)

Mobil Oil Guam, Inc., Hagatna, Guam, has been awarded a maximum $23,049,571 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for fuel. This contract was a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Location of performance is Guam with a Dec. 31, 2016 performance completion date. Using military services are Navy, Air Force and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2016 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-13-D-1027). (Awarded Oct. 4, 2013)

Universal Sodexho, Tacoma, Wash., has been awarded a maximum $18,800,000 five-month bridge modification (P00026) on contract SPM500-05-D-BP07 for maintenance, repair, and operations supplies for the Korea region. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Washington with a March 31, 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. (Awarded Oct. 7, 2013)

Spacelabs Medical Inc., Issaquah, Wash., has been awarded a maximum $13,460,681 modification (P00012) exercising the fourth option year period on a base contract (SPM2D1-09-D-8351) with nine one-year option periods for patient monitoring systems, subsystems, accessories, consumables, and training. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract. Location of performance is Washington with an Oct. 7, 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. (Awarded Oct. 3, 2013)

AVFuel Corp.,* Ann Arbor, Mich., has been awarded a maximum $13,028,827 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for fuel. This contract was a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Locations of performance are Michigan and Pennsylvania with a Sep. 30, 2016 performance completion date. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2016 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-14-D-8500). (Awarded Oct. 16, 2013)

Hu-Friedy Mfg., Chicago, Ill., has been awarded a maximum $10,920,310 modification (P00003) exercising the second option year period on a fifteen-month base contract (SPM2DE-11-D-7452) with three one-year option periods and one nine-month option period for distribution of a wide range of general dental supplies. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Illinois with an Oct. 13, 2014 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2013 through fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. (Awarded Oct. 3, 2013)

Olgoonik Technical Services, LLC,** Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded a maximum $8,940,614 firm-fixed-price contract for operation and maintenance services of government-owned bulk fuel facilities. This contract was a competitive acquisition and five offers were received. Locations of performance are Alaska and Colorado with an Oct. 31, 2019 performance completion date. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-C-5400). (Awarded Oct. 1, 2013)

Honeywell International Inc., Torrance, Calif., was awarded a maximum $8,287,125 firm-fixed-price contract for engine lubricating cooler. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. Location of performance is California with a July 31, 2015 performance completion date. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Air Force funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., (SPM740-01-D-9711). (Awarded Sept. 30, 2013)

Sysco Nashville, LLC, Nashville, Tenn., has been awarded a maximum $6,750,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment bridge contract for prime vendor food and beverage support. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Location of performance is Tennessee with a Mar. 29, 2014 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM300-14-D-3723). (Awarded Oct. 10, 2013)

CORRECTION: Due to a FY'14 repair program for engines, the AM General LLC contract announced on Sept 25, 2013 (SPRDL1-13-D-0040) was not awarded.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
Novawurks, Inc., Los Alamitos, Calif., was awarded a $42,627,714 firm-fixed-priced contract for phase two and three of the Phoenix program. Work will be performed in Los Alamitos, Calif., (69.24 percent); Tucson, Ariz., (11.45 percent); Cambridge, Mass., (3.26 percent); Louisville, Colo., (4.44 percent); and Tukwila, Wash., (11.61 percent). The estimated completion date is July 30, 2016. Fiscal 2013 advanced technology development funds were obligated at time of award. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va. (HR0011-14-C-0023). (Awarded Oct. 7, 2013)

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
Iridium Satellite, LLC, "Iridium", McLean, VA is being awarded a maximum cumulative $400,000,000 multi-year, sole-source contract that provides unlimited DISA Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) Iridium airtime for voice, data, paging and Distributed Tactical Communications System services for an unlimited number of federal government subscribers, and other DISA-sponsored subscribers. The contract will utilize the following effective pricing schedule: $64,000,000 (year one); $72,000,000 (year two); $88,000,000 (year three); $88,000,000 (year four); and $88,000,000 (year five). The first contract year is funded by fiscal 2014 Defense Working Capital funds. The period of performance is Oct. 22, 2013 through Oct. 21, 2018. Airtime service delivery is world-wide. The contract was awarded under other than full and open competition, specifically FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization-National Capital Region is the contracting activity (HC1047-14-C-4000).

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California, was awarded a maximum $13,495,328 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency J9 Research and Development division. This contract is for research toward overcoming resistance by the application of boron to ribosomal inhibitors. Work will be performed in Palo Alto, California and is expected to be complete April 15, 2017. Fiscal 2013 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,756,968 were obligated at time of award. This contract was solicited by full and open competition and one offer was received. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (HDTRA1-14-C-0003). (Awarded Oct. 16, 2013)

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

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

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 17, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. 725-13 October 17, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) HONG KONG - October 17, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  October 17, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
NAVY
General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $51,997,981 not-to-exceed order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N68335-11-G-0003) for the procurement of Advanced Arresting Gear equipment required to stand up the Runway Arresting Landing Site (RALS) in support of CVN-78 testing. RALS will enable the Navy to run arresting simulations with live aircraft prior to employing those aircraft onboard ship. In addition, RALS will enable the Navy to troubleshoot issues found during certification and deployment of CVN-78. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (65 percent); Tupelo, Miss. (15 percent); Boston, Mass. (10 percent); Philadelphia, Pa. (5 percent ); Newark, N.J. (2.5 percent) and Dallas, Texas (2.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2016. Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $25,479,010 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, Md. is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair, San Francisco, Calif., is being awarded a $12,494,114 firm-fixed-price contract for a 59-calendar day regular overhaul and dry docking availability of dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6). Work will include inspection of the propeller shaft and stern tube, cleaning and painting of the hull, inspection and polish of the bow thruster propeller, installation of the chloropac unit, and overhaul of the seal valves. Earhart’s primary mission is to operate as part of a carrier strike group, providing fuel, ammunition, and dry and refrigerated stores to support the U.S. Navy ships at sea. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $14,474,915. Work will be performed in San Francisco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by February 2014. Working capital contract funds in the amount of $12,494,114 are obligated in fiscal 2014 and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with one offer received. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N32205-14-C-3000).

ARMY
DynCorp International LLC, Falls Church, Va., was awarded a $72,264,323 modification (P00024) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, multi-year, foreign military sales (FMS) contract (W91CRB-10-C-0030) to provide mentoring and training services for the Afghanistan National Army across multiple locations in Afghanistan. This FMS contract is in support of Afghanistan. Fiscal 2014 procurement funds in the amount of $36,132,161 are being obligated on this award. The Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon IDS, Andover, Mass., was awarded a $17,328,258 modification (P00004) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, multi-year, option-included, foreign military sales (FMS) contract (W31P4Q-13-C-0111) for repair and return services in support of PATRIOT missile parts. This FMS contract is in support of Israel, Kuwait, Taiwan, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates. Fiscal 2013 procurement funds are being obligated on this award. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.

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Monday, October 14, 2013

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: F-35 Pilot Helmets To Be Made By Israeli Company

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: F-35 Pilot Helmets To Be Made By Israeli Company
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 14, 2013: The pilot helmets for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter would be exclusively manufactured by Israel-based firm Elbit Systems and its US partner, Rockwell Collins. Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon's Joint Strike Fighter Program Office chose the Israeli firm to make the hi-tech helmets over BAE Systems.


The Associated Press reported that Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon announced the news on Sunday. Ya'alon said, "The choice of Elbit Systems to produce the pilots' helmets is a vote of confidence in Israel's defense industries and their people."

According to news outlet New Hampshire Union Leader, London-based BAE Systems was hired by Lockheed and the Pentago to develop the helmet two years ago. This was after problems were seen on the Rockwell-Elbit helmet used for its pilot testing and training. However, Lockheed Spokeswoman Laura Siebert told Reuters that discontinuing BAE's work on the headpiece would allow the company to save USD 47 million. So far, Lockheed has already spent USD 57 million on the second helmet.


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Friday, October 11, 2013

DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: New Russian Bomber: Needless Expenditure or Future Necessity?

DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: New Russian Bomber: Needless Expenditure or Future Necessity?
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Voice of Russia
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 11, 2013: On the threshold of the 100-year anniversary of the Russian Air Force, holiday events are steadily increasing in number. A round table with the participation of the most prominent Russian military analysts, devoted to the development of a potential new bomber for the Russian Air Force, has taken place in Moscow. However, while estimating the need for “aircraft of the future”, the specialists have differed in their views.

There was at least one thing on which all the participants of the round table, which was held in the Rosbalt information agency, have agreed upon: Russia should continue maintaining the existing fleet of strategic aircraft in a proper condition and continue to upgrade them. The resources for the Tupolev Tu-95MS, Tu-160, and Tu-22М3 allow these aircrafts to remain in service for many years. In these conditions, the improvement of their equipment and weapons is one of the key tasks.

Such works are under way now. The Tupolev Tu-95MS and Tu-160 fighters are undergoing modernization and the first upgraded Tu-22М3М has already been handed over to the troops. Updated aircraft can use modern weapons, including non-nuclear precision-guided munitions, which makes them very useful in case of local conflicts. It is noteworthy that Russia currently has approximately 200 long-range aircrafts, including 66 Tupolev Tu-95MS and 16 Tupolev Tu-160s (the rest are Tupolev Tu-22М3s), and it is at the very least wasteful to leave all these heavy combat aircrafts without the possibility of carrying out non-nuclear tasks in local conflicts.

Despite the capabilities of the modernized Russian bombers, their resources are not infinite. They are to be replaced in 2030-2050 due to wear and tear on the airframes. Meanwhile, taking into account modern combat aircraft’s terms of development and serialized production, it is necessary to start development now in order to get a new aircraft by the beginning of 2030s. However, some specialists do not support this point of view. During the round table, Deputy Director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Andrey Frolov was the main opponent of new strategic aircraft development.
“At this stage, maintaining the full-fledged nuclear triad is very burdensome for Russia. In this connection, developing a new long-range aircraft of the fifth generation may become one of the programs that do not make sense, but demand a lot of financial resources,” Frolov stated.

Other participants of the discussion supported the development of new aircraft. “Russia needs strategic bombers of the fifth generation, first of all, in order to support its status of a nuclear power,” the National Defense magazine Editor-in-Chief Igor Korotchenko said.
According to the analyst, it is “the aviation component of the strategic nuclear forces that is most adaptable to the task of sending signals to the opponents in critical moments, reminding them of the fact that the Russian armed forces are capable of solving any problems in case of a war.”

The head of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis Alexander Sharavin has also supported the new development: “I do not oppose the idea of upgrading old aircrafts. But what shall we do in 30 years? It is clear that such aircraft as the PAK DA project cannot be produced in three, five, or even ten years. Such tasks take many years to be fulfilled.”
The fate of PAK DA – the Prospective Air Complex for Long Range Aviation – is not clear yet. Arguments of all the participants contain a core of common sense. It seems that the general conclusion from all the above can be formulated as follows:

1. Today, maintaining the classic nuclear triad – long-range aviation, land-based missiles, and nuclear underwater missile carriers – is a topic for discussion.
2. Nevertheless, the development of a new long-range combat aircraft seems to be necessary. Given the length of Russian borders and the need to respond to potential threats, which may occur in different regions, Russia needs a unit of aircraft capable of readily hitting targets beyond the range of tactical aircraft without refueling in the air.
3. Until it comes to serial production of the new aircraft type, its development is not unduly wasteful, and it may be stopped, slowed down, and resumed at any point without special expenses.
4. Until convincing proof is received that new types of weapons – such as remotely piloted delivery systems and other aircrafts – can effectively replace the classic long-range bomber, this work should be continued. Development of an aircraft up to the moment of launching a series usually takes 10-15 years. It is a sufficient term for determining the prospects of the program.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

DTN News - PAKISTAN DEFENSE NEWS: Pakistan Deal For Chinese J-10 Fighters Uncertain

DTN News - PAKISTAN DEFENSE NEWS: Pakistan Deal For Chinese J-10 Fighters Uncertain
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 9, 2013: Tough International Monetary Fund conditions on Pakistan and concerns about untested technology likely will delay Islamabad’s plan to buy 36 J-10B Vigorous Dragon multirole fighters from China under a $1.4 billion deal signed in 2009, analysts said.


Current economic conditions “preclude any possibility of acquiring new weapon systems in the next two to three years, at least,” said retired Pakistani Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail, a veteran fighter and test pilot who is now an independent military analyst in Lahore.

Under IMF loan terms, the government faces harsh conditions on raising revenue and controlling spending, including on military equipment.

A Chinese defense delegation visited Pakistan the last week of September to discuss the status of stalled defense deals. Whether this included the J-10 order is unclear.

The J-10B Super-10 is an advanced variant of the J-10A, first fielded in late 2003 with China’s Air Force. The new Super-10 will reportedly be powered by the Chinese-designed WS-10A turbofan engine, which will replace the J-10A’s Russian Saturn AL-31FN. Built by Chengdu Aircraft Industries, the jet is based on Israel’s Lavi indigenous fighter program by Israel Aerospace Industries that was canceled in 1987.

Even if a friendly Arab Gulf state provided financing, Tufail said more used Lockheed Martin F-16Cs from US stocks are preferable, “rather than trying out a new weapon system that is an unknown commodity in the realm of modern-day combat.”

Tufail questioned the wisdom of buying one squadron of J-10s.

To be cost effective “at least three to four squadrons would justify the additional wherewithal and maintenance facilities that would be needed,” he said.

Over-reliance on US high-technology equipment like fighters worries Pakistani officials, and while Tufail said diversification “be explored fully, with China and Russia as suitable sources,” in the case of the fighter, the government may not have another option.

Should a deal occur, however, Tufail foresees no problems with directly or indirectly acquiring Russian equipment such as the J-10’s AL-31FN engine.

The J-10B was first revealed to the public in early 2009. Images appearing on Chinese-language military websites indicate the J-10B had a new nose configuration with an infrared search and tracking system and a “new Diverterless Supersonic Intake configured engine air intake,” also seen on the Chengdu FC-1 Xiaolong (Fierce Dragon), which is co-produced in Pakistan as the JF-17 Thunder, said Richard Fisher, a senior fellow of Asian military affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.

At least one prototype J-10B has featured the indigenous Shenyang-Liming WS-10A turbofan engine, but it remains to be seen whether all production J-10Bs will feature the WS-10A or the Russian Saturn AL-31F turbofan,” Fisher said.

“I think the JF-17 arrangement has been a workable one so far, and future weapon systems with core Russian and Chinese components can be acquired by the Pakistan Air Force on a similar basis, without difficulty,” Tufail said.

Russia allowed China to supply Pakistan the JF-17s Klimov RD-93 engine despite Indian opposition, and prospects have since improved.

“The thawing of Pak-Russo relations over the past few years is certainly a welcome development, and should help override Indian objections to any military cooperation between Pakistan and Russia,” Tufail said.

Technological advances may also scrap the J-10 deal.

Tufail believes the air force may be turning to the stealthy Chengdu J-20 though this is not presently “anything beyond a mere statement of intent.”

“It is a futuristic aircraft, not yet fully operational, and its capabilities are hardly known, so reading too much into this may be rather premature,” Tufail said.

The J-10B would offer Pakistan some advanced fourth generation capabilities.

“The canted nose cone immediately led to speculation that the J-10B also featured a new fixed antennae phased array radar and this was confirmed in 2011,” Fisher said. “There remains some speculation that this radar may be a ‘passive’ versus an ‘active’ electronically scanned array [AESA], but the key point is that the J-10B is clearly a 4+ generation fighter that also included upgraded cockpit systems and electronic warfare systems.”

But if Pakistan chooses not to become the first customer for an export configured J-10B, at $50-60 million per aircraft it will become attractive to countries like Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Malaysia and Indonesia, who are looking for an affordable multi-role fighter, Fisher said.

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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

DTN News - HISTORICAL EVENTS ON OCT 9: Today in History for October 9th

DTN News - HISTORICAL EVENTS ON  OCT 9: Today in History for October 9th
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 9, 2013: (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 9, 2013: October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining until the end of the year.


2012 As German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece, an estimated 25,000 protest in Athens
2012 The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Serge Haroche and David Wineland for their work on quantum optics
2011 In Poland, the Polish People's Party coalition becomes the first government to be reelected since Poland transitioned to democracy in 1989
2011 Germany's Sebastian Vettel becomes the youngest driver to win the Formula One World Championship twice
2010 Wild celebrations occur as a drill reaches an underground chamber with 33-trapped Chilean miners inside
2010 The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, progressing to Major League Baseball's 2010 American League Championship Series
2008 Iceland takes control of 3 banks due to the global financial crisis
2006 North Korea conducts first atomic weapons test
1997 ABL players allowed to own stock in the league
1997 Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico
1997 NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires
1997 New York Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties
1997 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Dario Fo
1996 Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback
1994 Darmstadt creates element 110
1992 Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York
1991 "On Borrowed Time" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 99 performances
1991 Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas

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DTN News - US FINANCIAL CRISIS: US Government Shutdown 2013 (Video)

DTN News - US FINANCIAL CRISIS: US Government Shutdown 2013 (Video)
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 9, 2013: The White House signalled on Monday that it would be open to a short-term hike in the U.S. debt limit as the United States moved a step closer to its first-ever default while a separate impasse, a partial government shutdown, entered its second week.


The shutdown, which centres on a fight over funding for President Barack Obama’s new health care law, has pushed hundreds of thousands of workers off the job, closed national parks and museums and stopped an array of government services.

A default could have far bigger consequences. Economists say it could trigger a financial crisis and recession that would echo 2008 — or worse. The 2008 financial crisis plunged the country into the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

President Barack Obama makes a statement about the government shutdown during a visit to FEMA headquarters. The president thanked workers at the FEMA for doing their jobs under "less than optimal circumstances".zoom

Gene Sperling, a senior Obama economic adviser, reiterated a vow not to negotiate on the debt because it would sanction the threat of default as a bargaining chip and increase the chance of default in the future.

A defiant John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, has insisted that Obama must negotiate on changes to his health care law and spending cuts if he wants to end the shutdown and avert a default.

The uncompromising talk rattled financial markets early Monday as stocks slumped. China, which holds $1.277 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds and stands as the United States’ biggest foreign creditor, urged that all efforts are made to avoid a default.

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Monday, October 07, 2013

DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Airbus Clinches Landmark Jet Order With Japan Airlines

DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Airbus Clinches Landmark Jet Order With Japan Airlines
*Airbus And Japan Airlines Sign Their First Ever Order - Airbus
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 7, 2013: Airbus (EAD.PA) clinched its first jet order from Japan Airlines (9201.T) on Monday, cracking a big national market long dominated by the European firm's main rival, Boeing (BA.N).

The U.S. planemaker acknowledged it had paid a penalty for the mechanically troubled debut of its 787 Dreamliner.

The landmark deal for 31 wide-body A350 jets with a combined $9.5 billion list price follows an intense battle between the two manufacturers as JAL and domestic rival ANA Holdings Inc (9202.T) seek dozens of new long-haul jets over the next decade.

The agreement, which is also likely to unsettle a Japanese aerospace industry that builds large portions of Boeing's jets, includes options for another 25 of the A350s.

"This is a huge win for Airbus and a big loss for Boeing," said aerospace analyst Scott Hamilton, managing director of Seattle-based Leeham Co.

"Airbus has been trying to break the wide-body monopoly of Boeing for decades and likewise Boeing has been wanting to keep Airbus out of JAL and ANA."

Shares in Airbus parent EADS rose 1.75 percent in Paris on the good news for the A350, a twin-engine plane designed to carry between 270 and 350 passengers.

First deliveries of the A350 are expected in about a year. JAL expects to start using the plane from about 2019.

Boeing has for decades seen off attempts by the European company to secure an order with JAL. The American firm has benefited from links with its own Japanese parts suppliers and deep political ties between Tokyo and Washington to maintain a share of the national market above 80 percent.

Delays to the 787 Dreamliner and its subsequent grounding after batteries overheated have, however, tarnished Boeing's image and cast doubt on its ability to deliver aircraft on time, industry experts said. Both JAL and ANA are major Dreamliner buyers.

News of the deal, confirming a Reuters report, dominated a major aviation gathering in Spain where Boeing sought to draw a line under recent problems besetting its prestige airliner.

"It's a heartbreak," Kostya Zolotusky, managing director of Boeing Capital Corp, told aircraft financiers in Barcelona.

Problems with the Dreamliner made it hard for JAL to stick with Boeing: "We recognize that we made it very challenging for them in introducing 787 and will work to correct that," he said.

Besides the 787's woes, bureaucratic and political influence over fleet purchases by JAL, which the Japanese government bailed out in 2010, has waned since it went public again a year ago and the Democratic Party that rescued it lost power.

In a sign of how JAL's once cozy government ties have become strained, the carrier on Friday complained that it was unfairly treated over landing rights at Tokyo's Haneda airport after ANA received twice as many new landing slots.

FLYING THE FLAG

Airbus also showed its readiness to move in on Boeing's turf in the Japanese aerospace manufacturing industry, including cooperation in research and development.

"With this order, it gives us more momentum to look for potential joint R&D efforts for the future generation of aircraft," Fabrice Bregier, chief executive of Airbus, told a news conference in Tokyo with JAL President Yoshiharu Ueki.

Ambassadors from Britain, Germany and France and the European Union representative in Japan attended the briefing, each with national flags displayed before of them.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said significant European diplomatic efforts had gone into winning the deal.

Ueki did not say what JAL would actually pay for the A350s, which vie with Boeing's yet-to-be-launched 777X, but industry analysts said it would be typical to secure generous discounts in such a groundbreaking deal.

"This is seriously bad for Boeing. They need to do a little soul searching," said Richard Aboulafia, airline analyst with the Virginia-based Teal Group. The 787 problems, he said, "inevitably led to doubts about execution, resources and time".

Ueki denied problems with the 787 were a factor in the decision, however - but also repeated JAL's apologies to customers for disruptions to service caused by the Boeing's grounding in January.

He attributed Airbus's successful wooing of his company in part to timing: delivery for the A350, due to begin flying passengers next year, will ensure it is available when JAL needs it at the end of the decade, while the debut of the 777X is further out and less certain.

JAL's new Airbus aircraft, powered by Roll-Royce (RR.L) engines, will begin entering service in 2019, the companies said. Boeing says the 777X will enter service in 2020.

As part of Airbus's sales pitch, the aircraft maker invited Ueki to its base in the French city of Toulouse and gave the former pilot - who spent his flying career on Boeings - a chance to try out one of its A380 simulators.

Ueki said he found the Airbus side-mounted joystick control, which differs from the traditional central column found in Boeing cockpits, easy to use.

AGING FLEET

The battle between the two aircraft makers will now shift to ANA, which is looking for around 25 new jets to replace its aging fleet of long-haul Boeing 777s from 2020.

ANA is still gathering information on the 777X and the A350, Ryosei Nomura, a spokesman for the airline, said.

"This is Airbus's largest order for the A350 so far this year and is the largest ever order we have received from a Japanese airline," Airbus CEO Bregier told reporters.

Boeing, whose ties to Japan date back to the country's postwar reconstruction under U.S. occupation, said it was disappointed but respected JAL's decision.

"We have built a strong relationship with Japan Airlines over the last 50 years and we look to continue our partnership going forward," a company spokesman said via email.

If they chose Boeing's 777X, both JAL and ANA would have to commit to being a launch customer again for a new Boeing jet.

Delays to the 787, a third of which is built in Japan, and its subsequent grounding may have made JAL wary of buying an aircraft that Boeing has yet to officially commit to building. That gave Airbus a rare opening in Boeing's best market.

ANA's boss, Shinichiro Ito, told Reuters last month that his airline would consider possible delivery delay risks when choosing replacements for its older long-haul 777 jets.

With the world's biggest fleet of Dreamliners and being the first airline to fly the innovative carbon composite plane, ANA has been most affected by delays. The aircraft's grounding this year has resulted in millions of dollars of losses.

Japanese suppliers including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (7011.T) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (7012.T) are expected to join the 777X construction programme, although Boeing has yet to say how much of the work it will pass their way.

(Additional reporting by Natalie Huet and Brian Love in Paris, Alwyn Scott in New York and Siva Govindasamy in Singapore; Editing by Edmund Klamann, Dean Yates and Alastair Macdonald)

Airbus And Japan Airlines Sign Their First Ever Order - Airbus
Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a purchase agreement for 31 A350 XWBs (18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s), plus options for a further 25 aircraft. This is JAL’s first ever order for Airbus aircraft.* It is also the first order Airbus has received from Japan for the A350 XWB, confirming its continuing success with world leading airlines across the globe. JAL and Airbus aim for entry into service from 2019, with the airline’s A350 XWBs gradually replacing its ageing fleet approximately over a six year period.

“We will utilize the A350 XWB to maximum, which offers high level of operational efficiency and product competitiveness, while positively catering to new business opportunities after slots at airports in Tokyo are increased,” said Yoshiharu Ueki, President of Japan Airlines. “In addition to improving profitability with advanced aircraft, we always aim to deliver unparalleled services to customers with the latest cabin and steady expansion of our route network.” 

"Japan Airlines is well known as one of the most preferred airlines in the world providing its passengers with an excellent flight experience. We sincerely welcome Japan Airlines as a new Airbus customer and feel honored by this first ever order from Japan for our all-new A350 XWB,” said Fabrice Bregier, President and CEO of Airbus. "It fills us with pride to see a leading Japanese airline start a new chapter with us. This highlights a very bright and flourishing future for both of us, JAL and Airbus.”

In a typical three-class layout the A350-900 comfortably seats more than 300 passengers on routes as long as 8,100 nautical miles (nm). The A350-1000 is the largest member of the A350 XWB Family, seating 350 passengers on even longer missions up to 8,400 nm. 

All A350 XWB models are equipped with the new Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines.  
Over 70 percent of the A350 XWB’s weight-efficient airframe is made from advanced materials combining composites (53 percent), titanium and advanced aluminium alloys. 

In addition to innovative materials, the A350 XWB brings together the very latest in aerodynamics, design and advanced technologies and provides significant improvement in fuel efficiency compared with competing models.

To date, the A350 XWB MSN1 has completed around 300 flight test hours out of the campaign’s total 2,500 hours which are to be achieved by five flight test A350’s over the next 12 months. Entry into commercial service of the A350-900 is scheduled for the second half of 2014. With this latest commitment, Airbus has recorded more than 750 firm orders for the A350 XWB from 38 customers worldwide.

* Before the merger by Japan Airlines and Japan Air Systems (JAS), JAS ordered Airbus aircraft. 

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US May Intervene on Sale of Chinese Missile System to Turkey

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US May Intervene on Sale of Chinese Missile System to Turkey
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 7, 2013: The United States may intervene to stop Turkey buying the FD-2000, the export version of China's HQ-9 surface-to-air missile, Burak Ege Bekdil wrote in Defense News on Oct. 3.

Turkey selected the FD-2000 for its new air defense system on Sept. 26, rejecting other options including the US Patriot system, Russia's S-300 and the European Aster 30. It will be used by the Turkish air force as a long-range air and anti-missile defense system to defend the airspace over the country's interior, while Patriot missiles deployed by NATO are guarding the country's border with war-torn Syria.

However, concern from the United States and other NATO members has arisen as to what extent the Chinese missile system can be integrated with the Patriot air defense system along the border, according to Bekdil. As China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corp has been named the contractor for Ankara's first long-range air defense architecture, Washington is also worried about the proliferation of nuclear techonology into Turkey.

The Beijing-based company is currently under US sanctions for violations of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act. "We are concerned about that Chinese company, and its role as a nuclear weapons technology proliferator in the world," Francis Ricciardone, the US ambassador to Turkey, told Defense News. "This is not a NATO system. China is not a member of NATO. This is one of the issues."

Turkey's loyalty as a NATO member has also been called into question by the organization over fears that the integration of the two systems could lead to classified information regarding the Patriot system being leaked to China. "How could Turkey, protected by NATO assets, ignore the alliance's concerns and opt for an air defense system to be built by a non-friendly country?" asked a NATO defense attache.

A Turkish official stated that the FD-2000 was selected based on considerations of price, technology, local work share, technology transfer and credit financing terms.

"The Chinese bid is perfectly in compliance with our terms and conditions," said Murad Bayar, head of the Ankara-based Undersecretariat for Defense Industries. "As part of this program, a Turkish defense company will be tasked with integrating the air defense system into a network operated by the Turkish Air Force." Even though some Chinese techonology may be used, Bayar sought to assured the Defense News that the missile will be a Turkish missile, not Chinese.

Meanwhile, experts and analysts have questioned whether the FD-2000 will be allowed to be integrated with other NATO missile defense systems. "NATO has the technical capabilities to isolate the Turkish air defense architecture by denying Ankara the interface data necessary for any integration," said a Western defense official. This will eventually leave the FD-2000 system useless and give the United States a pretext to block the contract, as it has done in the case of Israel in the past.


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