DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 4, 2012

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 4, 2012

 Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 346-12 May 4, 2012

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 4, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  May 4, 2012   are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

            New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., doing business as AT&T Mobility, Hanover, Md., (N00244-12-D-0014); Sprint Communications Co., L.P., doing business as Sprint, Reston, Va. (N00244-12-D-0015); and Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, Basking Ridge, N.J. (N00244-12-D-0016), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract for domestic and international wireless services, as well as data plans and devices.  The maximum dollar value for the program, including one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods for all three contracts combined, is $750,000,000.  Funding will be provided at the task order level.  These three contractors will compete for the task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract.  This is an ongoing requirement and the locations of service will vary depending upon the location information as provided on the individual task orders.  Work will be performed in California (21.5 percent); Virginia (20 percent); Washington, D.C. (15.5 percent); Washington (10 percent); and various locations inside and outside the continental United States (33 percent).  Work is expected to be completed May 2013.  If all options are exercised, work will continue through May 2017.  The requirement was awarded through full and open competition and solicited through the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with four offers received.   NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

            NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corp.*, Warminster, Pa., is being awarded a $12,499,940 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-10-G-0026) for a Phase III B Small Business Innovation Research project under topics N92-170 and N94-178 entitled, respectively, “Laser Radar (LADAR) Identification Demonstration” and “Air Deployable Multi-Parameter Environmental Probe.”  This order provides for the assessment and deployment of innovative intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (IS&R), and communication systems that when combined will extend the range and performance of IS&R capabilities of the Persistent Ground Surveillance System Phase IIIB.  It also provides for the identification and procurement of commercial-off-the-shelf equipment that enhances these same capabilities.  Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70 percent); Yuma, Ariz. (25 percent); and Afghanistan (5 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in April 2014.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.

            Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $7,808,818 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-06-C-0081) to incorporate live fire test and evaluation efforts in support of the CH-53K Helicopter Program.  Work will be performed at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif. (80 percent), and Stratford, Conn. (20 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in December 2018.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

            Niitek, Inc., Dulles, Va., was awarded a $579,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of the Husky mounted detection systems and spare parts.  Work will be performed in Dulles, Va., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (W909MY-12-D-0010).

            The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $486,370,418 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the AH-64D Apache Block III low rate initial production and related support.  Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0161).

            The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $171,777,672 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of Apache Block III aircraft and related services in support of Foreign Military Sales.  Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-C-0089).

            Strata G Solutions, Inc., New Hope, Ala., was awarded a $106,127,618 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of Smart Wireless Internal Combustion Engine Spiral 3 test adapter kits.  Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with five bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-12-D-0019).

            URS, Germantown, Md., was awarded a $99,199,868 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of lighting kit motion detector systems.  Work location will be determined with each delivery order, with an estimated completion date of April 22, 2017.  Five bids were solicited, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-12-D-0022).

            Harris Corp., Rochester, N.Y., was awarded an $85,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement the radio base stations, vehicle mounts, and manpacks in support of Foreign Military Sales.  Work will location will be determined with each delivery order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 10, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-D-H607).

            Summit Technologies, Winter Park, Fla., was awarded a $70,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the information technology services to the National Guard.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of April 26, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 17 bids received.  The U.S. National Guard Bureau, Lansing, Mich., is the contracting activity (W912JB-12-D-4001).

            AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded a $50,750,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  

The award will provide for the modification an existing order to procure universal ground control stations.  Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0023).

            Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Plymouth, Minn. (W15QKN-12-D-0035), and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla. (W15QKN-12-D-0034), were awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the engineering and technology development, manufacturing and component testing services in support of and large and medium caliber systems.  Work will be performed in Plymouth, Minn., and St. Petersburg, Fla., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity.

            L-3 Communications Aerospace, L.L.C., Madison, Miss., was awarded a $48,219,927 labor-hour contract.  The award will provide for the labor services in support of aircraft production at the Corpus Christi Army Depot.  Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2014.  Sixteen bids were solicited, with five bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W912NW-11-F-0101).

            Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $43,182,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the engineering services to covert four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to the specific unique configuration for Taiwan.  Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).

            Realization Technologies, Inc., San Jose, Calif., was awarded a $35,155,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the services required to maintain, deploy, and sustain the Concerto critical chain multi-project management application at existing Concerto sites.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-12-D-0007).

            Eaton Corp., Smyrna, Ga. (W912DY-12-D-0019), and CH Guernsey & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla. (W912DY-12-D-0020), were awarded a $35,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract between five contractors.  The award will provide for the services in support of the utility monitoring control systems / electronic security systems programs.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of March 26, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 11 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity.

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $34,654,745 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of the Patriot Advanced Capability Missile Support Center.  Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-12-C-0100).

            BAE Systems, York, Pa., was awarded a $31,641,067 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to supply material and labor for Bradley Operation Desert Storm vehicle conversions.  Work will be performed in York, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2012.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-G-0003).

            L-3 Communications Aerospace, L.L.C., Madison, Miss., was awarded a $29,787,008 labor-hour contract.  The award will provide for the labor and administration services in support of aircraft production at the Corpus Christi Army Depot.  Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2014.  Eighteen bids were solicited, with eight bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W912NW-11-F-0102).

            Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded a $27,988,574 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.  Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0159).

            CACI Technologies, Chantilly, Va., was awarded a $27,762,032 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The award will provide for the support services of the Nuclear Biological Chemical Sensor Processing Group. Work will be performed in Chantilly, Va., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2015.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-12-D-0004).

            General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded a $26,052,117 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for design, fabrication, delivery, and test support for two joint assault bridge launcher prototypes.  Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 27, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HAV-12-C-0151).

            Pride Industries, Roseville, Calif., was awarded a $20,100,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the maintenance and upkeep services for areas in Fort Polk, La.  Work will be performed in Fort Polk, La., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Polk, La., is the contracting activity (W9124J-09-C-0014).

            Action Manufacturing Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., was awarded an $18,434,729 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of the manufacture of M739A1 point detonating/delay fuzes.  Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa., and Atglen, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-C-2003).

            DRS Sustainment Systems, St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $17,548,162 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the design, fabrication, delivery, and test support for two joint assault bridge launcher prototypes.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 27, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-12-C-0150).

            J.E. McAmis, Inc., Chico, Calif., was awarded a $15,984,772 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project.  Work will be performed in Okeechobee, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 30, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 17 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (W912EP-12-C-0009).

            JM Industrial Supply, Inc., Pekin, Ill., was awarded a $13,732,900 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the upgrade and construction of facilities for the National Guard.  Work will be performed in Springfield, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The National Guard Bureau, Springfield, Ill., is the contracting activity (W91SMC-12-C-0003).

            Jackson Contractor Group, Inc., Missoula, Mont., was awarded an $11,358,750 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the design and construction of a wing headquarters at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.  Work will be performed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with nine bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-12-C-0030).

            Intevac Photonics, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., was awarded a $10,100,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of electronic image intensifier ship sets and spares.  Work will be performed in Santa Clara, Calif., and Carlsbad, Calif., with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-C-0015).

            Premier Engineering Consultants, L.L.C., Kansas City, Mo., was awarded a $9,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the architect-engineer, design, and planning services for military and civilian work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of April 27, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 36 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-12-D-4008).

            A4 Construction Co., Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded a $9,326,701 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the design and construction of a communications network control center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.  Work will be performed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev, with an estimated completion date of May 2, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with six bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-12-C-0008).

            LMN Solutions, Reston, Va., was awarded a $9,215,911 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of the Army Geospatial Center.  Work will be performed in Reston, Va., and Alexandria, Va., with an estimated completion date of April 25, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Geospatial Center, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W5J9CQ-12-C-0022).

            ABS Development Corp., New York, N.Y., was awarded a $9,136,691 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of various facilities at the Port of Haifa, Israel.  Work will be performed in Israel, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2016.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with six bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wiesbaden, Germany, is the contracting activity (W912GB-10-C-0047).

            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded an $8,931,248 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the Early-Infantry Brigade Combat Team low rate initial production small unmanned ground vehicle and associated post-delivery support.  Work will be performed in Bedford, Mass., and El Paso, Texas, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HAV-09-C-0452).

            J & S Construction Co., Inc., Cookeville, Tenn., was awarded an $8,483,139 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of an administrative building at Fort Campbell, Ky.  Work will be performed in Fort Campbell, Ky., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 18 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-12-C-0030).

            Chemlmage Bio Threat, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., was awarded a $7,079,258 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to supply early user test systems to be used in the detection of home made explosives.  Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pa., with an estimated completion date of May 15, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-11-C-0032).

            Dynamic Construction of Northern New York, L.L.C., Gouverneur, N.Y., was awarded a $6,675,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of an infantry squad battle course at Fort Drum, N.Y.  Work will be performed in Fort Drum, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with eight bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-12-C-0008).

            QinetiQ North America, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $6,579,113 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the maintenance and technical services in support of a Conditioned Based Maintenance Pilot Program to equip tactical wheeled vehicles.  Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and Kuwait, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 19, 2015.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 16 bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-12-C-0092).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Fisher Scientific Co., L.L.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., was issued a modification exercising the third option year on contract SPM2DE-09-D-7340/P00007.  The award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $240,268,912 for purchase of laboratory supplies and wares.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.  There were eight responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2011 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is May 3, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

            Labatt Institutional Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity, prime vendor contract with a maximum $56,154,296 for full line food distribution.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, federal civilian agencies, and the Coast Guard.  There was one solicitation with one response.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is May 10, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM300-12-D-3554).

AIR FORCE

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Space System Co., Newtown, Pa., is being awarded a $67,961,418 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide on-orbit operations engineering support research and development of GPS III space vehicles One and Two.  The location of the performance is Newtown, Pa.  Work is to be completed by May 17, 2014.  Space and Missile Center Global Positioning System, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8807-08-C-0010).

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Delivers Final, Historic F-22 Raptor To U.S. Air Force

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Delivers Final, Historic F-22 Raptor To U.S. Air Force
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 3, 2012: Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] leadership delivered today the 195th and last F-22 Raptor to U.S. Air Force leadership in a ceremony at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics site here. With this delivery, the U.S. Air Force now possesses the world’s only 5th generation stealth fighter aircraft fleet in the world. 

“There is no longer any nation that wishes us ill or any adversary who wishes us harm that has any doubt that their actions will have consequences – that they will be held to account and that our response will be undeterred,” said Robert J. Stevens, Lockheed Martin’s chairman and CEO. “The very existence of this airplane – your airplane – has altered the strategic landscape forever.”

A host of distinguished officials participated in this monumental event, including senior leaders from Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force; local, state and national elected officials; and Lockheed Martin employees who helped build the F-22 Raptor fleet.

This final Raptor joins a U.S. Air Force fleet of 187 operational F-22s and will join other F-22s in the Air Force’s 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. In all, Lockheed Martin delivered 195 F-22s to the Air Force beginning in 1997, with eight Raptors used as test aircraft.

F-22s are assigned to seven U.S. bases. Flight testing takes place at Edwards AFB, Calif. Operational tactics development continues at Nellis AFB, Nev. Pilot training takes place at Tyndall AFB, Fla. Operational F-22 aircraft are assigned to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; Holloman AFB, N. M.; and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

 The F-22 Raptor is the world’s only operational 5th generation fighter, making it an unmatched national security asset. The Raptor is designed to defeat denied-access threats, enable joint and coalition operations in contested areas, and globally promote deterrence and security. For more information on the F-22, visitwww.lockheedmartin.com/products/f22/. 

 Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 123,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's net sales for 2011 were $46.5 billion.

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DTN News - JAPAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Proceed To Order Initial Four F-35 JSF With Option Of 38 From Lockheed Martin

DTN News - JAPAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Proceed To Order Initial Four F-35 JSF With Option Of 38 From Lockheed Martin
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Defense Security Cooperation Agency ~ Transmittal No. 12-15
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 3, 2012: The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress April 30 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Japan for a possible sale of an initial four F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft with an option to purchase an additional 38 F-35 CTOL aircraft. The estimated cost is $10 billion.

All aircraft will be configured with the Pratt and Whitney F-135 engines, and 5 spare Pratt and Whitney F-135 engines.  Other Aircraft Equipment includes:  Electronic Warfare Systems, Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence/Communication, Navigational and Identifications (C4I/CNI), Autonomic Logistics Global Support System (ALGS), Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), Flight Mission Trainer, Weapons Employment Capability, and other Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities, F-35 unique infrared flares, reprogramming center, and F-35 Performance Based Logistics.  Also included:  software development/integration, flight test instrumentation, aircraft ferry and tanker support, spare and repair parts, support equipment, tools and test equipment, technical data and publications, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics support.  The estimated cost is $10 billion.  

Japan is one of the major political and economic powers in East Asia and the Western Pacific and a key ally of the United States in ensuring the peace and stability of this region.  The U.S. Government shares bases and facilities in Japan.  This proposed sale is consistent with these U.S. objectives and with the 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security.

The proposed sale of aircraft and support will augment Japan’s operational aircraft inventory and enhance its air-to-air and air-to-ground self-defense capability.  The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s F-4 aircraft will be decommissioned as F-35’s are added to the inventory.  Japan will have no difficulty absorbing these aircraft into its armed forces.

The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

The prime contractors will be Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth, Texas, and Pratt and Whitney Military Engines in East Hartford, Connecticut.  There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.

Implementation of this proposed sale will require multiple trips to Japan involving U.S. Government and contractor representatives for technical reviews/support, programs management, and training over a period of 15 years.  

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DTN News - SINGAPORE DEFENSE NEWS: Singapore Seeks F-15SG Pilot Training In U.S. At Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) - Worth $435 Million

DTN News - SINGAPORE DEFENSE NEWS: Singapore Seeks F-15SG Pilot Training In U.S. At Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) - Worth $435 Million 
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Defense Security Cooperation Agency ~ Transmittal No. 12-16
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 3, 2012: The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified U.S. Congress April 30 of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Government of Singapore of a possible sale of follow-on support and services for Singapore’s Continental United States (CONUS) detachment PEACE CARVIN V (F-15SG) based at Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) for a five-year period. The estimated cost is $435 million. 

The Government of Singapore has requested a possible sale of follow-on support and services for Singapore’s Continental United States (CONUS) detachment PEACE CARVIN V (F-15SG) based at Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) for a five-year period. MDE includes: 40 GBU-10 PAVEWAY II Laser Guided Bomb Units, 40 MXU-651/B Air Foil Groups, 84 GBU-12 PAVEWAY II Laser Guided Bomb Units, 84 MXU-650/Bs Air Foil Groups, 124 MAU-169L/Bs Guidance Control Units, and 3 P5 Combat Training System Pods. Also included: commercial vehicles, publications and technical documentation, tactics manuals and academic instruction, clothing and individual equipment, execution and support of CONUS exercise deployments, airlift and aerial refueling, support equipment, spare and repair parts, repair and return, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistical and program support. The estimated cost is $435 million. 

This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been, and continues to be, an important force for economic progress in Southeast Asia. 

Singapore needs this training and munitions to support its F-15 aircraft. This program will enable Singapore to develop mission-ready and experienced pilots to support its current and future F-15 aircraft inventory. The well-established pilot proficiency training program at Mountain Home Air Force Base will support professional interaction and enhance operational interoperability with U.S. forces.

The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region. 

There is no prime contractor involved in this proposed sale. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale. Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional U.S. Government and contractor representatives to Singapore. 

There will be no adverse impact on the U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded. 

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 2, 2012

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 2, 2012

 Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 341-12 May 2, 2012

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 2, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  May 2, 2012   are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Grove U.S., Shady Grove, Pa., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $327,500,000 for procurement of commercial type cranes.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.  There were seven proposals with seven responses.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 through 2017 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is May 2, 2017.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM8EC-12-D-0007).

NAVY

            M.C. Dean, Inc., Dulles, Va. (N65236-12-D-4811); L-3 Services, Inc., Global Security & Engineering Solutions, Chantilly, Va. (N65236-12-D-4812); Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va. (N65236-12-D-4813); BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., Rockville, Md. (N65236-12-D-4814); and Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Columbia, Md. (N65236-12-D-4815), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee with firm-fixed price provisions, performance-based multiple award contracts to provide infrastructure protection solutions, to include engineering and life-cycle support for five program areas:  electronic security systems; public safety to include emergency management and law enforcement technology support; enterprise systems engineering; information assurance; and engineering network system.  M.C. Dean is being awarded $41,313,451; L-3 Services, $38,980,304; Science Applications International Corp., $39,800,740; BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, $40,963,239; and Honeywell Technology Solutions, $43,192,864.  These contracts include options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contracts to an estimated $228,700,000.  Work will be performed in Charleston, S.C., and is expected to be completed by May 2013.  If all options are exercised, work could continue until May 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was 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 nine offers received.  Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity.

            Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $56,954,300 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of four new facilities for The Basic School Student Officer Quarters, Phase 5 and Phase 6 at Marine Corps Base Quantico.  All four facilities will include the following:  design and construction of a new multi-story facility.  Facilities will support billeting for 250 or fewer Marine officers undergoing initial training at The Basic School.  Each facility shall be handicap accessible and provide rooms in either a modified 2+0 configuration or 1+1E configuration (250 rooms maximum/125 modules maximum), with semi-private bathrooms and walk in closets.  The contract also contains four unexercised options, which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $116,289,000.  Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and is expected to be completed by April 2016.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 28 proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-12-C-0002).

            Data Link Solutions, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded $9,387,393 for firm-fixed-price delivery order under a previously awarded contract (N00039-10-D-0031) for the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Low Volume Terminals (MIDS LVT) for Foreign Military Sales requirements.  MIDS LVT provides secure, high capacity, jam resistant, digital data and voice communications capability for Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, and Foreign Military Sales platforms. This delivery order is for the government of Taiwan (100 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  Work will be performed in Wayne, N.J. (50 percent), and Cedar Rapids, Iowa (50 percent), and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) E-commerce website, with two offers received.  The synopsis was released via the Federal Business Opportunities website.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

            CORRECTION:  Contract awarded April 19 to DRS Technical Services, Inc., Herndon, Va. (N65236-12-D-4112), should have the estimated work percentages as Afghanistan (50 percent), Middle East (30 percent), and Stuttgart, Germany (20 percent).

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DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: Obama’s Afghanistan Plan - Echoes of Vietnam In The U.S. Exit Strategy

DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: Obama’s Afghanistan Plan - Echoes of Vietnam In The U.S. Exit Strategy
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 2, 2012: To understand the historical significance of President Barack Obama’s visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, imagine that President Richard Nixon had, in the spring of 1972, flown to Saigon to signal American voters that the Vietnam war was coming to an end — and to ink a deal with President Nguyen Van Thieu codifying a long-term U.S. relationship with the Republic of South Vietnam, which would shortly be left responsible for its own security. 

“Today, I signed a historic agreement between the United States and Afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries – a future in which Afghans are responsible for the security of their nation, and we build an equal partnership between two sovereign states; a future in which the war ends, and a new chapter begins,” Obama said Tuesday.  Nixon might have said something similar on that imaginary 1972 visit. Except, of course, everyone knew that Vietnam’s future would not be defined by an agreement between Washington and Thieu, as much as by the one signed in Paris, two months after Nixon’s reelection, between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, representing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (a.k.a. “North Vietnam”). Even that deal collapsed, of course, with the DRV and its supporters in the south finishing off the Thieu regime 19 months after U.S. troops withdrew.

Any deal between Presidents Obama and Karzai premised on the ability of the current political order in Kabul to protect itself independently of foreign troops is hardly likely to be the last word, pleasing as the spectacle may be for presidential campaign purposes. The key — but by no means the only — conversation shaping Afghanistan’s future will be the one conducted on the battlefield, and at the negotiating table, between the U.S., its Afghan interlocutors and the Taliban. That point seemed to be underscored by a Taliban car bomb attack near U.S. bases in Kabul just hours after Obama’s departure, which served as a counterpoint to the President’s insistence in his speech that the insurgents’ momentum has been broken. 

Sure, the U.S. has made important tactical gains against the Taliban in designated operational areas in southwestern Afghanistan, but tactical gains in an expeditionary counterinsurgency war tend to be just that; the insurgents know that, as Henry Kissinger famously put it, guerrilla armies win by not losing. They know that the civilian population has little faith in Western forces or in the government those forces protect, and they know the U.S. and its allies are seeking an expeditious exit from Afghanistan. The brutal truth of the Afghanistan equation is that time is still on the side of the Taliban.

The U.S. plans to drawn down troop levels from the current 90,000 to less than 20,000 by the end of 2014, while helping Afghan security forces “surge” to an anticipated 352,000 troops this year. The new agreements seemed to signal a ten-year commitment to maintain an unspecified number of troops for training, intelligence and logistics purposes, and to conduct operations against al-Qaeda. (More importantly, the U.S., as well as other NATO countries, will commit later this month to a decade-long financial package to the government in Kabul worth over $4 billion a year, a sum some say Karzai considers insufficient.)

“We will not build permanent bases in this country, nor will we be patrolling in cities and mountains,” Obama said. “That will be the job of the Afghan people.” But so narrow is the political base of the Karzai regime, which was elected by a small minority of Afghans and whose corruption is endemic, that its ability to lead a credible counterinsurgency fight against the Taliban remains seriously in doubt. The problem is not simply that the Afghan forces lack sufficient training, or that the Afghan government can’t afford to pay for the indigenous army that NATO has created to keep it alive; the problem is fundamentally one of motivation. How many Afghan troops are really ready to fight and die to keep President Karzai in power? One troubling indicator might be the by-now routine incidence of Afghan friendlies turning their weapons on their U.S. and other Western mentors — an incidence the AP claims the military is systematically underreporting.

President Obama did, of course, acknowledge that negotiations with the insurgency were underway. “My Administration has been in direct discussions with the Taliban,” he said. “We have made it clear they can be part of this future if they break with al-Qaida, renounce violence and abide by Afghan laws.” The Taliban may negotiate, and they may not — for a range of reasons ranging from mistrust of the U.S. to the fact that they feel the wind at their backs and because they know the Americans will leave, and also because the Taliban is no longer a single hierarchical entity, but a series of networks, with many of the younger commanders who have replaced those killed by U.S. forces in recent years adopting an even more militant and intractable position. The longer the fighting rages on, analysts of the Taliban warn, the less likely it becomes that those more inclined to negotiate a compromise are able to prevail in the movement’s internal debates over those who believe they will win a bigger victory by fighting on.

Still, even if the Taliban was willing to negotiate a political settlement, it’s a relative certainty that the insurgents won’t accept the terms laid down by President Obama: Even if the Taliban was willing to commit to preventing Afghan territory being used to stage international terror attacks, it’s unlikely to accept Afghan laws and a constitution adopted on the back of a Western invasion. Afghanistan had been engaged in a civil war for a decade before the U.S.-led invasion prompted by the 9/11 attacks, and the invasion didn’t change that; it simply tipped the balance in that civil war against the Pakistan-backed and predominantly Pashtun Taliban and in favor of the Northern Alliance, dominated by ethnic Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras, and backed by India, Iran and Russia. It is the Northern Alliance that forms the basis of the current order in Kabul, but take Western troops out of the equation, and the equation changes. The Taliban would only be likely to accept the Karzai order in Kabul if it had lost the war; right now, that’s not happening, meaning that a political solution is unlikely without a substantial renegotiation of the distribution of power. The likelihood that the Taliban will reconcile itself to a lesser role in the Karzai order is about as remote as those of the North Vietnamese being willing to accept Thieu’s authority.

Nor is it simply a case of Karzai reaching an accommodation with the Taliban: Key elements in the Northern Alliance are deeply mistrustful of any deals with the Taliban, and mistrust Karzai — and what they see as his effort to juggle the interests of competing warlords. His regime is brittle, at best, and could easily collapse — particularly because 2014 is also the year in which his tenure expires

Then again, right now the insurgents may be more likely to wait out 2014 and test the proposition that the Karzai regime will be able to defend itself without U.S. forces making the decisive difference — just like the Vietcong did in the period between the Paris agreement and the fall of Saigon.

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