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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated October 26, 2011

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated October 26, 2011
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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 26, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 26, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - October 26, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued October 26, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

World Fuel Services Europe, Ltd., London, United Kingdom, was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a maximum $938,401,050 for jet fuel. Other location of performance is Transit Center Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Using service is Air Force. The requirement was solicited on a full and open, competitive basis with four offers received. Type of appropriation is Defense Working Capital Funds using fiscal 2012 -- fiscal 2013 funds. The performance period is one base year with two six-month option periods. The date of performance completion is Oct. 25, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-12-D-1002).

NAVY

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Arlington, Va. (N65236-12-D-4800); ManTech SRS Technologies, Inc., Arlington, Va. (N65236-12-D-4801); Schafer Corp., Arlington, Va. (N65336-12-D-4802); and System Planning Corp., Arlington, Va. (N65236-12-D-4803), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple award contract for advance technical engineering services to support Defense Advance Research Project Agency/Tactical Technology Office programs and initiatives. Each contractor will be awarded $6,250 at the time of award. These contracts include options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of these contracts to a combined estimated $150,000,000. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va. (95 percent), and Charleston, S.C. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2012. If all options are exercised, work could continue until October 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 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 four offers received. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity.

Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $91,151,493 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00012) to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2118) for lead yard services efforts related to Virginia-class submarines. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (91.1 percent); Newport News, Va. (4 percent); Quonset. R.I. (3.5 percent); and Newport, R.I. (1.4 percent). Work is expected to be completed by September 2012. 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.

BAE Systems, U.S. Combat Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $73,000,000 fixed-price incentive-fee firm target undefinitized contract action for the Advanced Gun System (AGS) for DDG 1002. The AGS is a 155mm, vertically loaded, stabilized gun mount that is capable of storing, programming, and firing the Long Range Land Attack Projectile. It is a fully automated weapon system capable of firing 10 rounds per minute supplied via a fully automated magazine loading system. The gun’s primary mission is land attack. The Zumwalt-class destroyer will employ two AGS gun mounts and magazines in support of ground expeditionary forces. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $168,000,000. Work will be performed in Louisville, Ky. (40 percent), Minneapolis, Minn. (30 percent), and Cordova, Ala. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2018. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C, is the contracting activity (N00024-12-C-5311).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 25, 2011, a not-to-exceed $64,500,000 modification under previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee completion contract (N00030-11-C-0100) to exercise contract line item number 0030 to deliver the following Trident II life extension components to Strategic Systems Programs: 12 flight control electronic assemblies; two active inert missile (AIM) flight control electronic assemblies; 12 command sequencer assemblies; 12 interlocks package assemblies; two AIM interlocks package assemblies; and 12 missile inverters. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif. (53.5 percent); Bloomington, Minn. (15.2 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (12.4 percent); Albuquerque, N.M. (11.5 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (3.7 percent); Camarillo, Calif. (2.5 percent); and Middletown, Pa. (1.2 percent). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $16,884,918 modification, which exercises priced research, development, test and evaluation options under previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2116) for continuation of construction preparation efforts for the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). Huntington Ingalls Industries will provide all services and material in preparation for construction which will include necessary research studies; engineering; design; related development efforts; advanced planning; advanced procurement for detailed design and procurement of long lead material; advance construction; life cycle support; logistics data; and other data to support the anticipated ship detail design and construction of CVN 79. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $16,884,918 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Northrup Grumman Systems Corp., Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $119,715,682 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for the design, development, test, and deployment of Increment 10.2, modernization of the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System. Increment 10.2 is intended to bring net-centric capabilities to the Geographic Air and Space Operations Center Weapons Systems, thereby allowing data to flow seamlessly across various platforms and process workflows rather than being locked in separate information technology system “silos” to be accessed and retransmitted by humans, as is the process today. Increment 10.2 capabilities will be fielded to the Geographic Air and Space Operations Centers; a help desk at Langley Air Force Base, Va.; and the Formal Training Unit at Hurlburt Field, Fla. In addition, the modernization contractor will be responsible for maintaining interoperability and sustainment of the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System baseline, to include site-specific tailoring. The primary location of performance is Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation, Herndon, Va. Electronic Systems Center (ESC/HSGK), Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8707-12-C-0002).

L3 Communications Corp., Systems Field Support, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $21,296,938 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursable, no-fee contract modification for contractor logistics support for the C-12 aircraft for Pacific Air Forces, Air Force Materiel Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Defense Security Cooperation Agency, consisting of maintenance, repair, and support functions for one year from Nov. 1, 2011, through Oct. 31, 2012. The location of performance is L3 Communications, Systems Field Support, Madison, Miss. Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC/GKSKH), Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-11-D-0002-P00005 and Order 0002).

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va., is being awarded a $10,506,529 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost contract modification to exercise Award Term Option Year 2 for the Joint Terminal Engineering Office (JTEO) and the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Program. This contract modification will provide systems engineering and integration support to the Military Satellite Communications System Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, in support of JTEO/GBS through Oct. 21, 2012. The locations of performance are McLean, Va., and Herndon, Va. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8808-08-F-0003, P00049).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Duke University, Durham, N.C., is being awarded a $15,553,239 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (HR0011-10-C-0073). Current imaging systems are fundamentally limited in field of view and resolution; wide field of view and high resolution cannot be achieved using conventional camera design. On the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Maximally Scalable Optical Sensor Array Imaging with Computation Program, Duke University seeks to overcome the limits of conventional imaging system designs and demonstrate the feasibility of near-linear growth of optical information throughput with increasing imaging system scale. The efficacy of the technology will be demonstrated by developing an unprecedented 10 to 50 giga pixel with 114-degree field of view. P00006 exercises phase two, option one. Work will be performed in Durham, N.C. (25.14 percent); Champaign, Ill. (12.57 percent); Cambridge, Mass. (2.12 percent); McKinney, Texas (4.53 percent); Rochester, N.Y. (8.11 percent); San Diego, Calif. (3.81 percent); Thousand Oaks, Calif. (31.81 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (8.90 percent); La Jolla, Calif. (3.01 percent). The work is expected to be completed by April 27, 2013. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity.

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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia Loses $600 Million Indian Attack Helicopter Tender

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia Loses $600 Million Indian Attack Helicopter Tender
(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 25, 2011: Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter has lost a tender on the delivery of 22 attack helicopters to the Indian military in strong competition with the American AH-64D Apache, an Indian Defense Ministry source said on Tuesday.
“We decided not to choose the Mi-28 for technical reasons. Our experts believe that the Mi-28N did not meet the requirements of the tender on 20 positions, while the Apache showed better performance,” the source said.
The future contract, worth at least $600 million, envisions an optional delivery of additional 22 helicopters.
Russia is still taking part in two other Indian helicopter tenders: on the delivery of 12 heavy transport helicopters and 197 light general-purpose helicopters.
Mi-28 Combat Helicopters:
The Mi-28 combat helicopter has been developed by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and is known by the NATO codename Havoc. In August 1996 Mil rolled out a prototype of the day and night capable version, the Mi-28N Night Havoc. The first production Mi-28N took its first flight in April 2004 and began flight testing with the Russian Air Force in June 2005.
The Russian Air Force has plans to procure up to 60 of this variant, now called the Mi-28NE Night Hunter.
Three were ordered in 2005 and 16 more in 2006 for delivery by 2008. The first production aircraft was delivered in May 2006 and began formal acceptance testing in September 2006. Five aircraft are involved in the testing which is scheduled to conclude in early 2008.
Mi-28 can fly at a maximum speed of 300km/h, can fly rearwards and sideways at speeds up to 100km/h and is able to hover turn at 45° a second.

Operators

Russia
Algeria
  • Algerian Air Force was expected to place an order for 42 Mi-28NE helicopters as of June 2010.
Venezuela

Soviet Union

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