Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 18, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  444-13 June 18, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 18, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  June 18, 2013  are undermentioned;


CONTRACTS
            DRS Tactical Systems Inc., Melbourne, Fla., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $455,000,000 for the production of the Mounted Family of Computer Systems hardware for the Army Mounted Common Operating Environment.  Performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-13-D-0054).

            IMT Defense Corp., Westerville, Ohio, (W52P1J-13-D-0018); and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Scranton, Penn., (W52P1J-13-D-0019); were awarded an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, multi-year, multiple-award contract with a maximum value of $94,200,000 for the procurement of the M485A2 Projectile Metal Parts.  Performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  Three bids were solicited, with two bids received.  The Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity.

            TCMP Health Services LLC, Springfield, Va., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $77,392,784 for the services of behavioral health and traumatic brain injury healthcare providers for military treatment facilities located in Europe.  Performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  Seven bids were solicited, with seven bids received.  The Army Medical Command, Landstuhl, Germany, is the contracting activity (W9114F-13-D-0003). 

            S.M. Wilson & Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $31,523,000 for the construction of an Army Reserve Center Training Building, organizational maintenance shop and unheated storage building on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.  A combination of fiscal 2013 military construction funds and fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance funds are being obligated on this award.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 13 bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-13-C-0017). 

            Iron Sword, New Windsor, N.Y., (W912PQ-13-D-0001); Verdi Construction Co., Bethel, Conn., (W912PQ-13-D-0002); Bansea, Elizabeth, N.J., (W912PQ-13-D-0003); Profex Inc., Newburgh, N.Y., (W912PQ-13-D-0004); Cornerstone, Reading, Mass., (W912PQ-13-D-0005); Cestaro & Son Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, Newburgh, N.Y., (W912PQ-13-D-0006); Alares LLC, Quincy, Mass., (W912PQ-13-D-0007); United Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, Plumbing and Heating Inc., Newburgh, N.Y., (W912PQ-13-D-0008); Collette Contracting, Rutherford, N.J., (W912PQ-13-D-0009); The Cherokee Group, Newark, N.J., (W912PQ-13-D-0010); Regiment Construction, Elizabeth, N.J., (W912PQ-13-D-0011); Neelam Construction Corp., Northvale, N.J., (W912PQ-13-D-0012); Raad Construction Group LLC, Perth Amboy, N.J., (W912PQ-13-D-0013); Kallidus, Lowell, Mass., (W912PQ-13-D-0014); Coastal Environmental Group Inc., Edgewood, N.Y., (W912PQ-13-D-0015); M.C. Electrical Systems, Walden, N.Y., (W912PQ-13-D-0016); E. Amanti & Sons Inc., Salem, Mass., (W912PQ-13-D-0017); Benaka Inc., New Brunswick, N.J., (W912PQ-13-D-0018); TJB Air Conditioning LLC, Sebring, Fla., (W912PQ-13-D-0019); Nagan Construction, Inwood, N.Y., (W912PQ-13-D-0020); Puente Construction Enterprises Inc., Woodbury, N.J., (W912PQ-13-D-0021); and Ciervo & Sons Renovations Inc., Smithtown, N.Y., (W912PQ-13-D-0022); were awarded an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract with a maximum value of $20,000,000 for the sustainment, repair and maintenance and military construction projects for the National Guard at the 105th Air Wing and 106th Rescue Wing, both located in New York.  Performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 25 bids received.  The National Guard Bureau, Latham, N.Y., is the contracting activity. 

            Diversified Construction of Oklahoma Inc., Edmond, Okla., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $20,000,000 for construction services within the Army Corps of Engineers’ Tulsa District area of responsibility.  Performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 32 bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-13-D-0005). 

            KEPA-TCI JV LLC, Milwaukee, Wis., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $19,101,100 for the construction of a modified large tactical equipment maintenance facility warehouse and an organizational parking area for an equipment concentration site at Fort McCoy, Wis.  A combination of fiscal 2013 military construction funds and fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance funds are being obligated on this award.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with six bids received. The Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-13-C-0018). 

            Navistar Defense LLC, Lisle, Ill., was awarded an $18,222,654 modification (No. P00013), to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (W56HZV-12-C-0404), to increase the obligated amount for services in support of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected MaxxPro Survivability Upgrade.  The cumulative total value of this contract is $152,311,516.  A combination of fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2012 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award.  The Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity. 

            STG Inc., Reston, Va., was awarded a $16,600,208 modification (No. P00003), to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (W91RUS-13-C-0003), for information technology services and support.  The cumulative total value of this contract is $32,980,349. Work will be performed in Sierra Vista, Ariz.  Fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance funds are being obligated on this award.  The Army Contracting Command, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., is the contracting activity. 

            Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Mass., was awarded a $10,393,270 modification, to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (W31P4Q-13-C-0016), for the procurement of Radar Digital Processor Upgrade Kits for the PATRIOT missile system.  The cumulative total value of this contract is $21,210,756.  Fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award.  The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity. 

            KEPA-TCI JV LLC, Milwaukee, Wis., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract with a maximum value of $9,312,998 for the construction of a central issue facility at Fort McCoy, Wis.  Fiscal 2013 Military Construction funds are being obligated on this award.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-13-C-0016). 

NAVY
            FLIR Systems Inc., Billerica, Mass., is being awarded a $42,657,995 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Hand Held Imager-Miniaturized Long Range (HHI-Mini LR) systems and associated support.  The HHI-Mini LR system is a miniaturized, infrared, long-range handheld system with an integrated laser range finder.  Work will be performed in Billerica, Mass., and is expected to be completed by June 2018.  Funding in the amount of $950,000 is being obligated at time of award.  Fiscal 2013 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was solicited via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with four offers received.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-13-D-JQ02). 

            Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $38,838,754 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0009) to exercise an option for the manufacture of two Lot 10 AH-1Z build new helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corp.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 percent) and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2013.  Fiscal 2013 Aircraft Procurement Navy funds in the amount of $38,838,754 will be obligated at the 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. 

AIR FORCE
            Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., has been awarded a $27,922,289 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with provision to issue cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursement-no-fee contract for the sustainment of C-5 software and the software integration laboratory, engineering support, and to provide an emergency operational flight plan.  Work will be performed at Marietta, Ga., and is expected to be completed by June 20, 2016.  This award is a result of an electronic solicitation with one bidder.  The cumulative total face value for this acquisition is $27,922,289 (maximum).  Fiscal 2013-2016 Operations and Maintenance DPEM Software funds in the amount of $20,996, 565 will be obligated on task order 0001 and 0002.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/C-5 Galaxy Center, Robins Air force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8525-13-D-0004). 

TRICARE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
CORRECTION (Location change in the contracting activity from 14 June release)
            Deloitte Consulting LLP, McLean, Va., is being awarded a $6,614,408 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide support to the Clinical Informatics Review Division (CIRD) of the DoD/Veterans Affairs (VA) Interagency Program Office (IPO).  The contract includes an eight month base period and four one-year option periods plus a three month transition-out period.  The contractor will provide strategic health information professional and clinical services for the DoD/VA IPO.  The contractor will provide facilitation, program management, and subject matter experts using best business and industry practices in order to strengthen and improve IPO’s ability to deliver quality health information management/health information systems solutions for clinicians and other health care providers.  This contract was competitively procured with four initial offers received.  Tricare Management Activity, Contracting Operating Division, Rosslyn, Va., is the contracting activity (HT0012-13-F-0005).


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U.S. DoD issued No.  444-13 June 18, 2013
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DTN News: Airbus Top Stories / Headlines News Dated June 18, 2013

DTN News: Airbus Top Stories / Headlines News Dated June 18, 2013
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ILFC orders 50 more A320neo Family aircraft | Airbus News & Events
Including this latest contract, ILFC remains Airbus' largest customer, having ordered a combined total of 769 single-aisle and widebody Airbus aircraft.
www.airbus.com/.../ilfc-orders-50-more-a320neo-family-aircr...
PARIS: Airline 'mindset change' will spark A380 order revival - Airbus
Airbus is confident that the strong traffic growth airlines are currently enjoying will create "a mindset change" that will reignite sales for the A380....
www.flightglobal.com/.../paris-airline-mindset-change-will-spa...
Buyers commit to big orders for Boeing, Airbus widebodies ...
Qatar Airways also put in orders for Boeing's other long-haul aircraft, the Boeing 777. Meanwhile,Airbus announced a potential order Monday for its superjumbo  ...
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Lufthansa $ 10.4 billion order for 100 Airbus A320 aircraft | Stock ...
617 evening news Lufthansa on Monday at the Paris Air Show, confirmed that the company ordered100 Airbus A320 aircraft if in accordance with.
www.thestockmarketwatch.co/lufthansa-10-4-billion-order-for...
Airbus in talks for 100-plane easyJet order - Cargonews Asia
Airbus is in advanced talks to complete a US$10 billion order for at least 100 planes from British low-cost airline easyJet, sources familiar with the matter said,  ...
www.cargonewsasia.com/article.aspx?article=31148

Leasing company Doric unveils $8bn order of 20 Airbus A380 aircraft
Irish Times
The news puts the European aircraft maker on track to hit its full-year order target for the superjumbo. Airbus is aiming to sell 25 A380s this year, up from nine in 2012, when orders were hurt by the discovery of wing cracks that shortened the life of ...
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AIR SHOW: Lufthansa Firms up Order for 100 A320 Airbus Aircraft
Wall Street Journal
PARIS--Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) said Monday it has firmed up an order for 100 Airbus A320 aircraft costing $10.4 billion at list prices. German carrier Lufthansa, which is already the largest European operator of Airbus aircraftordered 35 ...
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Airbus Gets Big Plane Orders at Paris Air Show
HispanicBusiness.com
The Paris Air Show, the world's biggest air fair, got off to a flying start Monday, despite stormy weather, as airplane makers Airbus and Boeing vied to announce a flurry of orders for passenger planes. Airbus took the early lead in the biennial battle ...
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Lufthansa firms up order for 100 airbus aircraft in Paris
Breaking Travel News
The Lufthansa Group has firmed up a previous Supervisory Board decision from March this year and signed for 100 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. The deal, which was signed at the Paris International Airshow in Le Bourget, France, includes firm orders for ...
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Jet Lessors Take Bigger Role in Sales As Orders for New Aircraft Pile Up
Wall Street Journal
Leasing companies have seized on the opportunity of the big delivery bulge using the relative strength of their balance sheets to move from just placing their own orders with Airbus and Boeing and picking up aircraft in ones and twos to much larger ...
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Doric orders 20 Airbus superjumbos
Channel News Asia
European aircraft maker Airbus made a big breakthrough for its flagship A380 superjumbo airliner on Monday, taking the first order for the plane this year after a setback over cracks in the wings. PHOTOS. File photo: The Airbus A380 jetliner performs ...
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Airbus Superjumbo Business Gets a Lift
Wall Street Journal
If confirmed, the order would increase by roughly 13% Airbus's backlog of orders for the giantplane. Doric is the first new buyer of A380s in one year and the announcement is the first A380order since October, when Singapore Airlines Ltd. raised its ...
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Doric orders 20 Airbus superjumbos: statement
AFP
LE BOURGET, France — The Doric aircraft financing group signed a provisional order on Monday for 20 Airbus superjumbo A380 airliners with a catalogue price of about $8.0 billion (6.0 billion euros), a statement said. Boosting sales of the A380 is of ...
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Airbus superjumbo gets huge lift from Doric order
Economic Times
FRANCE: European aircraft maker Airbus made a big breakthrough for its flagship A380 superjumbo airliner on Monday, taking the first order for the plane this year after a setback over cracks in the wings. The provisional order, for 20 superjumbos worth ...
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DTN News: Boeing Top Stories / Headlines News Dated June 18, 2013

DTN News: Boeing Top Stories / Headlines News Dated June 18, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 18, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Boeing and associates respectively.
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Boeing Nets Orders for 102 Stretch 787s
ABC News
Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris Air Show Tuesday, further evidence of a strengthening market for more expensive long-haul jets. Boeing announced the formal ...
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Embraer Rallies on Jet Orders, Pact With Boeing: Sao Paulo Mover
Businessweek
Embraer SA (EMBR3), the Brazilian planemaker that has led gains on the Ibovespa, rose after receiving $709 million in jet orders and expanding a pact that lets Boeing Co. to sell its militaryaircraft globally. The shares gained 3 percent to 20.54 ...
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Qatar Airways Orders Nine Boeing 777 Aircraft
Bernama
Qatar Airways Orders Nine Boeing 777 Aircraft. DOHA, June 18 (Bernama) -- Qatar Airways announced on Monday that it has ordered nine Boeing 777 passenger aircraft during the Paris Air Show, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. The company said in a ...
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United orders 20 'stretch' Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners
Chicago Tribune
At the 2013 Paris Air Show on Tuesday, the companies said United increased its existing 787 Dreamliner order to 65 aircraft, from 55. The order includes 20 of Boeing's stretched version of the Dreamliner, called the 787-10. Half are new orders, and ...
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Ryanair Shareholders Approve 175 Boeing 737-800 Aircraft Order - Quick Facts
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Ireland-based low cost carrier Ryanair Holdings Plc (RYAAY, RYA.L) announced Tuesday that ordinary resolution has been passed at the EGM held today for the purchase of 175Boeing 737-800 Aircraft over a five year period from calendar ...
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EasyJet Goes Ahead With Airbus Order
Wall Street Journal (blog)
... easyJet faced in switching part of its fleet to a new manufacturer into the pricing of the new planes. Shareholders in Ryanair, which only flies Boeing aircraft, are due to vote Tuesday on an order for 175 of the U.S. manufacturer's current 737-800 ...
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Boeing, Airbus, Embraer Announce Orders At Paris Air Show
RTT News
6/18/2013 2:06 AM ET. Aircraft orders worth billions of dollars were announced at the 50th Paris International Airshow in Le Bourget, France, on Monday, with major manufacturers Boeing Co. (BA: Quote) and Airbus SAS announcing some of the major orders.
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Boeing's new Dreamliner steps up big jet battle
Chicago Tribune
The order followed a bitter competition with Boeing, which had been keen to win back one of the world's largest budget airlines a decade after losing to Airbus in a fight-out that became sucked into the world's largest trade dispute over aircraft aid ...
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AIRSHOW-SkyMark Airlines says to order Boeing 737 MAX planes
Reuters
This makes it the first Japanese airline to commit to the latest upgraded variant of Boeing's 737 family of short-range aircraft. The airline and Boeing said that they planned to firm up the order in the coming months. The Tokyo-based airline has a ...
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DTN News: Paris Air Show Top Stories / Headlines News Dated June 18, 2013

DTN News: Paris Air Show Top Stories / Headlines News Dated June 18, 2013

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 18, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Paris Air Show from Le Bourget, France.
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Photos: Paris Air & Space Show 2013 in Pictures

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Paris Air Show peek: Wide-body battle and drones

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Paris Air Show: Wide-Body Battle And Drones

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Boeing in comeback with launch of new Dreamliner

  1. Agence-France Presse via Yahoo! New Zealand Sport   Jun 18 09:33am
    Boeing launched the biggest version of its Dreamliner plane at the Paris Air Show Tuesday with over 100 orders worth about $30 billion and a clear message -- after a run of technical blows, the US firm is back on track.

Airbus leads Boeing in opening air show deals

  1. AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance   Jun 17 06:30am
    Visitors brave rain at Le Bourget airport on June 17, 2013 on the opening day of the Paris Airshow. The world's biggest air show began with a huge order for the Airbus superjumbo, deals for Boeing's troubled ...

CTS International Participates in 2013 Paris Air Show

  1. Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance   Jun 16 10:00pm
    CTS International, a global provider of aerospace engineering talent, is participating with the Washington State Commerce Association at the 50th Paris Air Show taking place at Le

The Stories to Track at the Paris Air Show

  1. CNBC   Jun 17 06:32am
    As the Paris Air Show gets under way, Accenture has already noticed that change is in theair for the week ahead in Le Bourget. Four stories in particular clearly underscore the significant changes taking place within the aviation industry.

Boeing and Air Lease Corporation Announce Commitment for 30 787-10Xs

  1. PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance   Jun 18 01:38am
    LE BOURGET, France, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced today at the Paris Air Show a memorandum of understanding with Air Lease Corporation (ALC) to purchase 33 airplanes. The Los ...

International Paris Air Show Le Bourget - Minister Élaine Zakaïb Hails the Dynamism Québec's Aerospace Sector

  1. CNW Group via Yahoo! Canada Finance   Jun 17 03:30am
    PARIS-LE BOURGET , June 17, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - In conjunction with the 50 th  International Paris Air Show Le Bourget , running from June 17 to 23, 2013, the Minister for Industrial Policy and the Banque ...

Embry-Riddle to announce new partnership Tuesday at Paris air show

  1. Daytona Beach News-Journal   Jun 17 03:10pm
    Embry-Riddle President John Johnson will announce Tuesday at the 50th International ParisAir Show that a general aviation manufacturing company will be setting up shop at the university's Aerospace Research and Technology Park.

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