DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 7, 2010
Source: U.S. DoD issued July 7, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - July 7, 2010:
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued July 7, 
2010 are undermentioned;
CONTRACTS
NAVY
~The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., is being awarded a $749,999,503 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-03-D-6606). This ceiling increase modification provides for up to an additional 7,148,542 staff hours to provide research, development and engineering in seven core competency areas to maintain essential core capabilities: strategic systems test and evaluation; submarine security and survivability; space science and engineering; combat system and guided missile research and development; theater air defense and power projection; information technology (C4ISR/IO) simulation, modeling, and operations analysis; and mission-related research and development. Work will be performed in Laurel, Md., and is expected to be completed by September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the year. No funds are obligated by award of this contract modification; funds are obligated on individual task orders. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
~United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $57,594,777 modification to convert a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-09-C-0015) to an undefinitized contract action. This modification further provides for the procurement of 32 low-rate initial production F-135 propulsion systems: 10 conventional take off and landing (CTOL) for the Air Force; 16 short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) for the Marine Corps; four carrier variant for the Navy; one STOVL for the United Kingdom; and one CTOL for the Netherlands. In addition, this modification provides for associated and specifically identified sustainment and production non-recurring activities for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Norway. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (70 percent), Bristol, United Kingdom (19 percent), and Indianapolis, Ind. (11 percent). Work is expected to be completed in January 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Marine Corp ($41,619,028; 72.3 percent), Air Force ($7,878,472; 13.7 percent), and Navy ($2,502,500; 4.3 percent); and the governments of the United Kingdom ($3,803,181; 6.6 percent); Italy ($1,187,916; 2.1 percent); the Netherlands ($546,806; 0.95 percent); Turkey ($28,437; 0.025 percent); and Australia ($28,437; 0.025 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
~Kollmorgen Corp., Northampton, Mass., is being awarded a $22,595,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide timely repair of the AN/BVS-1 and photonics mast variant imaging systems, and purchase the spare subassemblies and parts required to improve maintenance schedules. This contract will also require the contractor to manage spare parts and optimize purchases to improve maintenance and repair schedules and the operational profile of the Navy’s submarine fleet. Work will be performed in Northampton, Mass., and is expected to be complete by July 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively awarded. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, R.I., is the contracting activity (N66604-10-D-3865).
~Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded an $11,274,000 fixed-price incentive, cost-reimbursable, incentive contract to provide long-lead material for the fiscal 2011 follow-on production of the Trident II D5 missile system. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif., and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-10-C-0101).
~University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded an $8,213,323 firm-fixed-price contract for a program of family support services in support of the Department of Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Family Resiliency-Building Services Program. This contract contains four one-year option periods which, if exercised, would bring the total estimated value of the contract to $44,964,122. Work will be performed in various U.S. locations (76 percent) and Los Angeles, Calif. (24 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2015. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively awarded. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Contracting Department, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00189-10-C-Z058).
AIR FORCE
~CMS/Daytep, JV, Bargersville, Ind., was awarded a $10,000,000 contract which will provide simplified acquisition of base engineering requirements with a scope consisting of furnishing all materials, equipment and personnel necessary to design, manage and accomplish individual projects under the purview of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. At this time, $25,000 has been obligated. 88 CONS/PKJ, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8601-10-D-0009).
Source: DTN News - compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources including Defense News
The report, quoting anonymous industry sources, said the decision to buy Italian M-346 trainers was the second major loss to the Italians for KIA. Last year the United Arab Emirates also chose the Italian planes over KIA's T-50 Golden Eagle, which are built in partnership with Lockheed Martin.
The deal with the United Arab Emirates for 48 aircraft was worth $1.3 billion.
"I've been told that the T-50 suffered another defeat apparently, as the M-346 has been picked up as the preferred bidder for the trainer jet contest in Singapore," the report quoted an unidentified industry source. "The Singapore government has yet to make public the result of its decision … and is expected to announce it soon."
The report said KAI spokesmen were unavailable for comment and an Aermacchi spokesman offered no information. A spokesman for Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration couldn't confirm the report.
The South Korean government owns a 30.5 percent share of KAI.
The report last week said the Italian deal with the United Arab Emirates has yet to be finalized over a side agreement on joint development of unmanned aerial vehicles and KAI is hoping to reopen talks with the country over its trainers.
