Contract: Lockheed, $450M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $450,042,458 firm-fixed-price modification to the previously awarded low-rate initial production Lot 10 F-35 Lightning II advance acquisition contract (N00019-15-C-0003). This modification continues the integration work to implement the development and delivery of the F-35A Air System to the Republic of Korea under the Foreign Military Sales program. This effort will also provide for non-recurring engineering work. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in August 2019. Foreign military sales funding in the amount of $450,042,458 are being 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. (Source: DoD, 12/29/16) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.

Contract: Boeing, $308.3M

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded $308,343, 387 for modification P00004 to a previously awarded cost reimbursement contract (N00019-16-C-0032) to provide for the engineering change proposal (ECP) 6472 integration of Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Pod onto the EA-18G aircraft. This effort is in support of the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the NGJ program and will include the design and manufacturing of 12 ECP 6472 A kits, and the integration, demonstration, and test of NGJ pods on the EA-18G aircraft and equipment needed for System Integration Laboratories. Work will be performed in St. Louis (89.43 percent); Bethpage, N.Y. (8.47 percent); Oklahoma City, Okla. (1.16 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (0.54 percent); Mesa, Ariz. (0.20 percent); Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (0.10 percent); and Annapolis-Junction, Md. (0.10 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2021. Fiscal 2017 research, development, testing and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,000,000 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. (Source: DoD, 12/29/16)

Contract: Lockheed, $19.3M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $19,320,000 for modification P00010 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-16-C-0004) to procure, deliver, and install a deployable mission rehearsal trainer in support of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (92 percent); Owego, N.Y. (7 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (1 percent), and is expected to be completed April 2019. Non-Department of Defense funding in the amount of $3,000,000 is being 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. (Source: DoD, 12/29/16) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.

Contract: CAE, $50M

CAE USA Inc., Tampa, Fla., was awarded a $50,079,091 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for rotary wing flight training instructor support services. Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received. Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2026. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $3,000,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Fort Rucker, is the contracting activity (W9124G-17-C-0001). (Source: DoD, 12/29/16)

Contract: Lockheed, $20M

Lockheed Martin Corp. - Rotary and Mission Systems, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $19,992,388 modification (P00086) to previously awarded contract FA8621-11-C-6288 for training system support center services. Contractor will provide software and hardware support, monitor modification work, obsolescence monitoring and identification, and overall system operation reporting. Work will be performed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.; Kessler AFB, Miss.; Dyess AFB, Texas; Kirtland AFB, N.M.; Cannon AFB, N.M; Moody AFB, Ga.; Hurlburt AFB, Fla.; Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz.; Mildenhall Air Base, United Kingdom; Kadena Air Base, Japan; Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.; Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.; Marine Corps Station Iwakuni, Japan; and Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Work is expected to be complete by Dec. 29, 2017. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $4,564,670 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/27/16)

Contract: UTC, $313.9M

United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney, East Hartford, Conn., has been awarded a $313,879,396 modification (P00180) to previously awarded contract FA8611-08-C-2896 for sustainment of F119-PW-100 engines. Contractor will provide parts necessary for engine sustainment. Work will be performed at East Hartford; Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Hill AFB, Utah; Holloman AFB, N.M.; Langley AFB, Va.; Nellis AFB, Nev.; Sheppard AFB, Texas; Tinker AFB, Okla., and Tyndall AFB, Fla., and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2017. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance; and research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $51,380,834 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2896). (Source: DoD, 12/23/16)

Contract: Lockheed, $14.9M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $14,903,066 modification (P00712) to previously awarded contract FA8611-08-C-2897 for F-22 sustainment trainer requirements. Contractor will provide training system sustainment, system hardware modifications, and distributed mission operations federation management and integration. Work will be performed at Langley Air Force Base, Va.; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; Tyndall AFB, Fla.; Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Sheppard AFB, Texas; and St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2018. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,571,582 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/23/16)

Triton to take EP-3 role

The Navy will field low- and high-band signals receivers on the unmanned MQ-4C Triton starting in fiscal year 2021, adding to the Triton's Northrop-designed maritime patrol radar, said Sean Burke NAVAIR's Triton program manager. That multi-intelligence suite of sensors will enable the Navy to proceed with plans to retire the Lockheed Martin EP-3E ARIES II, the subset of the P-3C fleet tasked with eavesdropping on communications and other transmissions. (Source: FlightGlobal, 12/22/16) Gulf Coast note: The Triton is a Navy variant of the Global Hawk. Fuselage work for all variants of the system is done by Northrop Grumman in Moss Point, Miss.

James museum kickoff set

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The City of Pensacola and the Community Redevelopment Agency will host a kickoff ceremony Jan. 10, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. for the General “Chappie” James Jr. Museum and Flight Academy Project, a public and private partnership in the Eastside Redevelopment Area. This city-owned site is the historic home of America’s first African-American four-star general and was donated to the city by the James family. The residence, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1909 by Daniel James Sr., Chappie James’ father, and is located at 1608 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) tutoring and youth flight academy workshops will be provided by the Chappie James Youth Flight Academy organization to help prepare community youth for potential careers in the field of aviation. (Source: City of Pensacola, 12/23/16)

Contract: Lockheed, $30.6M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $30,602,218 modification (P00766) to previously awarded contract FA8611-08-C-2897 for F-22 sustainment. Contractor will support the F-22 Reliability and Maintainability Maturation Program. Work will be performed at East Hartford, Conn.; Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Hill AFB, Utah; Langley AFB, Va.; Nellis AFB, Nev.; Sheppard AFB, Texas; Tinker AFB, Okla.; and Tyndall AFB, Fla., and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2020. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance; research, development, test, and evaluation; and aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $27,660,093 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/22/16)

Contract: Lockheed, $90.3M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $90,318,983 firm-fixed-price modification to the previously awarded low-rate initial production Lot 10 F-35 Lightning II advance acquisition contract (N00019-15-C-0003). This modification provides for the procurement of 249 Generation 3, Lightweight Helmet Mounted Display systems, oxygen masks, and initial spares for the Air Force (110), Navy (30), Marine Corps (35), international partners (49), and foreign military sales (FMS) customers (25). Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in November 2018. Fiscal 2015 and 2016 aircraft procurement and sustainment (Navy/Marine Corps and Air Force); international partner; and FMS funding in the amount of $28,293,024 are being obligated at time of award, $1,375,140 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force (45 percent); Navy/Marine Corps (25 percent); non-DoD participants (20 percent); and FMS customers (10 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/22/16)

Contract: Lockheed, $20.6M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $20,641,849 modification P00595 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3002) for the critical safety items program plan in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in December 2017. No funding will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/22/16)

Contract: UTC, $68.7M

United Technologies Corp. - Pratt and Whitney, East Hartford, Conn., has been awarded a $68,678,727 modification (P00178) to previously awarded contract FA8611-08-C-2896 for F119 engine sustainment. Contractor will provide necessary labor for engine sustainment. Work will be performed at East Hartford; Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.; Langley Air Force Base, Va.; Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.; Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. and Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2017. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2896). (Source: DoD, 12/21/16)

Contract: Raytheon, $8.6M

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded an $8,604,775 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) to previously awarded contract FA8675-16-C-0044 for missile support. Contractor will provide additional required application-specific-integrated-circuit (ASIC) work in support of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile Form, Fit, Function, Refresh Phase 4a. Work will be performed at Tucson and is expected to be complete by June 30, 2017. This contract involves foreign military sales to Norway, Turkey, Japan, Romania and Australia. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/20/16)

Contract: Head/Diaz, $37.3M

Head Inc./Diaz JV, Columbus, Ohio, is being awarded a $37,315,434 firm-fixed-price contract for repair to Sherman Field runway pavement and lighting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. The work to be performed provides for major electrical vault repair, electrical infrastructure work, grade correction, pavement mill and overlay, airfield lighting, signage and marking for one runway and up to two taxiways, and reconfiguration of the main airfield apron. Clearing, demolition and all other associated work necessary to accomplish the project are to be included. Work will be performed in Pensacola and is expected to be completed by June 2018. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-17-C-0503). (Source: DoD, 12/19/16)

Companies supply STEM monies

MOBILE, Ala. – Continental Motors said it's joining other members of the Mobile Aeroplex and the Mobile Airport Authority Foundation to contribute to a STEM initiative that will sponsor 36 students to attend the National Flight Academy's six-day deployment program in June 2017. The program adjacent to the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., begins on a landlocked, virtual aircraft carrier, AMBITION. Students live aboard the carrier surrounded by advanced technologies and virtual reality missions that encourage learning. On board they participate in activities that demonstrate the practical uses of STEM skills. (Source: Continental Motors Group via AviationPros, 12/15/16)

Tianjin delivers 300th A320

BEIJING – The 300th A320 to come off the assembly line at the Airbus Tianjin Delivery Center was delivered to China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. Thursday. It was then turned over to Sichuan Airlines, according to Airbus China. Inaugurated in 2008, the Tianjin assembly line has reached its phase I production target of four aircraft per month. The assembly line is a joint venture between Airbus, Tianjin Airport Economic Area Zone and Tianjin Port Free Trade Administrative Committee, and the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The partners have agreed to extend the joint venture until 2025 for phase II. It was the third A320 final assembly line in the world and the first outside Europe. It delivered its first aircraft in June 2009. (Source: China Daily, 12/16/16) Gulf Coast note: The fourth A320 family assembly line was established in Mobile, Ala.

Contract: Lockheed, $181.2M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $181,168,994 for modification P00060 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-15-C-0114) recurring logistics services of F-35 aircraft in support of the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. Sustainment services to be provided include ground maintenance; action request resolution; depot activation; Automatic Logistics Information System; operations and maintenance; reliability, maintainability and health management implementation and support; supply chain management; and activities to provide and support pilot and maintainer initial training. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (46 percent); Orlando, Fla. (32 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (9 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (7 percent); and Greenville, S.C., and is expected to be completed in February 2017. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force (44 percent); Marine Corps (26 percent); Navy (14 percent); non-DoD participants (13 percent); and FMS customers (3 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/15/16)

Contract: Primus, $12.6M

Primus Solutions, LLC, Beltsville, Md., was awarded a $12,628,303 modification (P00053) to contract W91247-12-C-0023 for refuel and defuel services contract. Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 16, 2017. Army Contracting Command, Fort Rucker, Alabama, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/15/16)

The collaboration card

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The new $46 million VT MAE maintenance, repair and overhaul operation being built in Pensacola could wind up being for more important for the growth of the Pensacola aerospace sector than some might think. A hint about what might be in store for the Pensacola airport operation can be found in Mobile, Ala., where VT MAE is working with MAAS Aviation to jointly market both. VT MAE says such collaborative arrangements could also work in Pensacola. (Source: Gulf Coast Reporters’ League Aerospace Newsletter, 12/13/16)

Summit sees good news

GULFPORT, Miss. – If there was one overall message that resonated during the fifth aerospace summit held last month in Gulfport, Miss., it was that aerospace growth is in the cards for all four member states of the Aerospace Alliance. One participant thinks the longevity of the group, which was launched eight years ago, provides an example of other cooperative marketing ventures for the region. (Source: Gulf Coast Reporters’ League Aerospace Newsletter, 12/13/16)

Trump and the aero corridor

President-elect Donald Trump's stated views bode well for military aerospace and defense in the Gulf Coast region, but the devil is in the detail. In addition, there's a lot of uncertainty when it comes to commercial aviation, private space companies and NASA. (Source: Gulf Coast Reporters' League Aerospace Newsletter, 12/13/16)

Contract: Raytheon, $102M

Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $101,967,288 performance-based logistics, firm-fixed-price requirements contract for repair support of 10 weapon replaceable assemblies for the AN/ALR-67(V)3 for F/A-18 A/B/C/D/E/F aircraft. The contractor is also responsible for managing technical and configuration changes, and obsolescence. This is a four-year base period contract with a one one-year option period, which if exercised, brings the total estimated value to $128,175,612. Work will be performed in Goleta (44.9 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (13.3 percent); Port Mugu, Calif. (8.7 percent); Lansdale, Pa. (8.6 percent); Forest, Miss. (7 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (7 percent); Chatsworth, Calif. (5.2 percent); San Diego, Calif. (3.5 percent); and Hudson, N.H. (1.8 percent). Work is expected to be completed by December 2020. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00383-17-D-A001). (Source: DoD, 12/09/16)

Contract: Multiple, $45.8M

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean Va. (N00189-17-R-Z011); Deloitte Consulting LLP, Arlington, Va. (N00189-17-D-Z012); Reef Point Group LLC, Edgewater, Md. (N00189-17-D-Z013); and Whitney, Bradley & Brown Inc., Reston, Va. (N00189-17-D-Z014), are being awarded an estimated $45,804,991 multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts that will include terms and conditions for the placement of both cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price task orders for performance and process improvement support services in support of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of Falls Church, Va., for the Military Health System at its headquarters, medical treatment facilities, the Defense Health Agency, and the health systems for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Each contract will run concurrently and includes a 60-month ordering period. Work will be performed in Falls Church (25.5 percent); Portsmouth, Va. (13 percent); San Diego, Calif. (11 percent); Bremerton, Wash. (4 percent); Camp Lejeune, N.C. (4 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (4 percent); Pensacola, Fla. (4 percent); Camp Pendleton, Calif. (4 percent); Twenty-nine Palms, Calif. (4 percent); Lemoore, Calif. (4 percent); Japan (4.5 percent); Guam (4.5 percent); Europe (2.5 percent); and 10 percent in contractor facilities in response to awarded task orders which cannot be reasonably estimated at the time of contract award. The ordering period of the contract is expected to be completed by January 2022. This contract was competitively procured with the solicitation posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website, with eight offers received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Contracting Department, Philadelphia Office, Pa., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/08/16)

Tyndall hosts exercise

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – More than 50 aircraft from six installations are at Tyndall for concurrent large-scale air integration exercises Checkered Flag and Combat Archer. The Air Combat Command live-fire training runs Dec. 5-16 and includes F-35A, F-22, F-15E, F-16, HH-60G and E-3 aircraft. Assets have traveled from as far away as Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Also involved are aircraft from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Moody Air Force Base, Ga., nearby Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and Florida Air National Guard and Louisiana ANG. Combat Archer evaluates weapons systems specifically in air-to-air exercise and regularly deploys more than 300 air-to-air missiles in evaluating over 200 fighter aircraft per year. (Sources: 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, 12/02/16, Air Force magazine, 12/08/16)

Contract: Dawson, $21.4M

Dawson Enterprises LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, has been awarded a $21,357,584 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of modular buildings. Contractor will provide all site preparation and construction of modular buildings. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be complete by Aug. 31, 2017. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2016 and 2017research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $12,700,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, is the contracting activity (FA2823-17-C-4010). (Source: DoD, 12/05/16)

PNS getting new daily route

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- American Airlines will launch daily nonstop service between Pensacola International Airport (PNS) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on April 4, 2017. Flights are scheduled to depart Pensacola daily at 11 a.m. and arrive in Washington DC at 2 p.m. Washington National becomes Pensacola International Airport’s twelfth destination, the fourth daily nonstop served by American Airlines. American previously offered weekend service only. (Source: City of Pensacola, 12/05/16)

Last QF-4 retiring

The 53d Wing and 49th Wing alongside veterans, retirees and community members will bid farewell Dec. 21 to the last active duty F-4 Phantom II airframes, the QF-4 aerial drone, in a ceremony at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The F-4 Phantom II entered Air Force inventory in 1963 and was the primary fighter-bomber aircraft in the U.S. Air Force throughout the 1960s and 1970s. F-4s also flew reconnaissance and "Wild Weasel" anti-aircraft missile suppression missions. Phantom II production ended in 1979 and some of the inventory were converted to aerial drones. The QF-4 aerial targets are currently assigned to the 82 Aerial Target Squadron, Detachment 1 at Holloman, a geographically separated unit of the 53rd Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Source: Air Force, 12/05/16) Previous

Delta jet delivered

MOBILE, Ala. – Delta Air Lines took delivery of its first U.S.-built A321 during a ceremony Friday at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility at the Mobile Aeroplex. On hand for the occasion were executives from Airbus and Delta Air Lines, a team of employees from the airline’s Minneapolis-St. Paul station, and representatives of the more than 370 employees at the facility. This jet also flew a flyover at the Iron Bowl in late November. It is the 14th A321 to join Delta's fleet, but it is the first to be built in the United States. Airbus in Mobile delivered its first aircraft to JetBlue in April. Airbus announced it would build the plant in 2012 and had a ceremonial inauguration of the plant in September 2015. The plant has delivered 15 aircraft so far. Airbus anticipates delivering four aircraft per month at Mobile by the end of 2017. (Sources: Aviation Tribune, 12/03/16, al.com, WPMI, 12/02/16) A321 set for game flyover; Delta A321 takes flight

Contract: Raytheon, $25M

Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a $24,993,572 firm-fixed-price contract for Griffin A Block /III missiles. Work will be performed at Tucson, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 1, 2017. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8656-17-C-0006). (Source: DoD, 12/02/16)

Contract: L-3, $13.7M

L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, Madison, Miss., is being awarded $13,674,743 for firm-fixed-price modification P00058 to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-11-D-0010) for aircraft maintenance and logistics life cycle support for 49 C-12 aircraft. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas (42 percent); Patuxent River, Md. (6 percent); Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (6 percent); Manama, Bahrain (6 percent); Atsugi, Japan (6 percent); Beaufort, S.C. (4 percent); San Angelo, Texas (4 percent); Yuma, Ariz. (4 percent); New Orleans, La. (4 percent); Iwakuni, Japan (4 percent); New River, N.C. (3 percent); Kadena, Japan (3 percent); Manassas, Va. (2 percent); Miramar, Calif. (2 percent); Futenma, Japan (2 percent); and Misawa, Japan (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2017. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/01/16)