Pensacola moving ahead on hangar

PENSACOLA, Fla. - The city is moving ahead with the design of the next hangar of the ST Engineering campus, although full funding for the four-year project is still pending, according to Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson. Lining up the remaining funding for the $210 million project to expand ST Engineering's maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at the Pensacola International Airport is the top priority of Robinson's administration since taking office a month ago. The expanded facility is expected to bring in an additional 1,325 jobs and will consist of three additional hangars similar to the one that opened in June. Robinson said at his weekly press conference Monday that the city would begin design of the first new hangar known as Hangar 2. (Source: Pensacola News Journal, 12/28/18)

Contract: UTC, $230.1M

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $230,144,942 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm contract. This contract provides for testing support for the F-35 Lightning II Propulsion System Block 4 Flight Test Program for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and the non-U.S. Department of Defense (non-U.S. DoD) participants. Support to be provided includes technical engineering, flight test support, special tooling and test equipment, flight test spare and repair parts. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. (35 percent); and Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (33 percent); and in East Hartford (32 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy and Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $20,000,000 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). This contract combines purchase for the Navy ($45,760,870; 20 percent); Marine Corps ($45,760,870; 20 percent); Air Force ($91,521,740; 40 percent); and the non-U.S. DoD participants ($47,101,463; 20 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-19-C-0007). (Source: DoD, 12/28/18) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.

Contract: Boeing, $75M

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is awarded a not-to-exceed $75,000,000 for undefinitized, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target modification P00002 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-18-C-1046). This modification provides for non-recurring engineering in support of the incorporation of the initial Block III capability for the production of F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft. Work will be performed in St. Louis (62 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (33 percent); Mesa, Ariz. (3 percent) and Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2021. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $35,000,000 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, 12/28/18)

Contract: Boeing, $11.3M

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., has been awarded an $11,256,951 modification (FA8681-14-D-0028-001709) to contract FA8681-14-D-0028-0017 for high rate compact telemetry units (HCTMs) and long laser wire harnesses. This modification provides for the exercise of options for an additional quantity of 269 encrypted HCTMs, 30 unencrypted HCTMs, and 50 long laser wire harnesses being produced under the delivery order. Work will be performed in St. Louis and is expected to be completed by November 2020. Fiscal 2017 special defense acquisition funds; fiscal 2011 foreign military sales funds; fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds; and fiscal 2018 other procurement funds are funding the contract. This modification involves foreign military sales to the Kingdom of Bahrain. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $33,578,408. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contract activity. (Awarded Dec. 18, 2018) (Source: DoD, 12/28/18)

Contract: Lockheed, $712.5M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $712,482,210 for cost-plus-incentive fee, firm-fixed-price delivery order N0001919F2474 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-14-G-0020) for the development of advanced hardware in support of the F-35 Lightning II Technology Refresh 3 (TR3) System. Efforts include the design of the TR3 System through full flightworthy certification, production readiness review, and fleet release to support low-rate initial production Lot 15 aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in March 2023. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy and Marine Corps); and non-U.S. Department of Defense participant (non-U.S. DoD) funding in the amount of $207,144,167 will be obligated at time of award, $13,000,000 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This delivery order combines purchases for the Marine Corps ($27,046,506; 32 percent); Navy ($24,500,000; 29 percent); and non-U.S. DoD participants ($32,506,142; 39 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/27/18) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.

Contract: Boeing, $14.4M

The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., has been awarded an estimated amount of $14,446,683, Option Three modification (P00013) to contract FA8105-16-D-0002 for KC-135 engineering services for sustainment. The contract modification provides for recurring engineering services for sustainment of the KC-135 aircraft. Work will be performed in Oklahoma City; San Antonio, Texas; Huntsville, Ala.; and Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2019. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds are being obligated at the time of award. Total cumulative face value of the contract is estimated $70,901,530. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity. Contract was awarded Dec. 20, 2018. (Source: DoD, 12/21/18)

Contract: BAE, $12.4M

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Md., has been awarded a $12,392,102 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract modification (P00002) to contract FA8109-18-D-0005 to exercise Option One. The contract modification extends the contract term for an additional 12 months in order to continue providing diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS) support for Air Force and non-Air Force users supporting the Air Force, to proactively reduce mission capability impacts to improve logistics support and weapon system sustainability. This effort will help assure all required parts and materials supporting Air Force-managed weapon systems are available within acceptable production lead times and will reduce the overall cost of ownership of the weapon systems by facilitating economical DMSMS resolutions costs, reducing the number of reactive solutions, minimizing any delays in organic depot-level repair, as well as contractor repair, and by improving weapon system availability. Work will be performed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Robins Air Force Base, Ga.; and Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., with some work performed at Fort Walton Beach, Fla. The work is expected to be completed by June 20, 2021. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 consolidated sustainment activity group engineering funds will be obligated on any individual task orders issued during the option one performance period. Total cumulative face value of the contract is $24,778,204. Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/21/18)

Contract: Boeing, $76.6M

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $76,581,676 not-to-exceed firm-fixed-price contract for the design, fabrication, installation, test and delivery of two F/A-18E Tactical Operational Flight trainers and two F/A-18E low cost trainers for the government of Kuwait under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Work will be performed in St. Louis (50 percent); New Orleans, La. (30 percent); and Kuwait City, Kuwait (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2022. FMS funds in the amount of $20,490,233 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N6134019C0005). (Source: DoD, 12/21/18)

Contract: DMR, $9.4M

DMR Consulting Inc, Panama City Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $9,426,737 firm-fixed–price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for depot level repair, overhaul, and modification for the MK-105 magnetic minesweeping gear. This contract supports the depot level repair and maintenance of the MK105 magnetic minesweeping gear. The MK105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping system, better known as the “sled”, is a high speed catamaran hydrofoil platform which is towed behind the MH-53E helicopter and is used to sweep magnetic influence mines. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $48,318,732. Work will be performed in Panama City, and is expected to be completed by December 2019. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division is the contracting activity. (N61331-19-D-0002) (Source: DoD, 12/21/18)

Contract: Multiple, $168M

Systems Studies & Simulation Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (W911S0-19-D-0007); Yorktown Systems Group Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (W911S0-19-D-0001); Summit Technologies Inc., Pensacola, Fla. (W911S0-19-D-0002); Cognition LLC, Panama City, Fla. (W911S0-19-D-0003); Beshenich Muir & Associates LLC, Leavenworth, Kan. (W911S0-19-D-0004); Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Va. (W911S0-19-D-0005); and Janus Research Group Inc., Appling, Ga. (W911S0-19-D-0006), will compete for each order of the $168,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for training strategies, concepts, and products. Bids were solicited via the internet with 29 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2023. U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/20/18)

Contract: Rolls-Royce, $218.7M

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is awarded a $218,747,254 firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract action to provide intermediate and depot level maintenance and related logistics support for in-service T-45 F405-RR-401 Adour engines. Work will be performed in Meridian, Miss. (44 percent); Kingsville, Texas (44 percent); Pensacola, Fla. (11 percent); and Patuxent River, Md. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2019. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61340-19-D-0004). (Source: DoD, 12/20/18)

Contract: General Dynamics< $45.2M

General Dynamics One Source LLC, Fairfax, Va., is awarded $45,235,426 for cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order N6833519F0054 against a previously issued General Services Administration, Government Wide Acquisition contract (GS00Q09BGD0030). This order provides a range of knowledge based and information technology support services such as program management, enterprise architecture, emerging capabilities and requirements implementation, life cycle management, operations and maintenance, enterprise data management, service desk, and training in accordance with Department of Defense and U.S. Cyber Command security standards and mandates in support of the joint strike fighter aircraft. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va. (72 percent); Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (7 percent); Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (5 percent); Patuxent River, Md. (4 percent); Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (3 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (3 percent); China Lake, Calif. (3 percent); Point Mugu, Calif. (1 percent); Lakehurst, N.J. (1 percent); and Hill Air Force Base, Utah (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2021. Fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $6,500,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This order was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; two offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/20/18)

Contract: Lockheed, $22.1M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $22,138,342 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-12-C-0070) that provides sovereign data merge capabilities that ensure the integrity and protection of country unique data of participants that use the Autonomic Logistics Information systems in support of the F-35 program. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in November 2019. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $12,700,000 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, 12/20/18) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.

Contract: Lockheed, $99.3M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a not-to-exceed $99,254,206 undefinitized contract to procure equipment and tooling needed to increase Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile/Long Range Anti-Ship Missile production to a maximum rate where installation is required during the construction phase of the new facility. Work will be performed in Orlando and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2022.  This award is the result of sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8682-19-C-0008). (Source: DoD, 12/19/18)

Contract: Raytheon, $141.4M

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a $141,447,329 firm-fixed-price contract (FA8672-19-C-0010) to exercise an option to previously awarded contract FA8672-10-C-0002 for Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II. The contractor will provide low-rate initial production for 1,260 SDB II Lot Five munitions, 389 single-weapon containers, 344 dual-weapon containers, 20 production reliability incentive demonstration effort captive vehicles, 20 production reliability incentive demonstration effort tests, 36 weapon load crew trainers/conventional munitions maintenance trainers and data. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2022. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition resulting from follow-on to competition. Fiscal 2019 missile procurement funds in the amount of $141,447,329 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/18/18)

SLS tank Huntsville-bound

NEW ORLEANS — NASA is moving a massive liquid hydrogen tank to Huntsville, Ala., for testing as part of its plans to eventually return to the moon. The 149-foot-long tank, which weighs more than 100,000 pounds and is the largest ever built here, is part of the Space Launch System. The tank moved Friday from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is a test model that won't actually be launched. It was moved out of the factory to the barge Pegasus. It will travel up river to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, where it will undergo tests designed to mimic the conditions of traveling into space.The tank holds 537,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen that along with liquid oxygen will help propel the rocket and its cargo into space. (Sources: AP via WDRB, 12/14/18)

Contract: Lockheed, $10.3M

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $10,302,132 modification (P00001) to contract FA8682-19-C-0010 for Lot Two production of three Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles. Work will be performed in Orlando and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2020. The award is the result of sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds will fund the contract. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/14/18)

Contract: Boeing, $82.4M

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is awarded a $92,361,661 not-to-exceed firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Phase 1 integrated logistics support for 22 F/A-18E and 6 F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft in support of the government of Kuwait under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in St. Louis (85 percent); Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (8 percent); New Orleans (5.5 percent); China Lake, Calif. (.5 percent); Patuxent River, Md. (.5 percent); and Gulfport, Miss. (.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2020. Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $38,792,947 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code. 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, is the contracting activity (N00019-19-C-0033). (Source: DoD, 12/13/18)

Contract: Boeing, $11.7M

The Boeing Co., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., has been awarded an $11,746,605, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00014) to exercise Option Three of contract FA8509-16-C-0001 for the integrated sustainment support of the AC‐130U gunships. This modification provides for the continuation of services for the development, modification, sustainment, and maintenance of the AC‐130U gunship. Work will be performed at Fort Walton Beach and deployed locations in Afghanistan and Kuwait, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2019 for the negotiated option. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition and is incrementally funded. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $6,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Total cumulative face value of the contract modification is $11,746,605. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/13/18)

NASA awards contract

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - NASA has selected Four Inc. of Herndon, Va., to provide new products, renewals and cloud services to NASA customers for purchase when needed. The total not-to-exceed value of the contract is approximately $9.6 million. The firm-fixed price Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurements (SEWP) Catalog has a performance period consisting of a one-year base period with two one-year option periods. The SEWP Catalog is available for use by all NASA centers and associated facilities through December 31, 2021, if all options are exercised. The contract will be administered by the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) at Stennis Space Center (SSC). The NSSC performs selected business activities for all NASA centers. (Source: NASA/SSC, 12/12/18)

Airport hits milestone

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) at West Bay celebrated having a million passengers in the calendar year Monday and handed out balloons and cupcakes to everyone aboard a Delta flight from Atlanta to mark the milestone. This is the first time the airport has reached the milestone.The airport had just 300,000 passengers when it started in 2010.Originally, there had been talk Hurricane Michael, which hit in October, might keep the airport from reaching the milestone. (Source: News Herald, 12/11/18)

Airbus Mobile delivers 100th jetliner

100th plane on its first flight in November.
Airbus photo

MOBILE, Ala. - Airbus has delivered its 100th aircraft from the company’s U.S. Manufacturing Facility at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley. The A320neo, serial number (MSN) 8580, was delivered to Frontier Airlines. The aircraft features two horses, Meadow and West, on its tailplane. Airbus’ Mobile facility is delivering four A320 series aircraft per month and has delivered to eight U.S.-based customers so far, including Air Lease Corporation, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines. Airbus has three other A320 production facilities in Hamburg, Germany; Tianjin, China; and Toulouse, France. (Source: Airbus, 12/11/18)

Contract: Arete, $17M

Aretè Associates Inc., Northridge, Calif., is awarded a $17,083,516 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N61331-18-D-0012) to exercise an option for coastal battlefield reconnaissance and analysis (COBRA) systems. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (35 percent); Destin, Fla. (35 percent); and Santa Rosa, Calif. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2021. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated as delivery orders are issued. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/10/18)

F-35s eyed for Tyndall rebuild

WASHINGTON - In the wake of the devastation caused in October by Hurricane Michael to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., the Air Force is recommending Congress use supplemental funding for rebuilding the base for up to three squadrons of F-35A fighters. The operational squadrons of F-22 Raptors formerly at Tyndall can be accommodated at bases in Alaska, Hawaii and Virginia and would allow for an increase in squadron size from 21 to 24 aircraft. If approved and funded, F-35s could be based at Tyndall in 2023. Before the storm Tyndall was home of the 325th Fighter Wing, comprised of two F-22 squadrons. One was operational, one was training. The base also hosts the 1st Air Force, the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, and the Air Force Civil Engineering Center. The hurricane damaged 95 percent of the buildings at Tyndall. More than 2,000 personnel have since returned. The Air Force intends to keep the testing, air operations center and civil engineering missions at Tyndall. The recommendations only affect the operational fighter flying missions at the base. (Source: Secretary of the Air Force, 12/07/18) Nearby Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.

Contract: L3 Vertex, $21.8M

L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC., Madison, Miss., was awarded a $21,845,138 modification (P00035) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable, labor hour, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-13-D-0007). This modification increases the ceiling and extends the period of performance to provide contractor logistics services and materials for organizational and depot-level services required to support and maintain the TH-57 fleet. Work will be performed in Milton, Fla., and is expected to be completed in January 2019. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/06/18)

New tanker battle looming

In an opening salvo of a future aerial tanker battle, Europe's Airbus is teaming up with U.S.-based Lockeed Martin to develop tankers to meet the U.S. military's growing demand. Tuesday's announcement of the memorandum of agreement between the two aerospace giants comes eight years after Airbus lost an Air Force tanker battle to rival Boeing. In that battle, Airbus teamed with Northrop Grumman, then went it alone after Northrop dropped out. Airbus initially won the contest to build the tankers in Mobile, Ala., but following a Boeing protest the contract went to Boeing. Now Airbus will work with Lockheed and go after the next possible aircraft and refueling service orders. The U.S. Air Force, which wants to ultimately replace its entire fleet of over 400 tankers, is examining ways to meet growing demand for aerial refueling with possible fee-for-service arrangements, purchases of hundreds of additional aircraft, and the future development of a stealthy tanker. Senior executives from Airbus and Lockheed agreed to jointly explore all those opportunities. Airbus has had success selling its A330-based Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), which has been selected by 12 countries. The aircraft is already refueling or capable of refueling most major U.S. combat airplanes, including the stealthy F-35 fighter jet. Lockheed builds, among other things, the F-35 and the C-130 transport plane that can also be used as a tanker. Boeing is building 179 767-based tankers, called the KC-46A, for the U.S. Air Force under the contract awarded in 2011. (Sources: Reuters, PRNewswire, 12/04/18) Although Airbus lost the tanker competition, it built a plant in Mobile to assemble the popular A320 series of jetliners. Nearly 100 Mobile-built jetliners have been delivered. Mobile will also be getting a second assembly line to build A220 passenger jets.

Contract: Raytheon, $18.9M

Raytheon Co. Missile Systems Division, Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded an $18,691,155 fixed-price incentive (firm-target), follow-on contract for High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile targeting system contractor logistics support services. This contract provides depot repair and sustaining engineering activities. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2019. The contract includes a one-year period of performance with three one-year options. This contract award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $18,691,155 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-19-C-0004). (Source: DoD, 11/30/18)

Contract: L3, $97.5M

L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., has been awarded a $97,491,260 firm-fixed-price contract for contractor operated and maintained base supply of the Air Education and Training Command fleet of 178 T-1A trainer aircraft. Work will be performed at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Laughlin AFB, Texas; Vance AFB, Okla.; Columbus AFB, Miss.; and Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla., with an expected completion date of Nov. 30, 2019. This award for Option One is the result of a competitive acquisition and three offers were received. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds in the amount $48,288,767 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-18-C-0001). (Source: DoD, 11/30/18)

Contract: UTC, $399.8M

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $399,778,883 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-17-C-0010). This modification provides for performance based logistics sustainment in support of the F-35 Lightning II F135 propulsion system for the U.S Navy; U.S Air Force; U.S. Marine Corps; Non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. This modification provides for maintenance of support equipment; common program activities; unique and common base recurring sustainment; repair of repairable; field service representatives; common replenishment spares; conventional take-off and landing/carrier variant F135 unique maintenance services, and short take-off and landing F135 unique services. Work will be performed in East Hartford (73 percent); Oklahoma City, Okla. (18 percent); Camari, Italy (3 percent); Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Fla. (2 percent); Edwards AFB, Calif. (1 percent); Hill AFB, Utah (1 percent); Luke AFB, Ariz. (1 percent); and Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2019. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy), Non-U.S. DOD participants and FMS funds in the amount of $399,778,883 are being obligated on this award, $277,624,046, of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($142,300,541; 36 percent); U.S. Marine Corps ($109,353,811; 27 percent); U.S. Navy ($25,969,694; 6 percent); non-U.S. DOD participants ($90,987,493; 23 percent); and FMS customers ($31,167,344; 8 percent) under the FMS Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 11/30/18)