Contract: CAE USA, $10.8M

CAE USA-Mission Solutions Inc., Tampa, Fla., has been awarded a $10,805,962 firm-fixed-price modification (P00037) to contract FA4890-17-C-0006 for the F-15E, F-16 and F-22A contract aircrew training and courseware development contract. The modification is for exercising Option Year Four.  Work will be performed at Joint Base (JB) Langley-Eustis, Va.; Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; Shaw AFB, S.C.; Tyndall AFB, Fla.; Nellis AFB, Nev.; Hill AFB, Utah; and Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and is expected to be completed March 31, 2022. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $49,674,064. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance funds in the full amount will be obligated at the time of award. Acquisition Management and Integration Center, JB Langley-Eustis, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 02/26/21)

Contract: Hensel Phelps, $66.6M

Hensel Phelps Construction Co, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $66,581,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a new 105,041 square-foot maintenance hangar. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed at Hurlburt Field, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 13, 2023. Fiscal 2020 military construction, defense-wide funds in the amount of $66,581,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-21-C-0008). (Source: DoD, 02/26/21)

Whiting to get first TH-73A in April

Leonardo Helicopters is expected to deliver the first TH-73A helicopter to Naval Air Station Whiting Field by the end of April, with plans to deliver 31 more by the end of the year. The TH-73A helicopters are replacing the TH-57 helicopters that have been used for years as the Navy trainer. Leonardo won a $648 million contract last year to replace the Navy's training helicopter fleet with 130 TH-73A aircraft during the next four years. The company plans to build a support center at Whiting Aviation Park in Milton, adjacent to NAS Whiting Field, to provide technical and maintenance support to Whiting. It will have up to 50 workers when it's completed in 2024. (Source: Pensacola News Journal, 02/25/21) Previous

New routes planned for airport

Southwest Airlines is adding flights in the Gulf Coast region at Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport. The Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners in a news release Thursday said new routes will begin operating on May 6 with service to Nashville, Dallas and Baltimore, then to Chicago on June 6. (Source: WKRG-TV, 02/25/21)

Contract: Global Connections, $13.9M

Global Connections to Employment Inc., Pensacola, Fla., is awarded $13,868,343 for full food services and mess attendant services in support of Commander, Navy Region Southeast. The contract includes a one-year base period and four one-year option periods, which if all options are exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $69,860,697. Work will be performed as follows: full food services at Naval Air Station Pensacola (87%) and Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal School, Elgin Air Force Base, Fla. (5%); and mess attendant services Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Miss. (8%). Work is expected to be completed by February 2022; if all options are exercised, work will be completed by February 2026. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,089,880 will be incrementally funded throughout the period of performance, and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was solicited as a sole-source requirement pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 8.7 under the Ability One program with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command, Fleet Logistics Center, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N68836-21-C-0003). (Source: DoD, 02/25/21)

Contract: Lockheed, $428.4M

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $428,406,732 firm-fixed-price contract, for 400 Lot 19 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range missiles with containers, training and production preparation, tooling and test equipment and hardware spares. Work will be performed in Orlando and is expected to be completed July 31, 2025. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2021 missile procurement funds in the full amount are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8682-21-C-0001). (Source: DoD, 02/22/21)

Contract: Lockheed, $414.3M

Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $414,251,844 firm-fixed-price contract, for 137 Lots 4 and 5 Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles, tooling and test equipment. Work will be performed in Orlando; and Troy, Ala., and is expected to be completed March 21, 2025. This contract involves Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 Navy weapon procurement funds in the amount of $56,173,414; fiscal 2021 Navy weapon procurement funds in the amount of $125,782,310; fiscal 2021 Air Force missile procurement funds in the amount of $17,707,234; fiscal 2021 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Strategic Capabilities Office research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,850,340; and FMS funds in the amount of $208,738,546, are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8682-21-C-0004). (Source: DoD, 02/22/21)

Contract: Safran Data, $45.2M

Safran Data Systems, Norcross, Ga., has been awarded a $45,200,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for intrusion detection system supplies and ancillary services. The contractor will furnish all personnel, equipment, labor, tools, materials and other items necessary to provide recorders, parts, technical engineering support, upgrades and the ability to refurbish or repair for the sustainment of airborne data recorders and ground data recorders for the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Eglin AFB, Fla.; and other Department of Defense and National Aeronautics and Space Administration activities in the continental U.S. Work is expected to be completed Feb. 11, 2026. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $350,239 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Test Center, Edwards AFB, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA9302-21-D-0005). (Source: DoD, 02/22/21)

Two dead in military plane crash

Two people were killed when a military T-38 trainer crashed Friday near the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama. The trainer jet, assigned to the 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., crashed at about 5:30 p.m. while on a routine training mission. Montgomery Airport executive director Marshall Taggart said the two-seat plane took off from Columbus and was on its way to Tallahassee, Fla., before crashing in a wooded area adjacent to the Dannelly Field. The military handles the investigation of one of its own aircraft. (Sources: multiple, including CNN, FOX, 02/19/21)

Contract: Ampex, $10M

Ampex Data Systems, Hayward, Calif., has been awarded a $9,999,999 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for telemetric electrical system-supplies and ancillary services. The contractor will furnish all personnel, equipment, labor, tools, materials and other items necessary to provide recorders, parts, technical engineering support, upgrades and the ability for maintenance sustainment of airborne data recorders and ground data recorders for the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Eglin AFB, Fla.; and other Department of Defense and National Aeronautics and Space Administration continental U.S. activities. Work will be performed at Edwards and is expected to be completed Feb. 11, 2026, and if option is exercised, Feb 11, 2031. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $140,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Test Center, Edwards AFB, is the contracting activity (FA9302-21-D-0003). (Source: DoD, 02/12/21)

Contract: Lovell, $9.7M

Lovell Government Services LLC, Pensacola, Fla., has been awarded a maximum $9,653,838 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for medical and surgical supplies. This was a competitive acquisition with 41 responses received. This is a five-year contract with no options. Location of performance is Florida, with a Feb. 11, 2026, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2021 through 2026 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. (SPE2DE-21-D-0013). (Source: DoD, 02/12/21)

Contract: Titan, $10.4M

Titan Facility Services LLC, Gilbert, Ariz., has been awarded a $10,378,274 modification (P00029) to contract FA8052-18-C-000913 for healthcare aseptic management services to exercise Option Period Two.  This contract provides for medical aseptic housekeeping, waste management and linen management. These services constitute the enterprise-level healthcare aseptic management services requirement for the Air Force Medical Service. Work will be performed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.; Barksdale AFB, La.; Keesler AFB, Miss.; Eglin AFB, Fla.; Hurlburt Field AFB, Fla.; MacDill AFB, Fla.; Tyndall AFB, Fla.; Patrick AFB, Fla.; Charleston AFB, S.C.; Shaw AFB, S.C.; Moody AFB, Ga.; Robins AFB, Ga.; Columbus AFB, Miss. Altus AFB, Okla.; Tinker AFB, Okla.; and Vance AFB, Okla., and is expected to be completed Feb. 13, 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance funds in the full amount are being obligated at time of award. The total cumulative value of this contract including, Option Two, is $32,348,517. The 773rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 02/11/21)

Contract: Pride Ind., $17.6M

Pride Industries, Roseville, Calif., was awarded a $17,621,657 firm-fixed-price contract for base operations support. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2021. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $3,085,875 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (W9124G-18-C-0005). (Source: DoD, 02/08/2)

Contract: Raytheon, $290.7M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney, Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $290,704,534 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract. This contract provides material and support equipment for depot maintenance facilities, program administrative labor for non-recurring sustainment activities, mockup engines and modules for test cells, as well as supplies, services, and planning for depot activations in support of the F-35 Lightning II Program Lot 13 propulsion system for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, non-Department of Defense (DOD) participants and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Oklahoma City, Okla. (30%); East Hartford (22%); Cherry Point, N.C. (10%); Indianapolis, Ind. (6.75%); Windsor, Conn. (3.25%); Yuma, Ariz. (1.25%); Norfolk, United Kingdom (1%); Leeuwarden, Netherlands (1%); various locations within the continental U.S. (3.75%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (21%), and is expected to be completed in January 2024. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $89,468,714; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $84,152,318; non-DOD participant funds in the amount of $45,225,342; and FMS funds in the amount of $15,886,074, will be obligated at the 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, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-21-C-0006). (Source: DoD, 02/01/21) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Second Green Run planned

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - NASA has decided to schedule a second Green Run test of the Space Launch System core stage the week of Feb. 21 on the B-2 test stand at its test center in South Mississippi. The decision to re-run the static fire test was made after the first test of the core and its four RS-25 engines on Jan. 16 and was cut short after just over a minute. A hydraulic system for one of the engines reached a pre-set limit and the test, slated for eight minutes, ended early. NASA could have opted to settle for just the one test, but decided on a second one. The core stage being tested will be used on the Artemis I lunar mission. The date for the test will be set following the test readiness review. (Source: NASA/SSC, 02/01/21) Previous

PNS getting new nonstop flights

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Southwest Airlines will add three non-stop destinations to its service at Pensacola International Airport in March. The flights wil; start March 11 through April 11. Southwest will begin one daily flight to Atlanta, one flight to St. Louis on Saturday, and two flights to Chicago Midway on Saturday. (Source: WEAR-TV, 02/01/21)