Contract: Lockheed, $7.8B

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $7,842,191,056 fixed-price incentive (firm-target), firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00019) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0009). This modification adds scope to procure 127 F-35 Lot 16 aircraft, to include 89 F-35A aircraft, 23 F-35B aircraft, and 15 F-35C, as well as definitizes a modification (P00016) in support of F-35 Lot 15 aircraft procurements and associated auxiliary equipment in support of the Joint Strike Fighter program for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed Fort Worth (57%); El Segundo, Calif. (14%); Warton, United Kingdom (9%); Cameri, Italy (4%); Orlando, Fla. (4%); Nashua, N.H. (3%); Baltimore, Md. (3%); San Diego, Calif. (2%); Nagoya, Japan (2%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (2%), and is expected to be completed in August 2026. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $2,407,157,591; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) in the amount of $2,225,999,290; FMS customer funds in the amount of $ 1,488,017,560; and non-DOD participant funds in the amount of $1,721,016,615 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, 12/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Raytheon, $18.7M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded an $18,655,090 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) modification (P00009) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0011). This modification adds scope to procure long-lead materials, parts and components for Lot 17 F135 propulsion systems for F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in support of non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) partners and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind. (44%); Windsor Locks, Conn. (33%); Bristol, United Kingdom (16%); and Phoenix, Ariz. (7%), and is expected to be completed in September 2025. Non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $17,394,887; and FMS funds in the amount of $1,260,203 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. (Source: DoD, 12/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Global Connections, $15.5M

Global Connections To Employment Inc., Pensacola, Fla., was awarded a $15,478,108 firm-fixed-price contract for dining facility attendants services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 29, 2027. U.S. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W5168W-22-D-0002). (Source: DoD, 12/30/22)

Contract: Atlantic Diving, $150M

Atlantic Diving Supply Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., has been awarded a $150,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for airfield damage repair equipment. This contract provides updated capabilities to rapidly recover damaged airfield pavements. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach and is expected to be completed Dec. 28, 2027. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and five offers were received. No funding is being obligated at the time of award. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8051-23-D-0001). (Source: DoD, 12/29/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $10.5M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $10,451,554 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00007) to a previously awarded contract (N0001922C0041). This modification adds scope to procure engineering, maintenance, logistics manpower and material support to continue to develop, sustain and produce software builds as well as carryout developmental flight tests in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Navy and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) partners. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (80%); Orlando, Fla. (7%); Linthicum, Md. (3%); Nashua, N.H. (3%); San Diego, Calif. (2%); El Segundo, Calif. (2%); Samlesbury, United Kingdom (1%); various locations within the continental U.S. (CONUS) (1%); and various locations outside CONUS (1%), and is expected to be completed in March 2024. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $1,147,712; fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,147,710; fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $801,216; fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $801,215; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $858,606 will be obligated at the time of award, $1,602,431 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, 12/29/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs. 

Contract: multiple, $99M

CORE Engineering & Construction Inc., Winter Park, Fla. (N69450-23-D-0005); Healtheon Inc., New Orleans, La. (N69450-23-D-0008); Howard W. Pence Inc., Elizabethtown, Ky. (N69450-23-D-0006); Sergent Mechanical Systems, doing business as Sergent Construction, Oxnard, Calif. (N69450-23-D-0007); and Wright Bros LLC, Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (N69450-23-D-0009), are awarded a combined $99,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award construction contract for the procurement of construction projects at Department of Defense installations located in the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) area of operations. Each awardee will be awarded $1,000 (minimum contract guarantee per awardee) at contract award. Work will be performed in the state of Florida, and is expected to be completed by December 2027. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $5,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. All other funding will be made available at the delivery order level as contracting actions occur. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website, with 34 offers received. NAVFAC SE Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/28/22)

Contract: Allegient, $31.9M

Allegient Inc., Arlington, Va., is awarded a $31,851,343 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract procures non-technical administrative contractor support services for the F-35 system development and demonstration, follow-on development, low rate initial and full rate production, as well as the sustainment efforts for the Air Force, Navy, non-Department of Defense participants, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in Arlington (81.27%); Wright-Patterson, Ohio (14.05%); and Fort Worth, Texas (4.68%), and is expected to be completed in December 2027. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; six offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N0001922D0048). (Source: DoD, 12/28/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $62.1M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $62,147,178 firm-fixed-price modification (P00001) to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001922D0043). This modification increase the contract ceiling to procure additional diminishing manufacturing sources parts for F-35 Lightning II program for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Foreign Military Sales customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in September 2023. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 27, 2022) (Source: DoD, 12/27/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $1B

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,051,400,000 fixed-price incentive (firm-target), undefinitized advanced acquisition contract. This contract procures long lead time materials, parts, components, and efforts necessary to maintain on-time production and delivery of 118 Lot 18 aircraft F-35 aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-U.S Department of Defense (DOD) participants, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (57%); El Segundo, Calif. (14%); Warton, United Kingdom (9%); Cameri, Italy (4%); Orlando, Fla. (4%); Nashua, N.H. (3%); Baltimore, Md. (3%); San Diego, Calif. (2%); Nagoya, Japan (2%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (2%), and is expected to be completed in January 2024. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $172,000,000; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $289,000,000; FMS customer funds in the amount of $427,200,000; and non-U.S. DOD funds in the amount of $163,200,000 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 (N0001923C0003). (Source: DoD, 12/23/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: AgustaWestland, $110.6M

AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., is awarded a $110,590,500 firm-fixed-price modification (P00022) to a previously awarded contract (N6134020C0007). This modification exercises an option for the production and delivery of 26 TH-73A Lot IV aircraft and related data in support of the Advanced Helicopter Training System program for the Navy. Work will be performed in Philadelphia (80%); Mineral Wells, Texas (5%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (15%), and is expected to be completed in December 2024. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $110,590,500 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, 12/23/22) Gulf Coast note: Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla., is home of Navy helicopter training and uses the Advanced Helicopter Training System.

Contract: Weston Solutions, $8.9M

Weston Solutions Inc., Peachtree Corners, Ga., was awarded an $8,882,730 modification (P00001) to contract W912DY-22-F-0081 to maintain and repair federally funded and Defense Logistics Agency-Energy capitalized petroleum systems and facilities. Work will be performed in Anniston, Ala.; Fort Rucker, Ala.; Starke, Fla.; Columbus, Ga.; Dahlonega, Ga.; Savannah, Ga.; Palmerola, Honduras; Grenada, Miss.; Hattiesburg, Miss.; Morrisville, N.C.; Salisbury, N.C.; Pope Army Airfield, N.C.; Southport, N.C.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Salinas, Puerto Rico; Guaynabo, Puerto Rico; and Peachtree Corners, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 27, 2024. Fiscal 2023 revolving funds in the amount of $8,882,730 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Humphreys Engineer Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/23/22)

Contract: Amentum, $49.5M

Amentum Services Inc., Germantown, Md., was awarded a $49,461,406 modification (P00036) to contract W9124G-17-C-0005 for exercising Option Year Five for Initial Entry Rotary Wing flight training. Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 9, 2024. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $49,461,406 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/23/22) 

Contract: Lockheed, $16M

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, N.J., is awarded a $15,995,634 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-15-C-5151 to exercise options for ship integration and test of the AEGIS Weapon System (AWS) for AWS baselines through Advanced Capability Build 16. Work will be performed in Moorestown (49%); Norfolk, Va. (15%); San Diego, Calif. (8%); Washington, D.C. (7%); Pascagoula, Miss. (6%); Mayport, Fla. (4%); Bath, Maine (3%); and various locations each below (1%) for a total of (8%), and is expected to be completed by September 2023. Fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of  $4,700,587 (93%); and fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $341,690 (7%) will be obligated at time of award, of which $341,690 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/22/22)

Contract: HII, $36M

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $36,024,953 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-21-C-2443 for life cycle engineering and support for the LPD 17-class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program. Work will be performed in Pascagoula (95%); and Norfolk, Va. (5%), and is expected to be completed by December 2023. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,996,628 (31%); fiscal 2015 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,036,060 (24%); fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,942,709 (23%); fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,500,000 (12%); fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) in the amount of $1,000,000 (8%); and fiscal 2022 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $441,112 (3%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/21/22)

Contract: HII, $10.1M

Huntington-Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $10,132,041 cost-plus-award-fee delivery order (N69316-23-F-6000) against previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00024-22-G-2303 to provide program management, advanced planning, engineering, and design in support of the post shakedown availability for DDG 125. Work will be performed in Pascagoula (70%); and San Diego, Calif. (30%), and is expected to be completed by December 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $10,132,041 will be obligated at time of delivery order release. These contract funds in the amount of $10,132,041 will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) – only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair Gulf Coast, Pascagoula, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/21/22)

Contract: SAIC, $63.5M

SAIC, Reston, Va., was awarded a $63,451,488 firm-fixed-price, level of effort contract for Headquarters Air Combat Command, Advanced Programs Division. This contract provides for operational, logistics, planning, electronic warfare, information technology, and security disciplines supporting Headquarters Air Combat Command, Advanced Programs Division. Work will be performed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nellis AFB, Nev.; and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The work is expected to be complete by Feb. 29, 2028. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and two offers were received. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $881,737 are being obligated at the time of award. The Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity for this task order (FA489023F0014). (Source: DoD, 12/21/22)

Contract: Lemoine-Frazier, $9.4M

Lemoine-Frazier JV LLC, Lafayette, La., was awarded a $9,351,590 firm-fixed-price contract for road construction, excavation of drainage canals, placing culverts and other incidental work. Bids were solicited via the internet with 11 received. Work will be performed in Garyville, La., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 4, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $9,351,590 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-23-C-0006). (Source: DoD, 12/21/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $382.1M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $382,125,578 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00005) to a previously awarded indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract (N0001921D0001). This modification exercises options to procure initial spares in support of F-35 Lightning II Lot 17 deliveries. Additionally, this modification procures the global spares pool and afloat spares package/deployment spares packages for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in December 2028. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/20/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $16.6M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $16,586,820 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00019) to a previously awarded contract (N0001919C0074). This award definitizes modification P00016 in the amount of $2,435,635 and adds scope in the amount of $14,151,185 to provide for the delivery and installation of special tooling and test equipment (STATE), as well as provides program management support in support of completing the F-35 Phase 2.2B STATE unique software requirements, which supports the air vehicle delivery schedule for future lots of F-35 aircraft, and the on-time break in of critical block 4 capabilities for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (44%); Detroit, Mich. (23%); Palmdale, Calif. (15%); El Segundo, Calif. (7%); Burnsville, Minn. (6%); San Diego, Calif. (2%); Marietta, Ga. (1%); Fanborough, United Kingdom (1%); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (0.5%); and Cisterna di Latina, Italy (0.5%), and is expected to be completed in March 2027. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $3,302,340; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,302,340; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $34,876; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $34,876; FMS funds in the amount of $6,036,096; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $1,440,657 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. (Source: DoD, 12/20/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: multiple, $906.6M

Aktarius LLC, Panama City, Fla. (W911SR-23-D-0020); Applied Training Solutions LLC, Greensburg, Pa. (W911SR-23-D-0021); Carter-Lambert Divisions LLC, Waldorf, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0022); Chimera Enterprises International Inc., Edgewood, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0023); Global Systems Technologies Inc., Morrisville, Pa. (W911SR-23-D-0024); Hythe Research LLC, Havre de Grace, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0025); L2 Defense Inc., Baltimore, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0026); MLT Systems LLC, Stafford, Va. (W911SR-23-D-0027); Murtech Inc., Glen Burnie, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0028); Strategic Technology Institute Inc., Rockville, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0029); The Lockwood Group LLC, Belcamp, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0030); CSMI LLC, Salem, N.H. (W911SR-23-D-0031); Culmen International LLC, Alexandria, Va. (W911SR-23-D-0032); Gryphon Technologies L.C., Washington, D.C. (W911SR-23-D-0033); HII Defense and Federal Solutions Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (W911SR-23-D-0034); IAP Worldwide Services Inc., Cape Canaveral, Fla. (W911SR-23-D-0035); Interfuze Corp., Huntsville, Ala. (W911SR-23-D-0036); K.D. Analytical Consulting LLC, Lexington, Ky. (W911SR-23-D-0037); MAG DS Corp., Fairfax, Va. (W911SR-23-D-0038); Patricio Enterprises Inc., Stafford, Va. (W911SR-23-D-0039); SciTech Services Inc., Havre de Grace, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0040); STS International Inc., Berkeley Springs, W.V. (W911SR-23-D-0041); The Logistics Company Inc., Fayetteville, N.C. (W911SR-23-D-0042); Clark Creative Solutions LLC, Baltimore, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0043); DMAERO LLC, Byron, Ga. (W911SR-23-D-0044); Integrity Consulting Engineering & Security Solutions LLC, Purcellville, Va. (W911SR-23-D-0045); NetSea Technologies LLC, Bel Air, Md. (W911SR-23-D-0046); Semper Valens Solutions Inc., Canyon Lake, Texas (W911SR-23-D-0047); SkyBridge Tactical LLC, Tampa, Fla. (W911SR-23-D-0048); and Tier Tech International Inc., Delray Beach, Fla. (W911SR-23-D-0049), will compete for each order of the $906,570,000 order-dependent contract to support systems and government entities that provide force protection against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. Bids were solicited via the internet with 43 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 2, 2031. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/19/22)

Newly designed RS-25 test cut short

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - NASA conducted the first test of the newly redesigned RS-25 engine for future flights of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Dec. 14, completing 209.5 seconds of a scheduled 500 second hot fire at the agency’s center in South Mississippi. The hot fire test was shut down early by a non-flight system used to monitor the engine. NASA and SLS lead engine contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne are analyzing data to review the monitoring system, evaluate engine performance, and identify the reason for the early test cutoff. Because the test was being done for redesigned engines in support of Artemis V and beyond, no impacts to RS-25 hardware for earlier missions is expected. The single-engine hot fire, known as a confidence test, was designed to confirm all is ready to proceed with a series of certification tests early next year on a full RS-25 certification engine. NASA and the company modified 16 of the engines remaining after the Space Shuttle Program for use on Artemis mission I through IV. The upcoming series of testing is for the RS-25 engines that will be used beginning with Artemis V. (Source: NASA/SSC, 12/15/22)

Contract: multiple, $4B

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Md. (N00039-23-D-9001); DRS Laurel Technologies, Johnstown, Pa. (N00039-23-D-9002); Management Services Group, doing business as Global Technical Systems, Virginia Beach, Va. (N00039-23-D-9003); L3Harris, Camden, N.J. (N00039-23-D-9004); Leidos, Reston, Va. (N00039-23-D-9005); Peraton, Herndon, Va. (N00039-23-D-9006); Serco, Herndon, Va. (N00039-23-D-9007); and VT Milcom, Virginia Beach, Va. (N00039-23-D-9008), are awarded a $4,098,600,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) production units, software – initial, renewals and maintenance, spares and system components, and lab equipment. CANES is the Navy's program of record that consolidates and replaces existing afloat networks providing the necessary infrastructure for applications, systems and services required to dominate the cyber warfare tactical domain. CANES represents a key aspect of the Navy's modernization planning by upgrading cybersecurity, command and control, communications and intelligence systems afloat, and by replacing unaffordable and obsolete networks. The primary goals of the CANES program are to: 1) Provide a secure afloat network required for Naval and Joint Operations; 2) Consolidate and reduce the number of afloat networks through the use of Common Computing Environment and mature cross domain technologies; 3) Reduce the infrastructure footprint and associated Logistics, Sustainment, and Training costs; and 4) Increase reliability, security, interoperability and application hosting to meet current and projected warfighter requirements. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala.; San Diego, Calif.; Largo, Fla.; Ayer, Mass.; Long Beach, Miss.; Camden, N.J.; Johnstown, Pa.; Summerville, S.C.; Clarksville, Va.; Gainesville, Va.; Sterling, Va.; and Virginia Beach, Va. Work is expected to be completed by December 2032. Contract actions will be issued and funds obligated as individual delivery orders. Other procurement (Navy) funds will be placed on contract with an initial delivery order issued to each contractor on record at the time of award. This contract has a 10-year ordering period up to the contract award amount. There are no options. The multiple award contract was competitively procured by full and open competition bids via the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) e-Commerce Central and the Federal Business Opportunities websites, with 10 offers received. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/16/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $245.7M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas is awarded a not-to-exceed $245,745,216 undefinitized cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0002) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This order provides program management support, non-recurring engineering, F-35B/C laser shock peening, depot site support, contractor field and regional depot modification installations in support of retrofit and modification efforts for the F-35 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) partners. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (29.2%); Nagoya, Japan (14.4%); Cameri, Italy (12.6%); Williamtown, Australia (7.9%) Samlesbury, United Kingdom (6.2%); Ogden, Utah (6.1%); Cherry Point, N.C. (5.4%); Iwakuni, Japan (2.7%); Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (2.5%); Cheongju, South Korea (2.1%); El Segundo, Calif. (1.9%); McLean, Va. (1.6%); Miramar, Calif. (1.5%); Lemoore, Calif. (1%); Yuma, Ariz. (1.5%); Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (1.4%); Nevatim, Israel (0.8%); various locations within the Continental United States (1.2%), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $17,211,825; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $15,683,409; FMS customer funds in the amount of $15,612,217; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $22,095,154 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. (Source: DoD, 12/16/22)

Contract: Johns Hopkins, $49.9M

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC, Laurel, Md., has been awarded a $49,900,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides for specifically designed models, software routines, hardware sub-systems, systems, platforms, and tools that enable weapon development and analysis for sensor/payload/subsystem performance. Work will be performed in Laurel and is expected to be completed by Dec. 15, 2029, and includes issued task orders. This contract was a result of a sole-source solicitation based on the capabilities of a University Affiliated Research Center.  Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $500,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8651-23-D-A002). (Source: DoD, 12/16/22)

Contract: Raytheon, $21M

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded an estimated $21,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is to develop critical subsystem technologies that support the Compact Air to Air Missile and Extended Range Air to Air Missile systems. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed by Dec. 15, 2029. This award is the result of a white paper originating from broad agency announcement FA8651-20-S-0008. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,725,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8651-23-D-A001). (Source: DoD, 12/16/22)

Contract: Raytheon, $619M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., doing business as Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $619,068,244 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price incentive (firm target), cost reimbursable modification (P00008) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0011). This modification adds scope to procure long-lead materials, parts and components for Lot 17 F135 propulsion systems in support of the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Additionally, this modification adds scope for the production and delivery of four F135-PW-600 propulsion systems in support of Lots 15 and 16 F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter for non-U.S. DOD partners and FMS customers, as well as provides for integration efforts for an FMS customer into the Joint Strike Fighter program. Work will be performed in Windsor Locks, Conn. (23%); Indianapolis, Ind. (19%); Houston, Texas (4%); Phoenix, Ariz. (3%); West Palm Beach, Fla. (3%); Southington, Conn. (3%); the following labor surplus areas to include East Hartford, Conn. (15%); Rockford, Ill. (5%); and New Britain, Conn. (2%); various locations within the continental U.S. (3%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (20%), and is expected to be completed in October 2030. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $101,285,551; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $44,081,814; FMS customer funds in the amount of $339,131,605; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $134,569,274 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, 12/15/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: multiple, $249M

Bay West LLC SB, St. Paul, Minn. (W91278-23-D-0008); SERES-Arcadis JV SB, Charleston, S.C. (W91278-23-D-0010); SERES-Arcadis JV 8(a), Charleston (W91278-23-D-0011); FPM-AECOM JV1 8(a), St. Petersburg, Fla. (W91278-23-D-0014); EA- Engineering, Science & Technology, Hunt Valley, Md. (W91278-23-D-0001); Auxilio Plexus JV, Denver, Colo. (W91278-23-D-0013); Plexus-Ayuda JV SB, Alexandria, Va. (W91278-23-D-0006); Cape-Weston JV2 SB, Norcross, Ga. (W91278-23-D-0007); E2-ASL JV 8(a), Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (W91278-23-D-0012); QRI-Tetra Tech JV SB, Baton Rouge, La. (W91278-23-D-0027); M&A Environmental Solutions, Melbourne, Fla. (W91278-23-D-0015); M&A Environmental Solutions, Melbourne, Fla. (W91278-23-D-0005); Aerostar SES LLC, Mobile, Ala. (W91278-23-D-0002); HGL-Aptim Applied Science & Technology JV LLC, Reston, Va. (W91278-23-D-0003); CES-Insight LLC, Brea, Calif. (W91278-23-D-0009); and Hana-Bay West 8A JV LLC, North Chesterfield, Va. (W91278-23-D-0016), will compete for each order of the $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for environmental remediation services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 39 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 14, 2032. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/15/22) 

Contract: Rogers, Lovelock, $30M

Rogers, Lovelock, & Fritz Inc., Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $30,000,000 labor-hours contract for architect and engineering services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 11 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 14, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-23-D-0036). (Source: DoD, 12/15/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $25M

The Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, has been awarded a $25,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides for research and development on advanced missile subsystem components supporting the compact air to air missile and extended range air to air missile systems. Work will be performed at Grand Prairie and is expected to be completed by Dec. 14, 2029, and includes issued task orders. This award is the result of a white paper originating from broad agency announcement FA8651-20-S-0008. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,550,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8651-23-D-A003). (Source: DoD, 12/15/22)

Training wing leader removed

The commander of the Air Force's training unit at Keesler Air Force Base. Biloxi, Miss., has been removed from his duties. Maj. Gen. Michelle Edmondson, head of the Second Air Force, relieved Col. William H. Hunter from his role as commander of the 81st Training Wing on Tuesday due to "a loss of trust and confidence” in the officer, according to a press release. The services often don't disclose specifics of why a commander is fired, typically citing the federal Privacy Act, which protects military records, and relying on the phrase "loss of trust and confidence" instead of detailing the reasons behind a shake-up, including whether there was misconduct. (Source: military.com, 12/14/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $24.4M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $24,432,476 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00003) to a previously awarded indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract (N0001922D0024). This modification adds scope for maintenance and support of F-35 chase aircraft necessary to support F-35 aircraft acceptance and delivery, including all pre and post-flight activities, the removal and replacement of failed components, and return the aircraft to a clean and compliant condition suitable for first-time delivery of F-35 Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, non-U.S. Department of Defense participants, and Foreign Military Sales customer's operational aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in December 2023. No funds are being obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/13/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Air commandos get new leader

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind assumed command of Air Force Special Operations Command during a ceremony in the Freedom Hangar at Hurlburt Field Dec. 9. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. presided over the ceremony where Bauernfeind took the guidon from Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, who will go on to serve as the deputy chief of staff, operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force at the Pentagon. During his tenure, Slife led the command to become a pathfinding force paving the way in key initiatives such as palletized effects, employing Mission Sustainment Teams and steering resources to armed overwatch. He also implemented a force generation process that achieved the intent of the Secretary of Defense, and more importantly, provided deployment predictability for the Airmen of the command. (Source: Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs, 12/12/22)

Contract: M1 Support

M1 Support Services LP, Denton, Texas, was awarded a $535,391,051 modification (P00126) to contract W9124G-17-C-0104 for aviation maintenance. Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2024. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $9,820,728 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/12/22)

Artemis mission completed

NASA completed a crucial step Sunday toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface with the successful completion of the Artemis test mission. It sent the Orion space capsule designed for human spaceflight to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth. The Orion, which had no astronauts on board, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the Baja California peninsula of Mexico under a trio of billowing parachutes at 12:40 p.m. Eastern time. the 26-day, 1.4 million-mile mission went “exceedingly well,” NASA officials said, from the launch on Nov. 16 to flybys that brought Orion within about 80 miles of the lunar surface and directly over the Apollo 11 landing site at Tranquility Base. (Source: Washington Post, 12/11/22) Gulf Coast note: Orion and the Space Launch System were both built at Michould Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The SLS RS-25 engines were tested at Stennis Space Center, Miss. Previous

Ground breaking held for new airport

MOBILE, Ala. - On Friday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson and a host of other officials broke ground on the new airport terminal. Set to open in 2025, the five-gate terminal at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley will become the new center for commercial travel in Mobile, while non-commercial flights will move to the Mobile Regional Airport in West Mobile. The Aeroplex is just six miles from the Port of Mobile, which boasts five rail lines and sits just off Interstate 10. With the deepening and widening of the port set to be completed in 2025 and the return of passenger rail service, Mobile is set to become a transportation hub and lead to economic growth, according to speakers at the groundbreaking. (Source: al.com, 12/09/22)

NASA, Boeing change SLS process

NASA and Boeing are changing how they assemble the core stage of the Space Launch System, moving some of the final integration work from New Orleans, La., to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Currently, the five major sections of the core stage - forward skirt, liquid oxygen tank, interstage, liquid hydrogen tank and engine section - are manufactured and joined together at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. Starting with the SLS manufactured for Artemis 3, the upper four-fifths of the SLS will be joined at Michoud and shipped to KSC. The engine section will still be manufactured at MAF but shipped separately to KSC, where it will undergo final outfitting at the Space Station Processing Facility there, including installation of its four RS-25 engines. It will later be attached to the rest of the core stage inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC. (Source: SpaceNews, 12/07/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $2.2B

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $2,218,242,426 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, and fixed-price incentive, cost reimbursable modification (P00060) to a previously awarded contract (N0001921C0020). This modification exercises an option to provide logistics support, to include ground maintenance activities, action request solution, depot activities, automatic logistics information system operations and maintenance, reliability and maintainability, supply chain management, pilot training, maintainer training, and training system sustainment in support of delivered F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter air systems for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (57%); Orlando, Fla. (26%); Greeneville, S.C. (11%); Samlesbury, United Kingdom (4%); and El Segundo, Calif. (2%),  and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $429,707,693; fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $121,187,907; fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $54,259,998; FMS customer funds in the amount of $121,551,361; and non-DOD participant funds in the amount of $293,723,889 will be obligated at time of award, $605,155,598 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, 12/08/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Northrop, $32.5M

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Military Aircraft Systems, Melbourne, Fla., is awarded a $32,458,804 firm-fixed-price order (N0001923F0080) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0005). This order procures spare Wet Outer Wing Panels for the government of Japan's configuration of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Work will be performed in St. Augustine, Fla. (38%); Melbourne, Fla. (10%); Gardena, Calif. (7%); Clemmons, N.C. (5%); Ronkonkoma, N.Y. (3%); Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (2%); Edgewood, N.Y., (1%); Tulsa, Okla. (1%); Hauppauge, N.Y. (1%); Merritt Island, Fla. (1%); Cedar City, Utah (1%); Carson, Calif. (1%); Irvine, Calif. (1%); Crestview, Fla. (1%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (27%), and is expected to be completed in July 2027. Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $32,458,804 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. (Source: DoD, 12/08/22)

News feed comes to end

The Gulf Coast Aerospace News feed will cease posting updates Dec. 31, 2022, ending 14 years of providing daily aerospace news briefs from the I-10 region between Southeast Louisiana and Northwest Florida. The blog will remain available for viewing. Gulf Coast I-10 aerospace news briefs dating back to 2005, compiled prior to the 2008 launch of the blog, will be accessible via dtortorano@gmail.com. (Source: GCAC, 12/07/22)

Contract: APTIM, $12.9M

APTIM Federal Services LLC, Baton Rouge, La., was awarded a $12,921,740 modification (P00002) to contract W912DY-21-F-0015 for recurring maintenance and minor repair of petroleum systems. Work will be performed in Tamuning, Guam, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2023. Fiscal 2023 revolving funds in the amount of $12,921,740 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/05/22)

Contract: multiple, $40M

Core Engineering & Construction Inc., Winter Park, Fla. (W9127Q-23-D-0001); Flagstar Construction Co Inc., Brandon, Miss. (W9127Q-23-D-0002); J & J Contractors Inc., Collinsville, Miss. (W9127Q-23-D-0003); D&H Construction and Cabinetry Inc., Meridian, Miss. (W9127Q-23-D-0004); Tony Watson Electric Inc., Brandon, Miss. (W9127Q-23-D-0005); Orocon Construction LLC, Biloxi, Miss. (W9127Q-23-D-0006); Gottfried Contracting LLC, Covington, La. (W9127Q-23-D-0007); Drace Construction Corp., Ocean Springs, Miss. (W9127Q-23-D-0008); Southeast Cherokee Construction Inc., Montgomery, Ala. (W9127Q-23-D-0009); and J.W. Puckett & Company Inc., Gulfport, Miss. (W9127Q-23-D-0010), will compete for each order of the $40,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 30 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2027. U.S. Property and Fiscal Office, Mississippi, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/01/22)

Contract: CAE USA, $27.7M

CAE USA Inc., Tampa, Fla., was awarded a $27,656,384 firm-fixed-price contract for flight training services, single engine aircraft, flight simulators, real property facilities and supporting equipment. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Dothan, Ala., with an estimated completion date of March 9, 2032. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance, Army funds were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (W9124G-23-C-0002). (Source: DoD, 11/30/22)

Contract: L3/Vertex, $94M

L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., was awarded a $93,995,000 firm-fixed-price contract for contractor-operated and -maintained base supply of the Air Education and Training Command fleet of 177 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., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2023. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and three offers were received. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $14,131,472 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-18-C-0001). (Source: DoD, 11/30/22)

Contract: Textron, $9M

Textron Systems Corp., New Orleans, La., is awarded a $9,021,994 firm-fixed-price contract modification to the previously awarded contract N00024-12-C-2401. This effort is to provide Major Shore Based Spares (MSBS) to support Landing Craft Air Cushion 100 class vessels at Assault Craft Unit-4. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio (83%); and Indianapolis, Ind. (17%), and is expected to be completed by April 2025. Fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,021,994 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair, Gulf Coast, Pascagoula, Miss., is the contracting activity (N00024-12-C-2401). (Source: DoD, 11/30/22)

Contract: Raytheon, $511.6M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a not-to-exceed $511,589,719 modification (P00025) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, and fixed-price incentive (firm target) undefinitized contract (N0001921C0011). This modification provides for F135 propulsion system annual sustainment including recurring sustainment support, program management, financial and administrative activities, propulsion integration, replenishment spare part buys, engineering support, material management, configuration management, product management support, software sustainment, security management, joint technical data updates, support equipment management, depot level maintenance and repair for all fielded propulsion systems at the F-35 production sites and operational locations, as well as training. These efforts are in support of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford (40%); Oklahoma City, Okla. (21%); Indianapolis, Ind. (12%); Windsor Locks, Conn. (6%); West Palm Beach, Fla. (6%); Brekstad, Norway (4%); Leeuwarden, Netherlands (3%); Iwakuni, Japan (3%); Williamtown, Australia (2%); Cameri, Italy (1%); Marham, United Kingdom (1%); and Fort Worth, Texas (1%), and is expected to be completed in May 2023. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $38,863,770; fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $25,890,796; fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,315,050; non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $23,125,291; and FMS funds in the amount of $12,102,937 will be obligated at time of award, $73,069,616 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, 11/29/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Raytheon, $114.5M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt Whitney Military Engine, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a not-to-exceed $114,500,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized order (N0001923F0019) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0005). This order provides supplies or services for design engineering, program management support, technology maturation, risk reduction, long lead material and hardware, and weapons system integration to support F135 engine enhancement efforts for the F-35 Lightning II program. Work will be performed in East Hartford (85%); and Indianapolis, Ind. (15%), and is expected to be completed in September 2024. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $56,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award, all 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, 11/29/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Raytheon Missiles, $84M

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded an $84,087,924 modification (P00025) to contract W15QKN-19-C-0017 for procurement of 155mm Excalibur Increment Ib projectiles. Work will be performed in Healdsburg, Calif.; Karlskoga, Sweden; East Camden, Ariz.; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Plymouth, United Kingdom; Cincinnati, Ohio; Glenrothes, Scotland; Salt Lake, City Utah; Joplin, Mo.; Gilbert, Ariz.; Lansdale, Pa.; Santa Clara, Calif.; Santa Ana, Calif.; Trenton, Texas; Valencia, Calif.; Cookstown, N.J.; Tucson; Phoenix, Ariz.; Anniston, Ala.; Chino, Calif.; Inglewood, Calif.; McAlester, Okla.; and Farmington, N.M., with an estimated completion date of April 29, 2024. Fiscal 2022 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $84,087,924 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, N.J., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 11/29/22)

Contract: FCN, $15.2M

FCN Inc., Rockville, Md., was awarded a $15,218,715 fixed-fee contract for the Elastic License Bundle. This contract provides for the Elastic License Bundle, which includes unlimited Enterprise resource unit software licenses, consulting services, professional annual training subscriptions, monthly training courses, and warranty coverage in support of the Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter weapon system. Work will be performed at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and Chapman Annex, San Antonio, Texas; Scott Air Force Base, Ill.; and Hurlburt Field, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 29, 2023. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and three offers were received. Fiscal 2023 procurement funds in the amount of $15,218,715 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Joint-Base San Antonio-Lackland, is the contracting activity. (Contract NNG15SC71B, Task Order FA8307-23-F-0008). (Source: DoD, 11/28/22)

Contract: Weeks Marine, $31.2M

Weeks Marine Inc. Covington, La., was awarded a $31,197,575 firm-fixed-price contract for beach renourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Fenwick, Del., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 29, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $31,197,575 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912BU-23-C-0002). (Source; DoD, 11/23/22)

Contract: Accord Federal Services, $8.7M

Accord Federal Services, Knoxville, Tenn., was awarded an $8,729,277 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for logistics support services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 14 received. Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2023. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, defense-wide funds in the amount of $91,007 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., is the contracting activity (W519TC-23-F-0022). (Source: DoD, 11/22/22) 

Contract: Lockheed, $47.3M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $47,345,839 firm-fixed-price modification (P00015) to a previously awarded, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001919D0015). This modification exercises an option to procure Ancillary Mission Equipment in support of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lot 17 production aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in December 2025. No funds are being obligated at time of award and funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 11/22/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

LSU to oversee Space Camp development

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana State University is set to oversee development of Louisiana Space Campus, central hub for space-related industries that will be located in East New Orleans. LSU will be one of the major partners in the development of the campus, according to Bob Fudickar, executive director of the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing. The Space Campus was announced in a March 10, 2021, press release by Gov. John Bel Edwards. The campus will target commercial office development for tenants of the Michoud Assembly Center, a New Orleans facility where NASA contractors build space vehicles, like the Space Launch System and Orion capsule. It will seek to bring in new partners from both the commercial and private sectors. LSU will be the administrator of the Space Campus, which will be located in a 50-acre plot near the heart of the 829-acre Michoud Assembly Facility. According to Fudickar, many of the buildings at Michoud date back to the 1940s, so the more modern Space Campus will likely be very appealing to companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin to move their offices to the Space Campus. Fudickar said the governor’s goal for the Space Campus is to expand job opportunities in the state and to increase Louisiana’s presence in the space industry, with $40 million being devoted to the Space Campus. The state, according to Fudickar, is set to cover half and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a nonprofit which seeks to further develop the state, will cover the other half of the price tag. (Source: LSU Reveille, 11/17/22) Previous

Artemis launches

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The historic Artemis I mission took flight in the early hours of Wednesday morning, kicking off a journey that will send an uncrewed spacecraft around the moon, paving the way for NASA to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in half a century. The 322-foot-tall Space Launch System (SLS) lit its engines at 1:47 a.m. ET. It emitted up to 9 million pounds of thrust to haul itself off the launchpad. Atop the rocket was the Orion spacecraft, which broke away from the rocket after reaching space. Orion is designed to carry humans, but its passengers for this test mission are mannequins collecting vital data to help future live crews. Orion will come within about 60 miles of the lunar surface during its close flyby next week. The white, bell-shaped capsule has embarked on a 25-day test flight that will take it around the moon and back, an approximately 1.2-million-mile trip.(Source: multiple, including CNN, NPR, 11/16/22) Gulf Coast note: The SLS and Orion were built at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and the engines that launched the SLS were tested at Stennis Space Center, Miss.

Contract: Johns Hopkins, $150M

Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Md., has been awarded a $150,001,000, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification (P00003) to contract FA8656-20-D-0005 for Air Warfare Systems. The contract modification provides services for advanced development, acquisition, and test and evaluation of aerospace systems, to include munitions, cyber warfare and electronic warfare elements. Work will be performed in Laurel and is expected to be completed July 31, 2026. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. Total cumulative face value of the contract is $250,000,000. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 11/14/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $27.6M

Lockheed Martin Corp., a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $27,584,830 cost-plus-incentive-fee undefinitized modification (P00078) to a previously awarded contract (N0001919C0010). This modification adds scope for the production and delivery of long-lead material in support of Band 2/5 Radar Warning Receiver integration from preliminary design review to development test complete, and associated mission data file development for the Common Reprogramming Tool for the F-35 Program. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md. (99%); and Fort Worth (1%), and is expected to be completed in February 2025. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $3,318,920; fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,318,920; and non-U.S. Department of Defense partner funds in the amount of $1,462,160 will be obligated at the time of award, $6,637,840 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, 11/14/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $11.5M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $11,506,002 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00060) to a previously awarded contract (N0001918C1048). This modification exercises an option to extend services to provide ongoing sustainment services and outcomes, to include supporting daily flight operations with the Freedom of Action specific capabilities required at various F-35 operating sites for the government of the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in March 2023. Non-U.S. Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $11,506,002 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, 11/10/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

F-15EX undergoes acoustic testing

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The Air Force has conducted a series of ground and flight acoustic sound testing for the F-15EX fighter. The two-week testing was conducted at Eglin Air Force Base range. This marks the first time that such in-depth digital acoustic testing was carried out on a USAF’s F-15 model and GE-129 engines. The tests were initiated by the Department of Defense specifically for the F-15EX fighter jet, as it is a new model in the USAF’s inventory. (Sources: Eglin Air Force Base, 11/07/22, Airforce Technology, 11/08/22) Previous

Contract: Mike Hooks, $49M

Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, La., was awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for rental of a cutterhead pipeline dredge for dredging projects in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 8, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-23-D-0026). (Source: DoD, 11/08/22)

Rocket Lab cuts ribbon at SSC

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - NASA’s Stennis Space Center (SSC) and Rocket Lab USA cut the ribbon Nov. 4 on a new agreement for the aerospace company to locate its engine test complex at the rocket propulsion site in South Mississippi. NASA, Rocket Lab, and key elected officials gathered in the Stennis Test Complex for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark launch of the 10-year agreement. Rocket Lab expects to make a substantial capital investment in the project in upcoming years and also create dozens of jobs. With the new agreement, the A-3 Test Stand and about 24 surrounding acres at SSC will be incorporated into the Archimedes Test Complex. Archimedes is Rocket Lab’s new liquid oxygen and liquid methane rocket engine that will power its large, reusable Neutron rocket. The Mississippi Development Authority is providing assistance for Rocket Lab to develop the new site and to relocate and install needed equipment. (Source: NASA/SSC, 11/04/22) Previous

Contract: Lockheed, $765.2M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $765,158,560 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, undefinitized indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for site activation/hardware requirements in support of first aircraft arrival, initial operation capability, and full operational capability milestone events, to include site activation events, support equipment, pilot flight equipment, and post ejection survival training  material, as well as contract management, planning and readiness reviews and associated non-recurring introduction to service activities in support of F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C aircraft initial sustainment activities for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-Department of Defense participants and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif. (52%); Orlando, Fla. (44%); Fort Worth (3%); and Lancashire, United Kingdom (1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2024. 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 Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N0001923D0010). (Source: DoD, 11/04/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

AFSOC gets final AC-130J

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - Air Force Special Operations Command received its 31st and final AC-130J Ghostrider, completing the command’s transition from the legacy AC-130W, AC-130U and AC-130H fleets. There was a commemoration ceremony at the Lockheed Martin Gunship Modification Facility in Crestview Nov. 2. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the new AC-130J took off for Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., where it will become part of the 27th Special Operations Wing. The AC-130J is a transport aircraft modified for special forces operations and has been used to support AFSOC in missions around the world. It is a fifth-generation gunship that can provide close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance. (Source: AFSOC, 11/03/22)

Contract: Coastal Helicopters, $17.6M

Coastal Helicopters Inc., Panama City, Fla., is awarded a $17,648,526, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for flight test support of suitable airborne platforms for ongoing testing of sensor systems. This contract includes a base year of 12 months and four 12-month option periods. Work will be performed in Panama City (70%); Fort Walton, Fla. (25%); and outside the continental U.S. (5%), and is expected to be completed by November 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through November 2027. This contract will be funded from fiscal 2023 research, development, training, and evaluation funds with a ceiling of $17,648,526; however, no funding will be obligated at contract award. This contract was not competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website per 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). Coastal Helicopter Inc. is the only source with the required capabilities. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, is the contracting activity (N61331-22-D-0001). (Source: DoD, 11/01/22)

Contract: DCS Corp., $28M

DCS Corp., Alexandria, Va., is awarded a $28,078,107 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable modification (P00026) to a previously awarded, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This modification extends services, adds hours, and increases the ceiling to provide continued technical support services, to include full systems integration to all Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division's aircraft integrated product teams and their associated aircraft weapons and support systems, to include Foreign Military Sales versions of each aircraft or system. Work will be performed in China Lake, Calif. (87%); Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (7%); Ridgecrest, Calif. (5%); and Point Mugu, Calif. (1%), and is expected to be completed in July 2023. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, Calif., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 10/31/22)

Contract: BAE Systems, $10M

BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration, Merrimack, N.H., has been awarded a $10,068,222 modification (P00016) to contract FA8651-20-C-0043 for research and development seeker integration and testing. Work will be performed in Merrimack and is expected to be completed by June 2024. The award of contract FA8651-20-C-0043 was based on broad agency announcement procedures under solicitation FA8651-17-S-0003. Fiscal 2022 research and development funds in the amount of $3,836,101 are being obligated at the time of modification award. The cumulative face value of the contract is $27,491,746. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 10/31/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $111.1M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $111,107,767 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00017) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0026). This modification adds scope for the development of a Common Reprogramming Tool (CRT) minimum viable product, as well as establishing network connections required to establish the CRT development network and selection of a service-oriented architecture needed to commence development of enhanced reprogramming tools in support of efforts to replace legacy programming tools utilized by reprogramming labs to modernize and revolutionize F-35 reprogramming. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in October 2024. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $4,731,945; fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,655,054; and non-U.S. Department of Defense partner funds in the amount of $1,595,546 will be obligated at the time of award, $8,386,999 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, 10/28/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Weeks Marine, $33.1M

Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, La., was awarded a $33,112,700 firm-fixed-price contract for beach renourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Monmouth Beach, N.J., with an estimated completion date of March 1, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $33,112,700 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-23-C-0002). (Source: DoD, 10/28/22)

Whiting hosts fleet fly in

NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD, Fla. –Training Air Wing Five will host portions of the 2022 Naval Helicopter Association Gulf Coast “Fleet Fly In” the week of Nov. 2-4. The Fleet Fly In is designed to provide a week of training and knowledge sharing with student aviators so they can make informed decisions about their future warfighting platforms. A number of U.S. Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps aircraft, including helicopters such as the MH-60R, MH-60S, MV and CMV-22 Osprey, MH and CH-53E heavy helicopters, AH-1Z, UH-1Y, MH-65 (a medevac-capable search and rescue helicopter) are scheduled to participate in this year’s Fleet Fly In. (Source: NAS Whiting Field Public Affairs, 10/25/22)

Space Florida eyed as partner

MILTON, Fla. - Santa Rosa County is looking to partner with Space Florida, a state agency meant to drive aerospace economic development, in bringing new opportunities to Whiting Aviation Park. The county is looking to lease 15 acres slated for Leonardo Helicopters to the state agency for 20 years. Space Florida would then lease the land to Leonardo Helicopters, which is planning its customer care facility in the park. The two will work together to fundraise, finance and build the facility. The County Commission is expected to OK the lease agreement at its Thursday meeting. County Economic Development Director Shannon Ogletree said bringing on Space Florida will help provide incentivization for high-paying jobs. The expectation is that the property will transition out of the lease into becoming owned by Leonardo over the next couple decades. (Source: Pensacola News Journal, 10/25/22)

Contract: HII, $35.7M

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $35,744,707 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-4203 to exercise Option Period Three for the accomplishment of follow-on CG 47 class integrated planning yard services. Work will be performed in Pascagoula and is expected to be completed by December 2023. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations 6.302-1 (a) (2ii) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 10/26/22)

Contract: Raytheon, $122M

Raytheon Co., Andover, Mass., was awarded a $122,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor pre-planned product improvement Increment III effort. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; Tucson, Ariz.; Anaheim Hills, El Segundo and San Diego, Calif.; Fort Walton Beach, Indialantic and St. Petersburg, Fla.; Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Ind.; Andover, Burlington, Cambridge, Marlborough, Tewksbury, Waltham and Woburn, Mass.; Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fulton, Md.; Saginaw, Mich.; Nashua and Pelham, N.H.; White Sands Missile Range, N.M.; Lawton, Okla.; Chambersburg, Pa.; Portsmouth, R.I.; El Paso and San Antonio, Texas; and Arlington and Sterling, Va., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2025. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $122,000,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9124P-19-9-0001). (Source: DoD, 10/25/22) 

Contract: Lockheed, $14.9M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $14,909,400 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00002) to a previously awarded contract (N0001921C0037). This modification adds scope to provide country-specific program support for F-35 production, modifications, logistics, and sustainment, as well as standup for a security operations center in support of integration for a Foreign Military Sales country into the F-35 enterprise. Work will be performed in Nagoya, Japan (76%); Fort Worth (13%); and Tokyo, Japan (11%), and is expected to be completed in March 2025. Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $14,909,400 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, 10/21/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $12M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $12,052,847 firm-fixed-price modification (P00006) to an order (N0001921F0398) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This modification adds scope to procure Lot 15-16 gun pod containers in support of F-35 Lightning II aircraft ancillary mission equipment for the Navy, Marine Corps, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in February 2026. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,218,945; FMS customer funds in the amount of $457,865; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $376,037 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. (Source: DoD, 10/21/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Relativity plans SSC expansion

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - NASA’s Stennis Space Center joined with Relativity Space on Oct. 18 as the company outlined plans for a major expansion of its rocket and engine test facilities at the south Mississippi site. Relativity Space plans to build comprehensive facilities in the Stennis Test Complex to test its Aeon R engines. The company envisions the completed project as one of the largest commercial test facilities in the nation. Relativity Space already is clearing ground for construction of several new facilities. Company plans call for construction of new engine test stands, office buildings, and a vehicle facility. The company already is housed in several other locations within the Stennis test complex. It also has existing agreements to test its engines and rocket components on various Stennis test stands. Relativity Space originally partnered with Stennis to test its Aeon 1 engine on the site’s E-3 Test Stand. The partnership quickly expanded in 2018 to grant Relativity Space exclusive use of the E-4 Test Complex at Stennis. The latest partnership agreement focuses on 153 acres located near the E-4 Test Complex and provides the company room to grow its operations for Terran R, its fully reusable, entirely 3D-printed launch vehicle. Relativity Space, based in Long Beach, Calif., has created a 3D-printed, expendable Terran 1 rocket scheduled for its maiden launch in upcoming months. The company also is developing a fully reusable, 3D-printed Terran R rocket. The Terran 1 rocket will be capable of carrying small satellite payloads. The Terran R rocket is being developed to launch payloads up to 44,000 pounds (20,000 kilograms) to low-Earth orbit. (Source: NASA, 10/18/22)

Contract: Raytheon, $9.8M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $9,831,952 modification (P00001) to a previously awarded, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N0001922C0016). This modification  adds scope to procure one F-35 Convectional Take-off and Landing variant, full scale, high fidelity, main engine mock-up, and engine maintenance training package in support of the for the F-35 Lightning II program. Work will be performed in Williamtown, Australia, and is expected to be completed in March 2025. Foreign Cooperative Project funds in the amount of $9,831,952 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. (Source: DoD, 10/18/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Top Aces, $21.5M

Top Aces Corp., Mesa, Ariz., has been awarded a $21,450,370 firm-fixed-price task order (FA4890-23-F-0007) under previously awarded contract FA4800-20-D-0007 for contractor-owned, contractor-operated adversary air services. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; and Luke AFB, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 23, 2023. This award is the result of an approved exception to fair opportunity. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $14,300,247 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Combat Command Acquisition Management & Integration Center, Langley AFB, Va., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 14, 2022) (Source: DoD, 10/18/22)

Contract: CCI Group, $12.3M

CCI Group LLC, Shalimar, Fla., is awarded a $12,285,857 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded task order N6945021F0767 under previously awarded, multiple award construction contract N69450-19-D-0917 for repairs to multiple assets on the utility transmission and distribution electrical grid at Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Ga. This award brings the total cumulative value of the contract to $12,570,488. Work will be performed in St. Mary's, Ga., and is expected to be completed by January 2025. Fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2020 military construction (Navy) funds in the amount of $12,285,857 will be obligated at time of award, and $6,207,936 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 10/12/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $35.8M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas is awarded a $35,834,613 firm-fixed-price modification (P00005) to an order (N0001921F0398) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This modification adds scope and increases the contract ceiling for F-35 Lightning II Lot 15-16 Batch 2 Ancillary Mission Equipment for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in December 2025. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $9,746,938, fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,663,940, fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,496,750, FMS customer funds in the amount of $4,809,862, and non-U.S. DoD participant funds in the amount of $12,117,124 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. (Source: DoD, 10/04/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $15.6M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $15,634,052 firm-fixed-price modification (P00086) to a previously awarded contract (N0001917C0001). This modification adds scope to provide non-recurring engineering in support of the F-35 Joint Program Office complying with the Item Unique Identification clause, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.211-7003, for delivered items of which the government’s unit acquisition cost is $5,000 or more, barring exemptions. Work will be performed Samlesbury, United Kingdom and is expected to be completed in August 2024. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $7,817,026 and fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,817,026 will be obligated at time of award, all 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, 10/04/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Jacobs, $36.5M

Jacobs Technology Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is awarded a $36,542,735 cost reimbursement, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract action for site activation, test and evaluation, and sustainment in support of the Underwater Launch Test Capability Program. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $99,826,802. Work will be performed in Crane, Indiana (90%); Ridgecrest, California (5%); Morristown, New Jersey (5%), and is expected to be completed by September 2024. If all options are exercised, work will continue through October 2027. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $1,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contract activity (N0016423CJR84). (Source: DoD, 10/03/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $265.6M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $265,590,400 modification (P00023) cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order (N0001920F0571) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This modification exercises options and adds scope to increase Block 4 manufacturing capacity and procure material modification kits and special test/tooling equipment that remove life limits, correct deficiencies, and retrofit aircraft with Technical Refresh 3. These retrofit and modification efforts on F-35 aircraft will be across the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) participants and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in September 2028. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $89,339,876, fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $72,265,565, fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,188,171, fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $3,667,746, fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $33,046,071, FMS customer funds in the amount of $6,597,436, and non-U.S. DoD participant funds in the amount of $53,485,535 will be obligated at the time of award, $33,046,071 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, 09/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Raytheon, $232.8M

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $232,779,750 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to procure material and support equipment for depot maintenance facilities and unit level support equipment, as well as to provide program administrative support for non-recurring sustainment activities and supplies, services, and planning for depot standup and expansion in support of the for the F-35 Lightning II Program. Work will be performed in East Hartford (40.7%); Jacksonville, Fla. (12.7%); Oklahoma City, Okla. (10.5%); Misawa, Japan (6.5%); Windsor Locks, Conn. (5%); Indianapolis, Ind. (5%); Leeuwarden, Netherlands (3.2%); Williamtown, Australia (2.5%); Orland, Norway (2%); Cherry Point, N.C. (1.7%); Yuma, Ariz. (1.3%); various locations within the Continental United States (6.1%); and various locations outside the Continental United States (2.8%), and is expected to be completed in September 2025. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $45,540,002, fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $17,700,821, fiscal 2022 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $700,830, fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $47,698,510, fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $21,826,309, fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $467,220, fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $467,220, foreign military sales funds in the amount of $24,717,940, and non-U.S. Department of Defense participants funds in the amount of $36,591,718 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.C. 2304(C)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N0001922C0016). (Source: DoD, 09/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $228.7M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $228,680,862 cost-plus-award-fee and cost-plus-fixed fee undefinitized modification (P00074) to a previously awarded contract (N0001919C0010). This modification adds scope for the development of F-35 training systems and simulation block 4 capability development, to include Joint Strike missiles, weapons, integrated fire control, F-35 Lightning Integrated Training Environment, and additional training development required to meet a Lot 17 delivery. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (70%) and Fort Worth (30%), and is expected to be completed in December 2025. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $11,114,668, fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,114,666, and non-U.S. Department of Defense partner funds in the amount of $5,662,710 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. (Source: DoD, 09/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $35.8M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas is awarded a $35,834,613 firm-fixed-price modification (P00005) to an order (N0001921F0398) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This modification adds scope and increases the contract ceiling for F-35 Lightning II Lot 15-16 Batch 2 Ancillary Mission Equipment for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, non-U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in December 2025. Fiscal 2022 appropriation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $49,860,712, fiscal 2022 appropriation (Navy) funds in the amount of 5,663,940, fiscal 2021 appropriation (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,496,750‬, FMS customer funds in the amount of $4,809,862; and non-U.S. DoD participant funds in the amount of $12,117,124 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. (Source: DoD, 09/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $15.6M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $15,634,052 firm-fixed-price modification (P00086) to a previously awarded contract (N0001917C0001). This modification adds scope to provide non-recurring engineering in support of the F-35 Joint Program Office complying with the Item Unique Identification clause, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.211-7003, for delivered items of which the government’s unit acquisition cost is $5,000 or more, barring exemptions. Work will be performed Samlesbury, United Kingdom and is expected to be completed in August 2024. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $7,817,026 and fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $7,817,026 will be obligated at time of award, all 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, 09/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: multiple, $194.5M

Aery Aviation, LLC, Newport News, Va. (FA3002-22-D-0007); Brunner  Aerospace, LLC, Georgetown, Texas (FA3002-22-D-0008); D2 Government Services, LLC, New Bern, N.C. (FA3002-22-D-0015); Delmar Aerospace Corp., Las Vegas, Nev. (FA3002-22-D-0009); FOX3 International, LLC, Scottsdale, Ariz. (FA3002-22-D-0010); Resicum International, LLC, Warrenton, Va.  (FA3002-22-D-0011); SkyWarrior Flight Training, LLC, Pensacola, Fla. (FA3002-22-D-0012); and Val-Kor, LLC, Huntsville, Ala. (FA3002-22-D-0013) have been awarded a combined maximum-value $194,500,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award commercial aircrew and maintenance training contract. These eight contractors may compete for firm-fixed-price task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. Work will be performed at multiple locations and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2032. This contract provides Foreign Military Sales (FMS) students from multiple partner nations and United States Government (USG) students for aircrew and maintenance training located either in the continental U.S. or outside of the continental U.S. These awards are the result of a competitive acquisition and eight offers were received. Fiscal 2022 FMS administrative funds in the amount of $20,000 ($2,500 per awardee) is being obligated at time of award. The 338th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/30/22)

Contract: DCS, $99.5M

DCS Corp., Alexandria, Va., has been awarded a $99,500,000 firm-fixed price contract for Seek Eagle Modeling, Analysis, and Tools Support. This contract provides support to the Air Force aircraft-stores certification process by certifying stores on aircraft, developing specific scientific and engineering methodologies to meet the stores compatibility program, providing engineering analyses and management support to meet current and future needs, and developing tools necessary to ensure that stores are compatible with aircraft used in a multi-role to accommodate an array of store configurations. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2027. This contract was a competitive acquisition and one offer was received. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $17,000,000 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Test Center, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA2486-22-F-A019). (Source: DoD, 09/30/22)

Contract: Textron, $69.7M

Textron Systems Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., has been awarded a $69,740,000 basic indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (FA2487-22-D-A001) for Radio Frequency Threat Simulator (RFTS) Hardware and Sustainment Support Services (HSSS) and a $2,268,802 task order (FA2487-22-F-A0032) for the 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron RFTS HSSS. The contract provides for sustainment of RFTSs in support of the Air Force Test Center electronic warfare mission. Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., and is expected to be completed by September 2032. This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance appropriations in the amount of $60,000 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/30/22)

Contract: Sierra Nevada, $14M

Sierra Nevada Corp., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., has been awarded an undefinitized contract action with a not-to-exceed price of $14,020,026 for the sustainment of the A-29 Fleet for the country of Lebanon. This contract will provide continued support of the six overseas based A-29 aircraft, training devices, mission planning/debrief systems, line replaceable units, alternate mission equipment, ground support equipment, test equipment, commercial technical publications, and associated spares to provide follow-on sustainment. Work will mainly be performed in Fort Walton Beach and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2024. This award is the result of a sole-source, Foreign Military Sales directed acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8637-22-F-1002). (Source: DoD, 09/30/22)

Contract: Conti Federal, $8.4M

Conti Federal Services, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $8,445,000 firm-fixed-price contract for building renovation. This contract provides for the repair of Air Force Building #1643 to support the F-35 aircraft. Work will be performed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 8, 2023. This award is the result of a competitive request for proposals through publication on the System for Award Management website and one offer was received. Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,445,000 are being obligated at time of award. The 301st Contracting Flight, Naval Air Station JRB, Fort Worth, Texas is the contracting activity (FA6675-22-C-0007). (Source: DoD, 09/30/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: L3Harris Mustang, $7M

L3Harris Mustang Technology, L.P., Plano, Texas, has been awarded an estimated $7,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-reimbursable contract. This contract will investigate advanced missile sub-system components to support the Counter Air Science and Technology program. Work will be performed in Plano and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2027. This award is the result of a white paper from a Broad Agency Announcement. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,400,000 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8651-22-D-A002 and Task Order FA8651-22-F-A029). (Source: DoD, 09/30/22)

Contract: TechFlow, $30.4M

TechFlow Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $30,403,370 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement and delivery of electric vehicle charging facilities. Bids were solicited via the internet with 12 received. Work will be performed in Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Bliss, Texas; Waialua, Hawaii; Fort Meade, Md.; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Fort Rucker, Ala.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; Fort Jackson, S.C.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; Fort Belvoir, Va.; Fort Riley, Kan.; Fort Polk, La.; Fort Knox, Ky.; Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; Fort Gordon, Ga.; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Leonard, Mo.; West Point, N.Y.; Jolon, Calif.; Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.; Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; White Sands Missile Range, N.M.; Dugway, Utah; Fort McCoy, Wisc.; Rock Island, Ill.; Fort Detrick, Md.; Fort Myer, Va.; and Fort Lee, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2023. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $30,403,370 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W912DY-22-C-0043). (Source: DoD, 09/30/22)