Contract: Lane Construction, $358M

The Lane Construction Corporation, Cheshire, Conn., was awarded a $357,983,153 firm-fixed-price contract for stormwater management systems, electrical distribution, telecommunications, water distribution and pump station, sanitary sewer and sewer lift stations, natural gas, landscaping, and transportation improvements. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., with an estimated completion date of June 25, 2025. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 military construction, Air Force funds in the amount of $357,983,153 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-22-C-0017). (Source: DoD, 04/29/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $31.5M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $31,508,022 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides maintenance and sustainment operations of the Australia, Canada and United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory facilities and systems, to include consumables and field service representative support. Additionally, this contract provides surrogate encryptions support for the Norway Italy Reprogramming Lab. These efforts are in support of the F-35 Lightning II programs non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (80%); and Fort Worth, Texas (20%), and is expected to be completed in April 2027. Non-U.S. DOD participants funds in the amount of $31,405,066 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 (N0001922C0046). (Source: DoD, 04/29/22)

MOU signed for Pensacola work

DALLAS, Texas – The commercial aerospace business of ST Engineering, Mobile Aerospace Engineering and United Airlines, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the MRO Americas 2022 conference that aims to have ST Engineering see part of United’s long-term airframe heavy maintenance needs move to the Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Fla. ST Engineering currently supports United’s Airbus A320 series out of its facility in Mobile, Ala. Under the MOU, ST Engineering will extend its heavy maintenance support to the airline by servicing additional narrowbody aircraft at the airframe Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) complex that ST Engineering is constructing at the Pensacola International Airport. The MRO complex is an expansion to an existing two-bay widebody hangar facility currently operated by ST Engineering. Estimated to be completed by end 2024, the expansion will add three large state-of-the-art hangars and associated support shops, and around 1.5 million manhours to ST Engineering’s annual capacity in Pensacola. Besides Pensacola and Mobile, ST Engineering also operates other MRO facilities in the U.S. including San Antonio, Texas, and Middle River, Md., and offers aircraft engine washes through EcoServices in Wethersfield, Conn. (Source: ST Engineering, 04/28/22)

New weapon to sink ships tested

QUICKSINK munition. Air Force photo

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Eglin’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated in the Gulf of Mexico April 28 a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats. An 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle released a modified GBU-31 joint direct attack munition that successfully destroyed a full-scale stationary surface vessel. It was the second experiment in the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration. The QUICKSINK program, a Navy partnership, aims to provide options to neutralize surface maritime threats while demonstrating the inherent flexibility of the joint force. This JCTD uses a Joint Direct Attack Munition integrated with a new seeker to rapidly demonstrate an immediate effect on stationary or moving maritime targets at minimal costs. While torpedoes predominantly sink enemy ships via submarines, new methods explored through QUICKSINK may achieve anti-ship lethality with air-launched weapons, including modified 2,000-pound JDAM precision-guided bombs. The munition explodes below the waterline of the target vessel, much like a torpedo. (Source: Air Force Research Laboratory, 04/28/22, Naval News, 03/06/22)

Air Force museum expanding

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The Air Force Armament Museum on Eglin Air Force Base is expanding. The museum, dedicated to the collection and preservation of artifacts and memorabilia of air armaments, opened in 1986 and is getting its first major renovation. It's adding a new building that will be a replica of Eglin Air Force Base headquarters. The expansion is made possible through donations and volunteers. Plans are for the renovations to be done within the next six months. (Source: WEAR-TV, 04/27/22)

Meier visits NAS Pensacola

NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. – Rear Adm. John Meier, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, visited Naval Air Station Pensacola Monday, April 25. Meier met with Rear Adm. Pete Garvin, commander, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) and received a brief on enlisted aviation training. The visit included tours of the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT), Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) and Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC). Naval Education and Training Command is the U.S. Navy’s Force Development pillar and largest shore command. (Source: DVIDS, 04/25/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $93M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $93,012,415 undefinitized modification (P00014) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0001919C0074). This modification adds scope to procure special tooling and test equipment in support of electronic warfare capabilities for F-35 Lightning II low rate initial production for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H. (99%); and Baltimore, Md. (1%), and is expected to be completed in November 2024. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $12,485,390; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $12,485,390; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $20,605,302 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, 04/28/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: United States Marine, $9.4M

United States Marine Inc. (USMI), Gulfport, Miss., is awarded a $9,424,173 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00024-16-D-2215 to establish fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023 pricing for 9-meter Multi-Use Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) EOD Response Craft (MERC) and associated support efforts related to the construction and delivery for engineering and industrial effort and provisioned items orders. Work will be performed in Gulfport and boats are expected to be completed by December 2024. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/28/22)

Contract: Walsh Federal, $184.8M

Walsh Federal LLC, Chicago, Ill., is awarded an $184,794,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of an aircraft maintenance hangar at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The work provides for the construction of a two-story, low rise, two squadron maintenance hangar for the F-35B Lightning II aircraft, including a high bay space, crew and equipment space, and administrative space. The contract also contains seven unexercised options, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $206,064,819. Work will be performed in Havelock, N.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2025. Fiscal 2022 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $50,000,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract is incrementally funded with the first increment of $50,000,000 being allocated at the time of award. The second increment will be funded in fiscal 2023 at $99,000,000. The third increment will be funded in fiscal 2024 at $35,794,000. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.sam.gov website with four non-price proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-22-C-0016). (Source: DoD, 04/26/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Swiftships, $22.1M

Swiftships LLC, Morgan City, La., is awarded a $22,109,346 firm-fixed-price contract action for six 28-meter Coastal Patrol Craft material production kits, Zodiac Rigid Inflatable Boats, Forward Looking Infrared Systems, personal computer packages, associated contractor engineering technical services, and provisioned item orders. This contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $26,357,027. This contract involves Foreign Military Sales to Egypt. Work will be performed in Morgan City, and is expected to be completed by November 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through November 2023. Fiscal 2022 Foreign Military Financing Egypt funds in the amount of $22,109,346 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)(4) — International Agreement. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-22-C-2201). (Source: DoD, 04/26/22)

Contract: multiple, $49M

Seabrook Solutions Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (W91278-22-D-0019); Golden Wolf LLC, Lithia, Fla. (W91278-22-D-0020); and S&B Christ Consulting LLC, Las Vegas, Nev. (W91278-22-D-0021), will compete for each order of the $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for planning, supervision, labor, subcontracts, travel and all other things necessary to perform quality assurance through on-site analysis of facilities and analysis of data contained in the Builder Sustainment Management System database. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 25, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/26/22)

Contract: EMR, $12.3M

EMR Inc., Niceville, Fla., was awarded a $12,265,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct a main entry control facility for privately owned vehicles at Patrick Space Force Base. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., with an estimated completion date of April 26, 2022. Fiscal 2019 military construction, Air Force funds in the amount of $12,265,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-22-C-0016). (Source: DoD, 04/26/22)

Launcher's 3D rocket test

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Launcher’s 3D printed E-2 liquid rocket engine successfully demonstrated nominal thrust, pressure, and oxidizer/fuel mixture ratio for the first time in a test April 21 at NASA Stennis Space Center.  E-2 is a closed cycle 3D printed, high-performance liquid rocket engine in development for the Launcher Light launch vehicle, which has an inaugural launch scheduled for 2024. A single E-2 engine will boost Launcher Light to low Earth orbit with 150kg of payload. As a next step, Launcher will test again in early May. (Source: Launcher Space, 3Dprintingmedia, 04/25/22)

Contract: HII, $20.2M

Huntington-Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $20,172,978 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-4 313 to exercise options for the accomplishment of the planning yard services for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in-service ships. Work will be performed in Hampton, Va. (17%); Pascagoula (77%); San Diego, Calif. (3%); and Jacksonville, Fla. (3%), and is expected to be completed by April 2023. Fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $981,964 (5%); and fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $19,191,014 (95%) 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, 04/25/22)

NAS Pensacola wins award

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Naval Air Station Pensacola was recently named the Commander, Navy Installations Command’s (CNIC) Installation (Large) of the Year for 2022. The award recognizes the top Navy shore commands for installation management, program excellence and community outreach during fiscal year 2021. CNIC oversees 70 U.S. Navy installations worldwide. For the Installation Excellence Awards, bases are evaluated on a number of categories including facilities management, quality of life, environment, energy, public relations, safety and mission support. NAS Pensacola completed over 50,000 mishap-free operations, 8,000 combat training activities, 7,600 radar/instrument approaches and 12 large force exercises. NAS Pensacola’s Port Operations supported 50 port calls, 110 movements and homeporting for five U.S. Coast Guard Cutters. (Source: DVIDS, 04/22/22) 

Team tests Legion pod targeting

F-16 and F-15 ready for test. Air Force photo

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Eglin’s Integrated Test Team conducted the first-ever multi-platform operational test to locate a target using shared Infra-Red Search and Track sensor data. It happened April 7 when an F-15C Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon, both equipped with Lockheed Martin’s Legion Pod, used the IRST21 infrared sensor to detect a target. The aircraft were then able to share that sensor data over the Legion pod’s Advanced Datalink to passively triangulate target position without the use of radar or other active ranging sources. The Legion Pod’s common interface allows integration onto any aircraft with minimal to no impact on the aircraft’s core software. This versatility opens the door for integration with minimal effort onto other fighter aircraft like the Air Force’s newest fighter, F-15EX. (Source:
53rd Wing, 04/19/22)
 

The final toast

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — Eighty silver goblets stood in a blue velvet-lined case, each engraved with the name of one of the famed Doolittle Raiders. All had been turned upside down, save for one with the name Richard Cole, co-pilot to Jimmy Doolittle. At the time of his death in 2019, the 103-year-old Cole was the last of the Raiders who had carried out the daring bombing mission over Tokyo that marked the United States’ first counter punch during World War II. That mission forced Japan to divert forces to safeguard its own island and bolstered American morale after Pearl Harbor. For decades following the war, the surviving Raiders would gather privately once a year to toast their departed comrades with cognac and turn over the goblet for each man who had died. On Monday, the 80th anniversary of the raid, the final goblet ceremony was held to remember Dick Cole and his fellow Doolittle Raiders. (Source: Air Force Times via Yahoo, 04/19/22)

Contract: Raytheon, $482.7M

Raytheon Co., Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tewksbury, Mass., is awarded a $482,714,279 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-only, and firm-fixed-price contract for DDG 1000 Class Combat System activation, sustainment and modernization support for Mission Systems and Total Ship Computing Environment infrastructure (TSCEi) hardware/equipment, in addition to non-recurring engineering services supporting combat system installation, integration, development, testing, correction, maintenance, and modernization of Zumwalt-class Mission Systems and Mission System equipment. This contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $1,675,745,280. Work will be performed in Tewksbury (37%); Portsmouth, R.I. (37%); San Diego, Calif. (22%); Nashua, N.H. (2%); Pascagoula, Miss. (1%); and Fort Wayne, Ind. (1%), and is expected to be completed by April 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through April 2027. Fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,100,000 (34%); fiscal 2022 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,000,000 (26%); fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of  $3,209,388 (22%); fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,610,000 (17%); and fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $216,000 (1%) will be obligated at time of award, of which $3,425,388 will 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 Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-22-C-5522). (Source: DoD, 04/20/22)

Contract: Science Applications, $49.4M

Science Applications International Corp., Reston, Va., was awarded a $49,391,633 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for various technical support elements required for the management and operation of five high-performance computing centers. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Vicksburg, Miss.; John C. Stennis Space Center, Miss.; Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., with an estimated completion date of April 17, 2023. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $1,753,551 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-F-0191). (Source: DoD, 04/18/22)

Contract: Schmidt-Prime, $10M

Schmidt-Prime Group LLC, Pensacola, Fla., is awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N69450-20-D-0002). This modification provides to increase the not-to-exceed contract price for professional architectural and engineering services. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $47,000,000. Work will be performed within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast (SE) area of operations. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of November 2024. Task orders will be primarily funded by operation and maintenance (Navy); and military construction (Navy) funds. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued. NAVFAC SE, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/18/22)

Contract: HII, $41.7M

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $41,680,732 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2312 to exercise options for accomplishment of follow yard services for the DDG 51 Class destroyer program. Work will be performed in Pascagoula (98%); Washington, D.C. (1%); and Bath, Maine (1%), and is expected to be completed by April 2023. Fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) (SCN) funds in the amount of $3,747,563 (18%); fiscal 2017 SCN funds in the amount of $2,182,007 (10%); fiscal 2018 SCN funds in the amount of $14,647,996 (71%); and fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) funds in the amount of $118,071 (1%) will be obligated at time of award. The RDT&E funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/15/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $23M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $22,953,288 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides initial product support maintenance of the F-35 Lightning II chase aircraft necessary to support F-35 aircraft acceptance and delivery at the final assembly and check out facility, to include 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 the operational F-35 aircraft to the Air Force, Navy, non-U.S. Department of Defense participants, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in December 2022. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001922D0024). (Source: DoD, 04/15/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Trent Lott Airport improved

MOSS POINT, Miss. - City officials and state representatives gathered Wednesday to showcase the $6.7 million runway improvements made to Trent Lott International Airport. In 2019, the state awarded the airport $6.7 million in Restore Act Funds to upgrade the capacity of runways to accommodate larger planes. With the funds, some four inches of surface asphalt was added to the runway. The runway is now 150 feet wide and capable of  accommodating aircraft up to nearly 200,000 pounds. Officials hope landing bigger aircraft could mean landing new business as well. (Sources: WXXV, WLOX, 04/13/22)

Electric rotary aircraft tested

Hexa during test. Air Force photo

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The Lift Hexa, an electric, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, completed its first test flight here April 4. The unmanned aircraft, piloted via remote control, used 18 motors and propellers to fly for approximately 10 minutes and reach a height of about 50 feet. The aircraft resides with Eglin’s rotary wing test squadron, the 413th Flight Test Squadron, who manages the program under its Agility Prime flight.  The unit provides the coordination, logistics and support for the Lift team’s developmental ground and flight testing operations. (Source: Eglin Air Force Base, 04/13/22)

Contract: Howard Pence Inc., $15.4M

Howard W. Pence Inc., Elizabethtown, Ky., was awarded a $15,417,048 firm-fixed-price contract to provide a fully contained indoor firing range and a combat arms training and maintenance facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with nine received. Work will be performed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 3, 2024. Fiscal 2020 military construction, Air Force funds in the amount of $15,417,048 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-22-C-0014). (Source: DoD, 04/13/22)

Austal opens steel ship facility

MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA opened a state-of-the-art $100 million facility Tuesday for the production of steel ships for the U.S. Navy and other customers. The addition of steel capability adds to the company's aluminum shipbuilding expertise. Austal USA President Rusty Murdaugh called it a game-changer. Gov. Kay Ivey joined Austal leaders and other guests, including representatives of the Navy, Coast Guard and the Embassy of Australia, at a ceremony on Tuesday to formalize the opening of the steel facility. The 117,000-square-foot manufacturing addition will house computerized and robotic steel processing equipment to handle all current and future demands of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. In addition, a 60,000-square-foot stock yard will be utilized for handling the raw steel and a 19,500-square-foot paint facility will provide the ability to paint and blast simultaneously in two separate cells, or both cells can be combined to paint super-modules. Austal’s Alabama shipyard has delivered 15 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and 12 Expeditionary Fast Transports (EPF) to the Navy while another seven total aluminum Navy ships are under construction.(Source: Made in Alabama, 04/13/22)

Contracts: multiple, $450M

Addon Services LLC, Warren, Mich. (W912DY-22-D-0045); Ahtna Infrastructure and Technologies LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (W912DY-22-D-0046); Reliance Construction Management Co., Wake Forest, N.C. (W912DY-22-D-0047); Silver Mountain Weston JV LLC, Idaho Falls, Idaho (W912DY-22-D-0048); Bhate Environmental Associates Inc., Birmingham, Ala. (W912DY-22-D-0049); CMS Corp., Bargersville, Ind. (W912DY-22-D-0050); GSINA-Pacific JV LLC, Flemington, N.J. (W912DY-22-D-0051); Magna JV, Leesburg, Va. (W912DY-22-D-0052); MVL USA Inc., Lansing, Mich. (W912DY-22-D-0053); Sea Pac Engineering Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. (W912DY-22-D-0054); Southeastern Industrial Barlovento JV, Destin, Fla. (W912DY-22-D-0055); Environmental Chemical Corp., Burlingame, Calif. (W912DY-22-D-0056); Fluor Federal Solutions LLC, Reston, Va. (W912DY-22-D-0057); Herman Construction Group Inc., Escondido, Calif. (W912DY-22-D-0058); John C. Grimberg Co. Inc., Rockville, Md. (W912DY-22-D-0059); M.C. Dean Inc., Tysons, Va. (W912DY-22-D-0060); Siemens Government Technologies Inc., Reston, Va. (W912DY-22-D-0061); Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions Inc., Blue Bell, Pa. (W912DY-22-D-0062); EXP Federal Inc., Chicago, Ill. (W912DY-22-D-0068); Perini Management Services Inc., Framingham, Mass. (W912DY-22-D-0069); and Weston Solutions, West Chester, Pa. (W912DY-22-D-0070), will compete for each order of the $450,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design-build capabilities in support of the Facility Repair and Renewal program. Bids were solicited via the internet with 80 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 12, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/12/22)

Contract: Bollinger, $33.7M

Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., is awarded a $33,704,757 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of the multi-mission dry dock caissons at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY). The work to be performed provides for two graving dock caissons at PNSY for Dry Dock #1N and Dry Dock #1W. Caisson construction includes steel fabrication, installation of mechanical and electrical systems, and a full testing program of the caissons and its interface with the newly constructed dry dock seats. The contract contains two unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $33,747,000. The contract is incrementally funded with the first increment of $7,000,000 being allocated at the time of award. The second increment will be funded later in fiscal 2022 at $26,704,757. Work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and is expected to be completed by September 2025. Fiscal 2021 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $7,000,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was solicited via the beta.sam.gov website with two non-price proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-22-C-0010). (Source: DoD, 04/11/22)

Contract: Atlantic Diving, $11.2M

Atlantic Diving Supply Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., is awarded an $11,159,678 firm-fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract N61331-20-D-0006 for maritime armor systems, to support the Antiterrorism Afloat Equipage Program. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach and is expected to be completed by May 2023. If all options are exercised, then performance will be completed May 2025 and not exceed $19,329,230. No funding will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/11/22)

Contract: Point Blank, $10.7M

Point Blank Enterprises Inc., Pompano Beach, Fla., is awarded a $10,748,799 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N61331-20-D-0008 for maritime armor systems, to support the Antiterrorism Afloat Equipage Program. Work will be performed in Pompano Beach and is expected to be completed by May 2023. If all options are exercised, performance will be completed May 2025 and not exceed $18,130,269. No funding will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/11/22)

Contract: Slate Solutions, $10M

Slate Solutions LLC, Davie, Fla., is awarded a $10,017,191 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded contract (N61331-20-D-0009) for maritime armor systems, to support the Antiterrorism Afloat Equipage Program. Work will be performed in Pompano Beach, Fla., and is expected to be completed by May 2023. If all options are exercised, performance will be completed May 2025 and not exceed $17,348,059. No funding will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/11/22)

Contract: Bollinger, $13.7M

Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC, Lockport, La., is awarded a $13,725,953 fixed-price incentive (firm target), firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-type contract for the production of the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV), engineering services and other direct costs. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $122,908,682. Work will be performed in Lockport (65%); Portsmouth, Va. (22%); Atlanta, Ga. (10%); and Orrville, Ohio (3%), and is expected to be completed by April 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through April 2027. Fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $13,725,953 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.sam.gov website, with three offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-22-C-6305). (Source: DoD, 04/08/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $261.4M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $261,425,000 fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification (P00010) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0009). This modification increases scope for the procurement of long lead-time materials, parts, components, and efforts for the production of nine Lot 17 F-35C aircraft for the Navy, 13 Lot 17 F-35A aircraft and two Lot 17 F-35B aircraft for non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. 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 May 2026. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $75,425,000; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $186,000,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/07/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Tar, $8.6M

Tar LLC, Houma, La., was awarded an $8,584,182 firm-fixed-price contract for inspection, maintenance, and repairs to electrical and electronic dredging equipment, propulsion system and auxiliary systems aboard the Wheeler dredge. 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 April 3, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-22-D-0012). (Source: DoD, 04/07/22)

A-10 bomb configuration tested

A-10 test. Air Force photo

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The Air Force tested its new 16-bomb-carrying configuration of the A-10C Thunderbolt II back in early February, and photos were released late last month. Eglin announced the test in a tweet on March 31. The photo released says the new configuration tested by the 96th Test Wing at Eglin improves the A-10s capability to carry precision guided and unguided munitions. (Sources: American Military News, 04/05/22, Eglin Air Force Base, 03/29/22)

Eglin looking for ideas

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The Munitions Directorate is set to spend the next five years harvesting ideas from industry, academia and other sources for new bomb and missile technologies. Late last month, the Munitions Directorate issued a Broad Agency Announcement setting up what will become a five-year review and selection of proposed research proposals. The BAA issued by the Munitions Directorate seeks research in 20 areas under the broad title of "Air Delivered Effects." The directorate, part of the of the Air Force Research Laboratory, works to discover, develop and deliver weapons and other technologies to the military. (Source: Northwest Florida Daily News, 04/06/22)

Contract: Pine Bluff Sand, $9.6M

Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co., White Hall, Ark., was awarded a $9,630,900 firm-fixed-price contract for stone paving and stone repairs along the banks of the Mississippi River. 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 Sept. 30, 2022. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-22-F-0066). (Source: DoD, 04/06/22)

Airport traffic up 40 percent

PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Pensacola International Airport has seen an uptick in passengers, with 40 percent more passengers taking flight in March than in the same time in 2021. The numbers attest to the strong tourism in the area, increased population and the continuation of a pent-up travel demand brought on by the pandemic, according to Pensacola International Airport Air Service Development Manager Erica Grancagnolo. "Last year, we had a record number of passengers with 2.3 million, and we're on track this year to exceed that," she said. (Source: Pensacola News Journal, 04/05/22)

Testing of RS-25 completed

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - NASA completed developmental engine testing March 30 with a full-duration RS-25 hot fire, to support future engines that will launch Space Launch System (SLS) astronauts deeper into space than ever. Operators fired RS-25 engine No. 0525 for about eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds) and up to 111% power level on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center (SSC). The March 30 hot fire completed the fourth developmental test series and sets Aerojet Rocketdyne, lead contractor for NASA’s SLS engines, on pace to produce new RS-25s for future use. (Source: NASA/SSC, 03/30/22) Previous

Contract: Lockheed, $23M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $23,033,323 fixed-price-incentive-firm, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00053) to a previously awarded contract (N0001918C1048). This modification adds scope for the development and stand up of the initial F-35 Joint Strike Fighter depot repair capability for the Weapon Bay Door Drive System and Hydraulic Power Generation System, as well as provides increased repair capacity for the Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System. Work will be performed in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (59.91%); El Segundo, Calif. (22.11%); Fort Worth, Texas (12.49%); and Rolling Meadows, Ill. (5.49%), and is expected to be completed in April 2025. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $11,948,190; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,202.510; and non-U.S. Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $882,623 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, 04/01/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: C&C Marine, $49M

C & C Marine LLC, Mobile, Ala., was awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for rental of construction equipment with operators. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-22-D-0025). (Source: DoD, 13/31/22)

Contract: EMR, $19M

EMR Inc., Niceville, Fla., was awarded a $19,032,100 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of a civil engineer maintenance shop and storage area. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 29, 2024. Fiscal 2020 military construction, Air Force funds in the amount of $19,032,100 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-22-C-0010). (Source: DoD, 13/31/22)

Contract: HII, $28.4M

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $28,374,837 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2427 for the Joint Strike Fighter, and ship’s mast and superstructure engineering change proposals in support of one Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose) Replacement (LHA(R)) Flight 1 Ship (LHA 8). Work will be performed in Pascagoula (72%); Chesapeake, Va. (25%); and Philadelphia, Pa. (3%). Work is expected to be completed by July 2025. Fiscal 2017 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $28,374,837 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, 13/31/22)