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)