Downtown airport losing service

Denver-based Frontier Airlines announced Monday it will suspend all operations at the Downtown Mobile Airport in April based on a lack of sufficient demand, a company spokeswoman said. Frontier is the only airline providing flights from the new passenger terminal at the Downtown Mobile Airport at the Mobile Aeroplex. The $8 million terminal opened on May 1 is named “Terminal One” and is inside a 50,000-square-foot building that partially serves as an Airbus logistics center. The Mobile Airport Authority in a news release said the Frontier service will end on April 22, and likely would not return to Mobile any sooner than 2021. The airline is currently providing flights to Denver. Last year, it offered flights to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport before suspending that service on Nov. 13. Mobile is also served by the Mobile Regional Airport west of downtown. (Source: al.com, 01/06/20)

ECP celebrates key service

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) will welcome the inaugural Washington, D.C. flight on American Airlines with a water cannon salute Jan. 7. This new nonstop flight option will run daily between ECP and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The flight will be operated by a 50 seat CRJ-200. (Source: ECP, 01/06/20)

SLS readied for shipping

Assembly of the core stage of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) is now complete and the structure is ready for shipping from Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to Stennis Space Center (SSC), Miss., for testing. Assembly of the 212-foot rocket core stage was completed last year and had its engine section bolted on last September. With all four of its RS-25 engines attached, the team used scaffolding to check all parts of the stage inside and out, and confirmed that the electronic and propulsion systems were connected correctly. To move such a large object, NASA uses its Pegasus barge. The core stage should be shipped from New Orleans to SSC near Bay St. Louisng later this month. The testing at SSC is called the "Green Run," in which the core stage will operate as one unit for the first time. (Source: Digital Trends, 01/05/20)

Contract: Unisys, $17.2M

Unisys Corp., Reston, Va., has been awarded a $17,154,219 modification (P00004) to previously awarded contract FA8726-19-9-0001 for End User Services Risk Reduction Effort experiment. This modification provides for an experiment of the commercial delivery of standardized, innovative, and agile information technology services, including an enterprise service desk and end user devices, to a select group of bases. Work will be performed at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.; Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany; Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.; Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, Alaska; Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.; Hurlburt Field, Fla.; and Pope Field, N.C., with possible scaling of up to 20 bases during the experiment and is expected to be completed by February 2022. The total cumulative face value of the agreement is $279,504,252. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,736,194 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity. Awarded on Jan. 2, 2020. (Source: DoD, 01/03/20)

Contract: Lockheed, $1.9B

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $1,926,811,724 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost reimbursable contract. This contract procures recurring logistics services for delivered F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Air Systems in support of the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-Department of Defense (DOD) participants and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. Services to be provided include ground maintenance activities, action request resolution, depot activation activities, automatic logistics information system operations and maintenance, reliability, maintainability and health management implementation and support, supply chain management and activities to provide and support pilot and maintainer initial training. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (61%); Orlando, Fla. (25%); Greenville, S.C. (5%); Warton, United Kingdom (6%) and Redondo Beach, Calif. (3%); and is expected to be completed in December 2020. Fiscal 2020 operation and maintenance (Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy), non-DOD participant and FMS funds in the amount of $1,014,338,012 will be obligated at time of award, $671,022,784 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchase for the Air Force ($392,321,076; 38%), Marine Corps ($191,048,520; 19%), Navy ($87,653,188; 9%), non-DoD participants ($231,962,860; 23%) and FMS customers ($111,352,368; 11%). This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-20-C-0006). Awarded Dec. 30, 2019. (Source: DoD, 12/31/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and F-35 reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $172.2M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a not-to-exceed $172,210,000 fixed-price-incentive-firm target, advance acquisition contract. This contract procures long lead materials, parts components and effort for the production of 28 lot 15 F-35 aircraft for the Navy and Marine Corps. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas (35%), El Segundo, Calif. (25%), Warton, United Kingdom (20%), Orlando, Fla. (10%), Nashua, N.H. (5%), and Baltimore, Md. (5%), and is expected to be completed in November 2023. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $172,210,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-20-C-0009). Awarded Dec. 27, 2019. (Source: DoD, 12/31/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and F-35 reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $98.9M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $98,948,397 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N00019-20-F-0377) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-19-G-0008). This order provides for the integration of the Next Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System into all variants of the F-35 aircraft in support of the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and non-Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in July 2022. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy), fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Air Force) and non-DOD participant funds in the amount of $98,948,397 will be obligated at time of award, $40,665,812 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This order combines purchases for the Navy ($40,665,812; 41%), Air Force ($40,665,812; 41%) and non-DOD participants ($17,616,773; 18%). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. Awarded Dec. 30, 2019. (Source: DoD, 12/31/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and F-35 reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $82M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded an $81,968,583 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-19-C-0010). This modification procures hardware and software development of select block 4 capabilities through developmental flight test for the F-35 Lightning II in support of the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and non-Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Additionally, this modification provides requirements decomposition of advanced block 4 capabilities in support of the system functional review. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in June 2022. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy; $2,096,577) and non-DOD participant funds ($77,775,605) for $79,872,182 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. Awarded Dec. 30, 2019. (Source: DoD, 12/31/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and F-35 reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $68M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $68,000,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-16-C-0033). This modification provides product process verification on F-35 production operation cards to identify and correct potential process issues and implement and validate corrective actions in support of the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in June 2024. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy; $34,000,000) and fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force; $34,000,000) funds in the amount of $68,000,000 will be obligated at time of award, $34,000,000 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. Awarded Dec. 27, 2019. (Source: DoD, 12/31/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and F-35 reprogramming labs.

Duke gets MH-139A, new unit

DUKE FIELD, Fla. - Duke Field at Eglin Air Force Base in Northwest Florida took delivery Dec. 19 of the new MH-139A helicopter. Nicknamed the "Grey Wolf," the MH-139A is the Air Force’s first service-specific helicopter, and the first helicopter acquisition by the Air Force’s Global Strike Command. The MH-139A is a military version of Leonardo’s AW-139 commercial helicopter outfitted for military use by Boeing. The Air Force is paying $2.38 billion for up to 84 helicopters. The Global Strike Command will use the MH-139A for security and support for missile installations across North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Nebraska. The Grey Wolf will bring improvements in speed, range, endurance and payload over the Vietnam-era UH-1N "Huey," which it's replacing. In addition to providing security for nuclear missiles, the Grey Wolf also will have a role in providing security in the nation’s capital. It's also to be used in civil search and rescue, survival school and test support. A new unit, Detachment 7, has been established to evaluate and test the helicopter and will work with Air Force Materiel Command’s Duke Field-based 413th Flight Test Squadron, the Air Force’s only dedicated helicopter test unit. (Sources: Pensacola News Journal, 12/19/19, Crestview Bulletin, 12/15/19)

Contract: Raytheon, $768.3M

Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a $768,283,907 non-competitive fixed-price incentive (firm) contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 33. This contract provides for the production of the AMRAAM missiles, captive air training missiles, guidance sections, AMRAAM telemetry system, spares and other production engineering support hardware. Work will be performed in Tucson with an expected completion date of Feb. 28, 2023. This contract involves unclassified foreign military sales to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and United Kingdom, which accounts for 47% of the contract value. Fiscal 2018 Air Force and Navy procurement funds in the amount of $21,606,031; fiscal 2019 Air Force and Navy procurement funds in the amount of $356,753,259; fiscal 2020 Navy procurement funds in the amount of $4,212,839; fiscal 2019 Air Force research and development funds in the amount of $7,343,150; fiscal 2020 Air Force and Navy research and development funds in the amount of $10,295,601; fiscal 2020 Air Force operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,404,956; and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $366,668,071 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Dominance Division Contracting Office, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-20-C-0033). (Source: DoD, 12/27/19)

Contract: Lockheed, $7B

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $7,000,000,000 modification (P00009) to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract FA8205-18-D-0001 for F-22 air vehicle sustainment. This modification provides for the exercise of an option for additional five year ordering period for comprehensive F-22 air vehicle sustainment. Work will be performed at five operational bases: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.; Tyndall AFB, Fla.; Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; and at six support locations: Edwards AFB, Calif.; Palmdale, Calif.; Hill AFB, Utah; Tinker AFB, Okla.; Sheppard AFB, Texas; and Warner Robins AFB, Ga.; as well as at other potential stateside and overseas locations, combat deployment and en-route support bases, potential locations through depot partnering agreements and system program office locations and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2032. This contract action is the result of a sole-source acquisition. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/20/19)

Contract: UTC, $455.5M

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is awarded a $455,524,124 modification (P00016) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-18-C-1021). This modification provides for non-recurring engineering and tooling in support of the lot 14 production and delivery of 32 F135-PW-100 propulsion systems and one F135-PW-600 propulsion system for F-35 Joint Program Office non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants. Work will be performed in East Hartford (97%); Indianapolis, Ind. (2%); and Bristol, United Kingdom (1%), and is expected to be completed in April 2022. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps, and Navy); fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Air Force); and non-DoD participant funds in the amount of $413,030,550 are being obligated at time of award, $13,932,222 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for non-DoD participants ($385,166,106; 93%); Air Force ($13,932,222; 3%); Navy ($6,966,111; 2%); and the Marine Corps ($6,966,111; 2%). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/21/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Northrop, $22.5M

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is awarded a $22,471,211 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide engineering, cyber security, system software, logistics and training services in support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout Unmanned Air Systems. Work will be performed at San Diego and is expected to be completed in December 2020. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement; and operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $13,778,236 will be obligated at time of award, $7,999,858 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-20-C-0025). (Source: DoD, 12/20/19) Gulf Coast note: Moss Point, Miss., does final assembly Work on the MQ-8 Fire Scout.

Contract: Georgia Tech, $85M

Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., has been awarded an $85,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Golden Horde Science and Technology demonstration effort. The first task order will be awarded as an undefinitized contract action, with a not-to-exceed of $46,000,000 under task order FA8651-20-F-1070. The five year contract provides support for research and development of emerging munition technologies, as well as integrated weapon demonstrations. The effort is conceptualized as a fast-paced Air Force Research Laboratory-led demonstration project executed under the auspices of the Team Eglin Weapon Consortium. Work will be performed at Atlanta, Ga., and is expected to be completed by December 2021 for task order 0001. This award is the result of a non-competitive acquisition under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency needs. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 research and development funds in the amount of $17,290,000 are being obligated on the first task order at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8651-20-D-0070). (Source: DoD, 12/19/19)

Contract: UTC, $58.4M

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engine, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $58,382,282 fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee task order (N00019-20-F-0001) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-17-G-0005). This order provides non-recurring engineering for early identification, development and qualification of corrections to potential and actual operational issues, including safety, reliability and maintainability problems identified through fleet usage, accelerated mission testing, continues engine maturation and evaluates component life limits based on operational experience in support of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Aircraft for the Navy, Air Force; non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford (87%) and Indianapolis, Ind. (13%), and is expected to be completed in December 2024. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy and Air Force), non-DoD participant and FMS funds in the amount of $19,422,149 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This order combines purchases for the Navy ($20,908,426; 36%); Air Force ($19,887,707; 34%); non-DoD participants ($9,471,149; 16%) and FMS customers ($8,115,000; 14%). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/19/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $9M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $8,993,361 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract. This contract provides support to establish the common reprogramming tool development network and selection of a service-oriented architecture needed to commence development of enhanced reprogramming tools, which is essential for all standing labs in support of the F-35 aircraft for the Navy and the government of Australia. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas (97%) and Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (3%), and is expected to be completed in December 2020. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) and non-Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $6,995,574 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-20-C-0026). (Source: DoD, 12/19/19)

Contract: Boeing, $92.3M

Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., St. Louis, Mo., is awarded a not-to-exceed value of $92,280,378 undefinitized contract action. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-quantity contract provides engineering technical services in support of Naval Aviation weapon systems and all associated systems and equipment throughout their sustainment life-cycle, to include contractor field services in support of the AV-8B, EA-18G, F/A-18, C-40, and P-8A aircraft for the Navy and the government of Kuwait. Work will be performed in Iwakuni, Japan (17.88%); Oceana, Va. (8.48%); Whidbey Island, Wash. (8.25%); New Orleans, La. (7.26%); Miramar, Calif. (6.85%); Beaufort, S.C. (5.45%); Kuwait (5.36%); Fort Worth, Texas (5.06%); North Island, Calif. (5.06%); Jacksonville, Fla.(4.61%); Pensacola, Fla. (3.63%); Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (3.63%); Patuxent River, Md. (3.63%); China Lake, Calif. (3.63%); Cherry Point, N.C. (3.63%); Yuma, Ariz., (3.63%); Fallon, Nev. (1.8%); Lemoore, Calif. (1.8%); various locations within the continental U.S. (.3%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (.06%), and is expected to be completed in December 2024. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued; fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds (Navy) in the amount of $791,695 will be obligated for the first task order, all of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to the 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-20-D-0007). (Source: DoD, 12/18/19)

Contract: Lockheed, $50.2M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $50,161,071 modification (P00026) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-18-C-1048). This modification exercises an option to procure unique F-35 Autonomic Logistics Information System hardware and support equipment for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif. (25%); Orlando, Fla. (20%); Windsor, Conn. (16%); Rome, Italy (12%); Fort Worth, Texas (11%); Bend, Or. (6%); Long Island, N.Y. (4%); Pharr, Texas (2%); Riverside, Calif. (2%); and Farnborough, United Kingdom (2%), and is expected to be completed in September 2024. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $50,161,071 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, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/18/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 traing center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $8.9M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $8,890,964 modification (P00019) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (N00019-18-F-2476) previously placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-14-G-0020. This modification is for the procurement of modification kits required for modification and retrofit activities in support of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in December 2024. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps and Navy); fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy); and fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps and Navy) funds in the amount of $8,890,964 will be obligated at time of award, $1,021,042 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This order combines purchases for the Air Force ($3,857,905; 43%); Marine Corps ($3,789,990; 43%); and Navy ($1,243,068; 14%). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/18/19) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.