Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Contract: Pensacola Bay, $24.1M

Pensacola Bay Support Services LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is awarded a $24,133,485 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded contract N69450-18-D-2013. The contract modification provides for the exercise of Option Period 4 for base operating support services under the basic contract. Work will be performed in Pensacola, Fla. This option period is from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $123,620,117. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance (Navy); and fiscal 2022 Defense Health Program funds in the amount of $19,174,873 for recurring work will be obligated on an individual task order issued during the option period. No funds will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/30/22)

F-22s and the boneyard

The Air Force plans to retire nearly three dozen of Tyndall Air Force Base’s F-22 fighter jets in fiscal 2023, ending plans to move them to Virginia that have been on hold for more than three years. The Raptors have been flying out of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., since a hurricane destroyed Tyndall AFB, Fla., in October 2018. Officials want to divest 33 of the service’s oldest F-22s and use that money to research cutting-edge combat jet designs under the “Next-Generation Air Dominance” program. If Congress approves the idea, it would send all but three Block 20 Raptors to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Ariz., and shrink the overall fleet from 186 to 153 fighters. (Source: DefenseNews via Yahoo, 03/28/22)

F-35 PIO supporting future mission

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The 325th Fighter Wing is scheduled to receive F-35A Lightning II aircraft beginning in September 2023. As the “Installation of the Future” readies for its new mission set, Tyndall personnel and contractors are making tailored considerations to the flight line and facilities. Leading that effort is the 325 FW F-35 Program Integration Office. The PIO’s mission is to identify current and future requirements in support of the F-35A bed-down at Tyndall. Before breaking ground on F-35A facilities, the PIO coordinated with engineers from the 325th Civil Engineer Squadron to design a blueprint that optimized operational and combat readiness. (Source: 325th Fight Wing Public Affairs, 03/28/22)

Downtown airport 80 percent funded

MOBILE, Ala. - Mobile County Commissioners on Monday dedicated $15 million toward a new international airport project near downtown Mobile that is over 80 percent funded before construction begins. The money will mostly go toward road work near the new terminal. Of the $15 million, $5 million will go directly toward the terminal project. The balance is expected to pay for improving several roads within the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley where the new terminal will be built within the next two years. (source: aldotcom, 03/28/22)

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Contract: NCS/EML, $12.3M

NCS/EML SB JV LLC, Louisville, Ky., is awarded a $12,253,380 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded contract N69450-19-D-1740. The contract modification provides for the exercise of Option Period Three for base operating support services at installations under the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) area of operations. Work will be performed in Milton, Fla. (67%); and outlying areas (33%). This option period is from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $48,280,469. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance (Navy); fiscal 2022 Defense Health Program funds; fiscal 2022 family housing funds; fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds; and fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance (Air Force) contract funds in the amount of $8,591,890 for recurring work will be obligated on individual task orders issued during the option period. No funds will be obligated at time of award. NAVFAC SE, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/29/22)

Contract: Booz Allen, $8.9M

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Va., is awarded an $8,934,726 modification (P00011) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0042117D0021). This modification exercises an option to extend the services with additional ceiling to provide continued support of the Naval Aviation Enterprise’s mission to sustain required current readiness and advance future warfighting capabilities at the best possible cost. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va. (25.89%); North Island, Calif. (19.98%); Patuxent River, Md. (12.71%); Arlington, Va. (10.58%); Cherry Point, N.C. (3.63%); New River, N.C. (3.63%); Millington, Tenn. (2.73%); Fort Worth, Texas (2.73%); Miramar, Calif. (2.73%); Yuma, Ariz. (1.82%); Camp Pendleton, Calif. (1.82%); Pensacola, Fla. (1.82%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (9.93%), and is expected to be completed in October 2022. 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 Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/29/22)

Contract: Reliance Test, $228.3M

Reliance Test & Technology, Crestview, Fla., has been awarded a $228,340,941 option modification (P00139) to previously awarded contract FA2486-16-C-0002 for Eglin Operations & Maintenance Services to exercise Award Term Option Period One. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; and Holloman AFB, N.M., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2026. Fiscal 2022 Air Force research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $12,185,000; and fiscal 2022 Army operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $405,000 will be obligated at the time of award. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $1,026,881,161. The Air Force Test Center, Eglin AFB, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/29/22)

Monday, March 28, 2022

Contract: Environmental Chemical, $86.9M

Environmental Chemical Corp., Burlingame, Calif., is awarded an $86,927,066 firm-fixed-price task order (N6945022F0358) for design-build for Hurricane Sally recovery work at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. The work to be performed provides for interior and exterior storm repairs for 41 facilities. The maximum dollar value, including the base year and five options, is $97,126,576. Work will be performed in Pensacola and is expected to be completed by March 2024. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $86,927,066 will be obligated at time of award, and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under a multiple award construction contract with two offers received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (N62470-19-D-8025) (Source: DoD, 03/28/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $13.6M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $13,602,004 modification (P00012) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0001919C0074). This modification increases scope to procure special tooling and special test equipment in support of next generation capabilities for F-35 air vehicle full rate production Lots 15 and beyond 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 Goleta, Calif. (82%); and McKinney, Texas (18%), and is expected to be completed in September 2022. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,217,264; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $3,217,262; FMS customer funds in the amount of $5,750,100; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $1,417,378 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, 03/28/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $10.2M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $10,157,493 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price modification (P00021) to an order (N0001920F0571) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This modification adds scope and exercises options to procure various material modification kits and special test/tooling equipment necessary to support various modifications and retrofit efforts on F-35 aircraft 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 in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in October 2024. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $87,858; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,743,810; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $2,518,940; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $45,785; non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $4,082,549; and FMS funds in the amount of $678,551 will be obligated at the time of award, $45,785 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, 03/28/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Command change at Training Air Wing 5

NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD, Fla. - Capt. Jade Lepke relieved Col. Jeffrey Pavelko as Commodore of Training Air Wing 5 in a ceremony March 18. The ceremony’s guest speaker was Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) Rear Adm. Robert Westendorff. Pavelko graduated from Pennsylvania State University and earned his commission in 1994. He attended flight school in Pensacola, Fla., and designated as a naval aviator in September 1997. Lepke enlisted with the South Dakota Air National Guard as an aircraft armament systems specialist and earned a degree from the University of South Dakota in 1996 and attended Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, earning his commission in 1997. (Source: Whiting Field Public Affairs, 03/28/22)

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Contract: Lockheed, $16.6M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $16,645,723 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00004) to a previously awarded contract (N0001921C0040). This modification adds scope to provide for the development, integration, and testing of the Israel unique software data load in support of integration of Technology Refresh 3 (TR3) onto the F-35 Lot 15 Israel production aircraft. The integration efforts will include reverification of a select subset of the 3F+ software capability captured in the Israel System Development and Demonstration TR-3 reverification systems requirements document, airworthiness related flight testing of 3F+ software on TR-3 enabled aircraft, and weapons certification updates for use with TR-3 aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (71.91%); Redondo Beach, Calif. (14.15%); St. Charles, Mo. (6.33%); Tucson, Ariz. (4.73%); Palm Bay, Fla. (1.99%); and Nevatim, Israel (0.89%), and is expected to be completed in March 2024. Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $16,645,723 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, 03/23/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

F-22 has landing mishap

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — An F-22 from the 325th Fighter Wing "experienced a mishap on landing" at Eglin Air Force Base shortly before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to a release from the public affairs office. Emergency crews responded to the scene and the pilot was transported for evaluation. Later the pilot was reported to be in good condition and was released from the 96th Medical Group. An investigation of the circumstances surrounding the mishap was underway, according to the Eglin announcement. The 325th Fighter Wing is based at Tyndall Air Force Base in nearby Panama City, but the wing's flying operations moved to Eglin after of 2018's Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm, made a direct hit on Tyndall AFB. (Source: Northwest Florida Daily News, 03/23/22)

Monday, March 21, 2022

Eglin lab gets female director

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Melissa Tate, currently the lead engineer and deputy of the Propulsion Test Branch in the Test Division of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Tennessee's Arnold Air Force Base, will take on a new role as McKinley Climatic Laboratory site director beginning next month. Tate will become the first female director in the 75-year history of the lab. Tate will oversee climatic testing of various military and commercial systems in the facility. Five test chambers are used to prove the operational reliability of systems under test in the climatic extremes found around the world. (Source: Northwest Florida Daily News, 03/18/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $318.9M

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $318,933,722 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00014) to previously awarded contract FA8682-21-C-0001 for the exercise of an option to add 308 Lot 20 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range missiles with containers. Work will be performed in Orlando; and Troy, Ala., and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2026. This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2022 missile procurement funds in the amount of $318,933,722 are being obligated at the time of award. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $988,545,063. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Awarded March 17, 2022) (Source: DoD, 03/21/22)


Friday, March 18, 2022

Contract: Lockheed, $17.6M

Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $17,551,020 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00012) to previously awarded contract FA8682-21-C-0004. The contract modification provides for the exercise of an option for six additional Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Lot 6 missiles with containers. Work will be performed in Orlando; and Troy, Ala., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2025. This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2022 Navy weapon procurement funds are being obligated at the time of award, and the total cumulative face value of the contract is $555,893,761. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Awarded March 16, 2022) (Source: DoD, 03/18/22)

Contract: Northrop, $17.2M

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Annapolis, Md., is awarded a $17,246,905 firm-fixed-priced, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity requirements contract for depot level repair. This follow-on contract includes: maintenance, modifications, repairs, alteration, upgrades of systems and spares for the AN/AQS-24 Sonar Detecting Set (all variants), Common Post Mission Analysis and Intermediate Level Test Equipment to support the Navy for the currently deployed airborne mine countermeasures legacy systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $77,590,973. Work will be performed in Annapolis and is expected to be completed by October 2026. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. The contract was not competitively procured in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii) and (iii) – circumstances permitting other than full and open competition when only one responsible source and no supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Naval Surface Warfare Center - Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61331-22-D-0001). (Source: DoD, 03/18/22)

County to decide on airport funds

MOBILE, Ala. - Mobile County Commissioners will decide March 28 whether to dedicate up to $30 million to a new international airport project in downtown Mobile. The vote occurs ahead of a Mobile Airport Authority meeting on April 6, in which authority members are set to rename the airport, according to Airport Authority President Chris Curry. This comes in the wake of an overall $162 million in federal money dedicated to the $252 million airport terminal project at the Mobile Aeroplex, south of downtown Mobile. (Source: aldotcom, 03/16/22) Mobile Regional Airport in west Mobile is the current commercial airport.

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

VT-2 changes leadership

NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD, Fla. - Cmdr. Joshua Seamount, U.S. Navy, relieved Cmdr. Edward Ahlstrand, U.S. Coast Guard, as the 58th commanding officer of the “Doerbirds,” Training Squadron Two (VT-2), in a ceremony at Naval Air Station Whiting Field on Mar. 4. VT-2 is one of three fixed-wing aircraft training squadrons at Whiting Field under Training Air Wing Five (TRAWING FIVE), which conducts 60 percent of all Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps primary training for aviation students. Ahlstrand and Seamount conducted their change of command in an airborne ceremony while family, friends, distinguished guests and squadron personnel watched below. (Source: NAS Whiting Field, 03/15/22)

The drones of SSC

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Unmanned aircraft are becoming a go-to resource for use on difficult and potentially dangerous jobs at NASA's Stennis Space Center (SSC). With modern lightweight cameras and other sensors, drones are being used for a variety of tasks, including aerial imagery, inspections, and mapping. Recent drone flights at SSC recorded imagery of the RS-25’s latest test on February 24. The drone captured live stream video of the test event and the liquid oxygen ground disbursement. Drones at SSC also track construction progress and record data for historical purposes. Drones at SSC and NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans also captured imagery of damaged roofs after Hurricanes Zeta and Ida. (Source: WJTV, 03/14/22)

Friday, March 11, 2022

Contract: Serco, $15.8M

Serco Inc., Herndon, Va., is awarded a $15,788,396 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously-awarded, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N61331-18-D-0007 to exercise options for the development, integration, testing, and evaluation of prototype systems into existing or emerging unmanned vehicles, unmanned weapons, and unmanned weapons control systems related to mine warfare, amphibious warfare, surface warfare, diving and life support, coastal and underwater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and other missions in the littoral and riverine environments. Work will be performed at locations which will be determined with each delivery order and is expected to be completed by March 2023. No funding will be obligated at time of award. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/11/22)

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Contract: Rolls-Royce, $52.5M

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is awarded a $52,507,515 firm-fixed-price modification (P00010) to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N6134019D0004). This modification establishes an option to extend services and adds flight hours for intermediate and depot level maintenance, logistics and engineering support for approximately 210 in-service T-45 F405-RR-401 Adour engines. Work will be performed in Meridian, Miss. (47%); Kingsville, Texas (46%); Pensacola, Fla. (6%); and  Patuxent River, Md. (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2022. 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, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/10/22)

Contract: Bell Boeing, $24.8M

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $24,811,785 cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort modification (P00004) to an order (N0001921F0008) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001917G0002). This modification exercises an option to provide continued flight test support for the V-22 aircraft in support of the Navy, Air Force, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70%); Philadelphia, Pa. (15%); Fort Worth, Texas (10%); and Hurlburt Field, Fla. (5%), and is expected to be completed in March 2023. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,827,687; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,288,422; fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $1,474,722; and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $1,566,301 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, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/10/22)

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Two die in plane crash

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Two people died when a small plane crashed two miles from Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, federal officials said. The single-engine Cessna 182 crashed Tuesday night in a wooded area, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Bay County Sheriff’s officials said the plane was approaching the airport around 7 p.m. when it disappeared from radar. "The plane was flying originally from Michigan and had stopped at McMinnville, Tenn., before taking off for the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport," BCSO said in a release. Deputies identify the victims as husband and wife Donald and Diane Slattery. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.(Source: AP via WEAR-TV, 03/09/22)

Contract: Austal, $12.3M

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is awarded a $12,341,187 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-2301 to exercise an option for littoral combat ship (LCS) industrial post-delivery availability support for USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32). Work will be performed in Mobile (90%); and Pittsfield, Mass. (10%), and is expected to be completed by December 2022. Fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,200,000 (55%); and fiscal 2022 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,800,000 (45%) 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, 03/09/22)

Monday, March 7, 2022

Contracts: multiple, $300M

Healtheon Inc., New Orleans, La. (FA9101-22-D-B001); Turner Construction Co., Huntsville, Ala. (FA9101-22-D-B002); Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company Inc., Kansas City, Mo. (FA9101-22-D-B003); and Federal Inc., Chicago, Ill. (FA9101-22-D-B004), have been awarded a $300,000,000 ceiling, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and Modernization II. These provide for mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, data systems, and controls and/or design-build projects for military ground testing facilities. Work will be performed at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and several geographically separated units, and is expected to be completed by March 7, 2027. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and eight offers were received. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,514,195 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Test Center, Arnold AFB, Tenn., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/07/22)

Friday, March 4, 2022

Contract: Lockheed, $869.9M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $869,864,564 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-award-fee, undefinitized modification (P00062) to a previously awarded contract (N0001919C0010). This modification adds scope for integrating mission and weapon systems capability development, including flight-test hardware, through system functional review to development test complete on the F-35A, F-35B, F-35C aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (54%); Nashua, N.H. (15%); Orlando, Fla. (14%); Baltimore, Md. (6%); San Diego, Calif. (5%); Northridge, Calif. (3%); St. Charles, Mo. (1%); Tucson, Ariz. (1%); and Torrance, Calif. (1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2026. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $20,142,000; fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $19,342,000; and non-U.S. Department of Defense partner funds in the amount of $3,747,331 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, 03/04/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: multiple. $249.7M

AEVEX Flight Operations, Solana Beach, Calif. (N0042122D0006); Alion Science and Technology Corp., McLean, Va. (N0042122D0007); Altus Technical Solutions LLC, Hanover, Md. (N0042122D0008); American Electronics Inc., California, Md. (N0042122D0009); AV3 Inc., Hanover, Md. (N0042122D0010); BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc., Rockville, Md. (N0042122D0011); Berry Aviation Inc., San Marcos, Texas (N0042122D0012); Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va. (N0042122D0013); CAE USA Mission Solutions Inc., Tampa, Fla. (N0042122D0014); CaVu Consulting Inc., San Diego, Calif. (N0042122D0015); Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Tulsa, Okla. (N0042122D0016); CRL Technologies Inc., Alexandria, Va. (N0042122D0017); Coherent Technical Services Inc., Lexington Park, Md. (N0042122D0018); DCS Corp., Alexandria, Va. (N0042122D0019); Entrust Government Solutions, New Orleans, La. (N0042122D0020); FGS LLC, La Plata, Md. (N0042122D0021); George Consulting LTD, Charleston, S.C. (N0042122D0022); Gryphon Technologies LLC, Washington, D.C. (N0042122D0023); Innovative People and Technology Corp., California, Md. (N0042122D0024); IOMAXIS, Lorton, Va. (N0042122D0025); J.F. Taylor Inc., Lexington Park, Md. (N0042122D0026); Jacobs Technology Inc., Severn, Md. (N0042122D0027); Kairos Inc., California, Md. (N0042122D0028); KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Md. (N0042122D0029); KIHOMAC, Reston, Va. (N0042122D0030); La Jolla Logic Inc., San Diego, Calif. (N0042122D0031); Long Wave Inc., Oklahoma City, Okla. (N0042122D0032); MAG Aerospace, Fairfax, Va. (N0042122D0033); ManTech Advanced Systems International Inc., Herndon, Va. (N0042122D0034); National Technologies Associates Inc., a VTG Co., California, Md. (N0042122D0035); Naval Systems Inc., Lexington Park, Md. (N0042122D0036); Navmar Applied Sciences Corp., Warminster, Pa. (N0042122D0037); Nexagen Networks Inc., Morganville, N.J. (N0042122D0038); NikSoft Systems Corp., Reston, Va. (N0042122D0039); Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., McLean, Va. (N0042122D0040); ORBIS Sibro Inc., doing business as ORBIS, Charleston, S.C. (N0042122D0041); Mercury Systems LLC, Torrance, Calif. (N0042122D0042); Precision LLC, McMinnville, Ore. (N0042122D0043); Prescient Edge Corp., McLean, Va. (N0042122D0044); PSI Pax Inc., California, Md. (N0042122D0045); Resource Management Concepts Inc., Lexington Park, Md. (N0042122D0046); Ricardo Defense Inc., Goleta, Calif. (N0042122D0047); RPI Group, Fredericksburg, Va. (N0042122D0048); RTL Networks Inc., Denver, Colo. (N0042122D0049); Sabre-Avian-ASEC-Platform JV, Warrington, Pa. (N0042122D0050); Sentek Global, San Diego, Calif. (N0042122D0051); Serco Inc., Herndon, Va. (N0042122D0052); Smartronix LLC, Hollywood, Md. (N0042122D0053); Solutions Through Innovative Technologies Inc., Fairborn, Ohio (N0042122D0054); Specialty Systems Inc., Toms River, N.J. (N0042122D0055); System Dynamics International, Huntsville, Ala. (N0042122D0056); TestPros Inc., Sterling, Va. (N0042122D0057); The Columbia Group, Inc., Washington, D.C. (N0042122D0058); The MIL Corp., Bowie, Md. (N0042122D0059); Torch Technologies Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (N0042122D0060); TQI Solutions Inc., Norfolk, Va. (N0042122D0061); Trabus Technologies, San Diego, Calif. (N0042122D0062); Valkyrie Enterprises, Virginia Beach, Va. (N0042122D0063); VSE Corp., Alexandria, Va. (N0042122D0064); Watershed Security LLC, Chesapeake, Va. (N0042122D0065); WGS Systems LLC, Frederick, Md. (N0042122D0066); YKJV LLC, Syracuse, Utah (N0042122D0067); and Zenetex LLC, Herndon, Va/ (N0042122D0068), are awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides support for new and emerging requirements, as well as growth across the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Webster Out Lying Field services portfolio. This will be accomplished by using a strategic sourcing vehicle that complements or adds to, but will not duplicate, the current services, that include application of rapid development, rapid prototyping, and systems integration in the development of product-based solutions in the following six functional areas: combat integration and identification systems, ship and air integrated warfare systems, special communications mission solutions, air traffic control and landing systems, airborne systems integration, and integrated command and control and intelligence. The estimated aggregate ceiling for all contracts is $249,720,634, with the companies having an opportunity to compete for individual orders.  Work will be performed at St. Inigoes, Md. (5%); and various contractor locations within the continental U.S. (95%), and is expected to be completed in March 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, 107 proposals were received from 69 vendors. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/04/22)

Airport gets federal grant

Two transportation agencies in Mobile, Ala., are getting a combine $100 million in federal grant money to support several projects, including construction of the new airport terminal at the Mobile Aeroplex. The Mobile Airport Authority will get $62 million, which will go to the $252 million terminal project. The new terminal is expected to open by 2024. Mobile is shifting its commercial airport from Mobile Regional Airport in west Mobile to the downtown location. The Alabama State Port Authority is getting $38 million. The grant is from the U.S. Department of Transportation Demonstration Program. The grant was financed through the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill, and Mobile is the only recipient of the grant money.  (Source: Aviation Pros, 03/03/22)

Officer announcements

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced Wednesday that the president has nominated, among others, Air Force Col. Jocelyn J. Schermerhorn for appointment to the rank of brigadier general. Schermerhorn is currently serving as the commander, 1st Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (Source: DoD, 03/02/22)

Contract: Lockheed, $166.6M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $166,641,425, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00016) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0032). This modification adds scope for the procurement, delivery, installation, and configuration of 22 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training devices. The total quantity of training devices includes full mission simulators, multispectral database, and interactive courseware. Additionally, this modification provides non-recurring engineering to identify and integrate a replacement rechargeable battery module to be installed within the blade server system of pilot training devices in support of 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 Orlando, Fla. (96%); Fort Worth (1%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (3%), and is expected to be completed in December 2027. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $45,182,190; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $142,020; FMS customer funds in the amount of $5,551,246; and non-U.S. DOD partner funds in the amount of $32,445,255 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, 03/03/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Contract: Lockheed, $15.4M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $15,368,468 modification (P00101) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0001914C0002). This modification increases the scope to procure diminishing manufacturing sources to complete additional non-recurring engineering for the Communications, Navigation, and Identification system redesign, including disabling the Mode 4 function, certifying the Identification Friend or Foe hardware, certifying the Link-16 Electromagnetic Compatibility, certifying the Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions, and certifying the Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency Waveform for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in January 2025. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,297,124; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $6,297,123; and non-U.S. Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $2,774,221 will be obligated at the time of award, $12,594,247 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, 03/03/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Contract: Conflict Kenetics, $31.4M

Conflict Kinetics Corp., Sterling, Va., is awarded a $31,351,956 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that will include terms and conditions for the placement of firm-fixed-price task orders for the procurement of Tactical Ocular Reaction Area™ (TORA™) small arms simulator software and upgrade support services to include software and contracted information technology system security; and software modifications/software warranty as needed to maintain all TORA™ simulators in training support of all Naval Expeditionary Combat Command locations inside and outside the continental U.S., and Conflicts Kinetics Corp. The contract will include a five-year ordering period with no options. The ordering period is expected to begin April 2022 and be completed by March 2027. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (15%); Port Hueneme, Calif. (15%); Djibouti (15%); Williamsburg, Va. (10%); Virginia Beach, Va. (10%); Gulfport, Miss. (10%); Newport, R.I. (7%); Jacksonville, Fla. (7%); Seal Beach, Calif. (7%); and Guam (4%). Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $100 will be obligated to fund the contract’s minimum amount, and funds will expire at the end of the fiscal year. Individual task orders will be subsequently funded with appropriate fiscal year appropriations at the time of their issuance. One source was solicited for this non-competitive, sole-source requirement pursuant to the authority set forth in 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Norfolk Contracting Department, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N00189-22-D-0008). (Source: DoD, 03/02/22)

Contract: Leidos, $12.6M

Leidos, Reston, Va. (H92404-22-C-0002), was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in the amount of $12,604,095 for 12 months of bridge engineering services for the Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Operations Center (ROC). Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $6,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The majority of the work will be performed in Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.; and the Hurlburt-ROC located at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and will be complete on or about Dec. 13, 2022. This is a sole source contract in accordance with U.S. Code 2304(c)(2), as the agency’s need for the services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency. U.S. Special Operations Command, Tampa, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Feb. 28, 2022) (Source: DoD, 03/02/22)

New STEM program opens

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Fifth-graders from Brentwood Elementary School are in the inaugural class of the National Flight Academy's newest Department of Defense educational program, STARBASE Pensacola. STARBASE stands for Science Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation Space Exploration, and its purpose is to provide 25 hours of STEM education to fifth-grade students. Every fifth grader enrolled in the Escambia County School District will now participate in STARBASE, giving every fifth grader the chance to travel to the Navy base, meet base commanders and flight cadets and participate in hands-on activities meant to teach science, technology, engineering, and math. Students who attend the program will travel to NAS Pensacola for five, five-hour classes held once a week for five weeks out of the school year, said Rita Miller, director of STARBASE Pensacola. NAS Pensacola previously housed a similar program, called STARBASE Atlantis, that was shuttered in 2013 after the Navy withdrew funding. The new Pensacola STARBASE is one of about 80 DOD-sponsored STARBASE programs around the country. (Source: Pensacola News Journal, 03/02/22)

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Contract: Smartronix, $133.6M

Smartronix LLC, Hollywood, Md., is awarded a $133,627,480 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides sustainment for Tactical and Remote, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Edge Systems (TARCES) support for remote edge telecommunications engineering or computer networks to support users or sensors located away from the central core network. TARCES solutions require a mixture of legacy, industry standard, and newly emerging technologies. Specifically, the contractor shall provide inputs to solution engineering and recommendations, network, desktop, and server administration; configuration management; infrastructure and cable plant technology; applications development/operations support; and cybersecurity and information assurance support. Work will be performed in Hollywood, Md. (59.12%); St. Inigoes, Md. (27.04%); Panzer Kaserne, Germany (3.07%); Kelly Barracks, Germany (2.13%); Fort Belvoir, Va. (2.22%); MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. (1%); Hurlburt Field, Fla. (1%); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1%); various locations within the continental U.S. (2.42%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (1%), and is expected to be completed in May 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; one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N0042122D0005). (Source: DoD, 03/01/22)

Contract: Serco, $37.4M

Serco - IPS Corp., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $37,352,453 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only modification to previously awarded contract (N00174-18-C-0015) to procure professional support services for the Naval Sea System Command’s Deputy Commander for Surface Warfare. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C. (55%); Norfolk, Va. (19%); San Diego, Calif. (18%); Mayport, Fla. (2%); Yokosuka, Japan (2%); Sasebo, Japan (1%); Manama, Bahrain (1%); Pascagoula, Miss. (1%); and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1%), and is expected to be complete by August 2022. Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $12,780,007 (91%); fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $710,971 (5%); and fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $630,508 (4%) will be obligated at time of award, of which, $13,410,515 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity. (Awarded Feb. 25, 2022) (Source: DoD, 03/01/22)

Contract: Rockwell Collins, $18.8M

Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded an $18,803,504 modification (P00031) to a previously awarded firm-price-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract (N6134017C0007). This modification exercises options to procure 24 airborne subsystem pods; nine remote range units; one common ground system; one portable support equipment subsystem; and one site survey in support of Tactical Combat Training System II low rate initial production. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids (55%); Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. (38%); and Richardson, Texas (7%), and is expected to be completed in October 2023. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $15,596,400; fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,274,110; and fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,932,994 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/01/22)


Contract: EMR, update

EMR Inc., Niceville, Fla. (N69450-22-D-0025); and Tybe-Garney Federal JV, LLC, Newbern, Tenn. (N69450-22-D-0026), are added to seven awardees of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, design-build and design-bid-build multiple-award contract (N69450-21-D-0064); (N69450-21-D-0065); (N69450-21-D-0066); (N69450-21-D-0067); N69450-21-D-0068); (N69450-21-D-0069); and (N69450-21-D-0070) announced on Sept. 29, 2021, for construction projects located primarily within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast area of operations. Each contractor will be awarded $1,000 to satisfy the minimum guarantee. All other information in the original announcement remains the same. (Source: DoD, 02/28/22)

Contract: Lockheed, modification

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $128,245,319 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00013) to previously awarded contract FA8682-21-C-0001 for the exercise of an option for hardware spares and the partial exercise of an option for an additional 123 Lot 20 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range missiles with containers. Work will be performed in Orlando and Troy, Ala., and is expected to be completed by Jan. 30, 2026.  This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2022 Missile Procurement funds are being obligated at the time of award. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $541,366,022. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 02/28/22) Previous