Friday, June 10, 2011

DTN News - NAVISTAR DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. Marines Ordered 471 MaxxPro Dash MRAP From Navistar

Defense News: DTN News - NAVISTAR DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. Marines Ordered 471 MaxxPro Dash MRAP From Navistar
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 10, 2011: The U.S. Department of Defense issued/notification # 495 dated June 10, 2011 released indicates Navistar Defense, LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $357,112,582 firm-fixed-priced delivery order 0019 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of 471 MaxxPro Dash vehicles.


Work will be performed in West Point, Miss., and is expected to be completed by the end of September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

The MaxxPro Dash DXM™ is a lighter, smaller, and more mobile variant of our MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) family of vehicles. The DXM independent suspension is a no-compromise solution, allowing ease of integration and installation. The suspension solution increases payload, offers a 54ft turning radius, and central tire inflation system (CTIS). The Dash maintains the survivability system used on all MaxxPro MRAP variants while also allowing for greater mobility optimized for Afghanistan operations.

Navistar Defense
In 2003, Navistar, Inc. started Navistar Defense, LLC, to answer the U.S. government's request for armored and unarmored military vehicles. Navistar Defense has transformed from an idea into a company with annual sales of more than $2 billion.

Navistar utilizes nine different manufacturing plants and has the capacity to produce more than 100,000 trucks and 500,000 engines each year. Navistar's vast array of proven vehicle systems and technologies are made available to Navistar Defense in support of Military customers. Navistar Defense leverages its commercial truck engineering and manufacturing expertise and global supply network to provide cost effective solutions to the Armed Services. These capabilities allow Navistar to swiftly adapt its vehicles to meet the growing threats and challenges faced by the troops.

Navistar has gained tremendous momentum as a leader in producing and servicing top-quality military vehicles. To date, the company has won contracts to build more than 30,000 military vehicles for the United States military and our Allies.

Navistar Defense headquarters are located in Warrenville, Illinois, with offices in Washington, DC, Madison Heights, Michigan, Millbrook Proving Grounds, United Kingdom and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Production sites for military vehicles include: Garland, Texas, Tulsa, Oklahoma and West Point, Mississippi. MaxxForce® D diesel engines are produced at the company's engine assembly plants in Melrose Park, Illinois and Huntsville, Alabama.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 10, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 10, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - June 10, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued June 10, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Navistar Defense, LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $357,112,582 firm-fixed-priced delivery order 0019 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of 471 MaxxPro Dash vehicles. The Dash vehicles sustain operations in limited mobility areas such as the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan and the wide-open deserts of Iraq. Work will be performed in West Point, Miss., and is expected to be completed by the end of September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded an $80,174,040 firm-fixed-price contract for MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) electrical modules and related equipment. The MK 41 VLS provides a missile launching system for CG 47 and DDG 51 class surface combatants, allied Navy surface combatants, and Aegis Ashore requirements for Missile Defense Agency’s Ground Ballistic Missile Defense Program. It is the primary missile launching system aboard Navy combatants used to store, safe, inventory and launch missiles of various types. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $135,879,787. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md. (29.5 percent); Ft Walton Beach, Fla. (18.8 percent); Moorestown, N.J. (11.6 percent); Lewisburg, Tenn. (10.1 percent); Johnstown, Pa. (9.2 percent); Owego, N.Y. (9.0 percent); Simpsonville, S.C. (5.5 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (3.2 percent); and Sterling Heights, Mich. (3.1 percent). Work is expected to be completed by June 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-11-C-5302).

Cape Henry Associates, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $13,825,893 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of Navy Training System Plan (NTSP) development, training front-end analysis, manpower and workload analysis, training development, personnel and job qualification requirements, development logistics support services and program management support services for shipboard hull, mechanical and electrical equipment. Work will be completed in Norfolk, Va. (75 percent), and Philadelphia, Pa. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2016. Contract funding in the amount of $112,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with one offer received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship System Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-11-D-0008).

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman System Corp., Defense Systems Division, Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $18,132,476 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of Global Express aircraft BD-700-1A10, serial number 9001, and the two aircraft engines currently installed on the aircraft. This aircraft has been modified to carry the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payload. The aircraft and engines are provided by Northrop Grumman under sub-lease in support of overseas contingency operations under contract GA8726-09-C-0010. This contract also provides for the operation and maintenance of the BACN payload by Northrop Grumman and for the maintenance of the leased aircraft. Purchase of this aircraft by the government will allow for extension of operations on a more economic basis. ESC/HNAA, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8307-11-C-0009).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Simulator, Training and Support, Orlando, Fla., is modifying a firm-fixed-price contract in the amount of $7,884,926 for the C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training System Block 7.0 upgrade. The location of performance is Tampa, Fla. ASC/WNSK, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8621-06-C-6300 PO0067).


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DTN News - BOEING NEWS / UAE DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers UAE Air Force And Air Defence's 2nd C-17

Defense News: DTN News - BOEING NEWS / UAE DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers UAE Air Force And Air Defence's 2nd C-17
(NSI News Source Info) LONG BEACH, Calif., June 10, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered a second C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence today at the C-17 program's final assembly facility in Long Beach.

The company is contracted to deliver a total of six C-17s to its UAE customer -- four this year and two in 2012.

"Congratulations to the UAE Air Force and Air Defence on accepting delivery of their second C-17," said Bob Ciesla, Boeing C-17 program manager. "The leadership of the UAE team has resulted in incredible progress on this program. We look forward to continuing to work closely together as we deliver the remainder of the fleet."

The C-17 is the only aircraft capable of performing all of the UAE's airlift requirements -- strategic and tactical, military and humanitarian, brigade airdrop and aeromedical evacuation -- using either standard runways or short, austere airfields. It can transport large payloads across vast ranges without refueling and operate in extremely hot and cold climates. With a full payload of 170,000 pounds, a C-17 can fly 2,400 nautical miles and land in 3,000 feet or less.

"We're proud to say that UAE 02 is mission-ready," said Rich Cutting, Boeing UAE C-17 program manager. "UAE 01, delivered just one month ago, has already logged several missions. And that's what the C-17 is all about -- being ready to perform any mission, anywhere, on a moment's notice."

As a member of the worldwide C-17 "virtual fleet," the UAE's C-17s will be supported through Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership, a proven multinational Performance-Based Logistics program. Through the virtual fleet concept, C-17 customers receive comprehensive worldwide logistics support (spares, support equipment, tech orders, sustaining engineering, and on-site field teams) through use of shared resources across the entire fleet. This highly successful program ensures high levels of mission readiness by providing all C-17 customers -- regardless of fleet size -- cost-effective access to an extensive support program.

There are currently 232 C-17s in service worldwide -- 22 with international customers. The U.S. Air Force, including active Guard and Reserve units, has 210. Other international customers include the Qatar Emiri Air Force, the UK Royal Air Force, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability initiative of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $32 billion business with 65,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.

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