Thursday, October 27, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 27, 2011

Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 27, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - October 27, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued October 27, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, L.L.C., Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $26,344,361 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-D-0007) to exercise an option for organizational, selected intermediate, and limited depot level maintenance for F-16, F-18, H-60, and E-2C aircraft operated by the adversary squadrons based at Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nev. Work will be performed in Fallon, Nev., and is expected to be completed in October 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $26,344,361 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $19,453,196 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) to exercise an option for security, project engineering, integrated logistics support, VH training, and technical manual updates in support of the VH-60N and VH-3D presidential helicopter fleet. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn. (88 percent), and Quantico, Va. (12 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Funds will not be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Mimar Architects, Inc.*, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a maximum $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, architect-engineering contract for civil/structural/architectural/mechanical/electrical/fire protection services in support of projects at military installations throughout the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for architect-engineering services including, but not limited to: building construction and addition of special projects and military construction facilities; general building renovation work; life safety code studies; marine facilities; facility planning; plans; specifications; design-bid-build packages; design-build request for proposal packages; government collateral equipment lists; project preliminary hazard analysis; obtaining permits and regulatory approvals; review of contract submittals; field consultation and inspection during construction; United States Green Building Council leadership in energy and environmental design; checklists and sustainable design reports; operation and maintenance support information; sustainable engineering design practices; and record documentation preparation. Task order 0001 is being awarded at $85,293 to provide support services for the repairs and renovations to Building 534, at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by February 2012. Work will be performed in the Mid-Atlantic Northeast AOR including, but not limited to, Rhode Island (20 percent), Maine (20 percent), Connecticut (15 percent), New Jersey (15 percent), Pennsylvania (10 percent), New York (5 percent), New Hampshire (5 percent), Massachusetts (5 percent), Vermont (3 percent), and Delaware (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed by October 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $85,293 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 65 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic Northeast Integrated Product Team, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-12-D-1700).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Goodrich Aircraft Wheels and Brakes, Troy, Ohio, was issued a modification on the current contract SPRHA1-09-C-0042/P00008. Award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $14,319,535 for C-130 main wheel and brake assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. There were four solicitations made with two responses. Type of appropriation is Improved Item Replacement Program Supply Management Activity using fiscal 2012 funds. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Ogden, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity.


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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: ISAF Would Achieve Its Objective In Afghanistan Insights Of Pakistan's Patent Sanctuaries

Defense News: DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: ISAF Would Achieve Its Objective In Afghanistan Insights Of Pakistan's Patent Sanctuaries
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - October 27, 2011: Haqqani network sanctuaries in Pakistan are a concern that can be overcome in meeting Afghanistan objectives in 2014, a senior International Security Assistance Force commander told Pentagon reporters today.

Speaking via teleconference from Afghanistan, Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, said that to do that, U.S. troops will require “a strong, capable, layered defense” with Afghan security forces to interdict fighters crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan.

The general said he and his Pakistani counterparts have been working toward a solution.

“We are obviously working with them to determine how best to have an impact inside of that sanctuary,” he said. “We work very hard on our side to affect them in terms of interdiction, their caches and the movement [across the] border.”

Scaparrotti, who regularly travels throughout Afghanistan, said he seeks to improve Afghan-Pakistani relations by helping to establish common objectives.

“My intent now -- I've been over to Pakistan -- is to improve that relationship and work together where we do have a common enemy,” he said. “It's in their interest, it's in our interest as a coalition and Afghanistan's interest to get better control of the border that Afghanistan and Pakistan share.”

Insurgents in Pakistan are a threat to Pakistan as much as they are a threat to Afghanistan or the United States, Scaparrotti said. “And those are the kinds of discussions that I have with my military counterparts,” he added.

The general noted there was frequent communication among coalition, Afghan and Pakistani forces when he was commander of ISAF’s Regional Command East.

“A year ago, it was common, and has been for some time, we would have radio communications cross-border between coalition, Afghan and Pakistan forces who face each other across the border,” he said. “We would have communications between counterparts at brigade level, counterparts at [regional command] or division level.

“We [also] had quarterly planning conferences where we would compare our planning along the border and perhaps do complementary operations,” the general added.

Scaparrotti acknowledged that communication between U.S. and Pakistani military forces was no longer “open” following the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

“About May of this past year, after the bin Laden raid, those routine communications just were not available in most cases,” he said. “We had a difficult time arranging border flag meetings. We had a difficult time arranging communications back and forth.”

Pakistan began to show interest in renewing military-to-military communications with U.S. forces in Afghanistan since “probably about July-August,” Scaparrotti said.

“And I have made a trip there,” he added. “We're attempting to re-establish the communications along the border, particularly between units that are facing each other, Afghan and Pakistan.”

It's important, he said, “to ensure that, one, we can interdict cross-border movement, but, two, that when there is a conflict … we can react and the Pakistanis can react, without firing upon each other.”
Scaparrotti said his focus will continue to be on Afghanistan.

“I am, as an operational commander, focused on this side of the Afghan border, and [those] operations that I control here,” he said.

Scaparrotti said he’s pleased with the progress made by Afghan security forces and the momentum they have gained against the insurgents. “My objective is to maintain that momentum, accelerate the development of the [Afghan forces and] push them into the lead,” he said.



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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated October 26, 2011

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 26, 2011

Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 26, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - October 26, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued October 26, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

World Fuel Services Europe, Ltd., London, United Kingdom, was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a maximum $938,401,050 for jet fuel. Other location of performance is Transit Center Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Using service is Air Force. The requirement was solicited on a full and open, competitive basis with four offers received. Type of appropriation is Defense Working Capital Funds using fiscal 2012 -- fiscal 2013 funds. The performance period is one base year with two six-month option periods. The date of performance completion is Oct. 25, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-12-D-1002).

NAVY

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Arlington, Va. (N65236-12-D-4800); ManTech SRS Technologies, Inc., Arlington, Va. (N65236-12-D-4801); Schafer Corp., Arlington, Va. (N65336-12-D-4802); and System Planning Corp., Arlington, Va. (N65236-12-D-4803), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple award contract for advance technical engineering services to support Defense Advance Research Project Agency/Tactical Technology Office programs and initiatives. Each contractor will be awarded $6,250 at the time of award. These contracts include options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of these contracts to a combined estimated $150,000,000. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va. (95 percent), and Charleston, S.C. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2012. If all options are exercised, work could continue until October 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The multiple award contracts were competitively procured by full and open competition via the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center e-Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with four offers received. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity.

Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $91,151,493 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00012) to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2118) for lead yard services efforts related to Virginia-class submarines. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (91.1 percent); Newport News, Va. (4 percent); Quonset. R.I. (3.5 percent); and Newport, R.I. (1.4 percent). Work is expected to be completed by September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems, U.S. Combat Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $73,000,000 fixed-price incentive-fee firm target undefinitized contract action for the Advanced Gun System (AGS) for DDG 1002. The AGS is a 155mm, vertically loaded, stabilized gun mount that is capable of storing, programming, and firing the Long Range Land Attack Projectile. It is a fully automated weapon system capable of firing 10 rounds per minute supplied via a fully automated magazine loading system. The gun’s primary mission is land attack. The Zumwalt-class destroyer will employ two AGS gun mounts and magazines in support of ground expeditionary forces. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $168,000,000. Work will be performed in Louisville, Ky. (40 percent), Minneapolis, Minn. (30 percent), and Cordova, Ala. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2018. 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 (N00024-12-C-5311).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 25, 2011, a not-to-exceed $64,500,000 modification under previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee completion contract (N00030-11-C-0100) to exercise contract line item number 0030 to deliver the following Trident II life extension components to Strategic Systems Programs: 12 flight control electronic assemblies; two active inert missile (AIM) flight control electronic assemblies; 12 command sequencer assemblies; 12 interlocks package assemblies; two AIM interlocks package assemblies; and 12 missile inverters. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif. (53.5 percent); Bloomington, Minn. (15.2 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (12.4 percent); Albuquerque, N.M. (11.5 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (3.7 percent); Camarillo, Calif. (2.5 percent); and Middletown, Pa. (1.2 percent). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $16,884,918 modification, which exercises priced research, development, test and evaluation options under previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2116) for continuation of construction preparation efforts for the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). Huntington Ingalls Industries will provide all services and material in preparation for construction which will include necessary research studies; engineering; design; related development efforts; advanced planning; advanced procurement for detailed design and procurement of long lead material; advance construction; life cycle support; logistics data; and other data to support the anticipated ship detail design and construction of CVN 79. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $16,884,918 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Northrup Grumman Systems Corp., Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $119,715,682 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for the design, development, test, and deployment of Increment 10.2, modernization of the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System. Increment 10.2 is intended to bring net-centric capabilities to the Geographic Air and Space Operations Center Weapons Systems, thereby allowing data to flow seamlessly across various platforms and process workflows rather than being locked in separate information technology system “silos” to be accessed and retransmitted by humans, as is the process today. Increment 10.2 capabilities will be fielded to the Geographic Air and Space Operations Centers; a help desk at Langley Air Force Base, Va.; and the Formal Training Unit at Hurlburt Field, Fla. In addition, the modernization contractor will be responsible for maintaining interoperability and sustainment of the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System baseline, to include site-specific tailoring. The primary location of performance is Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation, Herndon, Va. Electronic Systems Center (ESC/HSGK), Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8707-12-C-0002).

L3 Communications Corp., Systems Field Support, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $21,296,938 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursable, no-fee contract modification for contractor logistics support for the C-12 aircraft for Pacific Air Forces, Air Force Materiel Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Defense Security Cooperation Agency, consisting of maintenance, repair, and support functions for one year from Nov. 1, 2011, through Oct. 31, 2012. The location of performance is L3 Communications, Systems Field Support, Madison, Miss. Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC/GKSKH), Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-11-D-0002-P00005 and Order 0002).

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va., is being awarded a $10,506,529 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost contract modification to exercise Award Term Option Year 2 for the Joint Terminal Engineering Office (JTEO) and the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Program. This contract modification will provide systems engineering and integration support to the Military Satellite Communications System Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, in support of JTEO/GBS through Oct. 21, 2012. The locations of performance are McLean, Va., and Herndon, Va. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8808-08-F-0003, P00049).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Duke University, Durham, N.C., is being awarded a $15,553,239 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (HR0011-10-C-0073). Current imaging systems are fundamentally limited in field of view and resolution; wide field of view and high resolution cannot be achieved using conventional camera design. On the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Maximally Scalable Optical Sensor Array Imaging with Computation Program, Duke University seeks to overcome the limits of conventional imaging system designs and demonstrate the feasibility of near-linear growth of optical information throughput with increasing imaging system scale. The efficacy of the technology will be demonstrated by developing an unprecedented 10 to 50 giga pixel with 114-degree field of view. P00006 exercises phase two, option one. Work will be performed in Durham, N.C. (25.14 percent); Champaign, Ill. (12.57 percent); Cambridge, Mass. (2.12 percent); McKinney, Texas (4.53 percent); Rochester, N.Y. (8.11 percent); San Diego, Calif. (3.81 percent); Thousand Oaks, Calif. (31.81 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (8.90 percent); La Jolla, Calif. (3.01 percent). The work is expected to be completed by April 27, 2013. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity.


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