Contract: Boeing, $68.5M

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded $68,535,986 modification P00006 to a previously awarded firm-price-incentive contract (N00019-17-C-0003). This modification provides for the procurement of the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G structural repair manual. Work will be performed in St. Louis (62 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (32 percent); and Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (6 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2021. Fiscal 2015 and 2017 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $68,535,986 are being obligated at time of award, $63,966,920 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 on Sept. 27, 2017. (Source: DoD, 09/28/17)

Contract: Fluor, $14.4M

Fluor Federal Solutions LLC, Greenville, S.C., is being awarded a $14,425,542 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N69450-07-D-0770) to exercise option 10 for base operations support services at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., and outlying areas of Saufley Field, Corry Station, and Bronson Field. The work to be performed provides for all management, supervision, labor, equipment, materials, supplies, and tools necessary to perform facilities management, facilities investment, facility maintenance services (non-family housing), pest control, utility plant and distribution system operations and maintenance (chiller, electrical, gas, wastewater, steam and water), environmental services, and base support vehicles and equipment. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $272,144,614. Work will be performed in Pensacola and work is expected to be completed March 2018. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance (Navy); fiscal 2018 Navy working capital funds; and fiscal 2018 defense health program funds in the amount of $12,751,529 for recurring work will be obligated on individual task orders issued during the option period. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/28/17)

Contract: Northrop, $12M

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum, Md., is being awarded $12,000,000 for firm-fixed-price job order N0016417FW174 under previously awarded basic ordering agreement N0016415GWS82 for spare parts to support organic depot repairs of the AN/ALQ-240 Electronic Support Measures system. The AN/ALQ-240 provides rapid detection, classification and geographical location of ground-based radar systems to provide situational awareness to the Navy’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The P-8A also includes capabilities such as long-range anti-submarine, anti-surface, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in support of broad-area maritime and littoral operations. Work will be performed in Linthicum (75 percent); San Jose, Calif. (10 percent); Ashburn, Va. (5 percent); Baltimore, Md. (5 percent); and Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by April 2020. Fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $12,000,000 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/28/17)

Contract: Lockheed, $22M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Orlando, Fla., has been awarded a $22,006,763 modification (P00002) to previously awarded contract for academic and simulator formal training and instruction. The contractor will provide aircrew instruction, contractor logistics support, training systems support center, courseware, and cybersecurity. Work will be performed at Hurlburt Field, Fla.; Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.; Harrisburg Air National Guard Base, Pa.; and Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom; and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2018. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8621-17-C-0048). (Source: DoD, 09/28/17)

Contract: Lockheed, $24.3M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $24,306,079 firm-fixed-price modification under a previously awarded contract (N00024-15-C-5332) to exercise options for vertical launching system modules and associated equipment with the MK 41 vertical launch system. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind. (32 percent); Baltimore, Md. (20 percent); Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (15 percent); Johnstown, Pa. (12 percent); Farmingdale, N.Y. (9 percent); Saginaw, Mich. (5 percent); Orlando, Fla. (4 percent); and Waverly, Iowa (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2022. Fiscal 2017 other procurement (Navy); fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy); and fiscal 2016 defense wide procurement funding in the amount of $24,306,079 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, 09/27/17)

Contract: SURVICE, $10M

The SURVICE Engineering Co. LLC, Belcamp, Md., is being awarded a $9,982,045 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform research and development analysis for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in the areas of air weapons systems survivability and lethality, test and analysis support, modeling and simulation (M&S), and M&S verification, validation and accreditation. Work will be performed in Dayton, Ohio (40 percent); Ridgecrest, Calif. (30 percent); Aberdeen, Md. (20 percent); and Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2022. Fiscal 2016 working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $112,621, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic proposal as a 100 percent small business set-aside; two offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-17-D-0028). (Source: DoD, 09/27/17)

Contract: RT&T, $8.7M

Reliance Test & Technology, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., has been awarded an approximately $8,700,000 modification (P00019) to previously awarded contract for Eglin Air Force Base operation and maintenance support service. The contract modification increases government-provided values of cost reimbursable contractor acquired property supporting the test and training complex. Work will be performed in Ft. Walton Beach and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2026. Fiscal 2017 research and development funds in the amount of $8,700,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA2486-16-C-0002). (Source: DoD, 09/27/17)

Contract: Cubic, $61M

Cubic Global Defense, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a not-to-exceed $61,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for P5 combat training system/tactical combat training system updates. The contract includes, but is not limited to, modifications to ensure the P5 system and supporting infrastructure meets or exceeds dynamic emerging government requirements. Work will be performed in San Diego and Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and will be completed Sept. 30, 2022. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Funds from spectrum relocation fund in the amount of $4,600,000 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8678-17-D-0034). (Source: DoD, 09/27/17)

Contract: Raytheon, $450M

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a $450,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II integrated engineering change proposal contract. The contract provides for design, development, integration, test and production engineering for changes to the SDB II technical and production baseline. Work will be performed in Tucson, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2024. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8672-17-D-0004). (Source: DoD, 09/27/17)

SR EDO wins awards

The Santa Rosa County Economic Development Office received three Excellence in Economic Development Awards for 2017 from the International Economic Development Council during the IEDC Annual Conference Sept. 17-20 in Toronto. One was a gold award for its aviation industry brochure in the category of special purpose print brochure, which details Santa Rosa County's advantages to companies in the aviation, aerospace, and related industries. Key sections cover the area's advantages in terms of workforce, including retired military personnel, transportation, and available sites. The office won a silver award for its Career Pathways website, a project in the category of special purpose website, designed to provide students guidance on local career opportunities. The EDO also won a bronze award in the category of special purpose website, for SantaRosaAviation.com, a micro-site showcasing the county's advantages to companies in the aviation, aerospace, and related industries. (Source: Santa Rosa County, 09/27/17)

Contract: multiple, $998M

Signalink Inc., Madison, Ala. (FA2487-18-D-4000); Corvid Technologies LLC., Mooresville, N.C. (FA2487-18-D-4100); Maden Technologies - Maden Tech Consulting Inc., Arlington, Va. (FA2487-18-D-4200); Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., Huntsville, Ala. (FA2487-18-D-4300); Wavelink Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (FA2487-18-D-4400); Cummings Aerospace Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (FA2487-18-D-4500); Radiance Technologies Inc., Ala. (FA2487-18-D-4600); Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Va. (FA2487-18-D-4700); IERUS Technologies Inc., Alabama (FA2487-18-D-4800); Dynetics Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (FA2487-18-D-4900); Trident Research LLC., Austin, Texas (FA2487-18-D-5000); Georgia Technical Research Institute, Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga. (FA2487-18-D-5100); Raytheon Co., Indianapolis, Ind. (FA2487-18-D-5200); and RT Logic, Colorado Springs, Colo. (FA2487-18-D-5300); have been awarded a shared ceiling, multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts in the amount of $998,000,000. Contractor will provide research, development, test and evaluation of weapon systems, subsystems, and components. Work will be performed at each contractor’s facilities. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and 14 offers were awarded. Fiscal 2017 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $14,000 - $1,000 per delivery order, per company are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/26/17)

Contract: Choctawhatchee, $60.2M

Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative Inc., De Funiak Springs, Fla., has been awarded a $60,191,903 modification (P00003) to a 50-year contract (SP0600-16-C-8314) with no option periods for additional utility services for the electric system at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract. Location of performance is Florida, with a July 31, 2067, performance completion date. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2017 through 2067 Air Force operations and maintenance funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va. (Source: DoD, 09/26/17)

AC-130J nearly combat-ready

The Air Force plans to declare its new AC-130J “Ghostrider” gunship ready for combat operations by the end of September. But it won’t deploy into to a war zone for a couple of more years, according to Lt. Gen. Marshall “Brad” Webb, head of Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. He told reporters at the Air Force Association’s annual conference in National Harbor, Md., that the delay is because of the high pace of operational missions abroad, which makes in more difficult to train special operators on the new gunship’s new weapon system. The AC-130J, designed for close-air support, is armed with a 30mm GAU-23/A cannon and suite of precision-guided munitions that include the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb and AGM-176 Griffin missile, and a 105mm M102 howitzer system, which can fire 10 50-pound shells a minute. The weapons systems are governed by modular Precision Strike Package. As of April 2017, AFSOC was exploring the possibility of a directed-energy laser system designed to knock out enemy electronics and disable critical infrastructure. (Sources: multiple, including DoDBuzz, Flightglobal, ExecutiveGov, National Interest, 09/21/17)

Digital navigation aid tested

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 2 recently evaluated new, fully digitized navigation charts to streamline mission planning initiatives for the military. It’s the first major upgrade to the charts in some 30 years. AFOTEC completed a successful operational test on a digitized navigation chart prototype in 2016, and the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency asked AFOTEC evaluate three new digitized charts for use by the Air Force and other military branches. The military uses navigation charts for mission planning and flying navigation routes. Over six weeks, Detachment 2 tested the new charts at nine military installations across the U.S., including at Eglin, using 16 different airframes. The new charts will be available for military operations as early as 2019. (Source: Eglin Air Force Base, 09/21/17)

Eglin team goes to sea

Crew and F-35 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln.
Air Force photo

The Air Force’s 33rd Maintenance Squadron provided training and support to F-35C Lightning II operations aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln from Aug. 30 to Sept. 7, 2017. Two airmen and two sailors from the aerospace ground equipment flight and the wheel and tire shop qualified Abraham Lincoln sailors to operate F-35 support equipment, bringing the U.S. Navy one step closer to initial operations capability. With this training, the Abraham Lincoln's aviation structural mechanics are now qualified to tear down, inspect, clean, rebuild and service wheel assemblies. “We are the most qualified unit to (train these sailors),” said Staff Sgt. Mark Gower, 33rd MXS wheel and tire technician. “We have been working with this jet the longest because the 33rd Fighter Wing was the first unit to receive the F-35 from the test community.” (Source: Eglin Air Force Base, 09/19/17)

How Rucker coped with Irma

FORT RUCKER, Ala. – Like other military bases with expensive aircraft, Fort Rucker officials had to decide earlier this month when Hurricane Irma was started tracking up the west coast of Florida whether to evacuate helicopters or dismantle the blades and put them in a hangar. It was a situation that changed day to day, but in the end no aircraft were damaged and training was allowed to continue after the storm passed. Fort Rucker, in southeast Alabama near Enterprise and Dothan, is the only Army unit that trains aviators – some 4,000 each year from 20 countries. (Source: Rotor & Wing International, 09/19/17) Note: The Navy also trains military helicopter pilots at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, southwest of Fort Rucker in Milton, Fla.

Contract: Jacobs, $480M

Jacobs Technology Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is awarded a competitive, single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for test, evaluation and certification support services. The face value of this action is $480,000,000 (contract ceiling). The minimum guarantee of $10,000 will be satisfied through the issuance of Task Order 0001, which will coincide with contract award and will be funded by fiscal 2017 research, development, test and evaluation appropriations. Primary performance will be at Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command Headquarters, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; and DISA Headquarters, Ft. Meade, Md., with incidental performance at other locations worldwide. Proposals were solicited via FedBizOpps and three proposals were received. The period of performance for the base period is Sept. 21, 2017 through Sept. 20, 2019 with three, one-year option periods and one six-month option period through March 20, 2023. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity. (HC1028-17-D-0006). (Source: DoD, 09/19/17) (DoD reported 09/21/17 that the award was mistakenly announced 09/19/17 and should have been announced 09/21/17)

Hurlburt maintainers win award

The 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla., was among the winners of the 2017 Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards. The awards are presented annually to recognize outstanding achievements in weapon systems and military equipment maintenance. The Hurlburt team was one of two units to win in the large field-level category. Four other awards were given in the medium and small categories. One of the six organizations will be selected as winner of the Phoenix Award, given to the best of the best field-level maintenance units. (Source: DoD, 09/19/17)

Contract: Harris, $11.3M

Harris Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., has been awarded an $11,277,688 modification (P00766) to previously awarded contract for Eglin Beam Steer Sustainment Project Beam Steering Calibrate and Monitor Console Replacement project. Contractor will improve the sustainment posture of the project for the Eglin Army and Navy fixed position ground radar search AN/FPS-85 radar, which includes the design, procurement, fabrication, integration, installation, and testing to ensure supportability through 2030 and the development and installation of a temporary Y Switch. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 13, 2019. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $1 1,277,688 are being obligated at time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Peterson Air Force Base, is the contracting activity (F19628-02-C-0010). (Source: DoD, 09/14/17)

Training wing getting new leader

NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD, Fla. – Col. David Morris will assume command of Training Air Wing 5 during a change of command ceremony at the Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola. He replaces Navy Captain Mark Murray during the Friday 2 p.m. ceremony. Murray will retire from naval service after a 26-year career. Morris, a former member of the Blue Angels who was a prior enlisted Marine, was designated a Naval Aviator in March 1996. In August 2000, he reported to the Blue Angels to fly "Fat Albert," the squadron's C-130. He comes to NAS Whiting Field from duty at the Pentagon. Morris will now be responsible for an estimated 43 percent of the Chief of Naval Air Training Command's total flight time and over 14 percent of Navy and Marine Corps' flight time worldwide. Over 1,200 personnel complete their essential flight training through TRAWING -5 annually. Capt. Douglas Rosa will become the new Deputy Commodore of TRAWING-5. (Source: Whiting Field, 09/12/17)

Contract: Lockheed, $8.8M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $8,769,892 for modification P00048 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-15-C-0114) for recurring logistics services of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in support of the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-Department of Defense participants, and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. Support to be provided includes delivery of material (26,171 items) for depot stand-up and activation. The material delivered supports the Electro-Optical Targeting System for the F-35. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in in September 2019. This modification combines purchases for the Air Force (45 percent); Marine Corps (24 percent); Navy (13 percent); non-DoD participants (14 percent); and FMS customers (4 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/13/17) Note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.

Land deal delayed

PENSACOLA, Fla. – County leaders say a land swap involving Escambia County and the Navy will likely be delayed another two years because of issues with the grass on the land being prepared for the Navy. The Navy requires two years of ground covering growth before it can use it as an outlying field. The county bought the grass seed but the grading wasn’t ready in time, officials said. The county wants to use land in Beulah, the current site of the Navy’s Outlying Field 8, as a commercial park. The Navy agreed to swap the land for a 650-acre site, currently called Outlying Field X, in neighboring Santa Rosa County that is now owned by Escambia County. The county hopes to build on the success of Navy Federal’s large campus in Beulah. (Source: Pensacola News Journal, 09/13/17)

Staubach and NASP football

Say the name Roger Staubach and you think Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl and Hall of Fame. But what’s lesser known is that between his time in the Navy and his time with the Cowboys, he was a quarterback for the Pensacola Goshawks, a team fielded by Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., that played mid-level college opponents. (Source: Whiting Tower, 08/25/17)

Whiting once housed German POWs

NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD, Fla. – Whiting Field has been an integral part of the nation’s defense for three-quarters of a century, first as an Auxiliary Air Station and then as a Naval Air Station. But one of its lesser-known roles was housing German prisoners of war in the closing months of World War II. The prisoners were sent to Whiting from Fort Rucker, Ala., and were used to help complete the installation’s framework. (Source: Whiting Tower, 08/25/17)

Contract: DynCorp Int., $160.4M

DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $160,405,017 for modification 00032 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract (N00019-15-D-0003) for organizational, intermediate, and depot-level maintenance and logistics support for 16 T-34 Mentor, 54 T-44 Pegasus, and 287 T-6 Texan aircraft. Work will be performed at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas (50 percent); Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla. (39 percent); Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. (8 percent); and various locations throughout the U.S. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2018. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/11/17) (Note: DoD corrected the amount of the contract 10/17/17)

Contract: Lockheed, $8.5M

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $8,461,238 for modification to previously issued delivery order N0001917F0108 placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-14-G-0020 for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. This modification procures additional verification and validation system support for country-specific mission data files for the foreign military sales customer’s operational aircraft. Work will be performed in Point Mugu, Calif. (75 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2018. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/11/17) Note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.

Contract: Engility, $49M

Engility Corporation, Andover, Mass., has been awarded a $49,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide research and development for Kinetic Kill Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) Simulation Technology for Advanced Research. This contract provides for the development of multi-spectral and multi-modal phenomenology modeling capabilities, to advance the start-of-the-art of HWIL test technology and to perform a critical role in the research, development and transition of Air Force munitions through the use of integrated guidance simulation. The location of performance is Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., with the ordering period expected to be complete by Aug. 31, 2022. This is a competitive award under broad agency announcement FA8651-17-S-0064, and fiscal 2017 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $150,300 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Eglin Air Force Base, is the contracting activity (FA8651-17-D-0096). (Source: DoD, 09/08/17)

Contract: Raytheon, $8M

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded an $8,078,874 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00010) to previously awarded contract for field team support services for Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) development test mission support including, test planning, test operations, test reporting, and telemetry analysis. This contract modification provides for exercise of the first option, for an additional 12 months of services to support ground tests, captive flight tests, and live fire tests conducted for developmental purposes, up to and including operational test readiness reviews. The effort also encompasses management and maintenance of AMRAAM separation test vehicles and other assets used for the test programs. The work performed under this option is expected to be complete by Sept. 5, 2018. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-16-C-0067). (Source: DoD, 09/06/17)

Contract: Raytheon, $38.6M

Raytheon Missiles Systems, Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded a $38,600,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the System Improvement Program 3- Engineering Manufacturing, Development. This contract provides an incremental software solution for AIM-120D missiles to improve its performance against rapidly advancing threats. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed by Jan. 5, 2021. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-17-C-0001). (Awarded Sept. 5, 2017). (Source: DoD, 09/06/17)