DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: IAF May Deploy Additional Sukhoi Squadron At Chabua Base In Assam

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: IAF May Deploy Additional Sukhoi Squadron At Chabua Base In Assam

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources India TV News

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 3, 2013: An additional squadron of advanced combat aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI is likely to be stationed at the Indian Air Force’s eastern-most station in view of the strategic importance of the base.   

Sharing the news here, Wing Commander Gaurav Mani Tripathy told journalists yesterday on the eve of the 81st Air Force Day that the Sukhoi-30MKI multi-role fighter plane squadron is used to patrol the skies in the region.  

With the Mig-21 era coming to an end at the station - the last squadron moved out in 2009 - Tripathy said that the base underwent a major renovation and expansion of facilities in preparation for the induction of the Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, which arrived in February 2011.

Speaking about the Su-30MKI, Tripathy said the aircraft was manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) under licence from Russia’s Sukhoi.

He said that the heavy, all-weather, long-range Indian variant of the fighter plane was more advanced than the basic SU-30MK and more capable than those used by China (SU30MKK/MK2) and Malaysia (SU-30MKM).  

Talking about the Chabua base, he said, “The station has served as a major supply point for troops deployed in Arunachal Pradesh with various transport aircraft and helicopters operating from here.”

The Chabua base was built in 1939 and used throughout World War II by Allied Forces against invading Japanese forces.

As an IAF base, Chabua took on a training role as MiG-21s were based here for the instruction of young fighter pilots, Tripathy said.

On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the IAF, the station is set to achieve all tasks in peace or in war, in line with the IAF’s credo of ‘People First, Mission Always’, the Wing Commander added.

“Over the years, the transport and helicopter fleets have emerged as the lifelines for both our troops at forward posts, as well as the civilian population in remote areas and in times of natural disasters,” he added.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US DoD Has Awarded Contracts To Lockheed Martin For F-35 JSF Aircrafts

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US DoD Has Awarded Contracts To Lockheed Martin For F-35 JSF Aircrafts

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources U.S. DoD #691-13 Dated September 27, 2013 + Baynet.com

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 28, 2013: The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin signed two F-35 contracts today, valued at $7.8 billion, for a total of 71 F-35 Lightning II aircraft to be produced in the sixth and seventh Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) lots. These agreements are a significant milestone for the F-35 Program, and reflect cost reduction initiatives shared by government and industry.
The LRIP 6 contract, valued at $4.4 billion ($3.7 billion awarded through a December 2012 undefinitized contract action; ref: N00019-11-C-0083, and $0.7 billion awarded through today’s contract) funds production of 36 aircraft, with average aircraft unit cost approximately 2.5 percent lower than LRIP 5 aircraft. LRIP 6 per variant unit prices (not including engine cost) follow:

·   23 F-35As CTOL - $103 million/jet

·   6 F-35B STOVL - $109 million/jet

·   7 F-35C CV - $120 million/jet

The LRIP 7 contract, valued at $3.4 billion, funds the production of 35 aircraft, with average aircraft unit cost approximately 6 percent lower than LRIP 5 aircraft. F-35 LRIP 7 per variant unit prices (not including engine cost) follow: 

·   24 F-35As CTOL - $98 million/jet

·   7 F-35B STOVL - $104 million/jet

·   4 F-35C CV - $116 million/jet

The 71 aircraft are currently in various stages of production. Lockheed Martin will begin delivering LRIP 6 aircraft in the second quarter of 2014 and LRIP 7 jets in the second quarter of 2015. LRIP 6 will mark the first delivery of international F-35 jets for Italy and Australia, and LRIP 7 will mark the first delivery to Norway.

 The LRIP 6 and 7 contract terms reduce the government’s exposure to target cost overruns relative to previous LRIP contracts. In the LRIP 6 and 7 buy, Lockheed Martin will cover all cost overruns. The government and Lockheed Martin will share returns (20/80) derived from any under runs in target cost.

 The LRIP 6 and 7 contracts contain performance-based payments, whereby the contractor will receive incremental payment as measured goals are achieved along the production line until government aircraft acceptance. LRIP 6 and 7 contracts also include a concurrency clause which requires Lockheed Martin to share costs equally with the government (50/50) for known concurrency changes arising from System Development and Demonstration testing and qualification. Newly discovered concurrency changes identified during LRIP 6 and 7 production periods will be authorized via engineering change proposals.

F-35 engines are funded through separate contract actions with Pratt & Whitney.

Lorraine Martin, VP and GM of the F-35 Program, said about the contracts “Lockheed Martin is extremely pleased with the LRIP 6 and 7 contract signing, which represents a significant milestone for the F-35 Program and its path to enhanced affordability. With each successive production lot, unit costs have declined. That’s a trend we look forward to continuing as this program moves toward full rate production and operational maturity. Working together with the Joint Program Office, our entire industrial team is focused on delivering the F-35’s 5th generation capabilities to our Armed Forces and partner nations at a 4th generation price point.”

U.S. DoD #691-13 Dated September 27, 2013

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $3,405,427,661 modification with fixed-price-incentive-firm, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-plus-incentive-fee line items to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0004) for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot VII F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft production. This modification provides for the manufacture and delivery of 19 F-35 Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) for the U.S. Air Force; six F-35 Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps; four F-35 Carrier Variant (CV) aircraft for the U.S. Navy; two F-35 CTOL aircraft for Norway; three F-35 CTOL aircraft for Italy; and one (1) F-35 STOVL for the United Kingdom. This modification also provides for LRIP Lot 7 production requirements, including manufacturing support equipment, diminishing manufacturing sources management, ancillary mission equipment, including Pilot Flight Equipment, and concurrency changes to LRIP Lot 7 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy, and for non-U.S. DoD Participants in the F-35 Program. Concurrency changes are changes to the LRIP Lot 7 configuration baseline resulting from the F-35 development effort. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (55 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (15 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (10 percent); Orlando, Fla. (5 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); Baltimore, Md. (5 percent), and Cameri, Italy (5 percent). Aircraft deliveries are expected to be completed in October 2016. Fiscal 2013 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force; Fiscal 2013 Aircraft Procurement Navy; and International Partner funding in the amount of $3,405,427,661 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($1,823,737,540; 53.55 percent), U.S. Marine Corps ($567,802,742; 16.67 percent), the U.S. Navy ($401,457,402; 11.79 percent); and the Governments of Italy, Norway, United Kingdom, Australia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Canada, and Denmark ($612,429,977; 34.46 percent) The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $742,657,068 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive (firm target) modification to the previously awarded F-35 Lightning II Low Rate Initial Production Lot VI advance acquisition contract (N00019-11-C-0083). This modification provides for the manufacture and delivery of two F-35 Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft for the Government of Australia and three F-35 CTOL aircraft for the Government of Italy. In addition, this modification provides for LRIP Lot VI production requirements, including manufacturing support equipment, diminishing manufacturing sources management, ancillary mission equipment including pilot flight equipment, and concurrency changes to LRIP Lot VI aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, and the non-U.S. DoD Participants in the F-35 Program. Concurrency changes are changes to the LRIP Lot VI configuration baseline resulting from the F-35 development effort. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (55 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (15 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (10 percent); Orlando, Fla. (5 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); Baltimore, Md. (5 percent); and Cameri, Italy (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2016. Fiscal 2012 and 2013 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force; Fiscal 2012 Aircraft Procurement, Navy; and International Partner funding in the amount of $742,657,068 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($130,677,491; 17.60 percent); the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps ($66,199,572; 8.92 percent); and the Governments of Italy, Australia, United Kingdom, Turkey, the Netherlands, Canada, Norway and Denmark ($545,780,005; 73.49 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News - CHINA'S AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR WITH ITS NEIGHBORS OVER TERRITORIAL DISPUTES: Japan Says Faces Increasing threats From China, North Korea

DTN News - CHINA'S AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR WITH ITS NEIGHBORS OVER TERRITORIAL DISPUTES: Japan Says Faces Increasing threats From China, North Korea

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Kiyoshi Takenaka - Reuters
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 9, 2013:  Japan faces increasingly serious threats to its security from an assertive China and an unpredictable North Korea, the defense ministry said in its first annual report since hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office.

The report was harshly critical of China's actions in waters near East China Sea islets claimed by both countries, and prompted a sharp response from Beijing, where a foreign ministry spokeswoman said Japan was exaggerating the threat to "artificially create regional tension and confrontation."

Sino-Japanese relations have been strained by the territorial row as well as remarks from Abe suggesting he wants to cast Tokyo's wartime history in a less apologetic tone.

"There are various issues and destabilizing factors in the security environment surrounding Japan, some of which are becoming increasingly tangible, acute and serious," said the defense white paper, issued as ruling party politicians call for the Japanese military to beef up its ability to respond.

The general commanding a Japanese airborne brigade whose paratroopers would be among the first troops to respond to an attack on a far-flung island, told Reuters his unit could benefit from better intelligence gathering tools, including drones.

"For any island operation, intelligence is crucial," Tadao Maeda, commanding general of the 1st Airborne Brigade, said in an interview. At present, his unit relies on intelligence from ground or maritime forces. Japan has allocated funds in this year's budget to look into possible acquisition of drones.

The defense ministry report said: "China has attempted to change the status quo by force based on its own assertion, which is incompatible with the existing order of international law," echoing recent comments by Abe and his cabinet.

"China should accept and stick to the international norms."

The row over rival claims to tiny East China Sea islets flared up last September after Japan nationalized the isles, known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.

Patrol ships from both countries routinely shadow each other near the islands, raising concerns that an unintended collision or other incident could lead to a broader clash.

"Some of China's activities involve its intrusion into Japan's territorial waters, its violation of Japan's territorial airspace and even dangerous actions that could cause a contingency, and are extremely regrettable," the paper said.

Japan said in February that a Chinese naval vessel had locked its fire control radar on a Japanese destroyer, a step that can be considered a step away from actual firing.

China denied the warship had locked its radar on the Japanese vessel. But the white paper said Beijing's assertion was "inconsistent with the facts".

Commenting on the defense report, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said it contained "false criticisms" and followed growing calls in Japan to strengthen the military.

"The international community cannot but be concerned by Japan's real intentions and its future development," she said. "We hope that Japan can correct its attitude."

BOLSTERING DEFENCE

Abe returned to power for a rare second term after his ruling bloc won a general election late last year, promising to revive the economy and strengthen Japan's defenses. He also wants to revise the post-World War Two pacifist constitution to legitimize the military, although winning support for contentious revisions is likely to take time.

Japan is already bolstering defense of the disputed islands and this year raised its defense budget for the first time in 11 years.

The military is conducting joint drills with the United States, its main security ally, and fortifying defenses against missile attacks, while the government is reviewing its mid-term defense policy.

Japan plans to draw up a new defense plan by December, and Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) submitted recommendations to the government last month that included looking into acquiring the capability to attack enemy targets.

Japan has long maintained that it has the right to strike enemy targets when an intention to attack Japan is clear, the threat is imminent and there are no other options.

But any sign that Japan is moving to obtain such capabilities could upset China and South Korea, where resentment against Japan's wartime aggression and colonization runs deep.

"The balance of power will be lost if we don't start considering striking back when attacked," said Osaka University professor Kazuya Sakamoto, who sits on a panel advising Abe on security policies.

The LDP has also recommended that the military should set up an amphibious Marines division equipped with tilt-rotor aircraft like the V-22 Osprey to boost the defense of remote islands.

Maeda backed the proposal to acquire the U.S. aircraft, whose deployment to Japan's Okinawa island has prompted local opposition because of concerns about its safety.

"For the airborne, the Osprey is a very attractive piece of hardware," he told Reuters. Japan has set aside about $80,000 in this year's defense budget to research the possible acquisition.

Abe, whose LDP is expected to cement its grip on power in this month's upper house election, also wants to revise an interpretation of the constitution that bans using the right of collective self-defense, or aiding an ally under attack.

A panel set up during Abe's first 2006-7 term recommended that the ban be lifted in certain cases, such as intercepting ballistic missiles bound for the United States. A new committee of advisers is expected to reach similar conclusions.

North Korea launched a missile in December, stepping up the threat that the isolated, impoverished state poses to rivals. In February, it conducted a third nuclear test, which moved Pyongyang closer to developing long-range nuclear missiles.

"The launch of a missile ... showed that North Korea has advanced its technologies to extend the range and improve the accuracy of ballistic missiles," the white paper said.

(This story corrects the name of the Chinese spokeswoman in the 14th paragraph)

(Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in BEIJING; Editing by Linda Sieg and Raju Gopalakrishnan)

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DTN News - CHINA NEWS: As Markets Gyrate, China’s Central Bank Tries to Allay Concern on Tight Credit

DTN News - CHINA NEWS: As Markets Gyrate, China’s Central Bank Tries to Allay Concern on Tight Credit
*China Stocks Recover After Volatile Day

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Bettina Wassener and Chris Buckley - The NY Times
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 25, 2013: HONG KONG — The Chinese central bank reassured investors worried about a lingering credit squeeze and declared that it had already been selectively supporting bank liquidity, as Chinese stock markets swung wildly again Tuesday after several days of volatility.

The central bank, People’s Bank of China, eager to rein in soaring lending growth and financial risk, initially refrained from intervening as bank-to-bank interest rates soared last week, but then apparently released more money for lenders. Uncertainty over the central bank’s position produced wide trading swings Tuesday, with the main Chinese stock indexes dropping to their lowest levels since early 2009 before recovering most of the day’s losses near the end of trading.

The Shanghai composite index, which tumbled 5.3 percent Monday, slumped more than 5 percent again by early afternoon Tuesday. It recovered almost all of those losses to close down 0.2 percent. The index’s total decline since a peak in early February has been nearly 20 percent.

After China’s stock markets closed, the People’s Bank of China issued a statement apparently meant to soothe investors’ nerves and maintain pressure on banks deemed to be carrying too much risk.

“In recent days, the central bank has provided liquidity support to some financial institutions that meet the demands of macro prudence,” the bank said on its Web site. “Some banks with ample liquidity have also begun to play a stabilizing role in circulating capital into markets.”

On Tuesday the bank pledged that it would apply open market operations — buying or selling securities to manage liquidity and rates — and other methods to offset “short-term abnormal volatility, stabilize market expectations and maintain stability in monetary markets.”

The reassurances were accompanied by a warning to commercial banks to contain risk and to report promptly any “sudden major problems.” Chinese banks that follow government policies in lending practices and risk controls can expect support from the central bank if they have brief capital shortfalls, the bank said. But wayward banks can expect tougher treatment, it suggested.

“For institutions that have problems in their liquidity management, corresponding measures will be taken on a case-by-case basis, while maintaining the overall stability of money markets,” it said.

“The stock markets are continuing to react to the very elevated funding costs,” said Dariusz Kowalczyk, a senior economist and strategist at Crédit Agricole in Hong Kong, referring to the recent surge in interbank lending rates. Those rates determine what banks pay to borrow from each other, often to cover short-term obligations.

Interbank lending rates, which began to decline last Friday, continued to do so Tuesday. The benchmark overnight lending rate, a gauge of liquidity in the financial market, stood at 5.736 percent. That was down from 6.489 percent on Monday and well below the record high of 13.44 percent reached last Thursday.

But with rates still well above where they were in the last 18 months, around 3 percent, anxiety over the effect on the financial system and the economy persisted Tuesday.

The central bank’s stance could help economic conditions in China, many analysts have said, by instilling more lending discipline and reducing the chances of asset price bubbles and loan defaults that have increased with rapid lending growth in the last few months.

In its latest statement Tuesday, the central bank urged commercial banks to “prudently control the excessively rapid expansion of credit and assets that may lead to liquidity risks.”

Still, many analysts contend that the central bank’s tough stance has risks.

“We believe the biggest risk comes from the P.B.O.C. potentially mishandling the situation,” Ting Lu, China economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said Tuesday, referring to the People’s Bank of China. “That being said, we believe the P.B.O.C. and Chinese policy makers will be aware of the potential dangers and take decisive measures to revive the interbank market, to calm investors and to stabilize the economy.”

In the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, the prospect of slower economic growth in China has weighed on markets for months.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 25, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 25, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  462-13 June 25, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 25, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  June 25, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Equilon Enterprises doing business as Shell Oil Products US, Houston, Texas, has been awarded an estimated maximum $474,105,843 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Locations of performance are Texas, California, and Washington with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0463). 

            Valero Marketing and Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded an estimated maximum $456,356,398 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Locations of performance are Texas and California with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0464). 

            ExxonMobil Fuel Marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., has been awarded an estimated maximum $405,098,579 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Locations of performance are Virginia and California with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0474). 

            Chevron Americas Products, Houston, Texas, has been awarded an estimated maximum $391,402,898 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Locations of performance are Texas, Utah, and California with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0467). 

            Western Refining Co., L.P., El Paso, Texas, has been awarded an estimated maximum $268,745,246 fixed- price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Location of performance is Texas with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0471). 

            Petro Star, Inc.,* Anchorage, Alaska, has been awarded an estimated maximum $169,975,344 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Location of performance is Alaska with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0477). 

            US Oil Trading LLC, Tacoma, Wash., has been awarded an estimated maximum $95,512,324 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Location of performance is Washington with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0472). 

            Sterling Foods LLC, San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $14,183,974 modification (P00202) exercising the second option year period for various polymeric traypack bakery items.  The contract (SPM3S1-10-D-Z188) is a firm-fixed-price contract.  Location of performance is Texas with a July 5, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2014 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. 

            Sinclair Oil Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, has been awarded an estimated maximum $13,680,863 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Locations of performance are Utah and Wyoming with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0469). 

            Revision Military Ltd.,* Essex Junction, Vt., has been awarded a maximum $11,656,785 modification (P00003) exercising the second option year period of a one-year base contract with four one-year option periods and provides for prescription lens.  The contract (SPM2DE-11-D-7552) is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, sole-source contract.  Location of performance is Vermont with a July 7, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2012 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. 

            Calumet Montana Refining LLC., Great Falls, Mont., has been awarded an estimated maximum $10,447,411 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The contract is for aviation turbine fuel.  Location of performance is Montana with a June 30, 2014 performance completion date.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-13-D-0476). 

AIR FORCE

            General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., has been awarded a $28,289,068 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for implementation of the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Phase I to manage the structural integrity of the MQ-9 fleet throughout the aircraft life cycle.  Work will be performed at Poway, Calif., and is expected to be completed Sept. 25, 2016.  Fiscal 2013 Aircraft Procurement funds for the entire amount are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WIIK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-10-G-3038 DO 0045). 

            United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., has been awarded a $11,408,838 (estimated) fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract, with fixed-price, man-month rates and cost-reimbursable line items for travel and relocation for 15 contractor engineering and technical services representatives for Air National Guard (ANG) (5); Navy (1), and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) (9) in support of the F100 engines on the F-15/F-16 (U.S. Air Force and FMS); and the JT9D and J52 engines on the C-9 (Navy) aircraft.  Work will be performed at five ANG locations – Barnes, Maine; Toledo, Ohio; Jacksonville, Fla.; Tucson, Ariz., and New Orleans, La.; one Navy location at Whidbey Island, Wash.; and nine FMS locations.  Total percentage of contract supporting FMS is 69.13 percent of estimated dollars.  Work is expected to be completed by June 25, 2016.  This is a sole source acquisition, and no money will be obligated on this contract; funds will be obligated on task orders written against this basic contract.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HBBI, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8604-13-D-7954). 

ARMY

            Conti Enterprises Inc., Edison, N.J., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $23,800,500 for flood control services in Harahan, La.  Fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with nine bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-13-C-0032). 

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $9,036,199 modification (P00006) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (W31P4Q-12-C-0001) for services in support of the PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3.  The cumulative total face value of this contract is $68,999,656.  Work will be performed in Camden, Ark., and Grand Prairie.  A combination of fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2013 Procurement funds in the amount of $4,427,737 are being obligated on this award.  The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity. 

NAVY

            The Machine Lab Inc.*, Wellington, Colo., is being awarded a $17,089,588 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of MMP-30 explosive ordnance disposal robots and accessory parts.  This contract will support foreign military sales (FMS) to Afghanistan (100 percent).  Work will be performed in Wellington, Colo., and is expected to be completed by April 2014.  FMS funding in the amount of $17,089,588 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with FAR 6.302-1.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-13-C-0017). 

            L-3 Communications, Communication Systems–West, Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a $6,748,310 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-2024) for the manufacture, test, delivery and support of five Common Data Link Hawklink AN/SRQ-4 radio terminal sets in support of the Navy MH-60R aircraft (4) and the U.S. Coast Guard (1).  Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah (60 percent); Atlanta, Ga. (14 percent); Mountain View, Calif. (6 percent); Exeter, N.H. (2 percent); and Phoenix, Ariz.; El Cajon, Calif.; Oxnard, Calif.; Salinas, Calif.; Sunnyvale, Calif.; Boise, Idaho; Derby, Kan.; Littleton, Mass.; Stow, Mass.; Minnetonka, Minn.; Skokie, Ill.; Dover, N.H.; Bohemia, N.Y.; York Haven, Pa.; Providence, R.I.; Cedar Park, Texas; Ft. Worth, Texas; and Toronto, Canada (1 percent each), and is expected to be completed in May 2015.  Fiscal 2012 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Coast Guard and Fiscal 2013 Other Procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $6,748,310 are being obligated on this award.  Funds in the amount of $1,349,662 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. 

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*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No.  462-13 June 25, 2013
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