The Day That Lives in Infamy: 75 Years Later

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In the early hours of December 7, 1941, a US destroyer was the first ship to fire shots in anger, hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Military.com has video: USS Ward at Pearl Harbor, 75 years ago today.

Tenable Network Security holds its second annual international survey of information security professionals and reports global confidence in ability to accurately assess cyber risk dropped 12 percentage points over 2016.

Social media giants Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube to cooperate to limit spread of terrorist content, reports Techcrunch.com.

Trump’s pick for national security adviser, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, is under fire for spreading fake news conspiracy theories, reports Politico. Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has used social media in recent months to promote a series of outrageous conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, and others.

The Washington Post reveals a DoD study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations had been buried by the Pentagon amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget.

NavSec Ray Mabus recommends two members of the Navy Department be awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor, an upgrade from their current awards and the result of a nearly year-long review of military valor since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, reports USA Today.

Sextortion is a growing national security concern in the military, reports Military Times. Thousands of service personnel fall into this trap every year and US officials fear foreign enemies could exploit the same tricks to obtain sensitive information and compromise national security.

Russia, China veto UN proposal to stop deadly violence in Aleppo, reports The Washington Post.

Obama speech will defend national security strategy employed during his presidency, reports Military Times, in what is anticipated to be his last major comments on national security before stepping away from the White House next month.

Army-Navy plays Saturday. Military Times has what you need to know about this rivalry week and reports more than 71,000 fans are expected to pack Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium for Saturday’s contest.

Contracts:

AHTNA-CDM Smith JV, Irvine, California (FA8903-17-D-0023); Akima Construction Services LLC, Herndon, Virginia (FA8903-17-D-0024); Bhate Environmental Associates Inc., Birmingham, Alabama (FA8903-17-D-0025); Bristol General Contractors LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (FA8903-17-D-0026); Custom Mechanical Systems Corp. (CMS), Bargersville, Indiana (FA8903-17-D-0027); Edifice LLC, dba Edifice Solutions, Beltsville, Maryland (FA8903-17-D-0028); Herman-JCG Co. JV, Escondido, California (FA8903-17-D-0029); JSR-ECC LLC JV, Schertz, Texas (FA8903-17-D-0030); Meltech Corp. Inc., Landover, Maryland (FA8903-17-D-0031); MOWA-Barlovento LLC JV, Gautier, Mississippi (FA8903-17-D-0032); Portico Services LLC, Manassas, Virginia (FA8903-17-D-0033); and Structural Associates Inc., East Syracuse, New York (FA8903-17-D-0034) have been awarded a combined $330,000,000 multi-award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Contractors will compete for design, construction, and engineering activities encompassing a full range of methods and technologies supporting activities necessary to design and construct new facilities and infrastructure, repair and renovate or restore existing facilities and infrastructure. Work will be performed in the east region including locations in Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, New Hampshire, New York, Michigan, West Virginia, South Carolina, District of Columbia, Vermont, New Jersey, Indiana, Maryland, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Virginia, Alabama, Rhode Island, Delaware, Illinois, North Carolina, and Mississippi; and is expected to be complete by Dec. 7, 2021. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with 23 offers received. Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Joint Base Lackland, San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity.

AHTNA-CDM Smith JV, Irvine, California (FA8903-17-D-0012); Akima Construction Services LLC, Herndon, Virginia (FA8903-17-D-0013); Bhate Environmental Associates Inc., Birmingham, Alabama (FA8903-17-D-0014); Bristol General Contractors LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (FA8903-17-D-0015); Custom Mechanical Systems Corp. (CMS), Bargersville, Indiana (FA8903-17-D-0016); HHI Corp., Ogden, Utah (FA8903-17-D-0017); HJD Capital Electric Inc., San Antonio, Texas (FA8903-17-D-0018); JSR-ECC LLC JV, Schertz, Texas (FA8903-17-D-0019); MOWA-Barlovento LLC JV, Gautier, Mississippi (FA8903-17-D-0020); Portico Services LLC, Manassas, Virginia (FA8903-17-D-0021); and Roundhouse PBN LLC, San Antonio, Texas (FA8903-17-D-0022) have been awarded a combined $300,000,000 multi-award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Contractors will compete for design, construction, and engineering activities encompassing a full range of methods and technologies supporting activities necessary to design and construct new facilities and infrastructure, repair and renovate or restore existing facilities and infrastructure.Work will be performed in the central region including locations in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana; and is expected to be complete by Dec. 7, 2021. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with 21 offers received. Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Joint Base Lackland, San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity.

Federal Resources Supply Co., Stevensville, Maryland, was awarded an $8,156,227 modification (P0005) to contract W56HZV-15-D-0015 for an additional 60 urban operation platoon sets consisting of high technology equipment, which provides military personnel with enhanced capabilities to perform missions on complex or urbanized terrain. Work will be performed in Stevensville, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 3, 2017. Fiscal 2017 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $8,156,227 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Virginia, is being awarded a $15,036,262 cost-plus fixed-fee contract for engineering and logistics services for the Air Dominance Department of Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division. Services will include engineering, test and evaluation (T&E), interoperability, technical, computer programming, materials management, and specified logistics services necessary to support AEGIS Combat System, major weapon systems programs, T&E and post-event analysis. Support services are required at shore sites, land based test facilities, shipyards, and aboard ships in ports and at sea for the US, allied nations, and foreign military sales customers. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (84 percent); and the governments of Norway, South Korea, Spain, Bahrain, Italy, Australia and Japan (16 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $22,789,924.  Work will be performed in Port Hueneme, California, and at various continental United States sites and is expected to be completed by January 2018. Fiscal 2017 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $60,000 will be obligated at the time of award and contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 US Code 2304(c)(1) – only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity (N63394-17-C-0001). 

NexGen Communication LLC, Dulles, Virginia, is being awarded a $7,657,900 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of AN/SSX-1 Specific Emitter Identification System repairs, modifications, upgrades, spares, and configuration management used for Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP). The procurement of spares and repairs supplies under this contract cover requirements and allow for the management and resolution of obsolete concerns that may arise throughout the life of the contract. SEWIP is the spiral development program of Block upgrades to the AN/SLQ-32(V) family of passive and active shipboard electronic warfare systems. Work will be performed in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be completed December 2021. Fiscal 2017 working capital funds in the amount of $435,050 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) – only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-17-D-WM84).