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The Pentagon is seeking ways to crack down on contractors that make low-ball bids for multibillion-dollar development projects in anticipation of collecting other Defense Department funds later, says Bloomberg.
Despite tweets from President-elect Donald Trump that the F-35 jet fighter program is “out of control,” Lockheed Martin prepares to ramp up toward full production of the stealth fighter, reports McClatchyDC. The president-elect’s nominee for DefSec retired Marine Gen. James Mattis still backs the Joint Strike Fighter jet program, reports DoDBuzz.
The elusive software fix to the F-35 helmet for night landings is still short of success, DoDBuzz reports.
ISIL adds bombs to their drones‘ prolific surveillance and intelligence capabilities already operating in Mosul, reports Ajazeera.
A server of Booz Allen Hamilton’s is taking the blame for Pentagon leaks of classified personnel data, reports Federal Times.
Trump continues his search for a chief for the VA, meeting with Leo MacKay, a senior vice president at Lockheed Martin, and Joseph Guzman, a professor at Michigan State University, according to FCW.
Trump hasn’t yet selected the new chief of NASA, other hires suggest a future that’s good for solar-system exploration, but bad for climate research, reports The Atlantic.
NASA Wallops officials are confident about their future, reports WMDT, the local ABC affiliate.
The Pentagon will repay millions of dollars in National Guard bonuses improperly recouped from veterans and eliminate the debts of more than 17,000 troops who had been on the hook for repayment, reports the Army Times.
The EPA opened the new year with a reversal, now reporting that fracking is a threat to groundwater.
Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham back off the push for a committee to investigate cybersecurity after Russian interference in the election, reports Politico.
FCW reports nearly one-third of government agencies failed to meet the Dec. 31, 2016, deadline to migrate “all publicly accessible federal websites and web services,” from HTTP to HTTPS.
Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $45,061,664 delivery order (P00001) to previously awarded contract FA8105-17-F-0003 for 10 engine overhauls in support of the KC-10 program. Work will be performed at Vancouver, Canada, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2018. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $45,061,664 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $17,755,034 delivery order (P00002) to previously awarded contract FA8105-17-F-0002 for contractor logistic support for support of the KC-10 program. Work will be performed worldwide to include McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; Travis AFB, California; Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Yakota Air Base, Japan; and Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2018. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $17,755,034 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity.
Sotera Defense Solutions Inc., Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $9,833,515 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Predictive Analysis Software Prototype and report. Contractor will develop capabilities allowing for multi-source data fusion, predicting malicious cyber operator activities, and serving as the architect and integrator of the experimental software prototype. Work will be performed at Austin, Texas; Arlington, Virginia; and Columbia, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by July 3, 2021. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with 23 offers received. Fiscal 2016 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,079,688 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-17-C-0020).
Andromeda Systems Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia, is being awarded a $ $40,620,652 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for logistics and technical support services including planning, analysis, development, training, support equipment management, and facilities in support of the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida (63 percent); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (23 percent); and Arlington, Virginia (14 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2022. No funds will be obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued. This contract was awarded competitively via electronic request for proposal as a 100 percent small business set-aside; two proposals were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity (N61340-17-D-0002).
Science and Technology Corporation, Hampton, Virginia, was awarded a $22,346,913 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for machining, welding, painting and fabrication support services for the Army’s Aberdeen Test Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Bids were solicited via the Internet with four received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 4, 2022. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91CRB-17-D-0005).
Andromeda Systems Inc.,* Virginia Beach, Virginia, is being awarded a $ $40,620,652 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for logistics and technical support services including planning, analysis, development, training, support equipment management, and facilities in support of the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida (63 percent); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (23 percent); and Arlington, Virginia (14 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2022. No funds will be obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued. This contract was awarded competitively via electronic request for proposal as a 100 percent small business set-aside; two proposals were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity (N61340-17-D-0002).
Science and Technology Corporation,* Hampton, Virginia, was awarded a $22,346,913 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for machining, welding, painting and fabrication support services for the Army’s Aberdeen Test Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Bids were solicited via the Internet with four received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 4, 2022. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91CRB-17-D-0005).
