March 29, 2024

Triton to Enter Initial Production

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MQ-4C Triton moves out of development into initial production, reports USNI.org. The decision follows Triton’s successful operational assessment in February.

The F-35 joint program office is eyeing the middle of the next decade for major upgrades to the engines on the joint strike fighter. Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, who heads the JPO, said the “mid-2020s” is when the power plant on the joint strike fighter could be refreshed, whether through improvements to the Pratt & Whitney F135 design currently used or through a new engine design from another competitor.

Video: North Korea hosts first air show ever, reports the Aviationist.com, as the US flies B-1 bombers south of the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). Pyongyang’s first air show took place amid growing tensions with the US over North Korea’s continued development of missiles and nuclear weapons.

How to land a drone on a manned airplane? Catch it with a mechanical arm extended off a C-130 and haul it aboard as part of DARPA’s Gremlins program, reports BreakingDefense.com.

An Air Force colonel charged with rape found dead in home, reports Military.com.  Col. Eugene Caughey, 46, assigned to Air Force Space Command staff at Peterson Air Force Base, CO, was to begin his court-martial Oct. 17 on charges of rape, assault, adultery, and other lewd acts dating back to 2013.

Bloomberg.com reports the VW scandal spreading to Audi threatens carmaker’s cash cow. Audi is a linchpin in the Volkswagen structure. In addition to providing the biggest share of profit, it’s an incubator for technology that filters down to the group’s mass-market brands.

Citing a right to privacy, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu asks a Jerusalem court to overturn a decision to release his laundry bills and those of his family under the country’s Freedom of Information law, reports IBtimes.com.

The Labor Department will review all Wells Fargo complaints, reports Fortune.com.

Wells Fargo workers say fake accounts began years ago as employees opened unauthorized accounts to meet unrealistic sales goals, CNN reports.

Contracts:

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is being awarded $255,256,728 for fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification P00009 to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-15-C-0002) for the procurement three low-rate initial production Lot 1 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft, one main operation control station and one forward operation control station, training courseware, and tooling. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (30 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (12.6 percent); Palmdale, California (10.6 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (10 percent); Red Oak, Texas (8 percent); Moss Point, Mississippi (3.9 percent); Indianapolis, Indiana (3.8 percent); San Diego, California (3.6 percent); Bridgeport, West Virginia (3 percent); Santa Clarita, California (1.6 percent); Montreal, Quebec, Canada (0.6 percent); Vandalia, Ohio (0.6 percent); Medford, New York (0.5 percent); and various locations within the US (11.2 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2020.  Fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $255,256,728 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is being awarded $94,992,084 for firm-fixed-price order 0044 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-15-G-0026) for interim spares in support of the MQ-4C Triton system’s initial deployment. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Maryland (51.1 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (18.5 percent); San Diego, California (9.5 percent); Indianapolis, Indiana (7.8 percent); Santa Clarita, California (3.4 percent); San Diego, California (1.7 percent); Vandalia, Ohio (1.3 percent); Medford, New York (0.9 percent); Montreal, Quebec, Canada (0.3 percent); Bridgeport, West Virginia (0.1 percent), and various locations within the U.S. (5.4 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2020. Fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $94,992,084 are being obligated at time of award; none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is being awarded $62,120,761 for modification P00004 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-14-D-0016) to provide intermediate, depot level maintenance and related logistics support for approximately 223 in-service T-45 F405-RR-401 Adour engines.  Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Mississippi (47 percent); NAS Kingsville, Texas (46 percent); NAS Pensacola, Florida (6 percent); and NAS Patuxent River, Maryland (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2017. No funds will be obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Virginia, is being awarded a $38,648,663 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the production of, and support engineering for, production prototype test articles/commercially equivalent equipment for display and processing hardware and test bed simulators used for Ship Self Defense System development. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is expected to be completed in September 2021. Fiscal 2016 other procurement (Navy); and fiscal 2016 research, development, testing, and evaluation funding in the amount of $1,440,073 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00178-16-D-3000).

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia, is being awarded a $37,784,964 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple award contract to provide command and control (C2), communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) software support and system maintenance to include systems engineering, integration, information assurance, software maintenance, training and infrastructure support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) Maritime Global Command and Control System Family of Systems Project, and other C2/C4I projects. This is one of five multiple-award contracts; all awardees will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period. This three-year contract includes one two-year option period which, if exercised, would bring the potential value of this contract to $63,688,134. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (90 percent); and McLean, Virginia (10 percent), and is expected to be completed Sept. 26, 2019.  If all options are exercised, work will continue through September 2021. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. Funding will be obligated via task orders to include operations and maintenance (Navy); other procurement (Navy); research, development, test and evaluation (Navy); foreign military sales; and working capital funds (Navy). This contract was competitively procured with full and open competition via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command e-Commerce Central website. Fifteen proposals were received and five were selected for award.  SSC Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-16-D-0541).

General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. Fairfax, Virginia, is being awarded a $34,680,268 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple award contract to provide command and control (C2), communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) software support and system maintenance to include systems engineering, integration, information assurance, software maintenance, training and infrastructure support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) Maritime Global Command and Control System Family of Systems Project, and other C2/C4I projects. This is one of five multiple-award contracts; all awardees will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period. This three-year contract includes one two-year option period which, if exercised, would bring the potential value of this contract to $58,686,853.  Work will be performed in San Diego, California (90 percent); and Fairfax, Virginia (10 percent), and is expected to be completed Sept. 26, 2019. If all options are exercised, work will continue through September 2021. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. Funding will be obligated via task orders to include operations and maintenance (Navy); other procurement (Navy); research, development, test and evaluation (Navy); foreign military sales; and working capital funds (Navy). This contract was competitively procured with full and open competition via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command e-Commerce Central website. Fifteen proposals were received and five were selected for award.  SSC Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-16-D-0542).

Motorola Solutions Inc., Columbia, Maryland, was awarded a $70,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the Europe Enterprise Land Mobile Radio (E-ELMR) system. One bid was solicited with one received, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 18, 2021. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W2P1J-16-D-0088).

AAI Corp., doing business as Textron Systems, Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded a $23,409,144 modification (P00049) to contract W58RGZ-13-C0016 to incorporate improved map imagery synchronization and spectrum reallocation in support of the One System Remote Video Terminal. Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2018. Fiscal 2016 research, development, testing and evaluation funds in the amount of $23,409,144 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Illinois, was awarded a $14,058,421 firm-fixed-price contract for the dredging of Baltimore Harbor and various channels. Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 14, 2017. Fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance, Army; and other funds in the amount of $14,058,421 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W912DR-16-C-0038).

Intergraph Government Solutions Corp., Madison, Alabama, was awarded an $11,296,807 firm-fixed-price contract for the Army Records Management Declassification Agency to procure support services and to obtain technical, analytical, system/network/local area network database administration, application programing, information security, document analysis, data entry, digitization, and infrastructure sustainment support. Bids were solicited via the Internet with two received. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 26, 2019. Fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance, Army; and research, development, and testing funds in the amount of $11,296,897 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-16-F0084).

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