Hundreds
of corporations, big and small, comprise the U.S. war industry. Endless war is
the most profitable racket on Earth. Here are the
contracts issued during December 2019.
FOREIGN
MILITARY SALES (FMS)
– Through FMS, the U.S. government
procures and transfers industry goods and services to allied nations and
international organizations. December 2019 is a great example of the
breadth of U.S. war corporations’ customer base.
AeroVironment Inc. $8,584,734
for FMS (Tunisia):
eight Unmanned Aircraft Systems and initial spares package with operating
software.
AM General $15,118,831 for FMS (Jordan):
hardware support to reset and upgrade a fleet of 200 M998 High Mobility
Multi-Wheeled Vehicles. Work in Amman.
Boeing $9,500,000 for FMS (NATO):
C-17 simulator training supporting NATO partners. Work in U.K.
Boeing $31,032,000 for
production and delivery 66 Advanced Capability Mission Computers (ACMC) for Australia
and 10 ACM for Kuwait.
Boeing $7,011,519 for Harpoon/SLAM-ER
missile system and Harpoon launch systems follow-on integrated logistics and
engineering services support.
Boeing $1,461,384,102
for FMS
(Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea,
Taiwan, UAE): support services for AH-64D/E “Apache” helicopters.
Boeing $564,505,720 for FMS (Netherlands,
UAE, U.K.): remanufacture of AH-64E.
BlueForce Inc. $15,683,635
for FMS (Saudi
Arabia): continued English language training at King Abdul Aziz Air Base. Lockheed
Martin $1,955,776,266 for FMS (Saudi
Arabia): design and construction of four Multi Mission Surface Combatant
ships (MMSC). “This sale contributes to the foreign policy and national
security of the U.S. by helping to improve the security of a strategic regional
partner.”
Advanced Electronics Co. (Riyadh)
$13,704,009 for FMS (Saudi
Arabia): Cyber Protection System and related facilities program for Boeing
F-15 aircraft. Includes deployment of a Cyber Security Operations Center at
Prince Sultan Air Base, the establishment of End Point Security (data-at-rest
encryption using MS BitLocker), and additional System Integration Lab Instances.
Booz Allen Hamilton $9,111,111
for FMS (Pakistan):
technical security team support for F-16 aircraft.
Clayton International $7,628,834
for FMS (Egypt):
depot-level maintenance on one AS-61 helicopter.
General Atomics $43,650,760
for FMS (France):
contractor logistics support MQ-9 drones (blocks 1 and 5). Provides logistics
support activities including depot repair, life cycle sustainment and software
maintenance services for the French Air Force MQ-9 Block 5 and Block 1 aircraft.
Rolls-Royce $83,723,062 for FMS (France):
MissionCare™ support on C-130J aircraft. Provides program management,
in-country field support reps, replenishment of spares, MissionCare service,
travel & per diem, over and above as well as organizational and commercial
depot level maintenance of AE 2100D3 propulsion systems.
General Dynamics $12,456,918
for FMS (Kuwait):
contractor logistics services, maintenance training, and technical assistance in
Kuwait City. Raytheon $8,289,656 for FMS (Kuwait):
technical assistance on launcher upgrades of Enhanced Deep Maintenance (EDM)
Legacy Launching Stations and materials for EDM kits.
Inter-Coastal Electronics
Inc. $10,400,266 for FMS (U.K.):
new equipment training, design, development, and qualification for
airworthiness of the Advanced Smart On-board Data Interface Module and Tactical
Engagement Simulation System training missile.
Leidos $23,034,241 for FMS (Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, UAE): General Electronic Test Station
(GETS-1000) test equipment and test program set hardware and software, test
equipment upgrades and repair parts; and services (including test equipment
installation, training, in-country technical assistance, and engineering
services support) in Huntsville, AL.
Leonardo DRS (AgustaWestland)
$38,432,233 for FMS (Apartheid
Israel): seven new AW119Kx aircraft, pilot and maintainer training, initial
spares, tools and ground support equipment, engine spares and development of
training aid devices.
Lockheed Martin $18,629,025
for FMS (Canada):
program naval production, engineering services and required materials.
Lockheed Martin $113,973,238
for FMS (UAE):
PAC-3 missiles, ground support equipment, and initial spares.
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky $26,398,967
for FMS (Thailand):
personnel, material, facilities, services and support to design, modify,
verify, document system performance and airworthiness support.
Lockheed Martin $39,645,726
for FMS (Iraq):
equipment, transportation, installation, test, training, spares, engineering
services, hardware, software, program management and data (as defined by the
Special Operations Wing) to deliver a Long Range Radar 3 and technical
refreshes to other integrated systems. Northrop Grumman $37,788,519 for FMS (Iraq):
contractor logistic support for Cessna 208 and 172 fleet in Iraq. Rapiscan
Systems $12,251,887 for FMS (Iraq):
contractor logistics support services for M60 High Energy Mobile Scanning
Vehicle Systems and equipment.
North Star Scientific
Corp. $4,250,000 for
continued R&D on “L-Band Solid-State High Power Amplifier for Airborne
Platforms.” Also provides 55 Link-16 compatible high power amplifier
Multi-Functional Information Distribution Systems – Joint Tactical Radio
Systems for E-2D aircraft for Japan (17). Bell Boeing Joint Program
Office for on-site
support, engineering and technical analysis of flight test for V-22 aircraft
for Japan ($1,636,856).
Oshkosh Defense $803,904,196
for FMS (Montenegro):
2,721 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and 16,714 associated packaged or installed
kits. Apartheid Israel recently inked a deal with Montenegro to sell them weaponry to mount on Oshkosh vehicles.
L3 $8,984,071 for FMS (unnamed):
management support services. Raytheon $47,786,995 for FMS (unnamed):
95 infrared Maverick units.
Raytheon $26,000,840 for FMS (Poland
& Romania): field artillery C3, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical
Data System.
Raytheon for Advanced
Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) production, lot 33. Involves $366,668,000
of unclassified FMS to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan,
Kuwait, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, U.K.
Textron $37,166,034 for FMS (Canada):
three Beechcraft King Air 350ER aircraft, program management, pilot training,
and field maintenance training.
Lockheed Martin for special
tooling and special test equipment required to meet current and future F-35
low-rate initial production (LRIP) as well as full-rate production rates for
FMS ($5,813,375). Lockheed Martin for work and
training necessary for the Autonomic Logistics Information System 3.5 software
rollout to the fleet under the low rate initial production Lot XI for FMS
($1,988,680).
Lockheed Martin for recurring
logistics services for delivered F-35 FMS ($111,352,368). Services include
ground maintenance activities, action request resolution, depot activation
activities, automatic logistics information system operations and maintenance,
reliability, maintainability and health management implementation and support,
supply chain management and activities to provide and support pilot and maintainer
initial training.
United Technologies Corp. for non-recurring
engineering for early identification, development and qualification of
corrections to potential and actual operational issues, including safety,
reliability and maintainability problems identified through fleet usage,
accelerated mission testing, continues engine maturation and evaluates
component life limits based on operational experience in support of the F-35 for
FMS ($8,115,000).
UNINHABITED
VEHICLES & CRAFT
Arete Associates $17,561,860
to provide
Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) block
I systems.
Cape Fox Federal
Integrators $20,387,807 for Remotely
Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Squadron Operations Center (SOC) contractor field
support representatives. Tech services on RPA SOC computer systems at ANG sites.
General Atomics $327,192,501
for MQ-9
“Reaper” contractor logistics support (program management, contractor filed
service rep support, depot repair, depot maintenance, sustaining engineering
support, supply & logistics support, configuration management, tech data
maintenance, software maintenance and inventory control point / warehouse
support).
Northrop Grumman $9,140,087
for production
and delivery of eight AN/ZPY-8 radar kits, eight forward access panel kits, and
all associated non-recurring engineering and qualification efforts in support
of mission processor unit upgrades on the MQ-8C drone. Northrop Grumman $22,471,211
for engineering,
cyber security, system software, logistics and training services in support of
the MQ-8C.
Northrop Grumman $251,552,634
for three
low rate initial production lot 4 MQ-4C “Triton” drone, ground stations, trade
studies, and tooling & associated support equipment.
COUNTER-UAS
Raytheon $13,121,979 for High
Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS), including six months of in-field operation
by Air Force personnel against unmanned aerial systems threats. AFRL.
AECOM $101,000,536 for Enhanced
Army Global Logistics Enterprise Army Prepositioned Stocks-5 supply and
transportation logistics support at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait and Doha in Qatar.
KBR $14,070,093 for BOSS at
Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
SOS International $124,248,732
for base
life support and security services at Camp Taji Green Zone, in support of
Operation Inherent Resolve in Taji, Iraq.
CACI $21,678,272 for Special
Operations Communications Systems Satellite Communications and Network Support
Services in support of SOCOM and other joint warfighting commands.
Canadian Commercial Corp. (Ottawa)
estimated $9,926,752 for
contractor logistics support for MX series turrets in support of special operation
AC-130 aircraft.
Lightforce USA $53,735,930
for
Precision-Variable Power Scopes (P-VPS), standard and long-range. P-VPS is “a
precision direct view optic with continuously variable magnification ranging
from 3x to less than or equal to 7x and greater than or equal to 25x continuous
zoom for SOCOM.”
L3Harris $100,000,000 max.
for the
Satellite Deployable Node (SDN) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). SLEP
will upgrade older SOF satellite communication terminals, specifically the
SDN-Medium (1.2 meter aperture terminal operating in the X, Ku and Ka bands).
ViaSat $93,000,000 for
AN/PRC-161 Handheld Link 16 radios, ancillaries and associated training to SOF.
MILITARIZED
BORDER
FGS-GRW MP LLC and RLC LLC
will compete for $240,000,000
for professional land survey architect-engineering in support of the
Southwestern Division, Department of Homeland Security Border Infrastructure
Program.
Fisher Sand & Gravel
Co. $399,962,000 to
design-build border infrastructure along the southern perimeter of the Cabeza
Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Yuma County, AZ.
DEFENSE ADVANCED
RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
Chenega Infinity $8,620,544
for physical
security support for DARPA in Arlington, VA.
General Dynamics $36,283,649
for
classified IT services at DARPA.
CACI $9,908,767 to design,
develop, and validate system prototypes for a combined arms squad. Lockheed
Martin $22,441,319 to design,
develop and validate system prototypes for a combined arms squad. Paid for with
DARPA funds.
CORPORATE CAPTURE OF
U.S. INTELLIGENCE / ESPIONAGE
CWU Inc. $71,693,479 for linguist
support services in Fort Gordon, GA. Trinity Technology Partners $21,476,541 for
technical support services to Defense Intelligence Agency.
ACADEMIA – U.S. academia is part of
the U.S. war industry. Faculty and staff often justify this flagrant ethical
compromise by claiming that the funding is too
good to turn down and that they, the academics, are ultimately not the ones
determining when, where, or how to use the weaponry being developed.
Boeing $15,800,000 to demonstrate
a successful transition of fiber combined laser technology from MIT’s Lincoln
Lab. Work takes place in Huntington Beach, CA.
Georgia Tech Applied
Research Corp. $85,000,000 for the
Golden Horde Science & Technology demonstration effort. Support
R&D of new munition technologies and integrated weapon demonstration. Effort
is conceptualized as a fast-paced Air Force Research Lab-led demonstration
project under the auspices of the Team Eglin Weapon Consortium.
University of Notre Dame $10,000,000
to develop a
Mach 10 Quiet Wind Tunnel. Aims to advance hypersonics fluid mechanics
technologies in support of Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane.
TELECOM COMPLICITY
Motorola $23,803,734 for
sustainment of the enterprise land mobile radio system for Naval Facilities
Engineering Command force protection ashore systems at Navy installations
worldwide. Provides preventive maintenance of hardware and software;
response & resolution of service calls for corrective maintenance (to
include equipment repair, overhaul, or replacement), asset and configuration
management, password management, and software upgrade installations.
INVASIVE AIRCRAFT
Northrop Grumman $13,000,000
for Airborne
Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) efforts, including engineering changes and
upgrades. Work in Sacramento, CA.
JOINT
STRIKE FIGHTER (F-35) – It is an understatement
to call the F-35 a boondoggle. The Manhattan Project cost about $2 billion in
1945 dollars (roughly $28.4 billion in 2019 dollars). The F-35 burns through that kind of money in
a few years.
Lockheed Martin $147,579,000
for special
tooling and special test equipment required to meet current and future F-35
low-rate initial production (LRIP) as well as full-rate production rates for U.S.
Air Force ($55,841,076); Navy ($51,887,772); Marine Corps ($22,286,205);
non-U.S DOD international partners ($17,564,488). Non-DOD international
partners are distinct from FMS. The former are purchased by the U.S.
government, while the latter are purchased by the U.S. government (which is
then reimbursed by foreign governments upon receipt of the good or service). Lockheed
Martin $8,890,964 for kits
required for and retrofit activities on F-35 for U.S. Air Force ($3,857,905);
Marine Corps ($3,789,990); Navy ($1,243,068).
Lockheed Martin for work and
training necessary for the Autonomic Logistics Information System 3.5 (ALIS)
software rollout to the fleet under the low rate initial production (lot 9) for
U.S. Air Force ($3,043,659); Marine Corps ($1,476,651); Navy ($1,978,304); non-DOD
($3,060,938). Lockheed Martin $50,161,071 for F-35 ALIS
hardware and support equipment for U.S. Marine Corps.
Lockheed Martin $98,948,397
for
integration of the Next Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System
into F-35 aircraft for Navy ($40,665,812), Air Force ($40,665,812) and non-DOD
participants ($17,616,773). Lockheed Martin $81,968,583 for hardware
and software development of select block 4 capabilities through developmental
flight test for F-35 for USA and non-DOD. Additionally, provides requirements
decomposition of advanced block 4 capabilities in support of the system
functional review.
Lockheed Martin $68,000,000
for product
process verification on F-35 production operation cards to identify and correct
potential process issues and implement and validate corrective actions.
Lockheed Martin $18,055,674
for
maintenance and operation of the Australia, Canada, U.K. Reprogramming
Laboratory (ACURL) in Eglin, FL. Effort includes sustainment support for all
ACURL systems to include consumables for F-35 in support of Australia, Canada,
and U.K.
Lockheed Martin $8,993,361
for support
to establish the common reprogramming tool development network and selection of
a service-oriented architecture needed to commence development of enhanced
reprogramming tools, which is essential for all standing labs for F-35 aircraft
for U.S. Navy and Australia.
United Technologies Corp. $455,524,124
for
non-recurring engineering and tooling in support of the lot 14 production and
delivery of 32 F135-PW-100 propulsion systems and one F135-PW-600 propulsion
system for F-35 non-DOD participants. Purchases: non-DOD participants
($385,166,106; 93%); Air Force ($13,932,222; 3%); Navy ($6,966,111; 2%); USMC ($6,966,111;
2%).
United Technologies Corp. for non-recurring
F-35 engineering for early identification, development and qualification of
corrections to potential and actual operational issues, including safety,
reliability and maintainability problems identified through fleet usage,
accelerated mission testing, continues engine maturation and evaluates
component life limits based on operational experience for U.S. Navy
($20,908,426); Air Force ($19,887,707); non-DOD ($9,471,149).
Lockheed Martin for recurring
logistics services for delivered F-35 for U.S. Air Force ($392,321,076), Marine
Corps ($191,048,520), Navy ($87,653,188), non-DOD ($231,962,860). Services
include ground maintenance activities, action request resolution, depot
activation activities, automatic logistics information system operations and
maintenance, reliability, maintainability and health management implementation
and support, supply chain management and activities to provide and support
pilot and maintainer initial training.
Lockheed Martin $172,210,000
for long
lead materials, parts components and effort for production of 28 lot 15 F-35
aircraft.
RAPTOR
(F-22)
Lockheed Martin $7,000,000,000
for F-22 air
vehicle sustainment at five operational bases: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,
AK; Nellis AFB, NV; Tyndall AFB, FL; Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA; and Joint
Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI; and at six support locations: Edwards AFB, CA;
Palmdale, CA; Hill AFB, UT; Tinker AFB, OK; Sheppard AFB, TX; and Warner Robins
AFB, GA; as well as at other potential stateside and overseas locations, combat
deployment and en-route support bases, potential locations through depot
partnering agreements and system program office locations.
Bell Boeing JPO $18,000,000
to continue
to provide technical analysis, engineering and integration for the Marine Corps
V-22 aircraft in Fort Worth, TX (50%); Philadelphia, PA (50%). Bell Boeing
Joint Program Office for on-site
support, engineering and technical analysis of flight test for V-22 aircraft
for U.S. Navy ($8,282,783), Air Force ($1,673,351).
FALCON (F-16)
Northrop Grumman $1,008,327,355
for Active
Electronically Scanned Array radars on Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft.
HORNET (F-18)
Boeing $4,069,000 for
production and delivery of 10 Advanced Capability Mission Computers (ACMC) in
support of F/A-18 E/F production for U.S. Navy.
General Electric $13,307,587
for engineering
and engine system support for the F414 Component Improvement Program.
HORNET & GROWLER
COMMON AIRFRAME
Raytheon max. $45,085,238 for APG-79
Radar System spare parts.
ELECTRONIC WARFARE
AIRCRAFT (GROWLER & PROWLER)
Lockheed Martin $23,014,847
for electronic
warfare kits and spares, fiscal year 2020.
Northrop Grumman $9,305,551
for five
Multi-Role Tactical Common Data Link (MR-TCDL) A-kits and associated A- and
B-kit spares to upgrade the E-6B Mercury aircraft.
Northrop Grumman $35,200,000
to produce
and deliver kits required to modify ALQ-218 avionics in support of EA-18G
upgrades for U.S. Navy and some unspecified FMS to Australia.
AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING
(HAWKEYE & SENTRY)
North Star Scientific
Corp. $7,750,000 for
continued R&D on “L-Band Solid-State High Power Amplifier for Airborne
Platforms.” Also provides 55 Link-16 compatible high power amplifier
Multi-Functional Information Distribution Systems – Joint Tactical Radio
Systems for E-2D for U.S. Navy (35), Air Force (3).
United Technologies $13,961,374
for the
integration and retrofit of Delta Software System Configuration 3 onto four
Distributed Readiness Trainers (D-DRT) in support of E-2D’s Integrated Training
System. D-DRT is a “medium fidelity tactics trainer” focused on “interoperability
for distributed training.”
United Technologies $12,819,390
to procure
additional in-scope work and technical data to refurbish and update the E-2D
Integrated Training System-III at Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
BOMBERS
Boeing $400,000,000 for B-1 and
B-52 bomber engineering services at Tinker AFB, OK; Edwards AFB, CA; Barksdale
AFB, LA; and Oklahoma City, OK.
Northrop Grumman $19,661,303
to overhaul
and repair B-2 tailpipes and assemblies in El Segundo, CA.
WARTHOG
(A-10)
The Korean Airlines Co.
Ltd. $213,000,000 for A-10
Pacific Air Force depot support in Buson, South Korea.
STRATEGIC
/ TACTICAL AIRLIFT
Rolls-Royce $20,374,191 for C-130J
Propulsion Long Term Sustainment.
OTHER
FIXED WING AIRCRAFT
Sierra Nevada Corp. $22,885,263
for the
MC-130J Airborne Mission Networking program LRIP.
AIRCRAFT WEAPONRY
BAE Systems $12,608,102 for another 12
months of diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages support to
U.S. Air Force, to proactively reduce mission capability impacts to improve
logistics support and weapon system sustainability. Effort will help assure all
required parts and materials supporting Air Force-managed weapon systems are
available within acceptable production lead times. Will “reduce the overall
cost of ownership of the weapon systems by facilitating economical diminishing
manufacturing sources and material shortages resolutions costs, reducing the
number of reactive solutions, minimizing any delays in organic depot-level
repair, as well as contractor repair and by improving weapon system
availability,” the contract announcement claims.
MILITARY
RESEARCH LABS
Abaco Systems Inc. $24,000,000
for
specially developed embedded computing systems known as Multiple False Targets
Box Phase two (MFTBOX2) flight units, MFTBOX Phase three (MFTBOX3) flight
units, and associated spare components, to support fleet readiness training
exercises in electronic warfare jamming. “The flights units are partially
integrated, high performance embedded computing systems, and when the Naval
Research Lab completes final system integration with its NRL-owned software,
they are used as electronic warfare jamming systems capable of generating
advanced jamming techniques.” Units will be used in fleet training exercises to
train Navy radar operators in modern jamming techniques during their pre-deployment
qualification trials in both air-to-air and air-to-surface scenarios.
Assurance Technology Corp.
$193,664,088 for R&D of
transmitting energy for radio frequency systems for Naval Research Lab.
Chenega Systems $16,516,863
for the
Collaborative Nerve Center (CNC); services and multi-program supportability
through a “collaborative, flexible and agile environment,” co-located within a
single space, Concord, MA.
Invicta Global, LLC $8,683,299
for facility
support services at the Naval Research Lab. John C. Grimberg Co. $27,830,000 to repair a
solid state electronic devices laboratory at Naval Research Lab.
Edaptive Computing Inc. $14,865,271
for R&D of
the Joint Federated Assurance Center Trust Lab Enterprise effort. Seeks to
enhance, deploy, transition, and support decision-aiding tools for AFRL Joint
Federated Assurance Center trust lab R&D of analysis, design and
verification tools to promote trusted systems engineering for integrated
circuits electronics.
Pivotal Software Inc. $18,000,000
to support
the Kessel Run Experimentation Lab: 12 more months, and will utilize the
prototyped methodology and the software and services that support them across
Air Force enterprise architectures.
SRC Inc. $13,472,364 for the
Sensor Beam program. Research, analyze, technically document, and review
electromagnetic systems, events and signatures required by all services and
other U.S. agencies. Work at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX.
ARNOLD
National Aerospace
Solutions LLC $88,542,734 for test
operations, technology development, equipment and facility sustainment, capital
improvements and some support services for Arnold Engineering Development
Complex, Arnold AFB, TN.
HELICOPTERS
Able Aerospace Services
Inc. $9,405,053 to overhaul
the dynamic components on the TH-1H helicopter, which is used to train and
develop pilot skills. Dynamic components provide powertrain and
aerodynamic functionality to the flight characteristics of the aircraft.
DMR Consulting Inc. $8,991,202
for depot
level repair, overhaul and for the MK-105 Magnetic Minesweeping Gear. The
MK105, a.k.a. the “sled,” is a high-speed catamaran hydrofoil platform, which
is towed behind the MH-53E helicopter and is used to sweep magnetic influence
mines.
DynCorp $14,485,558 for
helicopter maintenance of aircraft assigned to the 11th Wing at Joint Base
Andrews-Naval Air Facility, Washington, D.C.
General Electric $7,539,266
for engineering
and engine system support for the T700 Component Improvement Program. The T700
powers different types of helicopters.
General Electric $11,093,940
for five
CT7-8A6 engines with metal shipping containers, interface harness, and
associated control hardware for Presidential Helicopter Program, which is run
by the Marine Corps.
Lockheed Martin $64,736,518
for the
Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight Pilot Night Vision Sensor
Performance Based Logistics program sustainment, support elements, system
components, test equipment and the supply retrograde infrastructure.
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky $556,184,343
for Black
Hawk production, associated services for program system management,
engineering, technical data and publications.
L3 $93,000,000 for High
Figure of Merit green and white image intensifier tubes (IIT). Follows the
“urgent operational need” for HH-60 Night Vision goggles update for combat
search and rescue.
L3 $9,999,144 for eight
AN/SRQ-4 data link systems for MH-60R aircraft.
Rotair Aerospace Corp. $17,065,000
for pilot
module assembly spare parts.
Textron Bell $815,000,040
for repair,
upgrade or replacement of 35 items used on the UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopter,
along with inventory management, warehousing and establishing supply response
time metrics. Textron Bell $27,586,695 for engineering
and logistics services and associated equipment and material for AH-1Z aircraft
production, and AH-1W, UH-1Y and AH-1Z modifications & sustainment.
Ultrax Aerospace Inc. max.
$13,000,000 for
spares/repairs in support of UH-60 “Black Hawk” helicopter Automated Flight
Control line replaceable units.
GENERAL
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
Boeing $92,280,378 for engineering
technical services in support of Naval Aviation weapon systems and all
associated systems and equipment throughout their sustainment life-cycle, to
include contractor field services in support of AV-8B, EA-18G, F/A-18, C-40,
and P-8A aircraft for U.S. Navy and Kuwait.
Boeing up to $835,737,596 for
performance-based support of consumable items for various aviation platforms.
DynCorp $26,829,891 for aviation
maintenance services in Fort Campbell, KY; Fort Bragg, NC; Honduras; Germany;
Afghanistan; Iraq; and Kuwait. Some unspecified FMS to Kuwait.
Learjet roughly $9,506,901
for
engineering support services and technical publication updates for C-21A.
AIRCRAFT
INSTRUMENTATION, PODS & SENSORS
Gichner Systems Group $53,163,431
for up to
560 mobile facilities to support testing and operations of various avionics
gear used by the Marine Corps in training and expeditionary scenarios.
FLIGHT
TRAINING
Boeing $20,699,560 for
automated backup oxygen system retrofit kits, spares, support equipment and
associated special tooling in support of retrofit kit installation for the T-45
aircraft in San Antonio, TX.
Pinnacle Solutions $21,395,866
(later corrected to $20,524,000) to support
KC-10 training system at Travis AFB, CA; Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ;
and the Training System Support Center in Fairfield, CA.
Flightsafety Services
Corp. $11,804,625, for support
of the KC-46 Aircrew Training System. Operation and sustainment and
cybersecurity efforts.
AIRBORNE
COUNTERMEASURES
Raytheon $112,267,649 for non-recurring
engineering support on Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Navy.
AIRCRAFT PROPULSION
Boeing $12,011,819 to
incorporate two engine Airworthiness Directives (ADs) and 29 engine service
bulletins (SBs) on VC-25B aircraft’s eight Genx-2B engines.
Rolls-Royce $140,335,673 for some maintenance,
logistics, and engineering support on F405-RR-401 engine and the 096 MKII Gas
Turbine Starter System.
Woodward Inc. $54,054,836 for
maintenance and overhaul of the common hydro-mechanical unit.
AEGIS
Communications & Power
Industries $39,499,600 to repair
simplified drive traveling wave tubes in support of the AEGIS Combat
System.
Lockheed Martin $138,494,206
for AEGIS
Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) efforts for design, development,
integration, test and delivery of Advanced Capability Build (ACB) 20. AEGIS
CSEA develops, integrates, tests and delivers computer program baseline
Advanced Capability Builds; supports Technology Insertions (a replacement
and/or upgrade of combat system computing hardware and associated
middleware/firmware-design development); develops engineering products to
support ship integration; supports developmental test/operational test events;
develops training and logistics products; and provides field technical support
for designated AEGIS baselines. The systems engineering, development and
integration work under this contract begins with ACB 16 and TI 16, and
continues with a future ACB/TI through the period of performance of the
contract, the announcement makes clear.
Raytheon $123,532,573 for fiscal
2020 production of AEGIS Weapon System Fire Control System (FCS) MK 99
equipment, AEGIS modernization production requirements, and associated
engineering services. Services support DDG 51 Class Flight III destroyers and
the Spanish Navy’s F-110 program. Also covers production of the AEGIS BMD Kill
Assessment Ordnance Alteration (ORDALT) Kits and Solid State Switch Assembly
(SSSA) Special Test Equipment (STE). AMOD program fields combat system upgrades
that will enhance the Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) and Ballistic Missile Defense
(BMD) capabilities of AEGIS equipped DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Some unnamed FMS included.
EXPEDITIONARY FAST
TRANSPORT (EPF) – The U.S. war machine co-opts foreign nations in part through spending
money on their niche war corporations. Austal is an Australian corporation that
the Pentagon contracts for certain Naval products.
Austal USA $9,198,875 for
immediate procurement of long-lead-time material, engineering and production to
support changes to the arrangement of the 02 and 03 Levels on Expeditionary
Fast Transports (EPF) 13 and 14. EPF “provide high speed, shallow draft
transportation capability to support intra-theater maneuver of personnel,
supplies and equipment.”
LITTORAL
COMBAT SHIP (LCS)
Lockheed Martin $15,238,337
for
engineering and management services for LCS-17 post shakedown availability
(PSA).
LANDING PLATFORM, DOCK
(LPD)
Raytheon $7,657,104 for
production, planning, engineering and support efforts for the Amphibious
Transport Dock (LPD) 17 class integrated shipboard electronic (ISE)
systems. Efforts include navigation data distribution systems, hull mechanical
and electrical navigation networks regarding construction and shipboard test
and trials, post shakedown availability, and support activity services. Efforts
include building yard interface support, systems engineering, obsolescence
management, logistics support, training support, software support, as well as
engineering and design modifications to the ISE baseline in support of the LPD
17 Flight I San Antonio class (LPD 17).
ARLEIGH BURKE-CLASS
DESTROYERS (DDG)
General Dynamics $145,754,568
to continue integrated
planning yard services for Arleigh Burke-class ships.
Raytheon $249,938,973 for two Air
and Missile Defense Radar Program Low Rate Initial Production units (AMDR LRIP).
The AMDR LRIP units will be deployed on DDG Flight III class ships.
ZUMWALT-CLASS
DESTROYERS (DDG-1000) – DDG-1000 class ships are
marketed as fulfilling “volume firepower and precision strike requirements.”
These ships are packed with electronic goods from war corporations.
Raytheon $16,184,451 to procure,
assemble and install hardware and software upgrades for DDG 1000 ship class
combat systems in Portsmouth, RI (83%), San Diego, CA (10%), Tewksbury, MA (7%).
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
General Atomics $10,140,766
for installation
work instructions and manufacture production hardware kits resulting from
changes identified in the changes for post-production implementation CVN79
aircraft carrier list. Also provides installation of production kits and
performance of local checkout onboard the aircraft carrier and production
"cut-ins" for hardware upgrades for items currently being produced
for CVN80 aircraft carrier.
Huntington Ingalls $11,544,415
to
accomplish 12 months of execution planning for the repair and alteration
requirements for USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78 – aircraft carrier/nuclear
propulsion) planned incremental availability.
SUBMARINES
General Dynamics $47,285,685
for the New
England Maintenance Manpower Initiative for non-nuclear maintenance on subs
based in New London. CT. General Dynamics will continue to support sub
overhauls, maintenance, repair & modernization upgrades, ship alterations,
temporary modifications and field changes, supplies and/or ancillary services,
and corrective and preventative maintenance.
General Dynamics $19,012
min. $22,209,893,409 max. for
construction of nine Virginia-class submarines, eight with Virginia Payload
Module (VPM), from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2023. Includes spare material. Lockheed
Martin $21,381,819 for
long-lead-time material for two Virginia Block V hulls, one Virginia installation
and checkout kit, one pre-production unit and associated hardware assets to
support environmental qualification testing. This effort will award the
procurement of Navy equipment.
Huntington Ingalls $91,909,478
for
engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics
support, database management, research and development, modernization, planning
yard and industrial support for operational nuclear strategic and attack
submarines.
Lockheed Martin $27,681,322
for systems
engineering and integration on Navy submarines. Includes all material
travel, subsistence and incidental material in support of those services.
Northrop Grumman $16,055,006
for
engineering and technical services for design, development, testing,
integration and system support of the AN/BPS-16(V)5 radar system.
RFD Beaufort Inc. max.
$49,046,703 for
submarine escape immersion suits.
NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION
Bechtel $121,720,015 for Naval
Nuclear Propulsion Components in Monroeville, PA (93%), Schenectady, NY (7%).
SURFACE SHIP
MAINTENANCE
Boston Ship Repair $13,379,140
for an
87-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of USNS Leroy
Grumman (T-AO 195).
Fincantieri $18,006,438 for maintenance
support of Mine Countermeasure-1 Class main propulsion diesel engine and ship
service diesel generator in San Diego, CA; Sasebo, Japan; Manama, Bahrain; and ports-of-call
as required.
General Dynamics $96,912,985,
for USS Mason
(DDG-87) fiscal year 2020 depot modernization period.
Huntington Ingalls $110,376,375
for CG-47
class integrated planning yard services.
Huntington Ingalls $8,336,050
for
planning, engineering, cost estimating and management efforts of planned
availabilities as well as emergent work as required, including management and
labor efforts for the post-delivery planning yard services in support of the
amphibious assault ship (LHA 7).
Konecranes Nuclear
Equipment & Services $46,014,523 for one
175-ton portal crane at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Vigor Marine $89,336,289 for USS Wayne
E. Meyer (DDG 108) dry-docking selected restricted availability.
7 corporations received a combined
max. $43,109,222 for watercraft industrial services and supplies in support
covering all phases of watercraft total life cycle, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Carderock Division Detachment Norfolk, Combatant Craft Division. Overseas locations
typically include Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Spain, Italy, Horn of Africa, Guam,
Japan.
Cianbro Corp. $16,200,000 to build a
super flood basin and extending portal crane rails for Dry Dock 1, Portsmouth
Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
SHIP WEAPONRY
Lockheed Martin $15,747,242
for program
management office and engineering services supporting the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15
Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Systems for U.S. Navy (77%) and Australia (23%).
Northrup Grumman $19,001,900
for
continuous support of two AN/SLQ-32(V)Y Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement
Program (SEWIP) Block 3 System low rate initial production (LRIP) units.
Progeny $34,776,103 for MK54 MOD
1 lightweight torpedo kits, proof of manufacturing components, associated
production support material, spares, and engineering & hardware support for
U.S. Navy (99%), and Canada (1%).
Raytheon $34,510,062 to support
Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) design agent, in-service support, and
technical engineering support services requirements.
SHIP OPERATION – THIRD
PARTY
Alpha Marine Services $9,510,510
for a vessel
performing towing and salvage for the Navy (MV Gary Chouest) for use in the
western Atlantic.
Edison Chouest Offshore $7,576,200
for one
maritime support vessel MV Carolyn Chouest, used to launch, recover, refuel and
resupply various size crafts in Pacific Command.
NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS
COMMAND (NAVSEA)
Teledyne Brown Engineering
Inc. $27,166,594 for MK11
Shallow Water Combat Submersibles.
NAVAL AIR WARFARE
CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION (NAWCAD)
Kelvin International Corp.
$19,148,555 for
development and test as well as associated technical data in support of the
production and delivery of a max. of 102 Cryogenic Service Systems (CSS), to
include two pre-production units. CSS are 2000 gallon metal tanks that store
and supply liquid and gaseous oxygen/nitrogen to service support equipment and
aircraft systems. The CSS shall replace existing 1000 gallon CSS tanks
currently in use throughout the Navy and Marine Corps.
L3 $16,989,330 for R&D
on “Environmental Mission Planner the Total Solution.” Software design and
development support to upgrade the Active System Performance Estimate Computer
Tool.
Marshall Communications
Corp. $7,451,921 for the
integrated digital resource node effort in support of NAVAIR and also allow for
the expansion of existing model Based Definition capabilities and continued
integration of digital data at Fleet Readiness Centers (FRC) by combining the
existing team center product lifecycle management instantiations at FRC into
one instantiation while gaining the ability to connect to additional legacy
commercial off the shelf and government off the shelf applications to
facilitate standardized digital workflows.
PAE $47,364,653 to continue
providing services in support of range engineering, operations and maintenance
support to the Atlantic Test Range and the Atlantic Targets and Marine
Operations Division of NAWCAD. Work disciplines include system operations,
laboratory and field testing, marine operations and target support services,
engineering, range sustainability, maintenance, data reduction and analysis.
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY & THE CLOUD
Accenture $75,820,763 for unified
enterprise resource planning capability support services in Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD.
Affigent LLC $7,329,239 to provide
software maintenance on Oracle previously acquired software licenses in support
of Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems and Army Materiel
Command.
Leidos up to $6,520,000,000
for Global
Solutions Management – Operations (GSM-O) II,
which provides support services for the operation, defense, and sustainment of DOD
Information Network/Defense Information System Network. Work mostly overseas.
Leidos $24,942,019 for IT and
telecommunication services within the Air Force National Capital Region, or AFNCR.
Work at Joint Base Andrews, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, the Pentagon,
National Military Command Center, and other Air Force organizations.
L3 $17,933,366 for work on
the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI). Seeks to
establish the ability to communicate with Air Force platforms via multiple
commercial space internet
constellations using common user terminal hardware elements. Northrop Grumman $9,947,673
for DEUCSI
Call 002 Vendor Flexibility effort.
Palantir $110,814,893 for numerous
databases across the Army enterprise integrated on one platform.
Unisys Corp. $80,457,160
max. for Unisys
Operating System 2200 capacity services at Defense Information Systems Agency
data centers.
20 corporations received
up to $13.4 billion for nine
years of Small Business Enterprise Application Solutions. Provides a “comprehensive
suite” of IT services to support IT systems and software development in a
variety of environments and infrastructures.
COMMUNICATIONS
Ace Electronics Defense
Systems Inc., CND LLC, Leonardo DRS, Joint Venture Interconnection Cable LLC,
Tabet Manufacturing Co., and Tactical & Survival Specialties are sharing a
max. $808,113,426 for
interconnection equipment (read about it here).
Centurum Information
Technology $89,900,000 for
technical sustainment support, sustainment engineering, engineering support,
logistics support and modernization support for integrated and non-integrated
shipboard and ashore installations of satellite communication (SATCOM) systems.
Raytheon $7,052,009 for an
additional 25 Global Broadcast Service (GBS) below deck terminals. GBS is part of
the Joint Military Satellite Communications program, which is marketed as
providing high speed, high volume data to users.
Raytheon $611,500,000 max.
for Command
and Control Switching Systems (CCSS). Provides electronic digital
telecommunications system developed for military command & control. CCSS is
the main component of the Defense Red Switch Network, for voice & data
telecommunications at multiple levels, large scale voice conferencing
capabilities and is inter-operable with other secure devices. CCSS switches are
accredited by the Defense Intelligence Agency for top secret/sensitive
compartmentalized information (TS/SCI) multi-level security. Life-cycle
logistics support for operational CCSS provide program management, product
configuration management, data management, quality control and assurance,
contractor logistics support, spare parts replenishment and management,
hardware and software support and engineering and technical services.
SATELLITES
& SPACE SUPPORT
The Aerospace Corp. $22,000,000
for
federally funded research & development center (FFRDC) support
in El Segundo, CA.
Boeing $21,260,075 to sustain and
develop Air Force operations and maintain Space Based Space Surveillance System
and Red Local Area Network in El Segundo, CA; Colorado Springs, CO.
Boeing $9,573,933 for Wideband
Orbital Operations Logistics and Resiliency. Provides for systems engineering
and sustainment support for the Wideband Global Satellite Communications
constellation.
Boeing $8,949,016 for
protected tactical enterprise services. Incorporate multiple change
proposals re: requirement changes that resulted in a combination
of updates to the technical baseline via requirement or documentation
updates; added functionality causing additional software/hardware development
efforts; and process/compliance changes that drive additional efforts to
satisfy the new requirements.
Roccor LLC $10,248,703 to advance the
technology readiness level (TRL) of components for use in a modular, fully
integrated advanced space power system, involving batteries and power
management and distribution systems directly integrated onto the solar array.
Raytheon $13,543,046 for
implementation of four Request for Changes (RFC) – 312, 343, 345, and 393 to
the technical baseline via Space & Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB.
MISSILE
DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) – After intense lobbying by the
U.S. war industry, the D.C. regime pulled out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty in 2002. This paved the way for the establishment of the Missile Defense
Agency, and allowed the U.S. war industry to develop, market, and sell
“ballistic missile defense” weaponry. This weaponry is now one of the most
lucrative sectors of the U.S. war industry.
Boeing $265,235,164 to develop
and sustain the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD): support GMD
Communications Network Modernization, the in-flight interceptor communications
system data terminals technology upgrade, and complete the GMD fire control
communication ground systems software build 8 early integration. Work by
an industry team: Boeing in Huntsville, AL; Northrop Grumman in Huntsville; and
L3Harris in Melbourne, FL.
Intrepid LLC $16,338,912 for visual
information and production center support. Provides high quality,
regionally-executed graphic design, photography, videography, documentary
(non-analytical) flight test support and printing and production services.
Raytheon $1,022,573,692
to work
on a lot of contract line item numbers on SM-3 (block IIA). Provide management,
material, and services associated with procurement, manufacture, and assembly
for a total of 62 SM-3 Block IIA AURs, inclusive of all options.
BALLISTIC
MISSILES / NUCLEAR WEAPONRY
General Dynamics $299,886,600
for U.S. and
U.K. Trident II (D-5) Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines Fire Control System,
Guided Missile Submarines Attack Weapon Control System, and Support Equipment
Rework Facility support (FY2020-2023).
HDT Global $17,812,655 for five Transporter
Erector Replacement Program (TERP) units via Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center,
Hill AFB, UT.
Lockheed Martin $58,222,564
for Trident
II (D5) missile production and deployed systems support in Cape Canaveral, FL
(35.0%); Borgo San Dalmazzo, Italy (16.7%); Johnstown, PA (10.8%); Magna, UT
(5.9%); Cincinnati, OH (4.3%); Titusville, FL (2.4%); Merritt Island, FL
(2.3%); San Diego, CA (1.8%); Sunnyvale, CA (1.5%); Modesto, CA (1.5%);
Waynesboro, VA (1.4%); Irvine, CA (1.0%); El Paso, TX (1.0%); other various
locations (less than 1.0% each, 14.4% total).
HYPERSONICS – War corporations, think tanks, and Congress hype the
“threat” of Beijing and Moscow in order to justify design, development, and
sale of an entirely new sector of the war industry: hypersonic missiles and
aircraft.
Lockheed Martin $988,832,126
for
Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon critical design review, test and production
readiness support.
ORDNANCE:
MISSILES, BOMBS, ROCKETS, PROJECTILES
American Ordnance $25,972,089
for
trinitrotoluene explosive.
Attain LLC $30,492,418 to acquire &
retain contractor employees with technical experience in Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
BAE Systems $180,069,075 for
operation and maintenance of Radford Army Ammunition Plant, VA.
Boeing for Harpoon/SLAM-ER
missile system and Harpoon launch systems follow-on integrated logistics and
engineering services support for U.S. Navy ($2,464,306).
Conco Inc. and Delfasco
LLC will compete
for orders of the overall $46,200,000 to manufacture, inspect, test, and
deliver metal containers and covers for M231 and M232 series for the Modular
Artillery Charge Systems.
General Dynamics $41,820,714
for MK82-1
Bomb Bodies, MK82-6 Bomb Bodies, MK83-4 Bomb Bodies and MK84-4 Bomb Bodies in
support of USA and Australia.
Lockheed Martin $15,547,894
for Joint
Air-to-Ground Missile production line rate ramp increase of 50 to 100
missiles per month.
Lockheed Martin $9,513,840
for Common
Sensor Electronics Unit and engineering services.
Northrop Grumman $100,294,127
for
production of the M829A4 120mm Armor Piercing, Fin Stabilized, Discarding Sabot
with Tracer cartridge.
Raytheon $28,881,512 for fiscal
2020 Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 repairs and maintenance and
support material for U.S. Navy (90%); Spain (10%). Raytheon $1,030,728,427 for Standard
Missile-6 (SM-6) full rate production requirements, spares, and round design
agent.
Raytheon $401,615,000 for Advanced
Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) production lot 33. Provides production
of missiles, captive air training missiles, guidance sections, telemetry systems,
spares, and other production engineering support hardware.
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin
Javelin JV $51,008,056 for Javelin
full rate production contract's primary deliverables, including the command
launch unit refits and non-recurring engineering.
SAIC $23,000,000 for the full
rate production of the Missile Encryption Electronic Device KL-90 units. Provide
KL-90 units, spare parts, engineering support, data and training in support of U.S.
missile sites. Work in Tampa, FL.
PREPOSITIONED STOCK
Sealift Inc. $7,920,000 for Army
ammunition prepositioning vessel M/V LTC John U. D. Page.
MOBILE
RADAR
Northrop Grumman $188,995,364
for the
purchase of six Gallium Nitride full-rate-production systems and associated
travel in support of Program Executive Officer Land Systems, Quantico, VA.
LAND
VEHICLES
BAE Systems $249,152,760 for the
Self-Propelled Howitzer and carrier, ammunition, tracked vehicles and their
associated support.
Boeing $42,788,305 for the Next
Generation Automated Test Systems to support repair capability for the Abrams
tank, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and Stryker systems.
Honeywell $73,318,859 for hardware
& services re: Total Integrated Engine Revitalization Automated Gas Turbine
1500 Program for Abrams tanks.
Kampi Components ($10,911,917)
and Optex Systems ($11,024,488); for armored
V periscopes for the Abrams tank.
LOC Performance $70,987,890
for Bradley
Engineering Change Proposal kits, spare parts and installation.
Pomp's Tire Service $15,046,656
for
pneumatic tire and wheel assemblies for the U.S. Army.
SMALL
ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONRY (SALW)
L3 $37,500,000 for
precision aiming lasers (PAL), which combines a range finder with a ballistics
and environmental sensor/processor “to provide the operator with a ballistic
solution for increased likelihood of first-round hit.”
GEAR
& EQUIPMENT
Spectro Scientific Inc. $8,729,900
for
Expeditionary Fluid Analysis Systems for Marine Corps Systems Command.
RANGE
FINDER & TARGET LOCATION DEVICE
Riptide Software $43,000,000
for target
modernization and Targetry Range Automated Control & Recording system.
CLOTHING
Heart & Core LLC max.
$7,920,000 for moisture
wicking t-shirts. Puerto Rico Industries for the Blind Corp. $11,036,311 for flame
resistant jackets.
FORCE PROTECTION
Phoenix LLC $9,999,217 for High
Flux Thermal Neutron Source for Radiographic Inspection R&D.
Serco $22,681,636 for Close-In
Weapons System waterfront installation support in Norfolk, VA (41%); San Diego,
CA (30%); Everett, WA (6%); Mayport, FL (6%); Yokosuka, Japan (6%); Pearl
Harbor, HI (5%); Jubail & Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (4%); Rota, Spain (2%).
Chemring Sensors & Electronic
Systems max. $12,141,494 for
Biological Agent Warning System 4 Plus Assembly units. Smiths Detection $11,734,549
for aerosol
vapor chemical agent detector systems.
UTILITIES – Privatizing utilities is never a good idea. It prioritizes
profit over the health and wellbeing of the people. Additionally, water is a human
right; corporate greed should
be nowhere near it.
City Light & Power
$8,379,180 for
ownership, operation and maintenance of the electric distribution system at
Hill AFB, UT.
Computers Sites Inc.,
Eaton, and AllCom Global, $197,000,000 for power
converting and continuation interfacing equipment. Provides installation of
uninterruptable power supply systems across every major Air Force command.
Dayton Power & Light
Co. $28,531,696 for
electricity services at Wright Patterson AFB, OH.
Orion Construction Corp. $32,363,000
to build potable
water supply pipelines to transport potable water from the 24 Area to the 20
Area potable water storage tanks on Camp Pendleton.
Zero Waste Solutions $14,288,305
for refuse
and recycling collection & disposal at Navy/Marine installations in and
around San Diego.
American Water Operations &
Maintenance LLC $11,640,969 for
ownership, operation and maintenance of the water distribution and wastewater
collection systems at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. American Water Enterprises $7,564,752
for the
ownership, operation and maintenance of the water and wastewater utility
systems at Fort Rucker, AL.
Johnson Controls Building
Automation Systems $400,000,000 for utility
monitoring and control systems.
MEDICAL
AvKare Inc. max.
$11,727,127 for
potassium chloride tablets for DOD, the V.A., Indian Health Services, and
Federal Bureau of Prisons.
General Dynamics $12,392,791
for
specialty medical training, equipment/site maintenance and administration
support services.
Ology Bioservices $8,553,208
to keep the
facility (Medical Countermeasures Advanced Development & Manufacturing
Center) ready and operational to develop, test and/or manufacture medical
countermeasures.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Atlantic Diving Supply
max. $7,426,101 for
medical/surgical supplies. KaVo Dental Technologies max. $45,000,000 for hospital
equipment and accessories for the DLA electronic catalog. Thomas Scientific
$49,000,000 for laboratory supplies.
MEDICAL
SERVICES
Cape Fox Facilities
Services $19,500,300 to support
the Defense Health Agency, Deputy Assistant Director for Information
Operations, Solutions Delivery Division. Under the construct of the Information
Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), specifically the service operation
and service transition domains. Supports operations and maintenance activities
for the applications listed below under the ITIL construct. The seven
applications are as follows: MHS Management Analysis and Reporting Tool,
Patient Encounter Processing and Reporting, Electronic Surveillance System for
the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics, Protected Health
Information Management Tool, Business Objects Common Services, Defense Medical
Human Resources System - Internet and the Expense Assignment System.
Cellphire $29,252,092 for
Cryopreserved platelet development for U.S. Food & Drug Administration
licensure.
Donald L. Mooney
Enterprises $8,686,674 for licensed
vocational nurses and certified nurse assistant services.
MEDICAL
CONSTRUCTION
SOLPAC $27,087,000 to build a
medical clinic replacement at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA.
6 firms will compete
for each order of $160,000,000 for medical architecture, technical reviews,
engineering, and planning services for medical facility construction projects
and associated studies.
“GREEN”ING
THE MILITARY
Ameresco Select Inc. $402,833,556
for “energy
conservation measures” at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA:
construction, operations, and maintenance of energy conservations to improve
energy efficiency & reliability, which include steam distribution upgrades
to decrease steam energy loss, energy security upgrades for energy related
process improvements, replacement of transformers to improve equipment
reliability and water treatment plant improvements to reduce operational and
safety risks.
Noresco $169,331,394 for energy
conservation measures at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, CT. Includes
energy management control system upgrades, combined heat power and micro-grid
expansion, lighting upgrades, and steam distribution improvements. Noresco LLC $16,988,494
for energy conservation measures for boiler
plant improvements, water and sewer conservation systems and water resiliency at
Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA.
FUEL
& ENERGY – The U.S. Armed Forces consume more fossil fuels than any other organization in the
world.
Primus $8,782,763 for cold and
hot aviation refuel and defuel services, personnel, management, parts, supplies,
transportation and vehicles/trucks in Daleville, AL.
KBRwyle $9,690,076 for hydrant
fueling automation maintenance in all 50 states, Japan, Wake Island, S. Korea,
Guam, Diego Garcia, Portugal, Crete, Spain, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and U.K.
KBRwyle $7,936,316 for
automated tank gauging, alarm system, and overfill protection equipment
maintenance in Belgium, Djibouti, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Italy, Portugal,
Spain, Turkey, and U.K.
Clipper Oil $8,585,051
min. for delivery
of marine gas oil.
GTA Containers $9,404,953 for
collapsible fuel tanks.
BAE Systems max.
$8,870,921 for
automated tank gauging, independent alarm system and overfill protection
equipment Pacific maintenance. Work in Alaska, Hawai‘i, S. Korea, Okinawa, Wake
Island, Marshall Islands, Guam, Diego Garcia, and Japan. BAE Systems max.
$19,483,754 for
automated tank gauging, independent alarm system and overfill protection
equipment maintenance.
Optima Batteries Inc. $12,442,473
for battery
storage. Work in WI and Mexico.
TRANSPORTATION _
USTRANSCOM
AAR Mobility Systems max.
$28,800,000 for
specialized shipping and storage containers. UNCOMN LLC $175,701,170 for enterprise
architecture, data, and IT engineering services for the TRANSCOM, Air Mobility
Command, and the Surface Deployment & Distribution Center at Scott AFB, IL.
ENVIRONMENTAL
GSI MMRP JV LLC $95,000,000
for support
of munitions and explosives of concern response actions.
Sevenson Environmental
Services $230,000,000 for
environmental remediation.
Tidewater Inc. $230,000,000
for
environmental services.
Waterax Corp. and S&H
Products are sharing a max. $47,000,000 for water
handling accessories for U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
Project Time & Cost
LLC $7,043,119 for cost
engineering support for the Department of Energy Office of River Protection,
Tank Farms Projects.
FOOD
SERVICES
Alabama Department of
Rehabilitation $32,150,000 for food
service operations at an Army dining facility. Duck Delivery Produce max.
$26,000,000 for fruits
and vegetables. Labatt Food Service max. $9,028,137 for full
line, food distribution for customers in TX and NM. Sysco $90,716,317 for
perishable and semi-perishable subsistence supplies for the U.S. Navy. Y. Hata
& Co. $10,352,227 for
food-line distribution in Hawai’i.
BASE
OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES (BOSS) - BOSS typically includes some
combination of the following services: air operations, bachelor quarters,
custodial, electrical, environmental services, facilities investment, fire
& emergency services, galley, grounds maintenance, housing, integrated &
waste, janitorial services, management & administration,
morale-welfare-recreation, ordnance, pavement clearance, pest control, port
operations, public safety, supply, utilities, vehicles & equipment service,
visual services, waste management, wastewater, and water. Security is sometimes
included. This work
was once done by the troops, prior to the corporate capture of the Pentagon.
Criterion Corp. $7,350,330.88
for BOSS.at
March Air Reserve Base, CA.
Goodwill Industries of So
Cal $8,132,788 for
custodial service and hospital housekeeping at Los Angeles AFB and Fort Mac
Arthur.
Jacobs $30,429,224 for BOSS at
Naval Station Mayport, Marine Corps Support Facility, Blount Island, and
outlying areas.
JLL-Midnight Sun IFMS LLC $29,469,980
for BOSS at
NAS Jacksonville, Bureau of Medicine & Surgery Jacksonville, FL, and
outlying areas.
Manu Kai LLC $90,000,000 for range
operations support and BOSS at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai,
Hawaii. AECOM $17,971,335 for operations,
maintenance, engineering, and management services in support of combined
tactical training range systems and equipment: Fallon, NV (30%); Havelock, NC
(15%); Yuma, AZ (14%); Virginia Beach, VA (14%); Atloona, FL (5%); Beaufort, SC
(4%); Key West, FL (4%); Manns Harbor, NC (3%); Jacksonville, FL (3%);
Whidbey Island, WA (3%); El Centro, CA (2%); Miramar, CA (2%); Lemoore, CA (1%).
Scientific Research Corp. (Atlanta) $39,428,972 to support
the operations and maintenance of the ground threat systems at the Joint Base Alaska
Range Complex, Eielson AFB, AK.
SupplyCore Inc. $80,000,000
for
facilities maintenance, repair and operations items.
4 firms $44,061,412 to provide
non-commercial husbanding support services for U.S. ships and naval ships
visiting non-Navy ports, mostly along the U.S. East Coast.
OVERSEAS
BOSS
DynCorp $15,256,378, for various
support services to DOD units (e.g., Naval Mobile Construction Battalions,
Naval Expeditionary Combat Command Pacific, Explosive Ordnance Detachment Group
One, Coastal Riverine Group One, etc.) conducting humanitarian assistance,
civic assistance, minor military construction projects, contingency efforts,
supporting various exercises (i.e., Pacific Partnership, Balikatan, Cooperation
Afloat Readiness and Training, etc.) and other projects located at sites,
usually in remote areas in the Philippines, Cambodia, Timor-Leste and other
countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
LOGISTICS
InSap Services Inc. $41,636,459
to provide
personnel with technical experience to sustain the Army's Logistics
Modernization Program at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. Oakland Consulting Group $16,617,465
to develop
and deliver critical auditability and compliance requirements for Logistics
Modernization Program, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
BUSINESS
& OFFICE SUPPORT
Alion – IPS Corp. $44,721,438
for
professional support services for the Naval Sea System Command's Deputy
Commander for Surface Warfare. Services: program management, admin
support, surface ship modernization, inactive ships, surface ships readiness,
surface training systems, business and financial management, records management
and IT support. Overseas work in Yokosuka and Sasebo, Japan, and al-Manama,
Bahrain.
Boston Consulting Group $18,207,252
to support
Naval Supply Systems Cost Transparency & Optimization 2.0. Includes monitoring
and providing tasks that will focus on driving greater visibility and
performance on specific supply chain segments.
SciTech Services Inc. $33,952,020
for engineering
and project management support to Navy science and technology management organizations
and small business innovation research/small business technology transfer
program offices.
FURNITURE
10 companies $80,000,000 for
executive, task, conference room and side chairs for the U.S. Air Force.
National Industries for
the Blind max. $12,063,451 for
innerspring mattresses for the Navy.
CULTURE
Far Western
Anthropological Research Group Inc., PaleoWest LLC, Statistical Research Inc., UltraSystems
Environmental Inc. for cultural
resources related studies, investigation, preparation of historic and
archaeological documents, and implementation of plans in accordance with
Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as
amended, in the southwest U.S.
FINANCES
Ernst & Young $16,071,055
for
financial statement audit services (FY2020) of DLA. Ernst & Young max. $39,653,808
for audit
services of the Navy in Alexandria, VA.
Kearney & Co. $10,721,966
for audit
services of the Defense Health Program (DHP). Kearney & Co. $9,043,356 for audit
services of the Marine Corps General Fund.
KPMG $11,906,037 for audit
services of USACE Civil Works and Suballotted Funds Financial Statements.
OVERSEAS
CONSTRUCTION
Jacobs CH2M Hill
Constructors Inc., Environmental Chemical Corp., KBR, AECOM URS share $92,000,000
for more global
contingency construction projects worldwide.
8 Turkish firms received a
combined $95,000,000 for
construction at U.S. military facilities and support units in Turkey.
MAINLAND
INFRASTRUCTURE
Greenup Industries $20,520,000
for
excavating, processing, stockpiling clay material, clearing and grubbing, and
other incidental work in St. Charles Parish, LA.
Phylway Construction LLC,
Circle LLC, Affolter Contracting Co. will compete for orders
of $170,000,000 contract for Mississippi River levees.
Rencor Inc. $12,919,300 for
construction of a steel sheet pile with concrete cap and tie-rods, a drainage
outlet system, railings, ladders, fill material and crushed stone in Newark, NJ.
Rigid Constructors $9,986,105
for
excavation, placement of material for the construction of earthen retention
dikes, installation of settlement plates, surveying, clearing, grubbing, steel culvert
installation, painting and metalwork fabrication in Calcasieu, LA.
ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING
SERVICES
Chustz Surveying, Johnson-McAdams
Surveying & Mapping, Seaside Engineering & Surveying LLC shared $10,000,000
for
surveying and mapping services. Galveston Coastal Services JV $228,000,000 for architect
and engineering services. HDR Architecture Inc. $25,000,000 for
architectural and engineering. HNTB Corp. $10,213,080 for
architect and engineer services.
MAINLAND CONSTRUCTION
& ENGINEERING – Endless war requires
endless construction and repair. An added bonus for the Pentagon and the U.S.
war industry is how this construction activity effectively co-opts the working
class, making them feel like they’re on the same team as the troops. It is a
very powerful narcotic.
Etolin Strait Partners $30,000,000
for minor
construction projects located primarily within NAVFAC D.C.
Guyco Inc. $61,912,100 to design &
build 4 barracks, including company operations facilities, Fort Hood, TX.
Marine Terminals Corp. $34,025,191
for stevedoring
and terminal services at Port Naval Base Ventura County-Port Hueneme and the
Port of San Diego.
Merrick & Co. $28,000,000
for
facilities and infrastructure studies, engineering, design & build
projects.
Moonlite Construction max.
$20,000,000 for painting
and wall covering construction alterations, renovations, and repair at Naval
Bases Coronado, Point Loma and San Diego and MCAS Miramar, CA.
Red Point Construction $13,820,000
to build a
maintenance facility that include a maintenance repair shop, loading dock and
warehouse space at Clear Air Force Station, AK.
VLJM LLC max. $25,000,000 for paving
construction alterations, renovations and repair projects at Naval Bases
Ventura County, Port Hueneme, CA.
Walsh Federal $93,223,280 to build an
aircraft maintenance hangar facility and modernize flightline utility at MCAS Cherry
Point, NC.
Walsh Federal $123,643,850
to build an aircraft
three-bay maintenance hangar at Travis AFB.
Windamir Development Inc. $10,082,338
for pier
refurbishment of Pier XRay North and XRay South at Joint Base Charleston.
3 firms compete for
$15,000,000 for parts,
labor, tools, equipment, materials, transportation and supervision necessary to
perform design-build projects.
6 firms $19,800,000 for mechanical
work at NAVFAC Washington.
7 firms max. $99,999,000
($35.000 obligated) for
construction primarily within NAVFAC Southwest.
9 construction firms will compete
for orders of $25,000,000 for Guard/Reserve construction projects.
DREDGING
The Dutra Group $10,000,000
for
maintenance dredging in AL, MS and FL. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. $$13,866,000
for dredging
in Wilmington, NC; and Savannah and Brunswick, GA. Manson Construction $18,546,488
for one
fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge in
Plaquemines Parish, LA; and Harrison County, MI. Weeks Marine Inc. $13,071,000 for
maintenance dredging in Plaquemines, LA.
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Christian Sorensen is an
author and an independent journalist. His work focuses on the U.S. war
industry.