Hundreds of corporations, big and small, comprise the U.S. war industry. Nonstop war is a very profitable racket. What follows are the contracts issued during July 2023.

FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) – The two main ways that the U.S. war industry sells weaponry to foreign governments are foreign military sales (FMS) and direct commercial sales (DCS). In FMS, the U.S. government acts as the intermediary between the corporation and the foreign government. DCS are negotiated privately between foreign governments and U.S. corporations. The State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is in charge of issuing the export licenses for DCS. The U.S. war industry leads the world in arms sales. It pitches such sales as advantageous to the Pentagon in terms of economies of scale, i.e. sales to other countries bring down the price per unit.

Northrop Grumman, Melbourne, Florida, $76,046,196, for FMS (France): support flight test and an initial two year sustainment after delivery for three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. See contract announcement for work locations.

Northrop Grumman, Melbourne, Florida, $387,813,796, for non-recurring engineering re: production of three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye for France. See contract announcement for work locations.

Textron Bell, Fort Worth, Texas, $22,500,000, for FMS (Czech Republic): in-country maintenance (up to 24 months) on eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z helicopters, and in-country contractor engineering services (up to 36 months). Work in Náměšt’, Czech Republic.

Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, $57,367,184 for FMS (Romania): M6.6 Operational Flight Program and system upgrade for F-16 aircraft. Work in USA (Fort Worth, Texas; Greenville, South Carolina) and Romania.

BAE Land Systems, York, Pennsylvania, $89,000,000 for FMS (Croatia): refurbish and provide new equipment training on Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Work in Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

Northrop Grumman, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, $24,335,192, for FMS (Norway, New Zealand, South Korea, and the UK): frequency converters (25) for ALQ-240 system used on P-8 aircraft.

FMS in July regarding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program topped $144,936,000: ($33,390,770), ($15,184,063), ($68,200,000), ($28,161,450), according to contracting announcements.

FMS in the MIDDLE EAST

L3Harris, Van Nuys, California, $10,506,355 for supplies and services for refurbishing AN/SPS-48, a radar used on ships. Involves FMS to Egypt. Work in Van Nuys, California, USA (87%) and Egypt (13%).

Boeing, Mesa, Arizona, $393,091,720, for AH-64E “Apache” aircraft, support services, and equipment. Some FMS (Egypt and Kuwait).

Flight Safety International, Columbus, Ohio, $9,900,000 for FMS (Israel): Gulfstream V pilot training (initial and recurrent), and Gulfstream 550 pilot training (recurrent). Work in various U.S. locations.

Jacobs (d.b.a. CH2M Hill), Greenwood Village, Colorado, $12,544,704 for FMS (Israel): design an aircraft beddown site.

BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire, $21,536,583 (contract now at $49,764,441), for sustainment of AN/ALQ-239 Digital Electronics Warfare Systems and AN/AAR-57A(V) Common Missile Warning System hardware and software. Involves FMS to Saudi Air Force.

Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, California, $34,507,957 (brings contract from $471,973,629.96 to $506,481,586.96) for FMS (UAE): contractor logistics support training, technical manuals, spare parts, software, engineering, and technical services (during 13 July 2023 – 30 Sep 2026) in Huntsville, Alabama.

FMS – Countries vs. China

Mission Systems Davenport Inc., Davenport, Iowa, $12,065,976 for FMS (Australia): engineering re: redesign and upgrade of On-Board Oxygen System GGU-12+ oxygen concentrator for F/A-18F aircraft.

L3Harris, Rochester, New York, $10,424,820 for FMS (Indonesia): communication and electronics equipment: radios (multi-band, VHF, UHF, HF), Battle Management Systems (vehicular, dismount, and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat), intercoms, maintenance benches, accessories, and spares. Engineering technical services include integration and installation support, site surveys, user training, diagnostics training, and network planning. FMS case ID-P-BAC.

PROXY WAR – EASTERN EUROPE – The Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative is laid out on pages 344-346 (.pdf) of Fiscal 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which became Public Law 114-92, §1250.

Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, $201,519,794, for the Family of Medium Trucks. Some Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds obligated.

General Dynamics, Sterling Heights, Michigan, $33,845,103, for Abrams technical support. Some Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds obligated.

CONSULTING – Consulting firms, such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, and Deloitte, have flocked to military contracting in recent years.

Archetype I LLC, Herndon, Virginia, $9,385,267, for financial, real estate analytical, advisory and consulting support services.

FINANCES & AUDIT

Deloitte & Touche LLP Arlington, Virginia, $211,000,000 (from $800,000,000 to $1,011,000,000), for financial improvement & audit remediation at various Air Force locations.

UNINHABITED AIR VEHICLES & CRAFT

Koa Lani joint venture (Amentum + Kūpono), Orlando, Florida, $18,433,614 for satellite communications relay support at Ramstein Air Base, Germany: sustain mission systems, operate/maintain equipment, etc., for Remotely Piloted Aircraft (a.k.a. drone) Squadron Operations Centers. On 12 July 2023, this was corrected to be awarded on 11 July.

AeroVironment, Simi Valley, California, $12,051,941 for RQ-20B Puma (AE3) drone systems.

Boeing, St. Louis, Missouri, $115,135,530, for initial spares and repair equipment for MQ-25A Stingray aircraft. Work in St. Louis, Missouri (80%); and Indianapolis, Indiana (20%).

General Atomics, Poway, California, $30,191,431 for maintenance, supply chain and spares management, logistics, and sustainment support for MQ-9 “Reaper” aircraft, and dual control mobile ground control stations for the Marine Corps. Work in Oahu, Hawaii (35%); Yuma, Arizona (20%); Patuxent River, Maryland (15%); Poway, California (10%); various locations outside the U.S. (20%).

General Atomics, Poway, California, $15,857,029 for technical reports, software, and hardware re: a prototype ISR product “to enable standoff identification and geolocation of near-peer Integrated Air Defense Systems.” “Near-peer” is military jargon for “China and Russia.” For more on euphemism, see this pdf and this website.

Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic System Inc., Fairborn, Ohio, $33,797,890 for repair of Keyed Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Airborne Recorder (K-BAR) Network Attached Storage (NAS) chassis, K-BAR docking stations, K-BAR removable storage modules, and K-BAR lab cable sets for MQ-4C “Triton” aircraft, PMA-290 Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft, and Australia as an International Cooperative Partner. Contract also includes training and engineering services in support of the K-BAR NAS Chassis.

UNINHABITED AIR VEHICLES & CRAFT – “Fire Scout”

Areté Associates, Northridge, California, $13,078,020 for integration of Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) block I-3A into Northrop Grumman MQ-8C “Fire Scout”. Work in Tucson, Arizona (50%), Valparaiso, Florida (50%).

Northrop Grumman, San Diego, California, $19,911,142 for engineering, hardware qualification, systems integration, safety assessment, retrofit install, and flight testing of the payload interface unit and vehicle management computer upgrades (including a cyber-intrusion protection system) on MQ-8C “Fire Scout” drone system. Work in San Diego (90%) and Mojave (10%), California.

UNINHABITED SEA VEHICLES & CRAFT

Leidos, Reston, Virginia, $36,342,898 for Medium Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) engineering development models (4) and associated data and equipment. Work in Fall River, Massachusetts (80%); Lynwood, Washington (16%); Arlington, Virginia (3%); Newport, Rhode Island (1%).

EUCOM

Conti Federal Services LLC, Orlando, Florida, $26,539,813, to build vehicle and equipment warehouse storage (with supporting facilities and site utility systems) for airfield damage recovery at Aviano Air Base.

Vectrus, Colorado Springs, Colorado, $7,663,827 for base operating support services at Naval Support Facility Deveselu (NSF Deveselu), Romania, home to the AEGIS Ashore missile system.

INDOPACOM / Who profits from tensions with China?

Amentum (d.b.a. DZSP 21 LLC), Marlton, New Jersey, $89,096,216 (contract now at $662,483,464), for base operating support services in Joint Region Marianas, August 2023 to July 2024.

Core Tech International Corp., Tamuning, Guam, $216,876,249, to replace housing, Naval Support Activity Andersen in Yigo, Guam.

Schuyler Line Navigation Co., Annapolis, Maryland, $19,347,074 for charter of U.S. Flag tanker, Goodwill, capable of carrying 270,000 barrels of clean petroleum (JP8, JP5, F76). Work in the Far East.

SOCOM

Teledyne FLIR, North Bellerica, Massachusetts, $8,317,505 for lifecycle contractor support on AN/ZSQ-3 Electro-Optical Infra-Red (EO/OR) imaging system for SOCOM. Most work at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

RTX (Collins), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, $62,000,000 for life-cycle contractor support on Tactical Mission Network, including Common Avionics Architecture System, Avionics Management System, Cockpit Management System, and contractor logistics support for SOCOM at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Sheaumann Laser Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, $10,000,000, for Illuminate devices, parts, and accessories for SOCOM.

Ultimate Training Munitions Inc., Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK; Sig Sauer, Jacksonville, Arkansas; Black Hills Ammunition, Rapid City, South Dakota; Bighorn Government Services, Georgetown, Tennessee; Eagle Eye Precision Ammunition, Mesa, Arizona; General Dynamics OTS, Quebec, Canada; Capstone Precision Group, Mesa, Arizona; OCR Global, Chantilly, Virginia; PCP Tactical, Sebastian, Florida; UDC Inc., Tampa, Florida; and Vista Outdoor Sales, Anoka, Minnesota, $750,000,000 (maximum ceiling), for ammunition for SOCOM.

HHI Corp., Ogden, Utah, $25,134,676 to build an equipment maintenance facility for Special Operations Forces (SOF) at Fort Carson, Colorado.

CORPORATE CAPTURE OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE / ESPIONAGE

Applied Research Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, $24,128,896 for geospatial-intelligence support services in Raleigh, North Carolina.

JOINT ALL DOMAIN COMMAND & CONTROL (JADC2) – Connecting it all

Civil-Military Innovation Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia, $46,019,956 for R&D under Project Emergence (pdf), which is the Army’s contribution to JADC2.

Applied Research Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico; Armaments Research Co. Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; BadVR Inc., Pacoima, California; CGI Federal, Fairfax, Virginia; Flosum Corp., San Ramon, California; Management Services Group Inc., d.b.a. Global Technical Systems, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Convergent Solutions Inc., d.b.a. Exiger Government Solutions, McLean, Virginia; Odyssey Systems Consulting Group LTD., Wakefield, Massachusetts; Steeple Group LLC, d.b.a. Peregrine Defense, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Picogrid Inc., Hawthorne, California; Rescue Rover LLC, d.b.a. AlphaBravo, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Rafael Systems Global Sustainment LLC, Bethesda, Maryland; Spotible Labs LLC, New York, New York, $950,000,000 (ceiling total) to compete (through May 2025) for future efforts associated with the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). Contracts provide for the “development and operation of systems as a unified force across all domains (air, land, space, sea, cyber, and electromagnetic spectrum) in an open architecture family of systems that enables capabilities via multiple integrated platforms.”

Aerostar, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; AEVEX Aerospace LLC., Solana Beach, California; Altum Trading Co., Edmond, Oklahoma; Ampcus, Inc., Chantilly, Virginia; AnaVation LLC., Reston Virginia; Anduril Industries, Costa Mesa, California; Anvyl Technologies, Denver, Colorado; Applied Research Associates, Dayton, Ohio; ARCTOS, Beavercreek, Ohio; ASI, McLean, Virginia; ASRI, Orlando, Florida; ASTI, Herndon, Virginia; ASURE, Scottsdale, Arizona; BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire; Ball Aerospace, Broomfield, Colorado; BridgePhase, Arlington, Virginia; BTAS, Beavercreek, Ohio; Cambridge International Systems, Arlington, Virginia; COLSA, Huntsville, Alabama; Constellation Software Engineering, Annapolis, Maryland; Crossflow Technologies, Albertville, Alabama; Cryptic Vector, Liberty Township, Ohio; Cubic, San Diego, California; Cynnovative, Arlington, Virginia; DCEVTECH, College Park, Maryland; DittoLive Inc., San Francisco, California; EPS Corp., Tinton Falls, New Jersey; Genasys Inc., San Diego, California; General Atomics, Poway, California; General Dynamics, Fairfax, Virginia; GIRD Systems, Cincinnati, Ohio; Giuseppe Space Enterprises, Woodland Park, Colorado; HAVIK Solutions LLC., San Diego, California; Image Insight, Inc., East Hartford, Connecticut; Innovative Management Concepts, Sterling, Virginia; IRTC, Huntsville, Alabama; Jacobs, Severn, Maryland; JHNA, Clifton, Virginia; Kratos, San Diego, California; L3Harris, Space and Airborne Systems, Clifton, New Jersey; L3Harris ISR, Greenville, Texas; Logistic Services International, Jacksonville, Florida; Mantech, Herndon, Virginia; Mile Two LLC, Dayton, Ohio; Next Tier Concepts, Vienna, Virginia; Nimbis, Oro Valley, Arizona; NTT Data Services, Herndon, Virginia; Omni Consulting Solutions, El Segundo, California; Pacific Defense Strategies, El Segundo, California; Riverside Research, Arlington, Virginia; Sabre Systems Inc., Warminster, Pennsylvania; Sev1Tech, Woodbridge, Virginia; Sierra Nevada Corp., Englewood, Colorado; Signature Research Inc., Calumet, Michigan; Simulation Technologies Inc., Huntsville, Alabama; Skayl, Westminster, Maryland; SRC, North Syracuse, New York; Strategic Technology Consulting, Toma River, New Jersey; TeleDevices LCC, Duluth, Georgia; Tybram LLC, Jacksonville, Florida; UDRI, Dayton, Ohio; Uni Robotics, San Francisco, California; Vana, Beavercreek, Ohio; Viasat, Tempe, Arizona; Virginia Tech Applied Research, Arlington, Virginia; Visionist Inc., Columbia, Maryland; VTS, Folsom, California; $900,000,000 (over 10 years), for “yielding cost-effective warfighting capabilities”: develop “innovative approaches that bring multi-domain systems capabilities, the characterization of new technologies and systems through studies, recurrent demonstration, and rapid development to enable rapid prototyping, and test and capability transition.”

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING

Assured Information Security Inc., Rome, New York, $98,500,000, for software and reports re: AI/ML-based tools and techniques… to improve emergent and operational cyber.

Dark Wolf Solutions LLC, San Diego, California; Geo4S Technologies LLC, Catonsville, Maryland; ISPA Technology LLC, Lithia, Florida; Moebius Solutions, San Diego, California; Objective Function Systems LLC, Canoga Park, California; ODME Solutions LLC, Del Mar, California; Opal Soft Inc., Sunnyvale, California; Raft LLC, Reston, Virginia; TapHere! Technology LLC, Manassas, Virginia; TDI Technologies Inc., Coronado, California; The Marlin Alliance Inc., San Diego, California, $100,000,000 (five years), for development and integration of new software to emerging Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Intelligence (PEO C4I) requirements. Focuses on use of data analytics techniques (e.g., AI/ML) to design, develop, modify, integrate, and support new software, and to sustain existing software programs.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)

Amsted Graphite Materials LLC, Anmoore, West Virginia, $8,068,892 for R&D pertaining to Strategic Materials. Awarded based on a proposal submitted against Emergent IV Broad Agency Announcement 0001-22, as stated in DFARS 235.006-71(a).

Phase Sensitive Innovations, Newark, Delaware, $8,080,004 for development of a compact, lightweight, low power, and low cost imager, “capable of sensing through heavily degraded environments to augment long wave infrared imagery…”

Integration, Innovation Inc. (i3) Huntsville, Alabama, $24,500,000 for R&D support for Tactical Electronic Warfare Simulation at Naval Research Laboratory, D.C.

Pacific Defense Strategies Inc., El Segundo, California, $7,747,144 for Trifecta software and hardware re: development of “an automated information routing radio frequency communication system that is spectrally agnostic.”

Progeny Systems LLC, Manassas, Virginia, $11,900,206, for work for Office of Naval Research: program management; operational security planning; Advanced Mission Planning System (AMPS) requirements expansion; AMPS architectural design updates and interface updates, AMPS visualization tools, software prototype development, and demonstration planning and execution; unmanned/autonomous vehicle (UAV) requirements, design, prototype development, and demonstration planning and execution.

XL Scientific LLC (d.b.a. Verus Research), Albuquerque, New Mexico, $15,688,404, for the development, test, and evaluation of a Dual X-Band High-Power Microwave Test and Evaluation (T&E) System. Work in Albuquerque, New Mexico (90%), and Naval Research Lab, D.C. (10%).

Northrop Grumman, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, $13,064,490, for the Broad Area Triton Theater and Littoral Enhancements (BATTLE) effort: Develop algorithms and software for MQ-4C “Triton” Multi-Function Active Sensor Radar System for Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia.

Lockheed Martin (Aculight), Bothell, Washington, $220,842,090 (ceiling), for an Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser prototype (develop, integrate, manufacture, test, deliver). Work in Bothell, Washington; Moorestown, New Jersey; Owego, New York; Oldsmar and Orlando, Florida; Sunnyvale, California; and Huntsville, Alabama.

Archer Aviation, San Jose, California, $110,000,000 for Midnight Based Advanced Vertical Lift: “operational experimentation on military installation for government-owned, government-operated flight operations to execute and experiment with key missions or mission elements to substantiate government use cases, concept of operations/mission design, and cost/benefit analyses of the Midnight aircraft that extend, derive, and complete” previously awarded SBIR phase I and II work.

VentureScope LLC, Falls Church, Virginia, $25,000,000, for “an innovation accelerator program that extends the existing SBIR that supports the AFWERX refinery to become repeatable and scalable ‘Innovation Accelerator as a Platform’ that aligns projects to stakeholder needs and develops a foundational business case for institutional adoption.”

Maritime Applied Physics Corp., Baltimore, Maryland, $9,870,402, for Global Advanced Reconnaissance Craft (GARC), Unmanned Multirotor Areal Relay Vehicles, and other GARC payloads. “The award is in conjunction with the Fiscal 2023 appropriation for the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies program to expeditiously transition technologies from development into production.” Work in Baltimore, Maryland (74%), and Essington, Pennsylvania (26%).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) – Most DARPA work is carried out by corporations, including academic institutions.

Applied Physical Sciences Corp., Groton, Connecticut, $15,272,429 (from $55,768,333 to $71,040,762) for phase 3D of a DARPA research project about undersea sensing systems. Work in Groton (57%) and Pawcatuck (15%), Connecticut; Arlington, Virginia (15%); Orange, California (8%); Concord, Massachusetts (5%). Corrected on 5 July to be issued on 5 July.

General Atomics, Poway, California, $21,547,240 (contract now at $29,514,384), for ongoing work on DARPA’s Liberty Lifter program.

Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas, Virginia, $19,521,472 (contract now at $25,200,818), for ongoing work on DARPA’s Liberty Lifter program. Work in Manassas (16%) and Arlington (14%), Virginia; Cambridge, Massachusetts (14%); Indianapolis, Indiana (14%); Clackamas (14%) and Astoria (14%), Oregon; Vancouver, Washington.

ACADEMIA – Faculty and staff can 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.

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, $9,827,419, for modeling and simulation, immersion, content creation, graphics, artificial intelligence (AI), sound, and creative technologies and simulations re: prototypes of a fully immersive simulation environment for education and training across multiple weapon and aircraft platforms. This university affiliated research center (UARC) contract is with the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies. Work in Los Angeles, California.

MICROELECTRONICS

Silicon Technologies Inc., Midvale, Utah, $41,983,055 (ceiling), for “improvement to access and efficiency to the back end of the line complementary electron beam lithography” to enable lower cost development of analog electronics for “programs with high-mix and low-volume integrated circuit requirements.” Work in Salt Lake City, Utah.

SPACE LAUNCH

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Sierra Space, Broomfield, Colorado, $22,605,083 to develop flight-weight Advanced Upper Stage Engine (VR35K-A) component designs.

Chenega Security California Corp., Chantilly, Virginia, $61,036,754, for fire protection, emergency management, and emergency medical services at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station through September 2029. Many of the 13 corporations formed under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)—particularly Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) and Chugach—have grown into major military contractors.

SATELLITES & SPACE OPERATIONS

Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, California, $42,810,894 (contract now at $1,981,360,541), for risk reduction and material re: Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar Space Vehicles 1 and 2.

Anduril Industries, Costa Mesa, California, $8,086,934 for fielding of a latticed mesh network to additional space surveillance network sites. Work in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Costa Mesa, California.

L3Harris, Colorado Springs, Colorado, $17,000,000 (contract now at $705,851,350) for Space Fence sustainment through January 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; Eglin AFB, Florida; and Huntsville, Alabama.

KBR, Lexington Park, Maryland, $24,973,847, for development of “robust capabilities to better understand and predict motion, perform data association, Initial Orbit Determination, and maneuver detection.” For understanding chaotic orbits in the XGEO domain, N-body problems, and improved gravity models… with an emphasis on non-traditional orbits…” Work at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, through August 2028.

JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (F-35) – Lockheed Martin does not intend to address 162 of the jet’s 883 known design flaws.

Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, $489,464,143, for material mod kits, special test/tooling equipment, product engineering, and installation re: retrofit and modification engineering change proposal on F-35 aircraft “to correct aircraft deficiencies and upgrade F-35 aircraft with Technology Refresh Three” for USA and non-U.S. DOD participants ($66,958,720). “Non-US DOD participants” are international users, administratively distinct from FMS, for whom DOD often foots the bill. See FMS section above for FMS portion of this announcement.

Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, $122,706,700 definitizing technical refresh actions in support F-35 pilot and maintainer training site stand-up, schedules, support capability, and overall training system sustainment. Also provide non-recurring engineering and materials to refresh end of life components in fielded F-35 pilot and maintainer training devices for USA and non-U.S. DOD participants ($23,298,433). Work in Orlando (80%), Eglin AFB (15%), Florida; and Fort Worth, Texas (5%). See FMS section above for FMS portion of this announcement.

Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, $99,528,620, for long lead time materials, parts, components, and efforts re: maintaining on-time production and delivery of 147 F-35 aircraft (lot 18) for USA and non-U.S. DOD participants. Work in Fort Worth, Texas (59%); El Segundo, California (14%); Orlando, Florida (4%); Nashua, New Hampshire (3%); Baltimore, Maryland (3%); San Diego, California (2%); Warton, UK (9%); Cameri, Italy (4%); various locations outside the U.S. (2%). See FMS section above for FMS portion of this announcement.

Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, $22,144,254 for ongoing review and identification of actual and potential diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS) issues and DMS of components, parts, materials, assemblies, subassemblies, and software. Also recommend solutions to mitigate the issues in support of the F-35 program for USA, non-U.S. DOD participants ($3,997,345), and FMS.

RTX (Pratt and Whitney), East Hartford, Connecticut, $256,315,686 for depot level maintenance and repair on fielded F-35 engines at F-35 production sites and operational locations. For USA (Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy) and non-U.S. DOD participants ($50,141,149). Work in USA [East Hartford, Connecticut (40%); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (21%); Indianapolis, Indiana (12%); West Palm Beach, Florida (6%); Windsor Locks, Connecticut (6%); Fort Worth, Texas (1%)] and Brekstad, Norway (4%); Leeuwarden, Netherlands (3%); Iwakuni, Japan (3%); Williamtown, Australia (2%); Cameri, Italy (1%); Marham, UK (1%). See FMS section above for FMS portion of this announcement.

RTX (Pratt and Whitney), East Hartford, Connecticut, $81,418,740 for Air Force F-35 propulsion system spares (spare engines, power modules, gearboxes, fan modules, and nozzle modules). Work in East Hartford (18.9%) (labor surplus area), Middletown (8.9%), Cromwell (3.3%), Manchester (1.1%), and Cheshire (1.1%), Connecticut; Kent, Washington (7.8%); North Berwick, Maine (4.4%); El Cajon, California (3.3%) (labor surplus area); Whitehall, Michigan (3.3%); Portland, Oregon (2.2%); San Diego, California (2.2%); South Bend, Indiana (2.2%); Columbus, Georgia (2.2%); Hampton, Virginia (1.1%); Elmwood Park, New Jersey (1.1%); various locations within the U.S. (36.9%).

RTX, Tucson, Arizona, $50,571,557, for hardware and software integration of Small Diameter Bomb II onto F-35 aircraft (B and C variants).

OSPREY (V-22)

Parker Hannifin (d.b.a. Lord Corp.), Erie, Pennsylvania, $27,700,598, for repair of three components used in the rotor assembly of the V-22 Osprey.

SPIRIT (B-2)

RTX, El Segundo, California, $175,050,289 for overhaul and repair of B-2 Advanced High Frequency Radar components and end items.

Northrop Grumman, Warner Robins, Georgia, $7,849,980, for B-2 audio central distribution units for Air Force.

STRATOFORTRESS (B-52)

SAIC, Reston, Virginia, $19,030,955, for engineering on software used on the B-52H aircraft. Work in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

POSEIDON (P-8) & ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE

Lockheed Martin, Manassas, Virginia, $100,040,324 for more products and spares re: continued AN/SQQ-89A (V)15 development, integration, manufacture, production, and testing. The AN/SQQ-89A is marketed as being able to “detect, classify, localize, and engage” submarines. Work in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania (47%); Manassas, Virginia (18%); Clearwater, Florida (18%); Syracuse (15%), Owego (2%), New York.

RTX, McKinney, Texas, $10,027,859 for one APY-10 radar system weapon repairable assemblies (WRA) for P-8A aircraft.

AIRLIFT

AeroControlex Group Inc., d.b.a. Talley Actuators, Painesville, Ohio, $12,279,503, for C-130 aircraft mounting winches.

Pacific Propeller International LLC (d.b.a. PPI), Kent, Washington, $22,804,292 for overhaul and repair of C-130 propeller (54H60 series) for the Air Force and multiple countries.

GUNSHIP

D7 LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado, $11,054,453, for a hoist crane and renovation of three floors of Hangar 1002, Island B, in preparation for the upcoming AC-130J mission. Work at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.

HELICOPTERS

Boeing, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, $22,500,000 for long lead items for CH-47 “Chinook” helicopters.

Triumph Engine Control Systems LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut, $49,214,781, for main fuel control overhauls and upgrades on the Boeing CH-47 “Chinook” helicopter.

Lockheed Martin (Sikorsky), Stratford, Connecticut, $21,832,566 for one CH-53K flight training device and technical data (based on low rate initial production lot 4). Work in Chantilly, Virginia (67%); Stratford, Connecticut (18%); Orlando, Florida (15%).

Next MRO, Hialeah, Florida, $45,885,480 for maintenance and overhaul of gas turbines on Lockheed Martin (Sikorsky) “Black Hawk” helicopters.

GENERAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE

Amentum, Chantilly, Virginia, $50,128,249 for fixed-wing aircraft life cycle services. Work in Chantilly.

Amentum, Chantilly, Virginia, $223,587,481 for aircraft maintenance and back shop support services at Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington.

AllSource Global Management, Sierra Vista, Arizona; Filius Corp., San Jose, California; R2C LLC, Huntsville, Alabama; SierTek Ltd., Beavercreek, Ohio, $90,000,000, for business and management, production operations, and overhead services re: depot maintenance at Ogden Air Logistics Complex (Hill AFB) and separate units (Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, and Randolph AFB, Texas).

Textron, Hunt Valley, Maryland, $12,018,807 for repair of Joint Service Electronic Combat System Tester (JSECST) internal components.

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTATION, PODS & SENSORS

Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Florida, $11,900,000 for Common Sensor Electronic Unit engineering support.

AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL DEVICES

RTX (Collins) and Elbit Vision Systems LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, $16,801,972, for development, engineering, logistics, and test support for the Improved Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System. Also delivers six helmet mounted displays, 21 mass models, six spare visors, three cockpit units, two aircraft kits, and helmet mounted display support equipment. Work in Haifa, Israel (30%); Wilsonville, Oregon (25%); Merrimack, New Hampshire (25%); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (10%); and Fort Worth, Texas (10%).

LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) – Some call the LCS a “floating garbage pile.”

Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Florida, $99,000,000 for “lethality and survivability modernization” to LCS integrated tactical trainers (ITT) so the fleet is training on devices “aligned with LCS functionality.” Includes trainer hardware and software technical refreshes, contractor performed technical support, cybersecurity, and software design and development to fielded LCS ITT systems. Work in San Diego, California (45%), and Mayport (35%) and Orlando (20%), Florida.

General Dynamics, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, $14,490,844 for design agent services in support of LCS Independence. This variant Combat System consists of the Integrated Combat Management System and its interfaces, command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, and intelligence (C5I) elements. Work in San Diego, California.

ZUMWALT-CLASS DESTROYERS (DDG-1000) – These ships are marketed as fulfilling “volume firepower and precision strike requirements.” They are packed with electronic goods from corporations. Like other major industry products, Zumwalt-class destroyers are over budget and underperforming.

RTX, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, $11,879,879, for a technical refresh of DDG-1000 Total Ship Computing Environment hardware re: Conventional Prompt Strike integration and land based test site equipment. Work in Portsmouth, Rhode Island (80%), and Burlington, Massachusetts (20%).

NEXT-GENERATION DESTROYER – (DDG(X))

General Dynamics (Bath Iron Works), Bath, Maine, and Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, for engineering and design analysis in support of Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG(X)) preliminary design and contract design. Dollar amounts are considered source-selection sensitive information, per 41 U.S. Code 2101, and FAR 2.101 and 3.104, “and will not be made public at this time.”

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (CVN) – The Ford-class of aircraft carriers is plagued with problems. Business Insider summarizes.

Huntington Ingalls Inc. (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, $528,381,355 to support emergent work, maintenance availabilities, pre-refueling complex overhaul availabilities, and scheduled availabilities for aircraft carriers in and visiting the San Diego area. Work expected done by July 2028.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Fleet Support Group, Virginia Beach, Virginia, $17,659,231 for “execution support” for USS John C. Stennis Refueling Complex Overhaul, Carrier Engineering Maintenance Assist Team (CEMAT) in Newport News, Virginia. Includes technical guidance pertaining to maintenance; technical review of work and assisting ship’s force to complete corrective action for identified items; maintaining continuing status of jobs assigned for CEMAT technical assistance and changes of equipment material condition; and providing "hands on" instruction in fault identification and application of current maintenance/repair techniques.

SUBMARINES

Progeny Systems LLC, Manassas, Virginia, $19,152,106 for engineering and technical services for software development, and hardware and software integration to Navy submarines. Work in Manassas, Virginia (65%); Middletown, Rhode Island (25%); San Diego, California (10%).

RTX Collins (Goodrich), Jacksonville, Florida, $54,564,006 for manufacturing Hydrodynamic Shaping Material (HYSHMA) components for full-scale submarine applications.

SURFACE SHIP MAINTENANCE – Government shipyards, such as Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth, VA) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Kittery, ME), and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Bremerton, WA), are government in name only. Corporations do most work.

BAE Systems’ San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California, $37,730,467 for maintenance, modernization, and repair of USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26).

Imagine One Technology & Management, Lexington Park, Maryland, $29,668,215, for continued support of Naval Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution (NMMES) modernization and sustainment. NMMES is an IT system used in ship repair at shipyards. Work in Norfolk, Virginia (79%); Lexington Park, Maryland (9%); Rocket Center, West Virginia (8%); Bremerton, Washington (1%); Kittery, Maine (1%); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1%); D.C. (1%).

Bay Marine JV LLC, Chesapeake, Virginia, $10,288,970 for a 95-calendar day shipyard availability for fleet replenishment oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188) in Norfolk, Virginia.

East Coast Repair & Fabrication, Newport News, Virginia, and Lyon Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, Virginia, $15,000,000 each for repair, alterations, preservation, troubleshooting, maintenance, installation, and removal of hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) equipment and systems aboard Navy vessels. Work in Portsmouth (60%), Norfolk (20%), and Virginia Beach (10%), Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina (5%); Kings Bay, Georgia (5%).

Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Alabama, $10,729,026 for an 81-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) in Mobile, Alabama.

Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Alabama, $19,685,492 for a 120-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in Mobile, Alabama.

SHIP INSTRUMENTATION

L3Harris, Camden, New Jersey, $8,818,717 for Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system spares, repair material, engineering studies and analyses, other direct cost, configuration, obsolescence, and tech data management, and technical data package. Work in Largo, Florida (48%); Menlo Park, California (19%); Lititz, Pennsylvania (17%); Salt Lake City, Utah (16%).

Lockheed Martin, Liverpool, New York, $13,395,858, for spares in support of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) AN/SLQ-32(V)6 and AN/SLQ-32C(V)6 full rate production. Work in Liverpool, New York (78%), and Lansdale, Pennsylvania (22%).

Noblis MSD LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $58,056,679, for Army watercraft systems technical support.

SHIP WEAPONRY

RTX, Tucson, Arizona, $28,248,213 for design agent and engineering support services for Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) upgraded MK 31 for U.S. Navy (74%); Qatar (10%), Japan (9%), and Egypt (7%). FMS portion is $5,579,425 (26%). RAM is marketed as providing self-defense for ships. The system is developed and produced under an international cooperative program between USA and Germany.

Lockheed Martin, Moorestown, New Jersey, $18,599,431, for MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) production for U.S. Navy (65%); South Korea ($4,894,205, 27%), Australia ($1,343,546, 7%), and Canada ($217,964, 1%). Work in Moorestown, New Jersey (31%); Indianapolis, Indiana (27%); Saginaw, Michigan (7%); Farmingdale, New York (6%); St. Peters, Missouri (3%); San Jose, California (2%); Radford, Virginia (1%); various other locations (23%).

Lockheed Martin, Moorestown, New Jersey, $16,428,727 for engineering, design, and technical support for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) electronic systems and computer programs. Work in Moorestown, New Jersey (53%); Seattle, Washington (18%); San Diego (18%) and Ventura (11%), California.

BAE Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, $17,773,292 for two additional MK 110 gun mounts, ammunition hoists, and associated hardware. Gun mounts to be installed on a Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter and a Navy Constellation frigate. Work in Karlskoga, Sweden (99%); Louisville, Kentucky (1%). The MK 110 is a medium caliber gun marketed as able to engage surface, air, and missile targets.

SHIP OPERATION – THIRD PARTY

Alpha Marine Services LLC, Cut Off, Louisiana, $12,944,322, for charter of one U.S.-flagged Jones Act offshore supply vessel, MV Gary Chouest, to support towing, diving and salvage, submarine rescue, and training. Work in the Atlantic Ocean.

Alpha Marine Services LLC, Galliano, Louisiana, $11,252,385, for charter of seven tractor-like tugs in support of Navy at Kings Bay, Georgia; and Mayport, Florida.

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER (NSWC)

Teradyne Inc., North Reading, Massachusetts, $24,039,447, for an Automated Test System (ATS).

NAVAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVSUP)

Hyster-Yale Group, Greenville, North Carolina, $7,578,960 for the 4K electric, sit-down, counterbalanced, shipboard forklifts.

Erie Forge and Steel, Erie, Pennsylvania; Steel America, Norfolk, Virginia; Collins Machine Works, Portsmouth, Virginia; Bender CCP, Vernon, California; North American Forgemasters, New Castle, Pennsylvania, $137,000,000, for waterborne surface shafts.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

General Dynamics, Falls Church, Virginia, $17,928,474 for IT support services at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Contractor Integrated Data Services, El Segundo, California, $99,997,000 for subject matter expert support for web comprehensive cost and requirements. Work at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Command Cyber Solutions LinTech JV LLC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, $86,101,708, for subject-matter experts at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for “software development, technical solution architecture, enterprise resource planning operations, configuration management, program management, technical writing, and Agile coaching.”

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia, $16,536,228, for ongoing programmatic support (logistics services program, IT program, operations, planning, government and external affairs, facilities program, and enterprise content management) to directorates in Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM) HQ. Work at Arlington, Virginia (55%); McLean, Virginia (15%); D.C. (10%); Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia (10%); Camp Butler, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (5%); and Camp Pendleton, California (5%).

CYBER

CACI, Chantilly, Virginia, $14,863,683 for cybersecurity at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; D.C.; Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood), Texas; and Fort Gordon, Georgia.

COMPUTING POWER

Hewlett Packard (HP), Spring, Texas, $26,480,000 to support the High Performance Computing Modernization Program at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.

Hewlett Packard (HP), Spring, Texas, $26,480,000 for computer systems (including delivery and installation) at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.

COMMUNICATIONS

International Towers LLC, Saint Ignatius, Montana, $24,164,614 for equipment repair, renovation, and installation in Barstow, California.

DataPath Inc., Duluth, Georgia, was added to the $3.2 billion 6 April 2023 contract for supplies and services in support of Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Gateway to Sustainment, issued against solicitation SPRBL1-21-R-0013. Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) is the primary customer, according to GovTribe.

REDSTONE / HUNTSVILLE

Intrepid LLC, Huntsville, Alabama, $15,341,055, for system engineering and technical assistance.

SAIC, Reston, Virginia, $14,859,833, for aviation systems engineering services.

Pond Constructors Inc., Peachtree Corners, Georgia, $12,625,000, for minor and emergency repair for USACE' Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

AEGIS – AEGIS is a complex system of sensors, software, and radar marketed as being able to track enemies and guide missiles to enemy targets, particularly enemy missiles. AEGIS integrates the SPY-1 radar, the MK 41 vertical launching system (VLS) for missiles, the Raytheon missile (SM-3), and the ship's command and control system. AEGIS is one portion of the overall Ballistic Missile Defense Systems (BMDS), which is administered by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The war industry has succeeded in selling nonstop AEGIS upgrades and “modernization” to the U.S. and allied governments.

Lockheed Martin, Manassas, Virginia, $8,349,013 for shipboard integration and test of the AEGIS Weapon System. Work in Moorestown, New Jersey (49%); Norfolk, Virginia (15%); San Diego, California (8%); D.C. (7%); Pascagoula, Mississippi (6%); Mayport, Florida (4%); Bath, Maine (3%); various places each below 1% (8%).

BALLISTIC MISSILES / NUCLEAR WEAPONRY

Johns Hopkins University APL, Laurel, Maryland, $165,914,899 for engineering, systems engineering for complex systems, and R&D of “specialized functions,” re: the new “Sentinel” ICBM.

Tecolote Research, Goleta, California, $71,640,915, for financial management support for the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center ICBM System Directorate: “developing, maintaining, and preserving credible program cost estimates, integrating engineering designs with the program and system cost estimates,” analyzing earned value, and “supporting budget requirements and justification activities, acquisition reporting and schedule management analysis.” Work at Hill AFB, Utah; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, and locations near these bases.

HYPERSONICS – War corporations, think tanks, and Congress hype the “threat” of Beijing and Moscow in order to justify design and development of an entirely new business sector of war: hypersonics (missiles & aircraft that fly 5X the speed of sound or faster).

RTX, Tucson, Arizona, $81,000,000 (contract from $271,950,076 to $352,950,076) for “more opportunities with the [DARPA] Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept Program.” Work in Tucson, Arizona (99%) and Point Mugu, California (1%).

Dynetics, Huntsville, Alabama, $428,266,378 to create Common Hypersonic Glide Body prototypes in Huntsville, Alabama.

MISSILES, BOMBS, ROCKETS, PROJECTILES

Lockheed Martin, Grand Prairie, Texas, $44,301,149 for early operational production for the Precision Strike Missile.

Lockheed Martin, Grand Prairie, Texas, $556,114,935, for PAC-3 (.pdf) production. Work in Lake Mary, Florida; Huntsville, Alabama; Foothill Ranch, California; Joplin, Missouri; Wichita, Kansas; Clearwater, Florida; Pinellas Park, Florida; Glendale, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Dunedin, Florida; Vergennes, Vermont; Elma, New York; Camden, Arkansas; Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Grand Prairie, Texas; Lufkin, Texas; and Ocala, Florida. Some FMS (Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, Poland, Qatar, Switzerland, South Korea, Taiwan).

Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Florida, $501,710,581, for an Air-to-Ground missile system. Some FMS (Australia, France, India, Netherlands).

BAE Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, $8,763,620 for design agent engineering and technical specialized support on rotating Guided Missile Launching Systems (GMLS). Work in Minneapolis, Minnesota (94%), and Taiwan (6%).

RTX, Tucson, Arizona, $35,656,995 for design and development, studies, and technology demonstrations re: “developing and applying new technology to various original equipment manufacturer missile and weapons systems that are both in development and already developed” for U.S. Navy.

RTX, Tucson, Arizona, $9,930,166 for engineering support to develop and qualify a replacement guidance electronic assembly. Work in Tucson, Arizona; and Glenrothes, Scotland.

RTX, Tucson, Arizona, $43,764,235, for antenna hardware kits (for Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) recertification and production. See contracting announcement for numbers. Some for the UK. Work in Boulder, Colorado (79%), and Tucson, Arizona (21%).

Javelin JV (RTX and Lockheed Martin), Tucson, Arizona, $13,488,810 for Javelin procurement.

ORDNANCE DISPOSAL

Northrop Grumman, San Diego, California, $12,741,430 for materials for Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device electronic warfare systems.

LAND VEHICLES

SEPAC Inc., Elmira, New York, maximum $9,300,360, for M113 clutch engine fans for Army.

Cummins Inc., Columbus, Indiana, $347,411,254, for V903 Cummins series 600 and 675 horsepower diesel engines.

Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, $23,302,087, for pneumatic tire wheels for Army. Performance in New Jersey.

Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, $12,520,118, for pneumatic tire wheels for Army. Performance in New Jersey.

Pomp’s Tire Service Inc., New Berlin, Wisconsin, maximum $9,698,113 for ground vehicle tires for Army and Marine Corps.

General Dynamics, Sterling Heights, Michigan, $32,020,324 for electronic components for Army vehicles.

RENK America, Muskegon, Michigan, $54,608,543, for Bradley Fighting Vehicle and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle transmission and hardware production support.

SMALL ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONRY (SALW)

Ormond LLC, Auburn, Washington, $9,714,128, for waterjet technology to hone, grind, and machine coatings on gun barrels.

GEAR & EQUIPMENT

Carter Enterprises LLC, Brooklyn, New York, $37,886,278, for Plate Carrier Generation III systems, components, repair kits and data deliverables (up to 352,297).

Hyperion Technology Group, Tupelo, Mississippi, $10,012,627, for Scalable Passive Acoustic Reporting and Targeting Node (SPARTN) systems (four), spares, technical manuals, equipment training, logistics support, etc.

LiteFighter Tactical LLC, Roswell, Georgia, $200,000,000 for commercial shelters and related components. Other contracts are expected to be awarded under this solicitation (SPE1C1-22-R-0069) and awardees will compete for a portion of the maximum dollar value. Work in Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas, Massachusetts, and Colorado.

Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries, Corbin, Kentucky, $56,779,594, for individual first aid kits and components for Army. Work in Tennessee.

Travis Association for the Blind, Austin, Texas, $11,709,533, to clean, repair, warehouse, and distribute clothing and individual equipment.

Pierce Manufacturing, Appleton, Wisconsin, $889,832,238, for fire and emergency equipment in Florida for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps.

TRAINING – ARMY

Applied Training Solutions, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Check Defense, Raleigh, North Carolina; FITT Scientific LLC, Colonial Heights, Virginia; MP Solutions LLC, Alexandria, Virginia; Calibre Solutions Inc., Alexandria, Virginia; JANUS Research Group, Evans, Georgia; Valiant Global Defense Services, Herndon, Virginia, $610,000,000, for training (live, virtual, constructive, and gaming integrated) and program support for the Army.

Kratos, Sacramento, California, $95,000,000 for fixed-wing, subscale, jet-propelled aerial, unmanned target systems.

TRAINING – AIR FORCE

CAE USA, Tampa, Florida, $89,939,500 for training on aircrew and maintenance simulator (C-130B-T/L-100/L-382) for USA and its allies (via Air Force Security Assistance Training). Work in Tampa, Florida.

Credence Dynamo Solutions, Vienna, Virginia, $7,845,368 for flight training operations support (re: standardization and evaluation, training, and aircrew scheduling and programming) to training squadrons at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas; Randolph AFB, Laughlin AFB, Lackland AFB, Texas; Columbus AFB, Mississippi; Vance AFB and Altus AFB, Oklahoma; Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida; Fort Novosel (formerly Fort Rucker), Alabama; the Air Force Academy, Colorado; and Tucson ANG and Luke AFB, Arizona.

Bering Global Solutions, Anchorage, Alaska, $19,774,916, for the Human Performance Optimization program re: Comprehensive Readiness for Aircrew Flying Training program design and support.

Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, California, $18,507,313 for two Radio Frequency Threat Simulators with sustainment support (patch management, field engineer support, non-critical spare parts, critical spare parts, and storage).

TRAINING – NAVY/USMC

RTX (Collins), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, $35,907,185 for software integration lab Windows 11 upgrade; CORE simulation applications; E-2D distributed readiness trainer device 15F17 S/N 7; Delta Software System Configuration (DSSC)-5; aircrew software development; and the DSSC concurrency gap re: E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems (HITS) flight, tactics, and maintenance devices. Also involves associated technical data, computer software and computer software documentation, and initial spares. Work in Sterling, Virginia (60%); Orlando, Florida (25%), Point Mugu, California (10%), and Norfolk, Virginia (5%).

CBRNE

IT Mentor Group, Poway, California, $19,273,659, for research, development, and demonstration of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) threat mitigation and defeat products. Work in Poway, California, and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA)

Systems Planning and Analysis Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, $84,000,000, for advisory and assistance services for Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Strategic Integration Directorate (SI). Expected completed by July 2028. Most work at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

CLOTHING

Burlington Industries LLC, Greensboro, North Carolina, $43,085,610, for poly/wool cloth for Air Force.

American Apparel Inc., Selma, Alabama, $82,931,950, for men’s uniform all-weather coats for Army. Later corrected to be awarded 20 July 2023.

Aurora Industries LLC, Orocovis, Puerto Rico, maximum $16,610,963 for various types of coats for Army and Air Force.

McRae Industries Inc., Mount Gilead, North Carolina, $20,465,795, for combat hot weather boots for Army.

Capps Shoe Co., Gretna, Virginia, $15,111,900, for leather oxford and poromeric upper dress shoes. Work in Michigan.

Industries of the Blind, Greensboro, North Carolina, $31,217,717, for warehousing, storage, logistics, sewing and embroidery services and distribution functions.

EDUCATION

McGraw Hill LLC, New York, New York, $30,550,684, for Kindergarten-Grade 5 Core Mathematics and Strategic Intervention Instructional Resources for Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools worldwide.

MEDICAL & DENTAL

Quarterline Consulting Services, Herndon, Virginia, $11,816,539 for nursing and ancillary personal services support at Fort Meade, Maryland.

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

Draeger, Telford, Pennsylvania, $60,000,000, for patient monitoring systems, subsystems, accessories, consumables and training.

3M, Saint Paul, Minnesota, $46,697,078, for various medical surgical products for military and federal civilian agencies.

MEDICAL RESEARCH

Fluke Electronics Corp., Everett, Washington, $18,208,954 (ordering period 5 July 2023 through 4 July 2028), for calibration systems for U.S. Army Medical Material Development Activity (USAMMDA) deployed radiologic imaging systems.

Techwerks LLC, Arlington Heights, Illinois, $10,578,087 for research support (scientific and technical development; program and administrative management; clinical trials; veterinarian and animal care; statistical analysis; molecular mechanisms) for Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Silver Spring, Maryland. Also involves research in the following fields: physiological, psychological, polysomnographic penetrating ballistic-like brain injury, polytrauma, mitochondria, non-conclusive seizures, biomarkers identification and therapeutic intervention, field, projectile concussive impact brain injury, traumatic brain injury neuroprotection and neuro-restoration.

FUEL & ENERGY – The U.S. Armed Forces consume more fossil fuels than any other organization in the world.

Mansfield Oil Co. of Gainesville, Gainesville, Georgia, $8,479,442 for fuel for DLA, Marine Corps, Navy, National Guard, and Department of Justice. Performance in North and South Carolina.

BP, Chicago, Illinois ($349,559,722) and Petro Star Inc., Anchorage, Alaska ($41,377,262), for various types of fuel. Work in California, Hawaii, and Washington.

Tetra Tech Inc., Collinsville, Illinois, $8,622,238 for maintenance and repair of petroleum facilities for USACE, Huntsville, Alabama.

Symmetry Energy Solutions, Houston, Texas ($28,916,705); Direct Energy Business Marketing, Iselin, New Jersey ($28,552,445); Tiger Natural Gas, Tulsa, Oklahoma ($27,480,919), for direct supply natural gas in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Washington.

Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc., Cayce, South Carolina, $12,551,467, for ongoing ownership, operation, and maintenance of the natural gas distribution utility systems at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, $37,830,713 for fuel handler sets.

Hitachi Energy USA, Raleigh, North Carolina, $7,916,426 to transport PES Transformer #7 from Arnold Engineering Development Complex to contractor's facility (Stoney Creek, Ontario); analyze, fix, review, and inspect it; clean and paint it; verify and test it; and package and transport it back to Arnold AFB, Tennessee.

TRANSPORTATION _ USTRANSCOM

CeLeen LLC (d.b.a. WWC Federal), Perryville, Missouri, $18,400,000, for the Joint Transportation Management System Program to ensure “As-is” models are reviewed, analyzed, and reengineered to support a commercial Enterprise Resource Planning product. Work at Scott AFB, Illinois, and contractor facilities.

Crowley Government Services, Jacksonville, Florida, $480,000,000, for continued surface transportation coordination (1 Aug 2023 – 31 July 2024) for movement of freight within continental U.S. and Canada, under the Defense Freight Transportation Services program.

Kalitta Air LLC, Ypsilanti, Michigan, $697,000,000 for domestic air cargo and passenger charter (27 July 2023 through 30 Sep 2023) on FAA-approved Part 121 aircraft (re: HAZMAT). Work in all U.S. states and territories, Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean Islands.

For continued worldwide International Ocean Transportation and Intermodal Distribution (1 Sep 2023 through 31 Aug 2024), 12 corporations received funding on contract (HTC71119DW): American President Lines, Arlington, Virginia, $150,220,308; American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, $89,928,175; Farrell Lines Inc., Norfolk, Virginia, $66,333,490; Hapag-Lloyd USA, Atlanta, Georgia, $59,854,969; Liberty Global Logistics, Lake Success, New York, $73,182,385; Maersk Line Ltd., Norfolk, Virginia, $182,133,244; Matson Navigation Co., Oakland, California, $76,248,601; Schuyler Line Navigation Co., Annapolis, Maryland, $13,035,973; TOTE Maritime Alaska, Tacoma, Washington, $20,825,983; TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, Jacksonville, Florida, $14,991,065; Waterman Transport Inc., Mobile, Alabama, $36,399,933; Young Brothers Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii, $7,808,226.

TOTE Services, Jacksonville, Florida, $12,972,390 for operation and maintenance of the Offshore Petroleum Discharge System vessels, USNS Wheeler and USNS Fast Tempo.

ENVIRONMENTAL – The U.S. military-industrial complex is the single greatest institutional polluter in the world (e.g., carbon emissions, particulates, runoff, exploded & unexploded ordnance, byproducts from the war industry’s manufacturing, nuclear waste, and nuclear fallout from tests in Nevada). The Pentagon hires Corporate America to remediate a fraction of the military’s pollution.

Enviro-Fix Solutions, Burlingame, California, $40,000,000, for environmental remediation for USACE Buffalo.

Jacobs (d.b.a. CH2M Hill), Englewood, Colorado, $8,593,830 for remedial investigations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, re: CERCLA “Superfund” Sections 104 and 121, Executive Order 12580, and the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan. Work in Coupeville and Oak Harbor, Washington.

FOOD SERVICES

Renzi Food Service, Watertown, New York, $7,896,580 for food distribution for Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

US Foods, San Francisco Division, Livermore, California, $83,245,200, for food distribution for military and Coast Guard.

BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES (BOSS) - BOSS typically includes some combination of the following services: custodial, electrical, fire & emergency services, grounds maintenance, janitorial services, management & administration, pavement clearance, pest control, public safety, vehicles & equipment service, waste management, wastewater. Security is sometimes included. This work was once done by the troops, prior to the Pentagon’s full adoption of neoliberal economic policies.

Invicta Global LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, $9,977,399, for year three of BOSS at Naval Research Laboratory, D.C.

Coastal Enterprises of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, North Carolina, $14,339,395 for custodial services at Naval Medical Regional Trauma Center (NMRTC), medical clinics, dental clinics, and Wounded Warriors complex at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Source America, Vienna, Virginia, $12,073,537, for total facility maintenance at Fort Knox.

Chenega Base & Logistic Services LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, $14,231,615 for BOSS at Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska. Many of the 13 corporations formed under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)—particularly Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) and Chugach—have grown into major military contractors.

GPM Inc., West Alton, Missouri, $15,000,000 for vegetation maintenance for USACE, St. Louis, Missouri.

LOGISTICS

Redhorse Corp., San Diego, California, $9,191,028, for an innovative methodology for Enhanced Reliability Centered Maintenance / Long Range Supply Forecast for Air Force. Work in Rosslyn, Virginia.

Weston Solutions, Albuquerque, New Mexico, $7,750,313 for maintenance for DLA facilities. Work in Albuquerque.

MAINLAND CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE

First Environment Inc., Butler, New Jersey, $12,000,000 for biological, environmental, and cultural resource investigations.

Structural Preservation Systems LLC, Columbia, Maryland, $22,522,854, for Washington Aqueduct repair and cleaning in D.C.

W. A. Ellis Construction Co., Independence, Missouri; Bloomsdale Excavating Co., Bloomsdale, Missouri; Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Co., d.b.a. Newt Marine Service, Dubuque, Iowa; Western Contracting Corp, Sioux City, Iowa, $49,000,000 for repair and maintenance of navigation channels along the Missouri River.

General Constructors Inc. of the Quad Cities, Bettendorf, Iowa, $8,360,706 for a flood risk management project in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Co. (d.b.a. Newt Marine Service), Dubuque, Iowa, $8,654,530 to build an island in the Mississippi River in order to increase floodplain forest and fish overwintering areas. Work in Bay City, Wisconsin.

AIRFIELD REHABILITATION & PAVING

Head Inc., Columbus, Ohio, $9,722,200 to repair an airfield in Eastover, South Carolina, for the National Guard.

Custom Mechanical Systems Corp., Bargersville, Indiana, $53,913,341, for airfield pavement improvement at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

MAINLAND CONSTRUCTION & REPAIR – Military construction physically lays the foundation that expands and extends the permanent warfare state. This construction effectively co-opts construction workers, rallying these members of the working class around the flag. It is a very powerful narcotic.

Enfield Enterprise, Springfield, Massachusetts, $24,146,635 for roofing repair/replacement at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.

AECOM, Los Angeles, California; Arcadis U.S. Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colorado; HGL-APTIM Applied Science and Technology JV LLC, Reston, Virginia; Leidos, Reston, Virginia; Parsons, Centreville, Virginia; Seres-Arcadis Small Business JV 2 LLC, Charleston, South Carolina; Tetra Tech Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Weston-EA JV, West Chester, Pennsylvania, $200,000,000, for architectural and engineering services for USACE, Baltimore, Maryland.

ADVON Corp., Tallahassee, Florida; Boyer Commercial Construction, Columbia, South Carolina; Billy W. Jarrett Construction, Montgomery, Alabama; MIG WMJ JV1 LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Valiant Construction LLC, Louisville, Kentucky; $99,000,000, for general construction for USACE, Charleston, South Carolina.

Copper Construction Co. Inc., Vidalia, Georgia, $37,051,526 for building repairs at Fort Moore, Georgia.

Maloof Weathertight Solutions LLC, Warner Robins, Georgia, $9,220,916 for roof replacement and repair.

SGS LLC, Yukon, Oklahoma, $36,029,647 to build a child development center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana.

Aptim (owned by private equity), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $11,440,662, for maintenance and repair in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

ECS Southeast, Memphis, Tennessee; S&ME Inc, Bartlett, Tennessee; Terracon Consultants, Bartlett, Tennessee, $10,000,000, for drilling and testing for USACE Memphis, Tennessee.

Frontline King George JV LLC, Silver Spring, Maryland, $47,185,098 for civil engineering support of government equipment and facilities for multiple customers at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

CDM Stanley JV, Fairfax, Virginia, $9,611,838 for architect-engineer services in Fort Worth, Texas.

Red Bison Services LLC, Kenner, Louisiana; Midwest Mowing Inc., Brighton, Illinois; DJM Ecological Services Inc., Wentzville, Missouri, $9,500,000, for forest services for USACE Rock Island, Illinois.

M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, $67,384,000 to build a training and collaboration center in Layton, Utah.

HHI Corp., Ogden, Utah, $73,581,115 for roof repairs in Layton, Utah.

Bhate Environmental Associates Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, $7,842,283 to build a new Military Working Dog Kennel facility (includes office space and training yard) and deconstruction of the old facility, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming.

Record Steel & Construction Inc. (RSCI), Boise, Idaho, $21,833,400 to design and build an operations facility in Glendale, Arizona.

Tompco Inc., Seabeck, Washington, $8,979,449 for wharf repair in Concord, California

Akyo Group WA Patriot JV, Honolulu, Hawaii; Bristol Prime Contractors, Anchorage, Alaska; Blue Trident Newton JV2, Bainbridge Island, Washington; Chugach Solutions Enterprise, Anchorage, Alaska; Doyon Management Services LLC, Federal Way, Washington; DTS P&L JV2, Oak Harbor, Washington; Grenlar Shape JV LLC, Poulsbo, Washington; GSINA PAC II JV LLC, Flemmington, New Jersey; Port Madison Construction Corp., Poulsbo, Washington; TriCoast – PacTech JV, Longview, Washington, $400,000,000, for facility construction projects within NAVFAC Northwest. Port Madison Construction Corp., receives a $1,432,000 task order (N4425523RF004) for installation of final denial barriers at Manchester Fuel Depot, Port Orchard, Washington.

DREDGING

Donjon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, New Jersey, $21,149,750 for New York and New Jersey Harbor maintenance dredging.

Marinex Construction, Charleston, South Carolina, $16,442,066 for Morehead City Inner Ocean Bar maintenance dredging, North Carolina.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Florida, $256,955,264 to design-build a new medium-class hopper dredge.

Matthews Brothers Dredging LLC, Pass Christian, Mississippi, $17,707,750 for maintenance dredging in Houston, Texas.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Houston, Texas, $20,653,000 for Atchafalaya River basin maintenance dredging, Morgan City, Louisiana.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Houston, Texas, $16,069,475 for one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Manson Construction, Seattle, Washington, $35,290,000 for dredging in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, $8,932,500 for dredging in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Christian Sorensen is an author, independent journalist, and researcher focused on the business of war.