Raytheon Systems Co., Falls Church, Va., is being awarded a $43,897,944 firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable-no-fee contract to provide for FY2000 contractor field service representatives in support of the ground stations, sensors, and data links supporting the U-2 aircraft. There were eleven firms solicited and two proposals received. Contract period of performance is Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000. Solicitation issue date was March 1, 1999. Negotiation completion date was July 2, 1999.
A PROGRESS resupply capsule docked with the Mir orbital station Sunday, bringing Mir's three-man crew two-and-a-half tons of food, water and supplies, including a special control device designed to keep the station stable after the crew abandons it next month. Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Friday after Kazakhstan lifted a launch ban there (DAILY, July 18), the Progress docked automatically with Mir at 1:53 a.m. EDT Sunday.
The House Appropriations Committee has boosted the Pentagon's budget for E/A-6B jammer aircraft enhancements. With the retirement of Air Force EF-111 aircraft, the E/A-6B has become DOD's primary escort jammer aircraft to support combat strike missions, the committee said in a report accompanying its FY '00 defense spending bill. The bill passed the committee last week and is due to go to the full House for consideration this week (DAILY, July 19).
ICO Global Communications is reviewing its launch manifest after recent failures of two of its four planned launch vehicles. The failures come at a critical point in the company's efforts to raise additional financing.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $93,496,863 firm-fixed-price/cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide 22 APG-63(V)1 radar systems applicable to the F-15 aircraft. There was one firm solicited and one proposal received. Expected contract completion date is Nov. 30, 2001. Solicitation issue date was May 14, 1998. Negotiation completion date was June 24, 1999. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-98-C-0012).
EMIT of Israel will begin operational flight tests of its stealthy Blue Horizon 2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) next month for Singapore, according to a company official. The tactical reconnaissance UAV is powered by a shrouded propeller mounted on the rear of the aircraft and has an flight endurance as long as 17 hours. With a maximum take-off weight of 150 kilograms, the aircraft needs up to 250 meters of runway for take-off and 300 meters for landing unless the emergency parachute is activated.
From Commerce Business Daily: Posted in CBDNet on July 13, 1999; PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS; SUBPART: SERVICES; CLASSCOD: A-Research and Development; OFFADD: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 219, Greenbelt, MD 20771 ... SOL RFP514203; POC Mary Petkoff, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)614-5587, Fax (301)614-5619, Email [email protected] - Julie A. Janus, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 614-5615, Fax (301) 614-5619, Email jjanus @pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov
Lockheed Martin won a $2.5 billion contract to build 50 F-16I fighters for Israel, beating out Boeing's F-15s for the second major order this summer. The F-16 contract with Israel includes options to buy an additional 60 planes for a total value of $4.5 billion. Israeli companies will supply electronics, weapons, cockpit systems and airframe components for the F-16, claiming about 25% of the contract value.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a ceiling priced $38,700,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the design and development of two SH-60R test articles, non-recurring engineering, integrated logistics support management, standard depot level maintenance, and service life extension. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed by July 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded on July 9, an $18,752,299 modification to a cost-plus-award-fee contract, F04701-95-C-0015/P00106, to provide for technical and engineering support from October 1999 through August 2000 for the Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Program. Expected contract completion date is Aug. 31, 2000. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Boeing is using the Mauser BK 27 cannon as the baseline for its Joint Strike Fighter weapon system design, but has not finalized its selection as reported in The DAILY of July 19.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Field Support Services, Inc., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $9,747,574 modification to previously awarded contract N00019-98-C-0168 for the incorporation of engineering change proposal 1287 (9000 hour time compliance requirements (TCRs)) into the F-14A/B/D aircraft. This 9000 hour TCR is a major inspection and repair, which will greatly extend the service life, if necessary, of the F-14A/B/D aircraft. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md., and is expected to be completed by July 2000.
British Aerospace's impending acquisition of General Electric Co. plc is a "huge leap" in BAe's move toward becoming one of the world's leading defense companies, leaving the company only one or two steps from its goal, according to John Weston, chief executive officer of BAe.
Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems Group, Seattle, Wash., is being awarded an $81,200,000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract, F34601-99-C-0096-P00002, to provide for conversion of 227 AGM-68B conventional air launched cruise missiles to the AGM-86C version (45 block one, 182 block two) applicable to the B-52 aircraft. Expected contract completion date is March 31, 2001. Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity.
The U.K. Ministry of Defense awarded a simulator training contract to Thomson ACE Aircrew Training Ltd., indicating continued operation by the Royal Air Force of its upgraded Tornado GR.4 interdictor-strike aircraft for at least 22 more years. Thomson - a subsidiary of Thomson Training&Simulation Ltd. - received a 22-year contract valued at 175 million pounds ($271.25 million), which is being placed through the Ministry's new Private Finance Initiative (PFI), associated with last year's Strategic Defense Review and Smart Procurement measures.
From Commerce Business Daily: Posted in CBDNet on July 9, 1999; Printed Issue Date: July 13, 1999 ... PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS; SUBPART: SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL; CLASSCOD: 99-Miscellaneous-Potential Sources Sought; OFFADD: NASA Procurement Office, Code DAOO, Stennis Space Center (SSC), MS 39529-6000 ... DUE 082099; POC Linda C. Freeman, Contract Specialist, Phone (228)688-1641, Fax (228)688-1141, Email linda.carr-freeman @ssc.nasa.gov - Harold G. Taulbee, Contracting Officer, Phone (228) 688-1640, Fax (228) 688-1141, Email harold. taulbee@ssc.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Melbourne, Fla., was awarded on July 8, a $15,361,275 modification to a fixed-price-incentive contract, F19628-98-C-0003/P00005, to provide for long lead items in support of two Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems (JSTARS) aircraft. Expected contract completion date is May 2002. Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB, Md., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems recently shipped the eighth F-22 mid-fuselage from Fort Worth, Tex., to Marietta, Ga., where it will be mated with the rest of the aircraft. The midsection was the second delivered this year and will be part of the third Raptor equipped with a full suite of avionics. When completed, the avionics aircraft will be the sixth flying F-22.
Aerospace component makers Allfab Aerospace Corp., Mamco Manufacturing Inc., and Quality Aluminum Forge Inc. (QAF) have merged and will operate as subsidiaries of the new Neuvant Aerospace Crop., Alistar Capital Group reported yesterday. Alistar, the controlling shareholder of Allfab, will be the controlling shareholder of Neuvant. Mamco and QAF were previously owned by a subsidiary of Vestar Capital Partners, a New York investment firm.
TriStar Aerospace Co., Dallas, won a five-year contract from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to provide a comprehensive hardware program and will act as the sole source for all KLM hardware needs, TriStar reported last week.
British Aerospace and SAAB Military Aircraft have proposed a five-year loan of 18 Swedish air force JAS 39 Gripen multi-role light fighters to the Polish air force as the basis of its combat aircraft modernization plans, according to a report published here late last week.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $369,868,007 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract, F33657-95-C-2055-P00024, to provide for four C-130J aircraft (3 Air National Guard, 1 Air Force Reserve), two KC-130J aircraft (Marine Corps), one EC-130J aircraft (Air National Guard), one modification kit to convert a C-130J aircraft to the WC-130J configuration (Air Force Reserve), and one lot of spare parts in support of the KC-130J aircraft (Marine Corps). There was one firm solicited and one proposal received.
LADIES NIGHT: Tonight's planned launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia will kick off the first human spaceflight mission ever commanded by a woman, Astronaut Eileen Collins. NASA has made sure that when Columbia lifts off with Collins in the left seat, there will be plenty of VIP women at Kennedy Space Center to cheer her on. Leading the invitation list for the 12:36 a.m. EDT launch is First Lady Hillary Clinton, Tipper Gore and the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.
