Monday, March 5, 2012

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Fifth Generation Fighters Crucial To Air Superiority

Defense War News Updates: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Fifth Generation Fighters Crucial To Air Superiority
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 5, 2012: The Air Force is the world's most advanced air and space force and, with the integration of fifth generation aircraft, is gaining new tactical advantages that transcend beyond just stealth into areas such as enhanced maneuverability, multi-role capabilities and fused sensor and avionics systems that can communicate with other weapons systems.
That's why it is imperative that U.S. forces continue to develop and begin to use fifth-generation fighters as they transition to the new Pacific-based strategy, according to Lt. Gen. Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
During the Air Force Association monthly breakfast here Feb. 28, he said fifth-generation fighters, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the F-22 Raptor, are critical to maintaining air superiority and global precision attack core competencies.
"The threat environment is continuing to grow, so as we look at how we're going to maintain those competencies in the future, that's where fifth generation fighters come in," he said. "It's not just about stealth."
"The F-22 is better than any other aircraft in the world at air-to-ground except for the F-35, and the F-35 is better than any other aircraft in the world at air-to-air except for the F-22," said Carlisle.
The general said the Air Force can continue to maintain the most elite fourth generation aircraft in the world, but that won't prepare the U.S. to handle threats in the future.
"Our Air Force has got to keep evolving to meet these new challenges as we move forward into the future," said Carlisle.
To illustrate this evolution and fifth generation fighter jet technology, the general shared a scenario in which an F-22 data-links coordinates to a Navy submarine-launched tomahawk missile onto a target.
"Now you have two stealth platforms, a submarine and an F-22, communicating with naval ordnance," he said.
That level of interoperability is a large part of what makes the fifth generation aircraft so vital to the Air Force and U.S. military in general, he added. Aircraft must not only be stealth, but also be highly maneuverable, be able to conduct multiple roles, and these aircraft must also be able to handle sensor and avionics information in a network integrated way not only for the pilot, but for the entire joint force.
"We have to have a fused system capability and have them networked and integrated across the force," he said. "To me, that's as important on a fifth-generation fighter as anything."
 
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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Helicopter Makers Such As Boeing, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, Bell Helicopter Eye Indian Military Deals

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 5, 2012:  A raft of helicopter makers such as BoeingSikorsky Aircraft CorpBell HelicopterEurocopter andAgustaWestland are hovering over the civil market in India. But they are also eyeing a bigger prize: military deals. The Indian armed forces are upgrading their ageing fleet and that means big orders and big money, running into billions of dollars, for these companies. 
According to Reuters, Indian Navy plans to induct 50 light helicopters. First off the block is an order for 16 multi role helicopters. Indian Army has a joint requirement for about 400 light helicopters along with the Air Force. Some companies are upbeat about the recent contact to buy war planes worth $15 billion that the government awarded to France's Dassault Rafale. 

Mick Maurer, president of Sikorsky Military Systems, says the procurement process in India is getting better. "It is more rigorous and more transparent. We believe that suits us very well." Maurer says in the long term, Sikorsky sees a 3:1 ratio vis-a-vis the military and commercial sales in terms of the size of the market. But he says both are very complementary markets. Many of the machines can be used for commercial and quasi-defence activities. 

If the civil copter market in India has come alive, it is thanks to the armed forces. Foreign companies in the defence market are bound by what is called offset obligations. India's defence procurement policy rules that foreign companies require that win contracts of 300 crore or more must procure equipment worth at least 30% of the deal amount from local suppliers to boost the homegrown arms industry. 

The Indian military has also become smarter, according to foreign company executives. "Sometimes manufacturers give a special price on aircraft, but raise the price on the support side. India has become aware of this and now looks at the total lifecycle costs in deals," says Maurer. 

The upshot is that companies like Sikorsky and Eurocopter have partnered Indian counterparts to set up base in India. Sikorsky has formed two joint ventures with the Tatas to make helicopter cabins and aircraft components. Eurocopter, which formed an Indian unit in 2010, has tieups with the Mahindras, the Tatas and governmentowned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. AgustaWestland, the helicopter unit of Finmeccanica SpA of Italy, has a joint venture with the Tatas called Indian Rotorcraft. 

All these companies plan to expand in India. Textron, the parent company of Bell Helicopter, has opened a new global technology centre in Bangalore with more than 400 engineers. Bell plans to expand the workforce there over the next year, says the company's India head, BS Singh Deo. An AgustaWestland spokesman says the company recently opened a new larger office in Delhi. Copter makers are also expanding the customer support network by establishing authorised service centres along with a posse of engineers and technicians. 

All this bodes well for the commercial market. The AgustaWestland spokesman says construction work is about to start on the Indian Rotorcraft's facility in Hyderabad , which will produce the company's eight-seat utility helicopter AW119. Sikorsky eventually plans to produce helicopters that are virtually "100% done here" . "We are already a local company," says Maurer.
 

 
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

DTN News - NORTH KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Kim Jong-un - North Korea Puts DMZ Troops On Alert

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*North Korea's Kim Visits DMZ, Orders High Alert - AP
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 4, 2012: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered troops along the heavily armed border with rival South Korea to be on high alert during a visit to the Demilitarized Zone, state media reported Sunday. 
Kim's visit to Panmunjom village, his first reported trip there since the December death of his father, Kim Jong Il, comes amid escalating militaristic rhetoric aimed at U.S. ally South Korea just days after Washington and Pyongyang agreed to a nuclear deal after years of deadlock.

Recent North Korean threats, including vows of a “sacred war” against Seoul over U.S.-South Korean military drills, appear to be aimed at a domestic audience, analysts say, and could be an effort to bolster Kim Jong Un's credentials as a military leader after showing off his diplomatic skills on the U.S. nuclear deal.

Still, the rhetoric keeps the region on edge and complicates diplomatic efforts to settle the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Washington has said that better inter-Korean ties are crucial for diplomacy to succeed. North Korea has also acted on its threats in the past. Fifty South Koreans died in violence blamed on North Korea in 2010, leading to fears of a broader conflict.

On Sunday, tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang, vowing to topple South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who ended a no-strings-attached aid policy to the North when he took power in 2008, instead linking assistance to nuclear disarmament.

In rhetoric typical of the North, military chief Ri Yong Ho warned in a speech at Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung Square that the North Korean army would “sweep out” the South Korean traitors using their guns, according to footage from North Korea's state TV.
A crowd of soldiers and citizens later paraded through the plaza, pumping their fists and chanting, “Let's kill Lee Myung-bak by tearing him to pieces.”

The North's foreign ministry said on Sunday the North's people were “full of hatred resentment” at the South's leader amid Seoul's ongoing joint military exercises with the U.S., which it says are war games for an invasion.

The state-run KCNA said more than 1.7 million young North Korean men have volunteered to join the army since Friday in a bid for “all-people revenge on South Korean human scum.”

A spokesman of the South's unification ministry that handles cross-border affairs said Seoul had no official comment on the rally, adding that responding to criticism from Pyongyang does little to improve ties.

The threats are aimed internally as Kim Jong Un bolsters his power among the elite and military as the third generation of his family to lead the country, said Jeung Young-tae, an analyst with the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul.
“It's something that Kim Jong Un must do as the successor,” Jeung said Sunday. “The North did a similar thing when Kim Jong Il appeared as the new leader” in 1994 following the death of his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, he said.

Pyongyang is also angry about a South Korean military unit near Seoul recently posting threatening slogans beneath portraits of Kim Jong Un and his father.

During his Panmunjom visit, Kim Jong Un told troops to “maintain the maximum alertness as they are standing in confrontation with the enemies at all times,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

State TV aired photos of Kim, dressed in a dark overcoat, shaking hands with a helmeted soldier and giving rifles and machine guns as souvenirs to troops.

Panmunjom is a cluster of huts inside the 154-mile (248-kilometer) -long DMZ, which is jointly overseen by the U.S.-led U.N. Command and North Korea in an arrangement established in 1953 to supervise the cease-fire that ended the three-year Korean War. About 28,500 American troops are still stationed in South Korea.

 
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Friday, March 2, 2012

DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing Celebrates 1,000th 777

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*777 reaches 1,000 milestone faster than any twin-aisle airplane
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 2, 2012: Boeing (NYSE: BA) and more than 5,000 employees, suppliers, customers and government officials celebrated the 1,000th 777 at a special event today. The 1,000th 777 jetliner will be delivered to Dubai-based Emirates later this month.
"As the largest 777 customer, it's very appropriate that Emirates is the recipient of our milestone1,000th 777," said Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Emirates has set an industry high bar in providing excellent customer service and we're honored that the 777 is central to its efforts to be a global airline leader."
Last year was the best year on record for 777 sales with 200 orders from 22 customers – topping the previous record of 154 set in 2005. Production is at an all-time high for the program and a 20 percent rate increase begins this fall, increasing from seven to 8.3 airplanes per month. The program will begin building 100 airplanes per year beginning in 2013.    
Emirates is the 777 program's largest customer with 102 777s now in its fleet and 84 passenger airplanes and nine freighters on order. Emirates is the only airline that operates all six members of the 777 family.
"Emirates is honored to be the recipient of Boeing's 1000th 777 aircraft whose advanced long range capacity has been instrumental in our success of becoming a truly global airline," said His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, chairman and chief executive, Emirates Airline and Group. "As the world's largest operator of the 777, we have 93 more 777s on order, which is testament to our belief in the product and the role this aircraft will play in our goal to further establish Dubai as a central gateway to worldwide air travel."
"The ultimate measure of success in this business is when you reach the 1,000 mark," said Larry Loftis, who until recently was vice president and general manager of the 777 program. "Reaching this milestone puts the 777 in an exclusive club and I would like to thank all our employees, suppliers and customers who made it possible."
"Reaching this milestone requires two things," Loftis added. "A product that provides exceptional value and a world-class production system to reliably bring that product to the marketplace – and we have both on the 777 program. As a result, the 777 program reached this milestone faster than any other twin-aisle airplane because of the 777's proven performance, exceptional value, continuous innovation and progressive environmental performance."
The 1,000th 777 is a 777-300ER (extended range) model that seats 360 passengers in a three-class configuration.  
To date, Boeing has recorded orders for 1,361 777s to 64 customers around the globe.  
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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Raytheon For Radar & Electronic Systems Related To U.S. Navy F/A-18

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – March 2, 2012: Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $77,267,880 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0052) to exercise an option for 89 full rate production Lot 14 AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers, and nine countermeasure signal processor weapons replacement assemblies. 
 The AN/ALR-67(V)3 enhances pilot situational awareness by providing accurate identification, lethality, and azimuth displays of hostile and friendly emitters.  It also controls the electronic warfare data bus and interfaces with electronic warfare systems, the onboard radar, airborne mission computer, and the F/A-18 weapon systems. 

Work will be performed in Forest, Miss. (34 percent); Lansdale, Pa. (18 percent); Goleta, Calif. (17 percent); Chatsworth, Calif. (11 percent); San Diego, Calif. (10 percent); Sydney, Australia (4 percent); Milwaukie, Ore. (3 percent); and McKinney, Texas (3 percent). 

Work is expected to be completed in December 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Bell Helicopter Textron For Repair Works On H-1 Helicopter

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – March 2, 2012: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.*, Hurst, Texas, is being awarded $11,057,924 for delivery order 7001 under previously awarded contract (N00383-11-D-012N) for the repair of four items supporting the H-1 helicopter:  Cobra main rotor blade; combining gearbox assembly; right hand stub wing; and left hand stub wing.  Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas, and the expected completion date is November 2013. 
 The Navy Working Capital Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 

One company was solicited for this requirement and one offer was received in response to the solicitation. 

NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 1, 2012

Defense War News Updates: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 1, 2012

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 1, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  March 1, 2012 are undermentioned;

 CONTRACTS
 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
             BAE Systems - Speciality Defense Systems of Pa, Jessup, Pa., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $108,493,311 for improved outer tactical vest, outer tactical vest, and individual repair kits.  Other location of performance is Tennessee.  Using services are Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  There were five responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012/2013 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 28, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM1C1-12-D-1027).

             GE Datex Ohmeda, Inc., Madison, Wis., was issued a modification exercising the third option year on contract SPM2D1-09-D-8348/P00016.  The award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $19,847,688 for patient monitoring systems, subsystems, accessories, consumables, spare/repair parts, and training.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  There were 17 solicitations with nine responses.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012/2013 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is March 5, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

             Honeywell International, Tempe, Ariz., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $18,400,000 for the procurement of radar altimeter receiver transmitter.  Other location of performance is Minnesota.  Using service is Army.  There was one solicitation with one response.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 through 2017 Army Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 28, 2017.  The Defense Logistics Agency Land at Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Md., is the contracting activity (SPRBL1-12-D-0005)

 NAVY
             Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded an $88,467,830 cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee with performance incentives and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-5103) to exercise options for fiscal 2012 Aegis Platform Systems Engineering Agent activities and Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability Build engineering for the CG 57 and DDG 51 class of ships.  Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by December 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

             Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $55,064,485 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2404) to exercise the option for the integrated shipboard electronics for LPD 27, consisting of:  engineering control system; magnetic signature control system; ship control system; navigation data distribution system; shipboard wide area network; wire-free portable communication system; integrated voice communication system; sensors; Marine Corps support equipment; and surface search sensor system (AN/SPS-73).  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by February 2018. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

             Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $48,663,690 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software development support of the ALR-67(V) 3 radar for the U.S. Navy and the governments of Australia, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia, Switzerland, Canada, and various other future foreign military sales customers.  Work will be performed in Point Mugu, Calif., and is expected to be completed in February 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($28,891,633; 59.2 percent) and, under the Foreign Military Sales Program, the governments of Australia ($4,550,055; 9.4 percent), Kuwait ($1,975,745; 4.1 percent), Qatar ($1,975,746; 4.1 percent), Malaysia ($1,975,746; 4.1 percent), Switzerland, ($1,382,049; 2.8 percent), Canada ($1,386,915; 2.9 percent), and other future foreign military sales customers ($6,525,801; 13.4 percent).  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6302-1.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-12-D-0018).

             Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $19,511,897 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-11-D-0004) for AIM-9X integrated logistics support for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and the governments of Singapore, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Turkey, South Korea, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and Poland.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (97.57 percent); Rocket City, W.V. (0.51 percent); Cheshire, Conn. (0.41 percent); and various locations inside and outside of the U.S. (1.51 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in March 2013.  Contract funds in the amount of $12,379,408 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($9,244,777; 47.40 percent), U.S. Navy ($6,430,735; 32.98 percent), and, under the Foreign Military Sales Program, the governments of Singapore ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Australia ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Denmark ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Finland ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Turkey ($426,265; 2.18 percent), South Korea ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Switzerland ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Saudi Arabia ($426,265; 2.18 percent), and Poland ($426,265; 2.18 percent).  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

             HDT EP, Inc.*, Geneva, Ohio, is being awarded an $11,064,538 firm-fixed-price delivery order 0026 under previously awarded blanket purchase agreement (M67854-08-A-5023) for the procurement of 18,000, 36,000 and 60,000 british thermal units environmental control units with remote controls, power cords, and ducts in support of the Program Manager, Expeditionary Power Systems.  Work will be performed in Geneva, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by February 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This delivery order was not competitively procured.  HDTEP is a historically underutilized business zone small business.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

             Lex Products, Corp.*, Shelton, Conn., is being awarded an $8,126,846 firm-fixed price delivery order 0003 under previously awarded blanket purchase agreement contract (M67854-11-A-5087) for the procurement of Mobile Electric Power Distribution System-Replacement components in support of the Program Manager, Expeditionary Power Systems.  Work will be performed in Shelton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by February 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This delivery order was not competitively procured.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

             Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded an $8,013,321 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option to provide AN/ARC-210(V) electronic radio and ancillary equipment for the H-1.  The contract provides for the following: C-12561A/ARC control, radio sets, quantity of 15; MT-6567/ARC mounting bases, quantity of 86; MT-7006/ARC amplifier mounts, quantity of 15; AM-7526/ARC high power amplifier mounts, quantity of 15; MX-11641/ATRC LNA diplexers, quantity of 15; AS-3972/A nine-inch tunable antennas, quantity of 56; CV-4092/A digital converter, quantity of 26; and RT-1939(C)/ARC receiver –transmitter, quantity of 71.  Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in June 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

             Sea Box, Inc.*, Riverton, N.J., is being awarded a $7,707,538 firm-fixed-price delivery order 0008 under previously awarded blanket purchase agreement (M67854-08-A-5017) for the procurement of 317 small field refrigeration systems in support of the Program Manager, Expeditionary Power Systems.  Work will be performed in Riverton, N.J., and is expected to be completed by March 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This delivery order was not competitively procured.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

             Robert and Co., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a maximum $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for complete architect and engineering services for petroleum fuel facilities in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR).  These services may include tank storage inspection, design of renovations to existing facilities, preparation of design-build request for proposals, and comprehensive integrated design services (full plans and specifications).  Task order 0001 is being awarded at $205,976 for architect-engineering consulting and design services for the replacement of underground fuel piping at Naval Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville, Fla.  Work for this task order is expected to be completed by June 2012.  All work under this contract will be performed at various Department of Defense (DoD) and non-DoD facilities within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR, and is expected to be completed by March 2017.  Contract funds in the amount of $205,976 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 13 proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-12-D-0035).

 VIRGINIA CONTRACTING ACTIVITY
             Integrity Application, Inc., Chantilly, Va., was awarded a time-and-material contract with a completion date of Sept. 14, 2016, and a maximum value of $58,573,766 over a five-year period.  Under the terms of the contract, Integrity Application will provide the Defense Intelligence Agency with engineering and analytical services to be performed in Chantilly, Va.  The contract falls under the Virginia Contracting Activity (HHM402-11-C-0113).

 AIR FORCE
             The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $31,697,830 firm-fixed-price contract for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems full rate production.  One hundred and eleven systems are being procured for the U.S. Navy and, under the Foreign Military Sales Program, Pakistan, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and Finland.  The location of the performances is San Jose, Calif.  Work is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2013.  ASC/WWSK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-D-0026).

             Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $14,945,646 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, requirements contract for a Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center which will perform research and development in order to complete the vulnerability analysis report, system prototype reports, and the risk analysis reports.  The location of the performance is McLean, Va.  Work is expected to be completed Feb. 28, 2015.  ESG/PKS DTIC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, Delivery Order: 0456).

             Cannon Designs, Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architecture-engineering services architectural indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, maximum of $10,000,000.  The location of the performances is Arlington, Va.  Work is expected to be completed Feb. 28, 2017.  U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA7000-12-D-0002).

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