Newsbud Exclusive Report- A Distillation of DOD Spending Spree for May 2017

DOD Spent $48,984,468,000+ on 225 Individual Contracts in May 2017
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $48,984,468,000 on 225 individual contracts during May 2017. This amount does not include 25 Foreign Military Sales transactions worth roughly $1,832,159,000.
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS)Through FMS, the U.S. government procures and transfers materiel to allied nations and international organizations.
American Systems Corp.; Mag DS Corp.; Resicum International; Special Applications Group; Integration Innovation Inc.; received a shared $249,000,000 for FMS (Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Indonesia, Turkey, Tunisia, Croatia): security assistance training in support of Army Security Assistance Training Management Organization.
Boeing received $488,076,762 for FMS (UK): remanufacture 38 AH-64 aircraft, and produce three new Longbow crew trainers & associated spares.
General Dynamics received $40,815,838 to provide South Korea (60%) and Japan (40%) with Missile Fire Control System MK 82 director / MK 200 director controller equipment, and associated engineering services. This is part of the Missile Fire Control System MK99 framework, which is an Aegis component.
Lockheed Martin received $11,029,399 to provide Canada with engineering services under Acoustic Rapid Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Insertion System.
MD Helicopters Inc. received $76,700,001 for FMS (Afghanistan): contractor logistics support for Afghanistan’s MD 530F fleet. One bid solicited, one received.
Navistar Defense received $18,778,845 for FMS (Iraq): 115 medium tactical vehicles. One bid solicited, one bid received.
Northrop Grumman received $11,100,000 for FMS (Japan): long-lead time materials, parts, components, and effort supporting the delivery date of an E-2D.
PAE Government Services received $142,061,874 for FMS (Afghanistan): security forces training, mentoring, contractor logistics support.
Raytheon received $7,172,609 for AMRAAM (lots 28-30) and obsolescence components. FMS: Japan, Norway, Romania, Turkey, Australia.
Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing received $15,499,466 to provide India 145 optical fire control kits & parts, M777A2 howitzers. One bid solicited, one received.
FMS TO UNDEMOCRATIC REGIMES
Advanced Electronics Co. (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) received $29,934,295 to help Saudi Arabia’s Air Force with cyber protection and facilities: updated estimates to align with new incremental design/deploy strategy for Cyber Protection System Build-0, -1 and definitization of Build-2. Work in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
AECOM received $9,000,000 for FMS (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE): all labor, materials, supplies, equipment for professional architecture and engineering services.
Boeing received $143,414,164 to modify 24 Saudi Arabia’s AH-64E helicopters.
EaglePicher received $7,292,175 for FMS (Bahrain): up to 825 squib-activated batteries. The Bahraini regime recently opened fire on peaceful protestors. The Bahraini regime then dissolved the National Democratic Action Society under the guise of fighting “terrorism.”
Kay & Associates Inc. received $12,059,578 for F/A-18 C/D contractor maintenance and support for Kuwait. Not competitively procured, FAR 6.302-4.
Lockheed Martin received $25,361,940 for FMS (Qatar): PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 and Missile Segment Enhancement Aft Block I redesign.
Lockheed Martin received $13,360,903 for FMS (Kuwait; UAE; Netherlands; Germany; Japan; South Korea; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Taiwan): post-production support basic labor and technical support.
Quantitech (Huntsville, AL) received $10,140,682 for FMS (UAE; Bahrain; Brazil; Colombia; Egypt; Jordan; Mexico; Saudi Arabia; Slovakia; Sweden; Thailand; Taiwan; Tunisia): programmatic support for Utility Helicopter Project Office.
Raytheon received $11,951,853 for FMS (Israel): engineering services on PATRIOT weapon system.
UNINHABITED VEHICLES & CRAFT
Boeing received $8,049,709 for spare and sustainment parts required to maintain the RQ-21A Blackjack for USMC.
General Atomics received $221,577,527 for extended range MQ-1C hardware (incl. SATCOM air data terminals; ground control stations; spares & equipment).
General Atomics received $399,979,895 for 36 MQ-9, FY2016 configuration.
General Electric received $14,000,000 for Next-Generation Fighter Power & Thermal Management System (TMS) detailed design and Hybrid-Cycle Power & TMS for unmanned aircraft system.
L-3 received $13,946,359 to retrofit/upgrade 26 Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS) to Blue Box High Definition (BBHD).
Northrop Grumman received $13,000,000 for 1 multi-function active sensor for MQ-4C.  Northrop Grumman received $49,400,000 for long-lead components, material, parts and associated efforts required to maintain MQ-4C planned production. Not competitive per FAR 6.302-1. Northrop Grumman received $303,936,000 for 3 LRIP Lot 2 MQ-4C. Includes one main- & one forward operation control station, trade studies, and tooling.
Northrop Grumman received $32,851,099 to integrate the original equipment manufacturer radar into MQ-8C Fire Scout
Northrop Grumman received $7,940,905 for Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payload operations and support in San Diego and overseas. Northrop Grumman received $39,947,203 for BACN [payload modification, integration, installation] for EQ-4B Global Hawk. Sole-source.
Northrop Grumman received $64,526,366 for operator, maintenance, logistic support and sustainment engineering services on Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) program.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Charles River Analytics Inc. received $8,005,056 for software: artificial intelligence systems that can explain why a decision was made with supporting details that a domain expert can understand.
RECRUITMENT, RETENTION & MESSAGING
General Dynamics received $13,600,000 to provide public affairs equipment & visual information systems support as required by Navy Public Affairs Support Element Headquarters.
USCENTCOM
AAR Airlift Group ($158,659,780); Construction Helicopters Inc. ($153,972,615); Columbia Helicopters ($172,187,683) received funding for rotary wing airlift services supporting USCENTCOM.
Black Construction/MACE International received $26,978,100 to improve wharf refueling at Naval Support Facility, Diego Garcia.
GENCO Infrastructure Solutions Inc. received $7,418,482 for distribution and warehouse support at the DLA Distribution Depot in Bahrain.
KBR received $56,909,952 for base operating support services at Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia.  KBR received $12,650,509 for base operating support services at Naval Support Activity Muhhraq, Bahrain; DOD’s Bahrain School, Juffair, Bahrain; Riffa Army Base, Riffa, Bahrain; Sheik Isa AB, Bahrain; Jebel Ali, UAE.
Noble Supply & Logistics received $195,000,000 for materials supporting U.S. military installations and agencies located in USCENTCOM.
Parsons Government Services received $69,980,565 for advisory & assistance services for facilities lifecycle management in support of technical, engineering, advisory and management support for MDA facilities, military construction, and the environmental management directorate. Locations include National Capital Region, VA; Huntsville, AL; Kirtland AFB; Schriever AFB; Dahlgren, VA; Fort Drum; Vandenberg AFB; Eareckson AFS, Alaska; Fort Greely; Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii; Kwajalein Island; Meck Island; Wake Island; Kodiak Island; Ramstein AFB; MDA sites in Romania, Poland, and Japan; Clear AFS, Alaska; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; UAE; CENTCOM 1; CENTCOM 2.
Vectrus Systems Corp. received $212,032,488 for support of communications equipment & information systems under purview of Network Enterprise Technology Command (Army), 160th Signal Brigade and subordinate units in Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain, UAE, Jordan.
USSOCOM
L3 Technologies Inc. received $7,663,138 to repair SATCOM antenna systems for USSOCOM. Sole-source, 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1).
Optics 1 Inc. received $8,664,170 for eye-safe laser range finders (ESLRF), non-warranty repairs, replaceable parts and ancillary items for USSOCOM. Work in Heerbrugg, Switzerland (95%); Bedford, NH (5%).
Thales received $9,900,000 to sustain Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio (MBITR) family of radios for USSOCOM. Non-competitive, per 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1).
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
Adventium Enterprises received $10,000,000 to mature existing software and systems analysis tools they previously developed under other [undeclared] contracts. One bid solicited, one received.
Agile Defense Inc. received $30,688,418 to provide DARPA unclassified information technology services.
Mass General Hospital received $11,000,660 to help DARPA with R&D on the Safe Genes program.
U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE & SECURITY COMMAND (INSCOM)
Carahsoft Technology Corp. received $28,208,594 to provide brand name commercial system application and products software, tightly integrated third-party software, and software maintenance at Fort Belvoir.
HIGH POWER ELECTROMAGNETICS (HPEM)
Raytheon received $15,000,000 for high power electromagnetics (HPEM) transitions at Kirtland AFB, especially integration with various airborne platforms. Raytheon received $10,000,000 for HPEM and cyber electronic warfare (EW) applications. Includes study, analysis, and information scenarios in which HPEM can be used for cyber or EW applications, conduct, experiments, and demonstrative concepts.
ACADEMIA
Mississippi State University received $9,843,755 to continue U.S. Army TARDEC simulation-based reliability and safety program of modeling & simulation, and vehicle reliability prediction.
Shoulder 2 Shoulder Inc. received $49,859,691 for support re: subject matter experts, underwater tech, engineering & archeology, equipment procurement, logistics, curriculum development, and specialized technical training.
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (F-35)
IDSC Holdings received $7,587,638 for hand tools & toolboxes in support of F-35A/B/C tool control program for USAF ($3,117,066; 41.1%); U.S. Navy ($3,628,322; 47.8%); FMS ($842,250; 11.1%).
Lockheed Martin received $19,846,828 to work on F-35 memory system & panoramic cockpit display re: lot 15 for USAF ($7,938,730; 40%); USN ($3,969,366; 20%); USMC ($3,969,366; 20%); international ($3,969,366; 20%).
Lockheed Martin received $137,834,819 for affordability-based cost reduction initiatives in support of LRIP Lot 9 F-35 for USAF ($110,267,856; 80%); USMC ($22,554,788; 16.4%); U.S. Navy ($5,012,175 (3.6%).
OSPREY (V-22)
Bell-Boeing JPO received $7,708,381 for non-recurring engineering & testing for expansion of the Nickel Cap on V-22 proprotor blades for USMC ($5,268,982; 68%); USAF ($1,472,032; 19%), Japan ($982,685; 13%).
HORNET (F-18)
Boeing received $89,000,000 to incorporate Block II Infrared Search & Track System (IRST) in F/A-18 E/F. Not competitive, per 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1).
Raytheon received $7,183,792 to repair 9 multi-functional antenna assemblies used on F-18 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar System. Sole-source.
HORNET & GROWLER COMMON AIRFRAME
Boeing received $89,173,330 for additional depot-level maintenance support and sustainment of F/A-18 A/B/C/D/E/F & EA-18G aircraft.
Boeing received $86,337,218 to design, develop, and implement upgrades to software & hardware for F/A-18 A/B, C/D, E/F and EA-18G aircraft for USN ($79,430,241; 92%); Australia ($2,935,465; 3.40%); Finland ($2,158,430; 2.50%); Switzerland ($690,698; .80%); Kuwait ($431,686; .50%); Malaysia ($431,686; .50%); Canada ($259,012; .30%).
AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING (HAWKEYE & SENTRY)
Northrop Grumman received $7,584,417 for preliminary testing, identifying integration differences between the Embedded National Tactical Receiver (ENTR) (V2) and E-2D Universal Serial Bus ENTR (V4), and updating the Tactical Receiver Segment software to latest version.
StandardAero (San Antonio) received $35,803,311 for depot level repair of T56 engine component parts.
POSEIDON (P-8) & ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE
Boeing received $12,538,610 to incorporate an early warning self-protection 6th sensor engineering change proposal into 3 LRIP II and 7 LRIP III P-8A.
Boeing received $42,485,917 for 8 deployable mission readiness trainers & mode control panels, program management, and engineering support on P-8A.
CFM International Inc. received $27,951,607 for supplies & services for CFM56 engine assessment, maintenance, and introduction of Sermetel protective coatings on P-8A aircraft.
STRATEGIC / TACTICAL AIRLIFT
DRS received $15,924,113 for Halvorsen 25K aircraft cargo loader sustainment.
AERIAL REFUELING
Dowty Propellers received $52,574,370 to provide propeller, engineering, reliability, and logistics sustainment for R391 propeller system on KC-130J for USMC ($48,120,982; 91.5%); Kuwait ($4,453,388; 8.5%). Not competitive.
Rolls-Royce Corp. received $78,695,875 to provide engineering & logistics on KC-130J aircraft AE2100D3 engines for USMC and Kuwait. Not competitive.
OTHER FIXED WING AIRCRAFT
Airborne Tactical Advantage Co. received $44,571,768 for Contracted Air Services (CAS), which provides Type III High Subsonic & Type IV Supersonic aircraft to U.S. Navy for airborne threat simulation capabilities.
DynCorp received $124,451,639 for logistics support on fixed-wing fleets (C-12, C-26, UC-35, T-6) performing transport missions.
ManTech received $39,641,197 for reliability, maintainability, testability, quality assurance & diagnostic and system safety analyses during design, development, production and in-service life cycles of all Naval aircraft and their systems.
M1 Support Services received $9,288,908 for C-21 contractor logistics support: maintenance, data, base supply, design modification, installation support, launch & recovery of aircraft at Andrews, Peterson, Ramstein, Scott, and worldwide.
Raytheon received $49,000,000 to help T-38A/B and A-10 comply with the FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast mandate. Sole-source.
Rosebud Electronic Integration Corp. received $9,663,490 for seat, pallet assembly. Sole-source.
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB (AFRL) & AIR FORCE TEST CENTER
Ball Aerospace & Technologies received $13,317,810 for Hallmark software & hardware testbed, re: secure enterprise architecture design, space command & control, and data format & repository design and implementation.
HELICOPTERS
Boeing received $14,522,875 to overhaul & upgrade AH-64 main rotor blades in Monrovia, CA. Boeing received $7,023,568 to provide inertial boresight for AH-64. Not competitive, per FAR 6.302-1(a) (2).
Boeing received $8,707,000 for initial long-lead effort on MH-47G [PDF] block II.
General Electric received $8,636,838 for T-64 engine compressor casings. Sole-source.
Iron Mountain Solutions received $7,524,414 for non-U.S. tech support to Army Aviation & Missile Research Development Center, Utility Helicopter Project Office.
Lockheed Martin received $37,628,500 to overhaul 381 UH-60 tail rotor blades. One bid solicited, one received. Martin-Baker America Inc. received $26,668,679 for 1,016 multi-functional operator seats in support of UH-60.
Lockheed Martin received $55,000,000 for LRIP Lot II, four CH-53K, long lead items.
L-3 Communications received $83,050,682 for logistics services to support and maintain TH-57 fleet at NAS Whiting Field.
GENERAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
Aerospace Engineering & Support; AllSource Global Management; SierTek; Young's Engineering Services received a shared $95,000,000 for overhead production services re: depot maintenance at Hill and Davis-Monthan AFB.
Honeywell International received $19,719,549 for solenoid valves. Sole source.
United Technologies received $8,233,860 for TF-33 aircraft engine compressor hub assemblies and component spare parts. Sole source.
AIRCRAFT PODS & SENSORS
Boeing received $16,580,822 for Low Frequency Transmission System management, engineering services, and a production kit.
Northrop Grumman received $243,873,277 for 72 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars, spares and support services.
Southwest Research Institute received $13,139,976 for engineering services at Robins AFB in support of AN/ALQ-131 & AN/ALQ-184 pods. Sole-source.
AIRCRAFT COUNTERMEASURES
Northrop Grumman received $13,935,792 to integrate hardware on large aircraft infrared countermeasures for U.S. Navy ($13,055,492; 94%); USAF ($528,180; 4%); UK ($176,060; 1%); Australia ($176,060; 1%) combat aircraft.
FLIGHT TRAINING
FlightSafety Services Corp. received $33,258,924 for KC-46 aircrew training system.  R.A. Burch Construction received $9,407,275 to build an operation training facility to house Enlisted Aircrew Training System and KC-130J Crew Master Training Program at MCAS Miramar.
AEGIS
Lockheed Martin received $13,397,608 for AEGIS weapon system computing, display and peripheral equipment for DDG 127.  Lockheed Martin received $20,000,000 to provide support of advanced concept initiatives by the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (ABMD) Program Office to identify technology for introduction into ABMD baselines & upgrades.
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS)
Raytheon received $14,727,503 for maintenance and support on AN/AQS-20 sonar mine detecting set. Not competitive per 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1).
Raytheon received $10,957,861 to fabricate, assemble, test, deliver LRIP production Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems (AMNS) and engineering services & support. Deployed from MH-60 as part of LCS mine countermeasures, AMNS explosively neutralizes mines. Not competitive, 10 U.S. Code 2304(c) (1).
SUBMARINES
Applied Physical Sciences Corp. received $19,651,822 to develop, advanced design tools, technologies, and experimental methods for Future Platform Signature Design.
General Dynamics received $32,700,000 for continued design support requirements for Columbia Class Submarine, incl. technology development; engineering; concept design; cost reduction initiatives; and prototype manufacturing, and assembly.
L-3 received $13,592,178 for six TB-29A compact towed array production representative units.
Northrop Grumman received $7,342,998 for maintenance, modernization, and material support services for turbine generators on USS New Hampshire (SSN 778). Not competitively procured, per 10 U.S .Code 2304(c)(1).
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems received $9,903,944 for TR-364 high frequency sail array projectors for Submarine Acoustics Systems & Virginia-Class.
SURFACE SHIP MAINTENANCE
Air New Zealand Gas Turbines (Auckland, New Zealand) received $42,251,032 and MTU Maintenance Berlin-Bradenburg GmBh Ludwigsfelde, Germany received $36,345,688 for the commercial overhaul of the LM2500 paired blade turbine (PBT) gas generators for Ticonderoga- and Arleigh Burke-class ships.
AMSEC LLC and Gryphon Technologies received a shared $90,064,867 for engineering maintenance on aircraft carrier modernization, advanced planning, integration in Norfolk, VA (40%); San Diego, CA (40%); Bremerton, WA (20%).
Control Engineering Maintenance Corp.; East Coast Repair & Fabrication; Epsilon Systems Solutions; Marine Group Boat Works; Pacific Ship Repair & Fabrication; Propulsion Controls Engineering; South Coast Welding & Manufacturing received $93,000,697 for maintenance on surface combatant ships (DDG and CG) and amphibious (LSD, LPD, LHA, and LHD) ships homeported in or visiting San Diego, CA.
Detyens Shipyards Inc. received $12,295,617 for 75 calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul & dry-docking of USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Huntington Ingalls Inc. received $10,182,617 for DDG 51 class follow yard services in Pascagoula, MS (97%); Washington, DC (2%); Bath, ME (1%).
MLSUSA Corp.; Crane Worldwide Logistics; Ship Supply of Florida received a shared $88,000,000 for husbanding supplies and support used by U.S. ships as well as Coast Guard visiting non-Navy ports located along east coast, USA.
Vigor Marine received $12,833,725 for a 77-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul & dry docking of USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14).
SHIP WEAPONRY
Lockheed Martin received $33,687,911 for engineering services supporting continued development, integration and production of U.S. Navy’s AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Systems.
Raytheon received $26,762,552 for design agent & engineering support on RAM upgraded MK-31 guided missile weapon system. Not competitive.
NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVSEA)
Philadelphia Gear received $98,099,229 for 3 Main Reduction Gears (MRG) shipsets for DDG 51. MRG = set of gears that transmit power from 2 main gas turbines to propulsion shaft. Each DDG 51 class destroyer has 2 gear sets.
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVAIR)
General Atomics received $195,180,206 for manufacture, assembly, inspection, test and checkout of the advanced arresting gear for CVN 80 shipset.
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION (NAWCAD)
American Systems Corp. received $30,346,542 for specialized engineering and technical services in support of development & operation of state-of-the-art air vehicle dynamic simulations and architecture, collision avoidance algorithm design, engineering, and acquisition in support of piloted & desktop engineering simulation capabilities, trainer devices, and manned & unmanned air vehicles.
Carley Corp. received $10,524,721 for software engineering, analysis, content development, logistics, and life cycle support for Authoring Instructional Materials program, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD).
DDL OMNI Engineering received $9,900,000 for engineering & technical services on Ship Mission Readiness Measurement System in Virginia Beach, VA.
Selex ES Inc. received $20,931,173 for installation, test and delivery of up to 31 instrument landing systems (ILS) at Navy installations.
Systems & Technology Research received $7,303,682 for R&D of long-range science & technology projects to improve USN/USMC operations in support of Office of Naval Research requirements. Includes analysis of multi-access radio frequency converged design trades; sensor processing algorithms & software; stand-in cooperative survivable standoff ISR and targeting in denied environments sensor with Navy stand-off radio frequency platform.
NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER
Power Paragon Inc. received $7,053,110 for supplies & support services for 400Hz & 60Hz combat systems equipment for Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division Air Dominance Department. PP will provide USN (95%) and Japan & Spain (5%) ordnance alteration kits, engineering, and ORDALT kits installation. Not competitive, per 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1).
SPACE & NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS COMMAND (SPAWAR)
Metron Inc.  received $8,399,965 for software & training material development in support of Executable Architecture Management System at SSC Pacific. Includes mission engineering analysis, interoperability assessments, modeling, simulation and assessment support services. Sole-source.
CYBER, SIGINT & CRYPTOGRAPHY
Dozens for corporations, including some of the following, received a shared $37,400,000,000 to provide C4ISR “knowledge-based professional services”: BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, and ManTech.
IPSecure Inc. received $35,000,000 for USAF cyber operational test, evaluation and range services.
World Wide Technology Inc. received $7,489,064 AFWay Network-Centric Solutions-2: voice-over-internet-protocol equipment at Barksdale AFB; Ellsworth AFB; F.E. Warren AFB; Minot AFB; Whiteman AFB; Tinker AFB.
Yorktown Systems Group Inc. received $22,469,405 for operations support services, including conducting and providing predictive modeling and trend analyses concerning global asymmetric threats.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Affigent LLC received $11,006,180 for Oracle software maintenance on licenses in support of PEO Information Systems & Army Materiel Command.
CACI received $94,000,000 for engineering, integration, updates, consolidation of computer-based test stations, fixtures & program sets, databases, analytical software tools, and network comms at Hill AFB and Chantilly, VA.
RCF Information Systems received $9,474,352 for IT services to ensure effective information management concept & structure that fosters timely deployment and optimal operation of information systems at Wright-Patterson AFB. Sole-source.
Red River Computer Co. received  $15,079,354 for engineering services and IT installation support for est. new U.S. Air Force Command & Control Facility at Offutt AFB. Includes subject matter expertise for data center, network, audio visual, and enterprise operations to facilitate the design, installation, configuration, and transition to a new IT infrastructure.
SAIC received $30,000,000 for post-deployment software support, engineering changes, and software upgrades for IT systems, Marine Corps System Command Program Manager, Total Force IT Systems. Sole-source.
COMMUNICATIONS
General Dynamics received $53,000,000 for on-site management coverage, software updates, production, contractor logistics support, information awareness, field support, engineering, travel, etc. supporting Defense Injection/Reception Emergency Action Message Command & Control Terminal (DIRECT). Sole-source.
Hi-Q Engineering Inc. received $34,909,347 for worldwide services at Fixed Very Low Frequency/Low Frequency Broadcast Transmitter Stations supporting PMW 770 [PDF] & Navy Information Forces. Work in Dallas, TX (40.99%); Poway, CA (33.51%); Charleston, SC (25.5%).
ViaSat Inc. received $19,277,000 to provide Ku-band and Ka-band comms (1 June – 30 Nov 2017) to senior leaders & support staff traveling on aircraft.
SATELLITE LAUNCHES
United Launch Services received $27,400,000 for launch vehicle production services, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Phase I: conversion from heritage avionics to common avionics in Decatur, AL. United Launch Services received $208,140,481 for launch vehicle production services, EELV Phase I: FY2017 configuration Atlas V 551, an additional solid rocket booster for an Atlas V 551, transportation, and incremental funding for ELC FY2017.
SATELLITES
BAE Systems received $12,808,280 to develop an innovative space evaluation and analysis testbed to support development, integration, evaluation & analysis of a set of advanced space enterprise command & control tools and capability technologies for AFRL.
BAE Systems received $48,487,511 to manage, operate, maintain and logistically support Solid State Phased Array Radar Systems at Beale AFB, Cape Cod AFS, Clear AFS, Thule AB, and RAF Fylingdales.
Harris Corp. received $35,473,193 for sustainment services for Space Superiority Systems at Air Force Space & Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB.  Harris Corp. received $8,548,248 for system sustainment of Ground-based Electro Optical Deep Space Surveillance system (which provides space situational awareness data for tracking space objects) at White Sands Missile Range, Maui, Diego Garcia, and Colorado Springs.  Harris Corp. received $18,981,105 for system sustainment of Distributed Space Command & Control, Dahlgren system.
Linquest Corp. received $10,743,174 for technical services support at Los Angeles AFB.
Lockheed Martin received $45,999,901 for work on a fifth & sixth SBIRS geosynchronous missile-warning satellite, specifically integration of additional subsystem and propulsion modifications.
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) & ICBM – The U.S. just tested its ICBM defense system. The missile interceptor destroyed the mock ICBM, but the launch time and coordinates of the mock ICBM were known in advance. The interceptor team also knew in advance the mock ICBM would deploy no countermeasures.
Boeing received $58,582,957 for Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) technology risk reduction effort re: advanced communications, engagement management, discriminating seeker. Boeing received $1,088,305,700 for Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) development. Includes payload development & ground testing, integration with Ground-based Interceptor (GBI) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, flight testing, and four initial production RKV for initial fielding. Sole-source.
Linquest Corp. received $13,546,889 for technical support under Space & Missile Systems Center's Remote Sensing Systems Directorate, Los Angeles AFB.
Lockheed Martin received $43,876,458 to support Trident II (D5) missile production and D5 deployed systems support.  Lockheed Martin received $79,884,066 to provide technical & program management support on Trident II Shipboard Systems Integration Increments four and eight for the navigation subsystem. Includes work on UK fleet. Sole-source 10 U.S.Code 2304(c)(1)&(4).
Lockheed Martin received $112,200,000 for THAAD field support (TFSC) system support: logistics, forward stationing for theater support, post deployment software support, product assurance, safety, missile support, security & engineering services. Sole-source per FAR 6302-1.
Northrop Grumman received $332,000,000 for Joint National Integration Center Research & Development (JRDC), including enterprise-level technical integration and BMDS-level operational integration products & services; development of integrated missile defense capabilities; support readiness, wargame command & control procedures; and IT services in support of Chief Information Officer.
Raytheon received $327,146,998 for the first three Air & Missile Defense Radar LRIP units.
MISSILES, BOMBS, ROCKETS, PROJECTILES
Lockheed Martin received $8,501,430 for management, sustainment and upgrade on Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) software product baseline. Includes system & software documentation, all for U.S. Navy ($6,401,430; 75%); and UK FMS ($2,100,000; 25%).
Raytheon received $8,865,859 for flight test demonstration of AGM-154C-1 extended range capability. Not competitively, FAR 6.302-1.
System Studies & Simulation Inc. received $10,139,382 for non-Army Aviation & Missile Research Development Center technical support for Precision Fire Rockets and Missiles Systems Project Office.
ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
Brooks & Perkins; Choctaw Defense; Garrett Container Systems received a shared $9,818,000 for metal weapons containers supporting shipboard storage of munitions for USMC/USN operators.
Leidos Inc. received $21,121,384 to design, build, test, and deliver one Saturn Arch configured aircraft in support of the ongoing continued operations, sustainment, and Integration Quick Reaction Capability program.
MOBILE & FIXED RADAR
Engineering Solutions & Products received $11,001,491 for systems engineering and technical assistance to radars at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Raytheon received $52,686,179 engineering and manufacturing development on Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) System production representative units in Andover, MA.
VEHICLES
BAE Systems received $7,869,940 for successful completion of Bradley automotive forward speed, acceleration, and slope operation testing.
DRS Network & Imaging Systems received $7,240,468 to service direct support electrical system test set, embedded diagnostics, software loader/verifier, and chassis modernization embedded diagnostics.
Fidelity Technologies received $21,986,841 for armor B-kits for 120 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck A4 and 183 M915A5 trucks.
L-3 received $19,804,641 for 98 Transmission Hydro-mechanically Propelled Transmission Operational Reliability HMPT 500 series transmission and required ancillary hardware; 45 transmission control modules, and 45 transmission electronically controlled cables.
Oshkosh Defense received $90,885,550 for Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles recapitalized Palletized Load System 96 M1074A1, and 115 M1075A1. Oshkosh Defense received $79,576,597 for a variety of vehicles (Heavy Tactical Vehicles, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical, guided missile transporters, wreckers, Palletized Load Systems, trailers; and winches). See contract for #s.
Raytheon received $24,114,820 for Abrams and Bradley fighting vehicle parts. Sole-source.
Tecmotiv (USA) Inc. received $13,959,556 for 96 more overhauled engines: air cooled V-engine configuration, diesel supercharged 1790-8CR M88A2.
SMALL ARMS & LIGHT WEAPONRY (SALW)
Orbital ATK and Olin Corp. received a shared $65,000,000 for small caliber non-reoccurring engineering services.
GEAR & EQUIPMENT
CACI (Six3) received $10,539,652 to design, develop, and validate system prototypes for a combined-arms squad, which combines humans & unmanned assets, ubiquitous communications & information, and advanced capabilities to maximize squad performance in complex operational environments.
Gentex Corp. received $51,422,600 for up to 84,376 enhanced combat helmets and data reports.
Kaercher Futuretech GmbH, (Schwaikheim, Germany) received $26,539,580 for the Expeditionary Water Packaging System.
L-3 Communications received $17,879,432 for multifunction lasers. Sole-source.
CLOTHING
Belleville Shoe Co. received $11,105,705 for safety boots.
Burlington Industries received $20,400,000 for blue, shade 451, poly/wool cloth for U.S. Army.  Burlington Industries received $14,263,200 for blue, shade 450, poly/wool cloth. National Industries For the Blind received $14,454,000 for Army physical fitness uniform jackets. Tennier Industries Inc. received $12,339,379 for camouflage parkas. Tullahoma Industries (Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico) received $59,389,738 for four types of Army trousers.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Lockheed Martin received $23,840,000 for up to 859 Blue Force Tracking 2 installation kits.
Northrop Grumman received $39,098,906 to support collective training of Army units in Forth Leavenworth, per Army Force Generation process.
PAE Aviation & Technical Services received $8,798,995 for aviation field maintenance pass-back support at Nation Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA.
Tape LLC received $14,060,501 for all technical and analytical support for the family of Army training models.
Tapestry Solutions Inc. received $10,333,831 for mission command training support services in support of Seventh Army Training Command (7ATC).
CBRNE
TSI Inc. received $13,485,917 for modernized 8020M M41 [PDF] protection assessment test systems and accessories. One bid solicited, one received.
FORCE PROTECTION
Serco Inc. received $101,484,886 for chemical management services to support the Fleet Readiness Center East, Southeast, and Southwest.
FUEL & ENERGY
Airport Aviation Services Inc. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) received $8,763,680 for jet fuel. Air Wilmington Inc. received $7,261,605 for various types of fuel. BP received $244,625,032 for jet fuel. City of Bangor, Maine received $38,376,088 for various types of fuel.
Structural Associates Inc. received $23,170,900 for Hydrant Fuel System installation at Dover AFB.
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. received $11,615,029 for central heating plant conversion at MCAS Cherry Point.
MEDICAL
America’s Staffing Partner; Choctaw Staffing Solutions; Reef FSR – Healthcare; Soft Power Solutions; Standard Technology; Stratus Federal Solutions; T.A. Consulting; Technical Professional Services received a shared $129,039,000 for admin & program services at naval hospitals, medical centers, and clinics.
Blue Cord Design & Construction; Construction Services Group; ESA South; GBD JV; Valiant Construction; Patriot Construction; Royce Construction Services; Terra Construction received a shared $49,000,000 for repair and construction in support of U.S. Army Medical Command, Southern Region.
LabRepCo LLC received $13,802,250 for hospital equipment and accessories.
OptumHealth Care Solutions received $200,497,921 for Global Nurse Advice Line services, which provides 24/7 access to telehealth registered nurses for triage services, self-care advice, and general health inquiries.
TRANSPORTATION 
For worldwide commercial multimodal transportation, American President Lines received $59,588,000; Liberty Global Logistics received $49,588,000; National Air Cargo Group received $59,588,000; United Airlines received $49,588,000.
Patriot Shipping received $7,465,125 for a dry cargo time charter in support of Pacific Pathways 17-2 on USA’s west coast, south Pacific, and Far East.
TLD America Corp. received $12,000,000 for K loaders for Army Sustainment Command.
ENVIRONMENTAL
North Wind Solutions received $20,000,000 to help install remedial action infrastructure, per final work plan, soil & structures contaminated with OU-8 depleted uranium.
FOOD SERVICES
Global Connections to Employment Inc. received $10,503,398 for dining facility and cooking services at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. USFI Inc. received $301,000,000 for food line distribution.
DOMESTIC BASE SUPPORT - Base operations (a.k.a. base support services) usually involve a combination of: facility management, fire & emergency services, grounds maintenance, janitorial services, pavement clearance, pest control, utilities, vehicles & equipment service, and waste management.
Pride Industries received $17,832,110 for base operations services at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Sole-source.
TRAX International received $111,489,021 for planning, logistics, operation, maintenance, research, and development of systems, equipment, and facilities for the White Sands Missile Range test and evaluation mission at White Sands Missile Range.
TRAX International received $16,432,596 for non-personal test support services in Yuma, AZ; and Fort Greely.
OVERSEAS BASE SUPPORT
Schuyler Line Navigation received $8,500,000 to receive cargo from vendors in Denmark, and then load, store offload, and transport the cargo to Thule AB.
CONSULTING, ADMIN & LOGISTICS
ATSG Corp.; Cowan & Associates; Immersion Consulting; Mission Services Inc.; REEMA Consulting; Target Systems; Veteran Engineering & Technology received a shared $9,291,701 for commercially available business operations support. Includes program management; budget analysis and financial program support; admin; public affairs support; IT support; event coordination & logistics; and social media support at various locations.
Battle Memorial Institute received $10,332,484 to provide advisory, analytical, and assistance services on logistics processes to U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff G-4, Washington, D.C.
CPS Professional Services LLC received $1,630,422 to help Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness with admin services: Management Support Office/human capital management; Personnel and Readiness Executive Services Directorate; strategic initiatives; and the Department of Defense/Veterans Affairs Collaboration Office.
T.A. Consulting Inc.; PB&A Inc.; Southeastern Archaeological Research received a shared $23,437,207 for commercially available cultural services support (program & project management; historian; archiving; curator; publishing; archeology; museum specialists; photography; and conservation) at various locations.
FINANCES
Accenture Federal Services received $59,459,062 for maintenance & operations on General Fund Enterprise Business System.
Cotton & Co. LLP received $24,588,105 to help the Pentagon audit working capital funds.
Grant Thornton LLP received $29,217,140 to help USSOCOM with general fund audit services.
Lockheed Martin received $13,155,031 for part of a settlement agreement, re: accounts for the impact of the Cost Accounting Standards Pension Harmonization Rule, effective 27 February 2012.
PricewaterhouseCoopers received $16,086,144 to help Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) with audit readiness, liaison, and systems support.
BUSINESS & OFFICE SUPPORT
CGI Federal Inc. received $13,849,802 for the Army Contract Writing System.
OVERSEAS CONSTRUCTION
Eastern Construction & Electric received $9,118,250 for gas station entrance barriers in Puerto Rico.
DOMESTIC INFRASTRUCTURE
Bencor Global Inc. received $17,500,000 for East Branch cutoff wall rehabilitation, East Branch River Lake, Wilcox, PA. Cayo LLC received $22,974,427 for a hurricane protection and pump station in Louisiana. Fordice Construction received $8,678,810 for casting articulated concrete mattress in St. Francisville, LA. Johnson Brothers Corp. received $27,421,677 for Kentucky Lock downstream cofferdam construction in Grand Rivers, KY. Kipper Tool Co. received $377,500,000 for water well drillers in Georgia and Colorado. Knight Construction & Supply Inc. received $20,689,300 for Chief Joseph Dam spillway gates lifecycle maintenance in Bridgeport, WA.
DOMESTIC AIRFIELD REHABILITATION
Harper Construction received $69,067,750 to restore hangars, out buildings, and taxi & parking ramps at Combined Test Force Compound, Edwards AFB.
Mesa Verde Enterprises Inc. received $8,394,467 for hazardous cargo pad and taxiway construction at Holloman AFB.
DOMESTIC CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
AECOM received $9,800,000 for geotechnical and environmental services. AECOM received $13,500,000 to help with long-term environmental action in NAVFAC Pacific: Hawaii (90%); Guam (10%).
Caddell Construction Co. received $32,935,000 for build a 2nd Radio Battalion at Camp Lejeune.
Catamount Constructors Inc. received $9,917,272 to build an access control point at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.
Global Construction Group, P&L General Contractors Inc., Southwest Construction & Property Management received $82,000,000 for roofing construction, and repair within NAVFAC Northwest Puget Sound Region.
Exbon Development; DSB-RLR JV; North Star Construction; North Wind Construction; Kautaq-Northcon Team; Sierra Range Construction received a shared $40,000,000 for maintenance, repair, and construction at Nellis and Creech AFB.
GSI Pacific Inc. received $12,867,312 to repair Drydock No. 4 caisson at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
INK Arch LLC received $15,000,000 for architectural and other projects in NAVFAC Hawaii.
The Mason & Hanger Group Inc. received $8,000,000 for architect and engineering services for Army Reserve and other military projects within Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.
MOCA Systems received $25,000,000 for cost engineering services in support of USACE nationwide cost engineering projects.
National Native American Construction; Pro-Mark Services;Sand Point Services Inc.; T.F. Powers Construction; Exbon Development Inc. received a shared $75,000,000 for construction at Grand Forks AFB and Cavalier AFS.
The Oak Group Inc.; Pontiac Drywall Systems Inc. Q.B.S. Inc.; Smart ATI-KMK JV received a shared $95,000,000 for construction projects in NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic North Integrated Product Team (IPT).
Pond & Co.; Austin Brockenbrough & Assoc. LLP; Robert & Co.; Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co.; Argus Consulting Inc.; Enterprise Engineering Inc. received a shared $49,900,000 for architect-engineering design services.
RQ-DPR JV received $16,818,250 to repair & renovate unaccompanied housing Building 282 at Naval Support Activity, Hampton Roads Portsmouth Annex.
SmartATI/KBE JV received $16,612,846 to build unaccompanied housing at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
Tetra Tech Inc. received $9,500,000 for engineering & design services helping Walla Walla District & Northwest Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Tetra Tech Merrick JV received $10,000,000 for architect-engineering services with a primary focus in the area of civil works for USACE Savannah, GA.
Upstate Construction Services Inc. received $14,552,170 to build a Non-commission Officer's Academy complex at Fort Drum, NY.
DREDGING
Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting received $14,915,984 for mechanical dredging for the New Bedford lower harbor.  Great Lakes Dock & Dredge Co. received $7,726,190 for Atchafalaya River bay and bar channel dredging.
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Christian Sorensen, a Newsbud Contributing Author & Analyst, is a U.S. military veteran.
A-RCI = acoustic rapid commercial-off-the-shelf
LRIP = low rate initial production
PEO = program executive office, the space where military and civilian officials direct a major acquisition program
SRA = selected restricted availability = implementation of depot-level maintenance and modifications with the goal of updating a ship’s technical and military capabilities
TI = technical insertion
*Editing consolidated similar contracts. Italics indicate notes from the editor.
**Any clerical errors are the editor’s alone. Each month, Boiling Frogs Post / NEWSBUD presents a distillation of the previous month’s DOD Contracts. Check back regularly.
***To avoid competitive bidding, DOD invokes 10 U.S.C. 2304, FAR 6.302, and FAR 8.405-6. DOD uses 15 U.S.C. 638 to avoid competitive bidding when dealing with small businesses. DOD uses CFR 206.302-4 to avoid competitive bidding when dealing with treaties and foreign transactions.