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January 12, 2016 (Release No: CR-007-16)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/642757Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $28,842,000 not-to-exceed, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-14-G-0020). This delivery order provides for air vehicle retrofit modifications associated with the
F-35A fuel tank overpressure engineering change proposal in support of the Air Force, and the governments of Australia, Italy, the
Netherlands, and Norway. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (62 percent); Ogden, Utah (28 percent); and Palmdale, California (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2017. Fiscal 2014 and 2015 aircraft procurement (Air Force); 2016 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force); and international partner funds in the amount of $14,421,000 will be obligated at time of award, $6,656,033 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases of the Air Force ($26,855,466; 93.11 percent); and the governments of
Netherlands ($1,633,244; 5.67 percent); Italy ($201,880; 0.70 percent); Norway ($100,940; 0.35 percent) and Australia ($50,470; 0.17 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
(Release No: CR-250-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/639485 Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $13,495,233 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024‑15‑C-5408) for procurement of 19
SM-2 Block IIIA Zumwalt flight-test-rounds for DDG 1000 class Ships (Zumwalt configuration). This contract modification also involves a purchase for the
Netherlands as a result of an international agreement between the governments of the United States and the
Netherlands. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (50 percent); Andover, Massachusetts (25 percent); Mountain View, California (11 percent); Camden, Arkansas (4 percent); San Diego, California (5 percent); Chandler, Arizona (3 percent); Hudson, New Hampshire (1 percent); and Redmond, Washington (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed August 2018. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation; fiscal 2015 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy); fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance (Navy); and Memorandum of Understanding (
Netherlands) funding in the amount of $13,495,233 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $10,691,917 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract modification was not competitively procured in accordance with the authority from 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) and FAR 6.302-1 (a) (2). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
December 21, 2015 (Release No: CR-245-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/637649 Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $1,171,206,489 advance acquisition contract for the advance procurement of long lead time materials, parts, components and effort to maintain the planned production schedule for
F-35 low rate initial production lot 11 aircraft. The advance acquisition effort includes 80 F-35A aircraft (28 for the U.S. Air Force; 6 for the government of Norway; 4 for the government of Turkey; 8 for the government of the
Netherlands; 8 for the government of Australia; 10 for the government of Israel; 6 for the government of Japan; and 10 for the government of South Korea); 7 F-35B aircraft (6 for the U.S. Marine Corps; and 1 for the United Kingdom); and 4 F-35C aircraft for the U.S. Navy. This contract also includes an undefinitized contract action for production of 2 F-35A aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and F-35C aircraft for the U.S. Navy. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (55 percent); El Segundo, California (15 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (10 percent); Orlando, Florida (5 percent); Nashua, New Hampshire (5 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (5 percent); and Nagoya, Japan (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2019. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Air Force, Navy), fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement (Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps), non-U.S. DoD partner and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $847,929,604 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchase for the U.S. Air Force ($401,509,516; 34.3 percent); U.S. Navy ($256,433,369; 21.9 percent); U.S. Marine Corps ($106,500,000; 9.1 percent); non-U.S. DoD partners ($207,069,044; 17.7 percent) and foreign military sales ($199,694,560; 17 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-16-C-0033).
November 30, 2015 (Release No: CR-229-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/631575 The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded $9,018,848 for firm-fixed-fee-price delivery order 2067 to exercise an option against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for follow-on integrated logistics support/engineering services in support of the
Harpoon/Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response missile system and Harpoon launch systems for the Navy and the governments of Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia,
Netherland, Oman, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Missouri (91.84 percent); St. Louis, Missouri (5.47 percent); Yorktown, Virginia (2.64 percent); and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (0.05 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2017. Fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds; and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $9,018,848 are being obligated on this award, of which $2,425,166 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($2,425,166; 26.89 percent); and the governments of Korea ($986,268; 10.94 percent); Taiwan ($783,148; 8.68 percent); Turkey ($506,886; 5.62 percent); Japan ($504,179; 5.59 percent); Egypt ($503,268; 5.58 percent); Saudi Arabia ($421,531; 4.67 percent); Australia ($381,336; 4.23 percent); United Kingdom ($347,333; 3.85 percent); Canada ($254,720; 2.82 percent); Chile ($241,248; 2.67 percent); Israel ($207,323; 2.30 percent); Portugal ($202,207; 2.24 percent); India ($189,909; 2.11 percent); Thailand $186,382; 2.07 percent); Singapore ($154,170; 1.71 percent); Bahrain ($140,478; 1.56 percent); Kuwait ($99,253; 1.10 percent); United Arab Emirates ($95,726; 1.06 percent); Malaysia ($95,506; 1.06 percent); Oman ($94,404; 1.05 percent);
Netherlands ($82,669; 0.92 percent); Germany ($66,136; 0.73 percent); and Denmark ($49,601; 0.55 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
November 9, 2015 (Release No: CR-216-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/628342 Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $112,779,000 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-15-C-0003) for the procurement of additional long-lead time items necessary for the manufacture and delivery of low-rate initial production
Lot 10 F-35A aircraft for the Air Force and Lot 11 F-35A aircraft for the government of the
Netherlands. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (30 percent); El Segundo, California (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Florida (10 percent); Nashua, New Hampshire (5 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (5 percent); and Cameri, Italy (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2019. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Air Force); and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) participant funds in the amount of $112,779,000 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchase for the Air Force ($99,060,000; 88 percent) and non-U.S. DoD participants ($13,719,000; 12 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
October 30, 2015 (Release No: CR-209-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/626771 Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is being awarded $16,619,241 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the
NATO Seasparrow Missile System Design Agent engineering and technical support. The contractor shall provide a variety of Design Agent program management, engineering, technical and logistics services and supplies necessary to provide effective life cycle support and modernization of the NATO Seasparrow Project Office Combat System Division portfolio, which includes the MK 57 NATO Seasparrow Surface Missile System, the MK 48/56 Guided Missile Vertical Launch System, MK 41 Vertical Launch System related software and equipment, and a variety of lab and special test equipment. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $89,080,693. This contract combines purchases for the Navy and the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Turkey as part of the NATO Seasparrow Consortium. The Navy share is 40 percent of the program, and the partner nations will combine for 60 percent of the program. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Rhode Island (94 percent); Marlborough, Massachusetts (3 percent); and San Diego, California (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2016. Fiscal 2015 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $2,027,741; fiscal 2008 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $653,250; fiscal 2015 international funding in the amount of $570,629; and foreign military sales funding in the amount of $100,000 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(4). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-16-C-5418).
September 25, 2015 (Release No: CR-184-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/620608
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $264,805,607 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an
AIM-9X system improvement program to provide additional capability and resolve obsolescence issues for the Navy, Air Force, and the governments of Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Belgium,
Netherlands and Turkey under the Foreign Military Sales program. The effort includes engineering services required to incorporate new AIM-9X missile components and associated software updates into the Lot 17 and Lot 19 production programs. This effort will also provide development, integration, and flight test support for AIM-9X Block II hardware and software. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (95.5 percent); Andover, Massachusetts (2.3 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (1.5 percent); and other various continental U.S. locations (0.7 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2020. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy and Air Force), and foreign military sales funds, in the amount of $46,424,785 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force ($24,783,835; 53.35 percent); Navy ($10,746,165; 23.15 percent); and the governments of Turkey ($3,340,868; 7.2 percent);
Netherlands ($1,900,000; 4.6 percent); Belgium ($2,098,917; 4.5 percent); Singapore ($1,960,000; 4.3 percent); Malaysia ($1,310,000; 2.8 percent); and Korea ($285,000; .1 percent). This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-15-C-0121).
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Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $227,047,688 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-15-C-0092) for procurement of 447 AIM-9X Block II all up round tactical full-rate production Lot 15 missiles for the Navy (102), Air Force (243), and the governments of Japan (9), Korea (76), Romania (12), and Israel (5). In addition, this modification provides for the procurement of 129 Block II captive air training missiles for the Navy (54), Air Force (60), Army (2), and the governments of Korea (2), Romania (6), and Israel (5); 7 special air training missiles for the Army; 174 all up round containers for the Navy (44), Air Force (85), Army (10), and the governments of Japan (3), Korea (19), Romania (7), and Israel (6); 4 captive test missiles for the Army (2), Navy (1) and Air Force (1); one test asset for the Navy; spares for the Navy, Air Force; and 12 lots of spares for Australia (1), Finland (1), Singapore (1), Korea (1), Switzerland (1), Morocco (1), Belgium (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Oman (2), the Netherlands (1), and Romania (1). Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (43.74 percent); Andover, Massachusetts (10.08 percent); Valencia, California (6.63 percent); Ontario Canada, Midland (5.54 percent); Rocket Center, West Virginia (5.49 percent); Vancouver, Washington (5.07 percent); Goleta, California (2.86 percent); Cheshire, Connecticut (2.05 percent); Heilbronn, Germany (1.88 percent); Simsbury, Connecticut (1.61 percent); San Jose, California (1.48 percent); Anniston, Alabama (1.31 percent); Cincinnati, Ohio (1.22 percent); Maniago, Italy (1.21 percent); Chatsworth, California (1.11 percent); San Diego, California (1.04 percent); Montgomery, Alabama (0.60 percent); Orlando, Florida (0.55 percent); Newbury Park, California (0.50 percent); El Segundo, California (0.50 percent) Claremont, California (0.43 percent); Joplin, Missouri (0.39 percent); Lombard, Illinois (0.28 percent); El Cajon, California (0.15 percent) and various locations inside and outside the continental U.S. (4.28 percent). Work is expected to be completed in December 2017. Fiscal 2013, 2014, and 2015 missile procurement (Air Force and Army); fiscal 2013 and 2015 weapons procurement (Navy); fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy); and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $227,047,688 are being obligated on this award, $815,817 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c) (1). This contract combines purchases for the Air Force ($113,451,928; 49.97 percent), the Navy ($53,057,371; 23.37 percent); the Army ($4,187,870; 1.84 percent); and the governments of Korea ($38,156,051; 16.81 percent); Romania ($7,398,811; 3.26 percent); Japan ($4,461,206; 1.96 percent); Israel ($3,667,822; 1.62 percent); Singapore ($702,297; 0.31 percent); Oman ($572,508; 0.25 percent); Finland ($421,032; 0.18 percent); Belgium ($442,585; 0.19 percent); Saudi Arabia ($284,386; 0.13 percent); Australia ($149,523; 0.06 percent); Switzerland ($50,117; 0.02 percent); the Netherlands ($41,614; 0.02 percent); and Morocco ($2,567; 0.01 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. September 2, 2015 (Release No: CR-168-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/616022 Lockheed Martin Sippican Inc., Marion, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $20,045,915 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-11-C-6404 to exercise option year four for the production of
MK48 Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System Functional Item replacement kits and related engineering services. This modification includes foreign military sales (FMS) to Canada and the
Netherlands. Work will be performed in Marion, Massachusetts (95 percent); and Syracuse, New York (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by May 2018. Fiscal 2015 weapons procurement (Navy); FMS (Canada and
Netherlands); fiscal 2015 operation and maintenance (Navy); and FMS (
Netherlands) funding in the amount of $20,045,915 will be obligated at time of award, and $49,958 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
August 28, 2015 (Release No: CR-165-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/615285 Thales Raytheon Systems Co. LLC, Fullerton, California, was awarded a $82,606,668 cost-plus-fixed-fee, multi-year, foreign military sales contract (Finland, Lithuania,
Netherlands, Chile) for
sentinel radar technical/logistical services. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2018. One bid was solicited with one received. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-15-D-0058).
August 4, 2015 (Release No: CR-147-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/612905 Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $431,322,997 modification to the previously awarded
Lot IX F-35 Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter advance acquisition contract (N00019-14-C-0002) for the procurement of production non-recurring items. These items include special tooling and special test equipment items that are critical to meeting current and future production rates for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps; non-U.S. Department of Defense participants; and foreign military sales customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); Palmdale, California (10 percent); Nashua, New Hampshire (8 percent); Preston, United Kingdom (7 percent); San Diego, California (5 percent); Orlando, Florida (4 percent); Marietta, Georgia (4 percent); Torino, Italy (4 percent); Merrimack, New Hampshire (4 percent); Eagan, Minnesota (4 percent); Hauppauge, New York (2 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (2 percent); Alpharetta, Georgia (2 percent); Rolling Meadows, Illinois (2 percent); Cheltenham, United Kingdom (2 percent); Grenaa, Denmark (1 percent); Hoogeveen,
Netherlands (1 percent); Melbourne, Florida (1 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (1 percent); and Garden Grove, California (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2018. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force), non-U.S. Department of Defense participant, and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $431,322,997 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchase for the Air Force ($150,136,184; 34.81 percent); Navy ($75,068,092; 17.40 percent); Marine Corps ($75,068,092; 17.40 percent); non-U.S. Department of Defense participants ($75,392,333; 17.48 percent); and foreign military sales customers ($55,658,296; 12.91 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
June 30, 2015 (Release No: CR-123-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Article/606881Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $19,641,417 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3002) for requirements development and maturation efforts for the
F-35 Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter Air System. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in March 2016. Fiscal 2014 research and development (Navy and Air Force); fiscal 2015 research and development (Navy, Air Force and Marine Corp.); and Cooperative Partner funds in the amount of $19,641,417 will be obligated at the time of award, $1,655,373 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchase for the U.S. Navy ($5,597,287; 28.7 percent); U.S. Air Force ($5,408,209; 27.54 percent); U.S. Marine Corps. ($3,904,548; 19.7 percent); and the Governments of Australia ($710,521; 3.61 percent); Canada ($337,155; 1.7 percent); Italy ($466,752; 2.38 percent);
Netherlands ($217,537; 1.1 percent); Norway ($711,221; 3.62 percent); Turkey ($1,359,110; 6.92 percent); and United Kingdom ($929,076; 4.73 percent) under a Cooperative Agreement. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
June 25, 2015 Army (Release No: CR-120-15)
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Article/606878Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, was awarded an $8,310,252 modification (P00066) to foreign military sales contract W15QKN-08-C-0530 (
Netherlands) for
100 Excalibur 155mm projectiles and 12 palletized containers. Work will be performed in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; McAlester, Oklahoma; Farmington, New Mexico; East Camden, Arkansas; Valencia, Santa Ana, Inglewood , Chino, Healdsburg and Corona, California; Anniston Alabama; Cincinnati, Ohio; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Joplin, Missouri; Lowell, Massachusetts; McKinney, Texas; Woodridge, Illinois; Salt Lake City, Utah; Congers, New York; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Karlskoga, Sweden; and Glenrothes and Plymouth, United Kingdom, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2015. Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $8,310,252 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.
The report is written by Catherine A. Theohary for the Congressional Research Service (CRS). She replaces Richard F. Grimmett, who has been the author for such a long time that the report had become known as the Grimmett-report. The rebirth of the report with a new author was launched with a media strategy. It was a week after publication before it became really public. This gave the New York Times the possibility to write an 
The meeting on the Dutch submarine acquisition, organised in The Hague by the Officers Associations (GOV) and the Dutch Atlantic Commission, can bee seen as the start of a public campaign for higher military expenditures to be able to buy new submarines. The attendants at the meeting unanimously agreed that without a budget increase this will be impossible. But for what reason should the Dutch need those expensive invisible boats? How will they find their way on the worldwide, supply-driven market for submarines? Former Secretary of Defence Wim van Eekelen, sitting on the front row, asked how the costs would be kept under control. He had bad memories about his own time in government when costs of a similar project had run out of hand. The Walrus scandal is one of the more well known Dutch political affairs. “We will fence the costs and the general accounting office is already involved,” reassured speaker Commander Niels Woudstra of the Dutch military academia.
Al jaren bereidt de krijgsmacht in stilte de aanschaf van nieuwe onderzeeërs voor. Het wordt een peperduur project op een toch al overvolle markt, maar leuk voor de wapenindustrie.
The figures show some worrying trends. Saudi Arabia is again the most prominent client for European arms deliveries in 2014. Almost €1.5 billion was sold by France, Spain. Italy, the Czech Republic Finland, Sweden and several other countries. The Wahhabi Kingdom is also the most prominent EU arms destination for the last fifteen year. Among the big clients of European arms in 2014 we also find Algeria, Morocco, India, the UAE and Turkey. When you consider the poverty in some of these countries, or the involvement in regional or internal conflict in others it is astonishing that governments consider them legal destinations for a European Union following an ethical arms trade policy. For Saudi Arabia this argument is even stronger, in the light of 
