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Archives by date > 2006 > November > 3rd

Rapid Fire 03-11-2006: Joint Cargo Aircraft Light Transport

Nov 03, 2006 13:33 UTC

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RU-38 Twin Condor

  • Iran preparing more centrifuges for uranium enrichment, prepares to fire ballistic missiles in war games.

  • NATO Armament Directors: Ballistic missile defense & Ground Surveillance progress. Note that “ground surveillance” = the AGS Program.

  • US Intelligence community’s “IntelligenceWiki”

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Up to $545M Over 3 Years for Basic Radio Spectrum Support (updated)

Nov 03, 2006 07:44 UTC

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On August 4, 2005, DefenseLINK announced that ITT Industries Inc., DBA(Doing Business As) Advanced Engineering & Sciences in Reston, VA won a 10-year, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency, Joint Spectrum Center. This contract “will provide the Joint Spectrum Center with electromagnetic spectrum engineering services, to include engineering and analysis; information management; standards development and application; measurement, testing, and evaluation; modeling and simulation; research and evaluation of emerging technologies; interference resolution; and ordnance risk assessment.”

What does that mean, why is this award to an ITT-led team important, and who is on the team?

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USAF Spends $88M for Costing & Calculations Help

Nov 03, 2006 06:05 UTC

Tecolote Research Inc. in Goleta, CA and Quantech Services Inc. in Bedford, MA are being awarded an $88 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract. This contract will procure specialized costing services for Hanscom Air Force Base for the next four years. These services includes but are not limited to cost estimating, earned value computations, what if calculations, etc. These calculations are important for benchmarking the performance of major weapons programs et. al., and feed into both project management and top-level acquisition & budgeting decisions.

The Air Force can issue delivery orders to these contractors totaling up to $88 million, but doesn’t have to spend it all. At this time, $1.2 million has been obligated. Solicitations began June 2006, negotiations were complete October 2006, and work will be complete October 2010. The Headquarters Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA issued the contract (FA8721-07-D-0002-0001 and FA8721-07-D-0003-0001).

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Another $301.5M to Renovate the Pentagon

Nov 03, 2006 05:43 UTC

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Hensel Phelps Construction Co. in Chantilly, VA received a $301.5 million modification to a fixed-price incentive with award-fee contract, for in-scope changes to the Pentagon renovation. Work will be performed in Arlington, VA and is expected to be complete by Dec. 30, 2010.This was a sole source contract initiated on Jan. 19, 2001 by the Pentagon Renovation & Construction Program Office in Arlington, VA (MDA947-01-C-2001).

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