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Archives by date > 2009 > December > 20th

$558M to 6 Firms for USAF Medical Research Support

Dec 20, 2009 16:01 UTC

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Hyperbaric Medicine Chamber
at Brooks City-Base, TX

The US Air Force Research Laboratory awarded 6 contracts worth a combined $558 million for administrative and functional support, medical and biomedical research assistance, clinical and clinical hyperbaric medicine services, environmental bio-terrorism support, technology evaluation and research studies support services at Brooks City-Base, TX and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.

Brooks City-Base is home to the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), [pdf] which is a center for aerospace medical learning, consultation, aerospace medical investigations and aircrew health assessments. The school operates a hyperbaric medicine chamber, which exposes patients to large amounts of oxygen to enrich blood and increase the body’s ability to heal.

The winners of the medical research support contracts are:

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Australia Signs S-70A Black Hawk Through-Life Support Contract

Dec 20, 2009 12:33 UTC

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S-70 Sydney

S-70A over Sydney

Fresh off of a 7-year contract with BAE Australia to maintain its S-70B-2 naval helicopters, Australia’s DoD is signing a shorter contract with the same firm to cover the Army’s S-70A Black Hawk fleet. The Black Hawks began service in 1986, and the 3-year, A$ 35 million ($31 million) S-70A maintenance contract has 5 one-year options that could extend the contract through to the helicopters’ expected withdrawal from service in 2017-2018.

Australia’s Black Hawks have been used domestically and in a number of international deployments, but their lack of full defensive systems has prevented deployment to dangerous conflict zones like Afghanistan…

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Barnhart to Renovate 2 Barracks at Naval Base Coronado

Dec 20, 2009 10:27 UTC

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The Naval Facilities Engineering Command awarded a $22.2 million firm-fixed-price task order under a multiple award construction contract to Barnhart in San Diego, CA for the renovation and repair of 2 single enlisted barracks – buildings 783 and 787 – at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego, CA.

Naval Base Coronado is a consolidated US Navy installation including 8 military facilities stretching from San Clemente Island to the La Posta Mountain Warfare Training Facility, encompassing more than 57,000 acres. It is the largest command in the southwest region of the United States…

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