Americas
Lockheed Martin won a $678.4 million modification, which adds scope to procure various material modification kits, special test/tooling equipment, and associated seed assets to support the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft retrofit and modification efforts for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-US Department of Defense (DoD) F-35 program partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in December 2028. The order and contract being modified were not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Vigor Marine won a $7.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for the 50-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s fast combat support vessel USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11). This contract includes a base period and two unexercised options for additional work and time, which if exercised, would increase the cumulative value of this contract to $7,991,778. Work will be performed in Portland, Oregon, beginning January 10, 2025, and is expected to be completed by February 28, 2025. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the sam.gov website and three offers received. Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
Middle East & Africa
Qatar has invested in GM Defense’s Suburban Shield vehicles for the armed forces and special forces command. The Suburban Shield’s design combines General Motors’ proprietary large pickup truck and sport utility vehicle offerings that incorporate a “high percentage” of commercially-sourced hull and propulsion components.
Europe
European leaders have cautioned Donald Trump against violating the sovereignty of other NATO allies across the continent, following comments by the US president-elect that did not rule out using military force to annex Greenland’s territory. Trump, who will be sworn in on January 20, said earlier this week that he would not preclude employing military or economic action to make the Arctic island part of United States.