The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Dec. 7 successfully launched the eighth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-8) satellite, according to a service statement.Launch took place at 6:53 p.m. EST at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on a Delta IV rocket. Over the following few months, WGS-8 prime contractor Boeing [BA] was set to begin on-orbit testing of the satellite to verify performance and prepare the satellite for operational use. WGS-8 is scheduled to enter operations in early…
Contract Updates
Hartech Group LLC (New Port Richey, Florida) – $10,153,033
Hartech Group LLC, New Port Richey, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $10,153,033 firm-fixed-price contract for three high precision jig grinders with Fanuc controllers. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (c)(1), as stated in Federal…
Lockheed Martin Space (Sunnyvale, California) – $142,621,543
Lockheed Martin Space, Sunnyvale, California, is being awarded a $142,621,543 noncompetitive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00073) under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The total value of the contract increased to $876,747,896.…
Amentum Services (Chantilly, Virginia) – $10,645,952
Amentum Services, Chantilly, Virginia, was awarded a $10,645,952 cost-no-fee, time-and-materials modification (P00074) to contract W58RGZ-25-C-0004 to provide global aviation maintenance services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $158,855,989. Work will be performed in Schofield…
General Electric Co. (Lynn, Massachusetts) – $26,950,000
General Electric Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, was awarded a $26,950,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00100) to contract W58RGZ-19-C-0003 to support the engineering and manufacturing development of the improved turbine engine. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $862,954,255.…
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