The Air Force requested $378 million for further system development and demonstration of its Space Fence space situational awareness program in fiscal year 2014, according to President Barack Obama’s budget request, which was released Wednesday. Space Fence would be a S-band radar tracking orbiting objects and other debris passing over the United States that could damage satellites. It would replace the Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), or VHF Fence, that has been in service since 1961. Raytheon [RTN] and…
Contract Updates
Intertrade Limited (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – $9,272,637
Intertrade Limited, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a maximum $9,272,637 firm-fixed-price contract for F-16 generator controls. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a four-year…
Cottonwood Inc. (Lawrence, Kansas) – $44,370,000
Cottonwood Inc.,** Lawrence, Kansas, has been awarded a maximum $44,370,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for aircraft cargo tie down straps. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(5), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 8.7. This is…
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Parsippany, New Jersey) – $46,087,497
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Parsippany, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $46,087,497 modification (P00009) exercising the third one-year option period of a five-year base contract (SPE2DP-20-D-0002) with five one-year option periods for adenovirus type 4 and type 7 vaccines.…
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) – $64,111,631
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded an estimated $64,111,631 delivery order (SPRTA1-26-F-0034) and modification (P00015) to a four-year subsumable base contract (SPRTA1-19-D-0001) with one five-year option period for additional pricing for the manufacture and production of…