By Geoff Fein and Emelie Rutherford In a letter to John Young, the Pentagon's top weapon's buyer, Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.), raised his concerns that the DDG-1000 has the potential to bankrupt all other Navy shipbuilding efforts and could cripple the service's shipbuilding plan. The letter follows Young's appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week where he questioned numbers contained in a May 7 letter sent from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead to Sen. Edward Kennedy…
Contract Updates
USTRANSCOM has awarded a firm-fixed price (indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract) – $10,915,926.84,
USTRANSCOM has awarded a firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, with a face value of $10,915,926.84, to SSA Atlantic LLC, Jacksonville, Florida, (HTC71126DE119). This contract provides Stevedoring and Related Terminal Services (S&RTS) in Florida, at the Ports of Jacksonville. The base…
The Boeing Co. (Ridley Park, Pennsylvania) – $183,163,191.00
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $183,163,191.00 Firm-Fixed Price delivery order modification (Contract Number W91215-16-G-000 H9224122F0002 P00004) for procurement of H-47ER Rotary Wing Aircraft in support of United Kingdom Foreign Military Sales through U.S. Special Operations Command.…
CORRECTION: The contract announced on Dec. 15 2025 (for Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries, Corbin) – $14,312,903
CORRECTION: The contract announced on Dec. 15, 2025, for Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries,* Corbin, Kentucky (SPE1C1-24-D-N017) for $14,312,903 was announced with an incorrect award date. The correct award date is Dec. 17, 2025.
RGAS LLC (Houston, Texas) – $16,477,807
RGAS LLC,** Houston, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $16,477,807 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under solicitation SPE4A7-25-R-0788 for various hydrofluorocarbon carbon gases. This was a competitive acquisition with five responses received. This is a one-year base contract with two one-year option…