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dinsdag 21 april 2015

US Defense Contracts with Dutch participation (08/07/14-20/04/15)

Products bought by the Dutch state and with Dutch participation (work will be performed by).

No: 518-13, July 17, 2013 , NAVY,
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $19,070,236 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-5403) for Standard Missile engineering and technical services for the U.S. Navy, other government agencies and foreign military sales.  This contract will provide engineering and technical services for Standard Missile 2, 3 and 6.  These services include research and development efforts; design, systems, and production engineering; technical services; evaluation services; component improvement services; and production proofing services for missile producibility, missile production, and shipboard integration for fiscal years 2013-2017.  This contract includes foreign military sales to Japan (28 percent), Australia (24 percent), Korea (21.5 percent), Germany (8.3 percent), Netherlands (8.3 percent), Taiwan (7 percent), Canada (1.7 percent), and Spain (1.2 percent).  Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (86.8 percent); Andover, Mass. (9.4 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (1.7 percent); Arlington, Va. (1.1 percent); Camden, Ark. (0.7 percent); and White Sands, N.M. (0.3 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2014.  Fiscal 2013 research, development, test & evaluation, Department of Defense, foreign military sales, fiscal 2013 research, development, test & evaluation, Navy, fiscal 2012 other procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $18,474,253 will be obligated at the time of the award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. 

No: CR-148-14, August 05, 2014, NAVY,
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $43,991,627 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-12-C-2002) for the design, development, and engineering analysis of the AIM-9X Block II Missile System for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the governments of Turkey, Oman, Belgium, Netherlands, Singapore, Malaysia, and Morocco. This modification includes the necessary replacements for the AIM-9X Control Actuation System, inertial measurement unit, electronics unit processor and improvements in insensitive munitions performance in the hardware development and Operational Flight Software versions 9.4X, 9.15X and 10.X. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (91.6 percent); Minneapolis, Minnesota (6.5 percent); Pinellas Park, Florida (1.3 percent); and Andover, Massachusetts (0.6 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2015. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy and Air Force) funds and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $22,092,354, will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($23,620,000; 53.7 percent); U.S. Navy ($8,155,233; 18.5 percent); and the governments of Turkey ($4,095,000; 9.3 percent); Oman ($2,590,000; 5.9 percent); Belgium ($2,100,000; 4.8 percent); Netherlands ($1,680,000; 3.8 percent); Singapore ($980,000; 2.2 percent); Malaysia ($701,394; 1.6 percent); and Morocco ($70,000; 0.2 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Act. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

No: CR-156-14 August 15, 2014, ARMY,
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Massachusetts was awarded a $109,078,477 firm-fixed-price level-of-effort foreign military sales (Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine) contract with options for engineering services for the Patriot System Tracking Radar. Work will be performed in Andover, Tewksbury, and Burlington, Massachusetts; El Segundo, California; El Paso, Texas; Huntsville, Alabama; Pelham, New Hampshire; and White Sands, New Mexico, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2015. One bid was solicited and one received. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds ($58,886), fiscal 2014 research, development, test, and evaluation funds ($5,287,374), and fiscal 2014 and 2010 other procurement funds ($76,462,599) are being obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-14-C-0093).

No: CR-227-14 November 26, 2014, NAVY, 
http://www.defense.gov/Contracts/Contract.aspx?ContractID=5426
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $64,283,943 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the modification of 14 F-35A air vehicles for the U.S. Air Force (13) and the government of the Netherlands (1), and 13 F-35B air vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps (11) and the government of the United Kingdom (2). This contract includes procurement for 528 modification kits, installation, and labor. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (40 percent); Cherry Point, North Carolina (12 percent); San Diego, California (10 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (7 percent); Ogden, Utah (6 percent); Nashua, New Hampshire (4 percent); Eglin, Florida (3 percent); Greenville, South Carolina (3 percent); Samlesbury, United Kingdom (3 percent); Edwards, California (2 percent); Marabar, Florida (2 percent); Tucson, Arizona (2 percent); Redondo Beach, California (2 percent); Orlando, Florida (2 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (1 percent); and Owego, New York (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2017. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps and Air Force); 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Marine Corps and Air Force), and international partner funds in the amount of $64,283,943 are being obligated on this award, $40,817,604 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the U.S. Marine Corps ($30,784,983; 48 percent); U.S. Air Force ($25,077,651; 39 percent), and international partners ($8,421,309; 13 percent). This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting authority (N00019-15-C-0016).

No: CR-243-14, December 19, 2014, NAVY, 
http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=5442
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded $8,644,374 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 2067 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for follow-on integrated logistics support/engineering services for Harpoon /SLAM-ER Missile System and Harpoon Launch Systems for the U.S. Navy and various foreign military sales customers. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Missouri (91.84 percent); St. Louis, Missouri (5.47 percent); Yorktown, Virginia (2.64 percent); and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (.05 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2016. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $8,644,374 will be obligated at time of award; $2,310,523 of which expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($2,310,523; 26.74 percent); and the governments of Turkey ($807,597; 9.35 percent); Taiwan ($706,776; 8.17 percent); Korea ($528,318; 6.11 percent); Japan ($471,056; 5.45 percent); Egypt ($456,647; 5.28 percent); Saudi Arabia ($365,656; 4.23 percent); United Kingdom ($316,563; 3.66 percent); Pakistan ($304,113; 3.52 percent); Australia ($303,525; 3.51 percent); Chile ($237,601; 2.75 percent); Canada ($231,071; 2.67 percent); Singapore ($216,855; 2.51 percent); Israel ($197,868; 2.29 percent); Portugal ($189,145; 2.19 percent); India ($168,656; 1.95 percent); Thailand ($165,516; 1.91 percent); Bahrain ($129,570; 1.50 percent); Kuwait ($88,155; 1.02 percent); United Arab Emirates ($85,015; 0.98 percent); Malaysia ($84,819; 0.98 percent); Oman ($83,837; 0.97 percent); the Netherlands ($81,455; 0.94 percent); Germany ($65,164; 0.75 percent); and Denmark ($48,873; 0.57 percent) under the foreign military sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

No: CR-245-14, December 23, 2014, NAVY
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $49,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-5410) to exercise options for the accomplishment of Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) design agent, in-service support and technical engineering support services.  The ESSM program is an international cooperative effort to design, develop, test, and procure ESSM missiles and related support and services. The ESSM provides enhanced ship defense.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (90.65 percent); Germany (2.55 percent); Norway (2.11 percent); Australia (1.53 percent); Netherlands (1.36 percent); Canada (0.68 percent); Spain (0.42 percent); Turkey (0.30 percent); Denmark (0.28 percent); and Greece (0.12 percent) and is expected to be completed by December 2015.  Fiscal 2015 weapons procurement (Navy); fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation; and fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $14,439,376 will be obligated at time of award and funds in the amount of $1,953,715 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

No: CR-248-14, December 30, 2014, AIR FORCE, 
http://www.defense.gov/Contracts/Contract.aspx?ContractID=5448
Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded an estimated $18,681,615 firm-fixed-price and time and materials modification (P00203) to contract FA8106-07-C-0001. Contractor will provide engineering services support including sustaining and non-recurring engineering services for Boeing commercial derivative military aircraft. Work will be performed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2015. This contract has a small portion of foreign military sales to the Netherlands. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $10,209,260 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity.

No: CR-024-15, February 05, 2015, NAVY,
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $9,603,500 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024 13 C-5403) for Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) and Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) engineering and technical services.  This contract will provide for engineering and technical services in support of SM-2 and SM-6 to ensure continuity in production, design integrity and total systems integration of the missile round and its components.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (23 percent) and the governments of Japan (50.2 percent), Taiwan (14.8 percent), the Netherlands (4.3 percent), Korea (4.2 percent), Germany (2.9 percent) and Spain (.6 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program or cooperative agreements.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by December 2015.  FMS, fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation, fiscal 2014 weapons procurement (Navy) and Cooperative Agreements funding in the amount of $9,603,500 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

No: CR-051-15, March 19, 2015, ARMY,
Intuitive Research and Technology Corp.,* Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $14,128,559 modification (000382) to Foreign Military Sales contract W31P4Q-07-A-0015 (Egypt, Korea, Chile, Finland, Netherlands, Oman, Qatar, United Kingdom, Norway) for labor and travel to support the Cruise Missile Defense Systems Project Office. Fiscal 2015 research, development, testing and evaluation, operations and maintenance (Army) and other procurement funds in the amount of $ $14,128,559 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Nov. 23, 2015. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

No: CR-061-15, April 02, 2015, NAVY,
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $517,300,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) requirements. This contract will procure all necessary efforts to design, qualify and test ESSM Block 2 and prepare the program for a successful ‘Milestone C’ decision, currently planned in FY18. The ESSM Block 2 is an international cooperative effort to design, develop, test, and procure ESSM Block 2 missiles. ESSM Block 2 provides enhanced ship self-defense. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (40 percent) and the governments of Australia (16.51 percent), Canada (13.77 percent), Germany (6.44 percent), the Netherlands (5 percent), Denmark (4.56 percent), Norway (4.56 percent), Turkey (4.56 percent), Spain (2.5 percent), Greece (1.5 percent), and Portugal (.6 percent), as part of the NATO Seasparrow Consortium. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (67 percent); Norway (2 percent); McKinney, Texas (5 percent); Australia (3 percent); the Netherlands (3 percent); Canada (3 percent); Germany (3 percent); Turkey (2 percent); Andover, Massachusetts (2 percent); San Marco, California (1 percent); San Diego, California (1 percent); San Jose, California (1 percent); Cincinnati, Ohio (1 percent); Canton, New York (1 percent); Greece (1 percent); Denmark (1 percent); and with 3 percent in various locations that each will perform less than 1 percent of the effort, and is expected to be completed by May 2019. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funs and foreign Military Sales contract funds in the amount of $26,000,000 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. Full and open competition need not be provided for when precluded by the terms of an international agreement or a treaty between the U.S. and a foreign government or international organization, or the written directions of a foreign government reimbursing the agency for the cost of the acquisition of the supplies or services for such government. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-15-C-5420).

woensdag 9 juli 2014

US Defense Contracts with Dutch participation (01/01/14-08/07/14)

NAVY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6,785,176 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-12-C-0004) to provide maintenance for Lot VII F-35 air systems in support of the U.S. Marine Corps and the government of the Netherlands. Work will be performed in Beaufort, South Carolina (55 percent) and Yuma, Arizona (45 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2015. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps), and international partner funds in the amount of $6,785,176 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Marine Corps ($6,143,467; 90.5 percent) and the government of the Netherlands ($641,709; 9.5 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Raytheon Integrated Air Defense Center, Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $235,485,020 foreign military sales, firm-fixed-price contract for Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target weapon system, procuring 72 radar digital processor upgrade kits: 62 for the United States and 10 for foreign military sales to Kuwait and the Netherlands; it also includes procuring spares for the United States, Kuwait and the Netherlands. Work will be performed in Simsbury, Connecticut (6.30 percent); Andover, Massachusetts (78.90 percent); and Chelmsford, Massachusetts (14.80 percent), with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2017. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $115,387,660 are being obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal –Missile, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-14-C-0002).

NAVY

Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $223,081,894 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for the procurement of 485 AIM-9X Block II All Up Round Tactical Low Rate Initial Production Lot 14 Missiles for the U.S. Navy (161), U.S. Air Force (158), and the governments of Singapore (20), the Netherlands (28), Kuwait (1), and Turkey (117). In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of 132 Block II Captive Air Training Missiles for the U.S. Navy (47), U.S. Air Force (55), and the governments of the Netherlands (20), Singapore (8), and Morocco (2); 27 Special Air Training Missiles for the U.S. Navy (13), U.S. Air Force (12), and the government of the Netherlands (2); 180 All Up Round Containers for the U.S. Navy (59), U.S. Air Force (60), and the governments of the Netherlands (18), Morocco (1), Singapore (8), and Turkey (34); two Spare Advanced Optical Target Detectors for the governments of Singapore (1), and Morocco (1); 10 Spare Tactical Guidance Units for the governments of the Netherlands (2), Singapore (2), and Turkey (6); and seven Spare Captive Air Training Missile Guidance Units for the governments of the Netherlands (2), and Singapore (5). Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (43.74 percent); Andover, Massachusetts (10.08 percent); Valencia, California (6.10 percent); Midland, Ontario, Canada (5.54 percent); Rocket Center, West Virginia (5.49 percent); Vancouver, Washington (5.07 percent); Goleta, California (2.86 percent); Cheshire, Connecticut (2.05 percent); Heilbronn, DE, Germany (1.88 percent); Simsbury, Connecticut (1.61 percent); Cincinnati, Ohio (1.22 percent); San Jose, California (1.48 percent); Anniston, Alabama (1.31 percent); Maniago, Italy (1.21 percent); Chatsworth, California (1.11 percent); San Diego, California (1.04 percent); Montgomery, Alabama (.60 percent); Orlando, Florida (.55 percent); Valencia, California (.53 percent); Newbury Park, California (.50 percent); El Segundo, California (.50 percent); Claremont, California (.43 percent); Joplin, Missouri (.39 percent); Lombard, Illinois (.28 percent); El Cajon, California (.15 percent); and various locations inside and outside the continental United States (3.98 and .30 percent, respectively). Work is expected to be completed in December 2016. Fiscal 2014 weapons procurement (Navy) and missile procurement (Air Force), as well as foreign military funds in the amount of $223,081,894 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($74,071,450; 33.20 percent); U.S. Air Force ($74,148,758; 33.24 percent); and the governments of Turkey ($46,902,085; 21.03 percent); the Netherlands ($16,471,972: 7.38 percent); Singapore ($10,574,904: 4.74 percent); Morocco ($522,442; .23 percent); and Kuwait ($390,283; .18 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-14-C-0053).

AIR FORCE

L-3 Communications Display Systems, Alpharetta, Georgia, has been awarded an $8,137,400 firm-fixed-price contract for ALR-69 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) legacy system improvement program (LSIP) kits. The contractor will provide 110 LSIP kits for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and 90 LSIP kits for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. This contract involves 100 percent foreign military sales. Work will be performed at Alpharetta, Georgia, with an expected completion date of Nov. 30, 2016. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8540-14-C-0010).

ARMY

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $212,326,161 modification (P00006) to an indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity foreign military sales contract W31P4Q-13-D-0030 for services to the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Support Center. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. This contract involves foreign military sales to Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Netherlands, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2017. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (Missile), Alabama is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $38,401,383 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024 13 C-5403) for Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) and Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) engineering and technical services to ensure continuity in production, design integrity, and total systems integration of the missile round and its components. This contract provides support to both the U.S. Navy (92.3 percent) and the following SM-2 foreign military sales (FMS) customers: the governments of The Netherlands (1.7 percent), Taiwan (1.7 percent), Japan (1.4 percent), Germany (1 percent), Korea (1 percent), Australia (.7 percent), and Spain (.2 percent) under the FMS program. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (99 percent), and Portsmouth, Rhode Island (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2015. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 research, development, test and evaluation; FMS and fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy funding in the amount of $25,495,322 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $30,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $30,891,282 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024 13 C-5409) for MK 698 test sets with Evolved Seasparrow Missile and Standard Missile test capability, upgrade kits, installation kits, repair tool kits, associated spares and technical support. This contract includes Foreign Military Sales to Australia and the Netherlands (100 percent). Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (86 percent), Australia (10 percent), and the Netherlands (4 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2016. Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy, FMS and Evolved Seasparrow Missile Consortium funding in the amount of $22,515,282 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an $118,875,655 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-12-C-0004) for the repair and replenishment of government-owned Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft assets. These JSF aircraft assets include spare parts on JSF jets, training devices, support equipment and Autonomic Logistics Information System equipment. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds from the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and international partner funds in the amount of $76,399,406 are being obligated on this award, of which $71,494,560 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($51,980,743; 43.7 percent), U.S. Marine Corps ($43,784,064; 36.8 percent), the U.S. Navy ($15,822,614; 13.3 percent); and the governments of the United Kingdom ($5,741,235; 4.9 percent); the Netherlands ($1,546,999; 1.3 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Air Force

Alliant TechSystems Operations, LLC Defense Electronic Systems Division, Clearwater, Fla., has been awarded an $8,021,810 modification (P00062) on an existing firm-fixed-price contract (FA8626-06-C-2060) for the procurement of various Common Munition Built-in-Test (BIT) Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE) system components. The contract modification provides for the exercise of an option for the purchase of additional W-17 cables (200 each), ADU 891 V/1E's (34 each), CMBRE Plus' (24 each), and initial spares kits (ten each) under the basic contract in support of U.S. Air Force, Navy and foreign military sales users.  Work will be performed at Clearwater, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 23, 2015.  This action relates to unclassified U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy (20 percent) support as well as unclassified FMS (80 percent) in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, India, Israel, Korea, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Singapore, and Turkey.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WNKBBA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity.

Navy

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $9,515,086 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to the previously awarded F-35 Lightning II Low Rate Initial Production Lot VI contract (N00019-11-C-0083).  This modification provides for Netherlands-specific, non-recurring sustainment activities to include procurement of Autonomic Logistics Information Systems equipment and logistics support for non-recurring engineering activities.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2015.   International Partner funds in the amount of $4,757,543 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE 

COLSA Corp., Huntsville, Ala., has been awarded a $55,705,947 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification (19) on an existing firm-fixed-price contract (FA9200-10-D-0166) for technical and acquisition management support services.  This modification is for the exercise of an option for additional diverse non-engineering, technical and acquisition management support services being provided under the basic contract.  Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2015.  The current action relates to unclassified foreign military sales only and countries include Australia, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.  Air Force Test Center/PZZ, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity. 

Oasis Systems, LLC, Lexington, Mass., has been awarded a $55,705,947 modification (22) for an existing firm-fixed-price contract (FA9200-10-D-0173) for technical and acquisition management support services. This modification is for the exercise of an option for additional diverse non-engineering, technical and acquisition management support services being provided under the basic contract.  Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2015.  The current action relates to 100 percent unclassified foreign military sales only and countries include Australia, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands,  Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.  Air Force Test Center/PZZ is the contracting activity.

dinsdag 24 september 2013

Terror in Nigeria with arms from Libya

Shortly after NATO started intervening in the Libyan civil war, governments from Northwest Africa warned against the danger of the spread of Libyan arms.  All members of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, which include Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Chad, were “on high alert regarding the potential impact of weapons on the loose reaching their borders.”


In Mali the situation deteriorated very vast. More to the south, in the Northeastern part of Nigeria the situation also became, and still is, highly explosive. Just looking at violent incidents of the first half of September illustrates the chaotic and dangerous situation in this region, where government troops, vigilantes and Islamists of Boko Haram are fighting each other.

Last September 8th, fighting broke out between Boko Haram militants and Nigerian government supported vigilantes in northeast Nigeria. Thirteen members of the vigilante group and five Boko Haram members died during the clash. Six days later at another incident, a vigilante was shot by the police. According to the victim's colleagues, they were stopped for driving in the wrong direction in a one-way lane by the police. They explained they had just arrested a Boko Haram suspect and and dared not to use the right track.. In response “the policeman opened fire, killing one of our members," a vigilante said afterwards. Angry youths reacted with violence; killed a policeman and threatened to burn down the police station.

A spokesman of the 7 Division of the Nigeria Army said that his division, once fully formed, will replace the vigilantes in the struggle against Boko Haram. But this will not make the situation less chaotic, as the Nigerian armed forces have become part of the problem. First of all because they are using extreme violence causing innocent civil victims. Second because Boko Haram has its influence in the armed forces as well. On the 16th of September the Nigerian Guardian reports that the army court sentenced 18 soldiers to death and jail terms because of links with Boko Haram.

Recently the Nigerian air force bombed Boko Haram encampments. Sabena Technics, a company with Belgium origin, is supporting the Nigerian Air Force by overhauling and retrofitting its Alpha Yets (Light attack jet and advanced trainer aircraft) and Hercules-130 transport planes. Questions may be raised how Sabena's activities relate to the EU arms export regulations forbidding exports to countries involved in internal conflict.

Arms from Libya for Boko Haram

Boko Haram is a well-organised group of an unknown size, but it is more than a small terrorist group, as can be concluded from the havoc it is causing and the one thousand arrests made within three months this year. The group wants to impose Islamic law in the northern part of Nigeria. Since 2009, 3.500 people have died because of the violence connected to the group. August 2013 alone, the organisation was linked to 160 deaths. This war comes on top of many existing unsolved problems in the neglected north, such as corruption, nepotism and poverty.

Boko Haram has no problem getting its arms. Control of the Nigerian border is weak. Custom officials are often corrupt and 1499 illegal passages (compared to 84 regular) exist in the mountainous regions and jungles surrounding the border. Control is even more difficult because of close connections between ethnic groups and families living on both sides of the border. Observers see the easy access to arms from Libya as one of the major sources of weapons for the organisation. Many of those weapons went first to Mali. And consequently not only Libyan, but also Malian rebels have easy access to arms and can exchange them for money to finance their activities. Aniebo Nwamu, a Nigerian journalist, wrote that: “Guns from Mali, Libya, Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East have already flooded Nigeria. There is nothing to expect but mayhem. (...) If armed robbers and other terrorists could purchase an AK-47 for just N10,000 [€46], where lies the hope of restoring peace to this country?”

The link between Libyan/Malian arms and Boko Haram is also shown by the fact that the French intervention in Mali led to less weapons finding their way to Nigeria. According to Prof. Agwu, senior Research Fellow at Nigerian Institue of International Affairs (NIIA), "it is not a coincidence that the leaders of Boko Haram in Nigeria began to consider the idea of a cease fire at the point when there support base in Mali had been destroyed".

That may be a bit optimistic. The support is not fully destroyed: “With the persistence of Boko Haram insurgency, hundreds of weapons including RPGs, rocket launchers, anti-aircraft missiles, and AK 47 rifles have been intercepted by security operatives in various locations in north-eastern Nigeria. It is widely believed that these weapons found their way to Nigeria from Libya and Mali,” wrote F. Onuoha September 2013 in a study for Al Jazeera. The same study mentions three recent seizures of large quantities of sophisticated arms.

Regional affairs

Not only Nigeria is affected by the war, but the whole subsaharan region. In Jeune Afrique, June 10 2013, Chad's President Deby said, “…the war in Mali comes from Libya and it is regrouping in Libya and this is a matter for the entire international community because the connection can be quickly made between Boko Haram in Nigeria and the groups in northern Niger. This is not encouraging and we are not prepared for this type of situation. Terrorism can strike when it wants, even in Chad.”

The answer to the problem should be (besides addressing the social and  economic problems causing the conflict) better and more skilled customs and cooperation on border controls throughout the region. This will be difficult because regional cooperation is not embedded in multi-national structures. Nigeria and the Niger belong to ECOWAS, Chad is a member of ECCAS, Mauritania is not a member of ECOWAS and Algeria is in the Arab-Maghreb zone). But “all the countries are willing to work in a more coordinated manner” wrote the UN Security Council in a report published January 2012.

The warning of the Northwest African countries in November 2011 was right. The effects of the spread of the uncontrolled Libyan arms will be felt for a long time.

Martin Broek, September 17, 2013
This article is part of a series on the spread of Libyan arms throughout Africa and the Middle East funded by Fonds Vredesprojecten.