Airbus wants suppliers of its A320 family of jetliners to cut prices by at least 10 percent by 2019 in order to make the company's cash cow more competitive. That's according to three people familiar with the matter, as reported by Reuters.
Airbus has told suppliers that the prospect of increased volumes and a longer lifespan for its best-selling jet means it is time to review all options in its supply chain. The demand echoes rival Boeing's cost-cutting Partner for Success initiative. (Post)
Both companies are experiencing high demand for single-aisle jetliners, and keeping pace is a real issue for both companies. Airbus just this month opened its newest A320 assembly line in Mobile, Ala., and Boeing said it plans to open a 737 completion and delivery center in China. It's Boeing's first outside the United States, a move that doesn't make unions very happy. (Story)
Speaking of the Mobile assembly line, delivery of the first A321 jetliner produced at the company's plant is several weeks behind schedule due to problems with a supplier. Still, Airbus said it expects to deliver it on time to JetBlue in the second quarter of 2016.
Allan McArtor, chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, said there were issues with jigs and tools, referring to the large structures that hold parts in place, as well as the tools used to join parts. But he notes Airbus has enough flexibility to catch up. (Post)
Space
Airbus Defense and Space, prime contractor for NASA's Orion space vehicle's European
Service Module, has completed four large titanium tanks for the module that will be delivered for initial testing.
The tanks will be first transported to Italy, where the structural test model will be assembled before being tested in the United States. The next step is to build the engineering model that will be assembled and tested at Airbus Defense and Space in Bremen, Germany.
The Orion is assembled by Lockheed Martin at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where Boeing is building the core stage of the Space Launch System. The Rocketdyne engines that power the core stage of SLS are slated for testing at Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Post)
Contracts
The Boeing Corp., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $36.3 million modification on a previously awarded contract. Contractor will provide research and development leading to the procurement of 60 long delay fuzes and development of an embedded fuze system. Work will be performed at St. Louis. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., was awarded a $160.2 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for the organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance and logistics services in support of approximately 200 T-45 aircraft based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss.; NAS Kingsville, Texas; NAS Pensacola, Fla.; and NAS Patuxent River, Md. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, is the contracting activity. … Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $180 million. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity.
PERSPECTIVES: Commentary and analysis on aerospace and defense activities in the Gulf Coast
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Week in review (9/13 to 9/19)
Hundreds of dignitaries, from corporate officials and three ambassadors, were on hand in Mobile, Ala., early in the week for the formal opening of the $600 million Airbus A320 assembly plant at the Mobile Aeroplex.
With partially built A321 jetliners flanking the assembled dignitaries and media representatives from around world, the crowd applauded when a sign was placed on one of the plane sections that said "This aircraft proudly made in the USA…"
The event closed with the sound of "Sweet Home Alabama" playing in the background. The first jetliner being built at the plant is an A321 for JetBlue, which will take delivery in 2016. (Post)
In another Airbus-related news story during the week, MAAS Aviation received tax abatements totaling nearly $2.2 million Wednesday for construction of a proposed $13 million second paint facility at Mobile Aeroplex.
Announced during the Paris Air Show in June 2015, the paint facility would target third-party original equipment manufacturers; maintenance, repair and overhaul providers; and potential military clients.
Ireland-based MAAS said in April 2014 that it was building a $13 million paint facility at the Mobile Aeroplex to service Airbus jets. In June at the 2015 Paris Air Show it said it would build a two-bay $39 million facility. That figure included several long-term investment proposals. (Post)
Airports
Sunil Harman is leaving as the director of Okaloosa County’s airports Sept. 30 to pursue other opportunities. It was announced during a meeting of the Okaloosa County commission Tuesday.
Harman, who was not at the meeting, was hired in July 2013 to oversee the county’s three airports. Prior to taking the Okaloosa job, Harman was director of the airport in Tallahassee. (Post)
F-35
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines of East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a $10.6 million modification to a previously awarded contract to retrofit the F-35B F-135 propulsion system for the Navy/Marine Corps and the international partners, including the installation of a redesigned lift fan inter-stage vane.
Work will be done in Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be completed in December 2016. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) and international partner funds in the amount of $10,642,496 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The contract combines purchases for the Navy/Marine Corps (98 percent) and the international partners (2 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center. (Post)
Contracts
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded two contracts of interest to this region during the week. The first was a $100 million contract for Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) production support. Work will be performed at Tucson and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2020. The company also was awarded a $10.8 million contract modification for the repair of legacy control sections for the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) missile (AGM-88). Work will be performed at Tucson and is expected to be complete by April 30, 2017. For both contracts, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Summit Construction Inc., Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., was awarded a $6.9 million contract for the architectural and refrigeration upgrade to the commissary at Fort Myer, Va. The contracting activity is the Defense Commissary Agency, Enterprise Acquisition Division, Construction and Design Branch, Joint Base San Antionio Lackland, Texas.
RoboTeam, Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded a $25 million contract for an explosive ordnance disposal small robot. Work will be performed worldwide as necessary and is expected to be complete by Sept. 16, 2022. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … KTU+A, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a maximum amount $7.5 million contract for professional planning and engineering services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). Task order 0001 is being awarded at $106,190 for developing basic facility requirements and Department of Defense 1391s for the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Noble Supply and Logistics, Rockland, Mass., was awarded a $9 million contract for a contractor operated civil engineer supply store. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2016. Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, is the contracting activity. … Scientific Systems Co. Inc., Woburn, Mass., was awarded a $6.6 million SBIR III contract for advanced navigation common capability. Contractor will expand upon ANCC previous work by generalizing the process of integrating the technology into weapon systems. Work will be performed at Woburn and is expected to be complete by Sept. 14, 2017. Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … M1 Support Services, Denton, Texas, was awarded a $20 million modification to exercise the option on previously awarded contract. One of the work sites is Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity.
With partially built A321 jetliners flanking the assembled dignitaries and media representatives from around world, the crowd applauded when a sign was placed on one of the plane sections that said "This aircraft proudly made in the USA…"
The event closed with the sound of "Sweet Home Alabama" playing in the background. The first jetliner being built at the plant is an A321 for JetBlue, which will take delivery in 2016. (Post)
In another Airbus-related news story during the week, MAAS Aviation received tax abatements totaling nearly $2.2 million Wednesday for construction of a proposed $13 million second paint facility at Mobile Aeroplex.
Announced during the Paris Air Show in June 2015, the paint facility would target third-party original equipment manufacturers; maintenance, repair and overhaul providers; and potential military clients.
Ireland-based MAAS said in April 2014 that it was building a $13 million paint facility at the Mobile Aeroplex to service Airbus jets. In June at the 2015 Paris Air Show it said it would build a two-bay $39 million facility. That figure included several long-term investment proposals. (Post)
Airports
Sunil Harman is leaving as the director of Okaloosa County’s airports Sept. 30 to pursue other opportunities. It was announced during a meeting of the Okaloosa County commission Tuesday.
Harman, who was not at the meeting, was hired in July 2013 to oversee the county’s three airports. Prior to taking the Okaloosa job, Harman was director of the airport in Tallahassee. (Post)
F-35
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines of East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a $10.6 million modification to a previously awarded contract to retrofit the F-35B F-135 propulsion system for the Navy/Marine Corps and the international partners, including the installation of a redesigned lift fan inter-stage vane.
Work will be done in Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be completed in December 2016. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) and international partner funds in the amount of $10,642,496 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The contract combines purchases for the Navy/Marine Corps (98 percent) and the international partners (2 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center. (Post)
Contracts
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded two contracts of interest to this region during the week. The first was a $100 million contract for Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) production support. Work will be performed at Tucson and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2020. The company also was awarded a $10.8 million contract modification for the repair of legacy control sections for the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) missile (AGM-88). Work will be performed at Tucson and is expected to be complete by April 30, 2017. For both contracts, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Summit Construction Inc., Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., was awarded a $6.9 million contract for the architectural and refrigeration upgrade to the commissary at Fort Myer, Va. The contracting activity is the Defense Commissary Agency, Enterprise Acquisition Division, Construction and Design Branch, Joint Base San Antionio Lackland, Texas.
RoboTeam, Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded a $25 million contract for an explosive ordnance disposal small robot. Work will be performed worldwide as necessary and is expected to be complete by Sept. 16, 2022. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … KTU+A, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a maximum amount $7.5 million contract for professional planning and engineering services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). Task order 0001 is being awarded at $106,190 for developing basic facility requirements and Department of Defense 1391s for the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Noble Supply and Logistics, Rockland, Mass., was awarded a $9 million contract for a contractor operated civil engineer supply store. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2016. Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, is the contracting activity. … Scientific Systems Co. Inc., Woburn, Mass., was awarded a $6.6 million SBIR III contract for advanced navigation common capability. Contractor will expand upon ANCC previous work by generalizing the process of integrating the technology into weapon systems. Work will be performed at Woburn and is expected to be complete by Sept. 14, 2017. Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … M1 Support Services, Denton, Texas, was awarded a $20 million modification to exercise the option on previously awarded contract. One of the work sites is Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Week in review (8/30 to 9/12)
If you're a regular reader of this column, you know I didn't have one last week. But I was busy putting the gears in motion for a new Gulf Coast Reporters’ League publication that I feel certain will eventually prompt some well-it's-about-time reactions.
I'll fill you in more in the near future as it all takes shape. Now, here's your Gulf Coast aerospace week in review:
Airbus
It's hard to overstate the significance of what's happening starting this weekend in Mobile, Ala. Think of it as the happily-ever-after ending of a journey that started in 2005. That was the year that EADS, now known as the Airbus Group, started looking for a site in the United States to build tankers for the U.S. Air Force. It chose Mobile.
The tanker project went to Boeing, but Airbus liked what it saw in Alabama's port city and picked the city for another, even more significant project. Now, 10 years later, the European aerospace giant is having an invitation-only inaugural Monday at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley for its brand new, state-of-the-art A320 manufacturing plant.
We'll have a story and photos for you Monday on our Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor news feed. You'll find a brief summary on the feed itself, along with a link to the full story and photos. We'll also have a story in the October issue of the Gulf Coast Reporters’ League aerospace bimonthly.
But even before this event, there were other Airbus-related news of interest to the Gulf Coast during the past week. Engine-maker Rolls-Royce won a $700 million deal to supply and maintain engines for the new Airbus fleet of Beluga cargo jets.
Those odd-looking aircraft are used to transport large sections of new planes to the company's worldwide system of plants. The contract is to provide Trent 700 engines for to power the five new aircraft. The current Beluga fleet has engines made by GE. Rolls-Royce tests Trent engines at its outdoor test facility at Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Post)
F-35
Across the Atlantic, another new production plant marked a milestone during the week. The first F-35 assembled at Italy's Cameri Final Assembly and Check Out facility flew for the first time Monday. It was an hour and 22-minute flight, the first F-35 to fly outside North America.
The Cameri FACO is owned by the Italian government and operated by Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi in association with Lockheed Martin. F-35 production began in July 2013 and the first Italian F-35A, AL-1, rolled out in March. AL-1’s official delivery to Italy is expected by the end of the year. The facility will assemble Italy’s F-35A conventional variant and the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant. The plant will assemble the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s F-35A aircraft.
The Gulf Coast connections? Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center, and both Lockheed Martin and Finmeccanica have operations in the region. (Post)
In other F-35 news, multiple contracts have been awarded over the past couple of weeks. In the largest, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, late last month was awarded a $430.9 million contract for non-air vehicle spares, support equipment, Autonomic Logistics Information System hardware and software upgrades, supply chain management, full mission simulators and non-recurring engineering services in support of low-rate initial production Lot 9 F-35 aircraft. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Post)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics also was awarded early this month a $311.4 million contract for F-35 Block 3F upgrade for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and the government of the United Kingdom. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity. (Post)
Aso, United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, of East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a $249.8 million modification to a previously awarded contract to procure low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 9 propulsion system initial spares for the global spares pool. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Indianapolis, Ind., and Bristol, UK. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Post)
Finally, American Systems Corp., Chantilly, Va., was awarded a $6.8 million modification to previously awarded contracts for F-35 operational test and evaluation verification and validation. Work will be done at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is the contracting activity. (Post)
Space
Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have welded together the first two segments of the Orion crew module that will fly atop NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a mission beyond the moon.
The primary structure of Orion's crew module is made of seven large aluminum pieces that must be welded together. NASA's prime contractor for the spacecraft, Lockheed Martin, is doing the production of the crew module at Michoud in east New Orleans. (Post)
Down at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Navy's fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite recently launched. MUOS-4's signal was acquired about three hours after launch, completing the initial operational constellation and provides near global network coverage for warfighters and combatant commanders. Work on the core propulsion system for the A2100 satellite-based spacecraft was done by Lockheed Martin at Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Post)
Education
A retired F-15C Eagle fighter is now at the Haney Technical Center in Lynn Haven, Fla. The jet was towed from Tyndall Air Force Base for at Haney. The school’s aviation program is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, and a curriculum will be designed around the fourth-generation fighter. (Post)
Contracts
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services, Madison, Miss., was awarded a $7 million modification to exercise an option on previously awarded contract for full food services. Work will be at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2017. The 81st Contracting Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, is the contracting activity. … Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC, Indianapolis, Ind., was awarded a $10.7 million modification to a previously awarded contract for engineering, manufacturing and development for Joint Miniature Munitions Bomb Rack Unit development. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $100 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option to provide organizational, intermediate, depot-level maintenance and logistics services for the T-44, and organizational maintenance for T-6 aircraft. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, Whiting Field, Fla., and Pensacola, Fla. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. … L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., was awarded a $12 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for maintenance, repair, and logistics support for the Chief of Naval Air Training Aircraft's intermediate maintenance departments located at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla., and NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. … Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, was awarded a $19.8 million modification to a delivery order previously issued against a basic ordering agreement in support of the V-22. Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is one of the sites where 1 percent of the work will be performed. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
I'll fill you in more in the near future as it all takes shape. Now, here's your Gulf Coast aerospace week in review:
Airbus
It's hard to overstate the significance of what's happening starting this weekend in Mobile, Ala. Think of it as the happily-ever-after ending of a journey that started in 2005. That was the year that EADS, now known as the Airbus Group, started looking for a site in the United States to build tankers for the U.S. Air Force. It chose Mobile.
The tanker project went to Boeing, but Airbus liked what it saw in Alabama's port city and picked the city for another, even more significant project. Now, 10 years later, the European aerospace giant is having an invitation-only inaugural Monday at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley for its brand new, state-of-the-art A320 manufacturing plant.
We'll have a story and photos for you Monday on our Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor news feed. You'll find a brief summary on the feed itself, along with a link to the full story and photos. We'll also have a story in the October issue of the Gulf Coast Reporters’ League aerospace bimonthly.
But even before this event, there were other Airbus-related news of interest to the Gulf Coast during the past week. Engine-maker Rolls-Royce won a $700 million deal to supply and maintain engines for the new Airbus fleet of Beluga cargo jets.
Those odd-looking aircraft are used to transport large sections of new planes to the company's worldwide system of plants. The contract is to provide Trent 700 engines for to power the five new aircraft. The current Beluga fleet has engines made by GE. Rolls-Royce tests Trent engines at its outdoor test facility at Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Post)
F-35
Across the Atlantic, another new production plant marked a milestone during the week. The first F-35 assembled at Italy's Cameri Final Assembly and Check Out facility flew for the first time Monday. It was an hour and 22-minute flight, the first F-35 to fly outside North America.
The Cameri FACO is owned by the Italian government and operated by Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi in association with Lockheed Martin. F-35 production began in July 2013 and the first Italian F-35A, AL-1, rolled out in March. AL-1’s official delivery to Italy is expected by the end of the year. The facility will assemble Italy’s F-35A conventional variant and the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant. The plant will assemble the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s F-35A aircraft.
The Gulf Coast connections? Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center, and both Lockheed Martin and Finmeccanica have operations in the region. (Post)
In other F-35 news, multiple contracts have been awarded over the past couple of weeks. In the largest, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, late last month was awarded a $430.9 million contract for non-air vehicle spares, support equipment, Autonomic Logistics Information System hardware and software upgrades, supply chain management, full mission simulators and non-recurring engineering services in support of low-rate initial production Lot 9 F-35 aircraft. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Post)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics also was awarded early this month a $311.4 million contract for F-35 Block 3F upgrade for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and the government of the United Kingdom. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity. (Post)
Aso, United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, of East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a $249.8 million modification to a previously awarded contract to procure low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 9 propulsion system initial spares for the global spares pool. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Indianapolis, Ind., and Bristol, UK. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Post)
Finally, American Systems Corp., Chantilly, Va., was awarded a $6.8 million modification to previously awarded contracts for F-35 operational test and evaluation verification and validation. Work will be done at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is the contracting activity. (Post)
Space
Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have welded together the first two segments of the Orion crew module that will fly atop NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a mission beyond the moon.
The primary structure of Orion's crew module is made of seven large aluminum pieces that must be welded together. NASA's prime contractor for the spacecraft, Lockheed Martin, is doing the production of the crew module at Michoud in east New Orleans. (Post)
Down at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Navy's fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite recently launched. MUOS-4's signal was acquired about three hours after launch, completing the initial operational constellation and provides near global network coverage for warfighters and combatant commanders. Work on the core propulsion system for the A2100 satellite-based spacecraft was done by Lockheed Martin at Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Post)
Education
A retired F-15C Eagle fighter is now at the Haney Technical Center in Lynn Haven, Fla. The jet was towed from Tyndall Air Force Base for at Haney. The school’s aviation program is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, and a curriculum will be designed around the fourth-generation fighter. (Post)
Contracts
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services, Madison, Miss., was awarded a $7 million modification to exercise an option on previously awarded contract for full food services. Work will be at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2017. The 81st Contracting Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, is the contracting activity. … Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC, Indianapolis, Ind., was awarded a $10.7 million modification to a previously awarded contract for engineering, manufacturing and development for Joint Miniature Munitions Bomb Rack Unit development. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $100 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option to provide organizational, intermediate, depot-level maintenance and logistics services for the T-44, and organizational maintenance for T-6 aircraft. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, Whiting Field, Fla., and Pensacola, Fla. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. … L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., was awarded a $12 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for maintenance, repair, and logistics support for the Chief of Naval Air Training Aircraft's intermediate maintenance departments located at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla., and NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. … Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, was awarded a $19.8 million modification to a delivery order previously issued against a basic ordering agreement in support of the V-22. Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is one of the sites where 1 percent of the work will be performed. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
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