Triumph Gulf Coast, the organization charged with overseeing the distribution of the money BP is paying in the wake of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, approved $3 million in funding for Escambia County School District and Pensacola State College for workforce development.
The funding will allow both to expand its pipeline for training and certifying students for careers in fields like information technology, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing and aerospace/aviation.
The money will allow the district to build a new aviation maintenance training hangar for adult students at George Stone Technical Center and to provide aviation maintenance education at Booker T. Washington High School and more.
The grant was one of the first four projects approved in what is expected to be $1.5 billion worth of job-creating initiatives funded over the next 12 years by an economic damages settlement between the state and BP.
The Triumph board in all approved nearly $19 million in grants, including $10 million to the Port of Panama City for a major expansion of port capacity, $1.5 million to improve infrastructure and attract businesses in Okaloosa County, and almost $4 million for workforce development in Wakulla County. (Post)
Contracts
It was a busy week for Defense Department contracts impacting the region, with several involved in aerial weapons and others related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
General Dynamics, Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Niceville, Fla., was awarded a $23.3 million initial production modification to a previously awarded contract for BLU-134/B improved lethality warhead. Work will be performed in Niceville and is expected to be complete by Oct. 26, 2019. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded an $11.3 million modification to a previously awarded contract for Joint Attack Direct Munition (JDAM) high compact telemetry modules. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be complete by October 2019. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded two contracts for aerial weapons. One was an $8.5 million modification to a previously awarded contract for Small Diameter Bomb Increment II. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. The other was a $12 million contract modification to a previously awarded contract for Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 32 field spares and initial depot spares. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be complete by Jan. 31, 2021. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Dominance Contracting Office, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded two contracts for the F-35. One was a $38.5 million modification to the previously awarded F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter advance acquisition contract. Work will be done in Texas, California, Florida, the United Kingdom, New Hampshire, Japan and Maryland and is expected to be completed in December 2019. The other was a $10.9 million modification to a previously awarded contract. This modification provides additional funding for flight test software sustainment in support of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants. Work will be performed in Texas, the United Kingdom, Florida, California and South Carolina and is expected to be completed in April 2018. 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 and reprogramming labs. … DynCorp International, Fort Worth, Texas was awarded a $59.6 million modification to a previously awarded contract for continued contractor operated and maintained base supply support. Work will be performed at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas; Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Vance Air Force Base, Okla.; Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla.; Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas; Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.; and Army Flight Test Directorate, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Work is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2018. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Training Aircraft Division, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
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