In this issue there's a story about the proposed, expanded maintenance, repair and overhaul campus at Pensacola International Airport. The project was given preliminary approval for funding from Triumph Gulf Coast, the organization responsible for distributing BP funds to counties in Northwest Florida impacted by the 2010 oil spill.
While details still need to be worked out, the plan is to add three more MRO hangars to the one MRO hangar that opened this summer on the north end of airport property. There will be other buildings as well, giving Pensacola a major foothold in the MRO segment of aviation.
If all things go according to plan, the new campus will go a long way towards recovering the aerospace MRO jobs that were lost when the Naval Aviation Depot at Naval Air Station Pensacola shut down in the 1990s.
We’ll also tell you why the MRO operation at the airport is now called ST Engineering Aerospace and no longer VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, or VT MAE. It's the same company, just a new name. The operation in Mobile, Ala., 60 miles to the west, also changed its name to ST Engineering Aerospace.
There's also a story about the development of the Whiting Aviation Park, just outside Naval Air Station Whiting Field north of Milton in Santa Rosa County, Fla. It’s been a dream project for more than a dozen years to create a military aviation MRO adjacent to Naval Air Station Whiting Field, and now it’s moving forward thanks to a preliminary approval for funds from Triumph Gulf Coast.
We also give you a rundown of other important aerospace activities in the Gulf Coast region that occurred since our last newsletter in June.
Now for your week in review:
Airports
Continental Motors has begun work on a nearly 275,000-square-foot engine and parts manufacturing facility at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley. The plant will include $40 million in new equipment and an area dedicated to new manufacturing techniques and processes, such as additive manufacturing.
The plant, which consolidates operations scattered among nearly a dozen buildings, is expected to be operational in 2019. Continental Motors, which employs 400 workers in Mobile, is a subsidiary of China’s AVIC International Holding LTD. It produces piston and turbine engines for light aircraft, and also provides services. (Post)
-- Aircraft maintenance service provider Yulista has opened a new two-hangar, fixed- and rotary-wing facility in Andalusia, Ala., at the Southern Alabama Regional Airport. It also includes an office and manufacturing and storage space.
Services geared toward Lockheed C-130 and Boeing 737 aircraft. The airport's distance to Eglin Air Force Base and other Northwest Florida military installations opens new opportunities for contracts, the company said. Yulista is based in Huntsville, Ala., and also announced this week it had completed a new 80,000-square foot hangar at the Huntsville Executive Airport. (Post)
-- Nearly $5 million worth of improvements are now finished at Stennis International Airport in the community of Kiln in Hancock County, Miss. The funding came from the Federal Aviation Administration's airport improvement program.
The 8,500-foot grooved and lighted runway is an essential component to attracting new companies to the airpark, currently home to 16 companies and nearly 400 employees. Stennis airport also serves as a military training facility, relying on both the runway as well as Stennis Space Center’s acoustical buffer zone. (Post)
Bases
Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Fla., was the recipient of the Department of the Navy Energy Excellence Award for 2018 in the Navy Small Shore category. The announcement was made Aug. 3 by the Secretary of the Navy.
The award program promotes excellence in the areas of energy security, new technology, innovation, program management and efficiency across the department. Whiting Field implemented several initiatives resulting in a nearly 20 percent energy intensity reduction. The feat was possible in part through completion of a year-long Utility Energy Service Contract in partnership with Gulf Power. (Post)
F-35 contracts
There were multiple contracts awarded in the F-35 program. That’s of interest to this region because Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.
There were multiple contracts awarded in the F-35 program. That’s of interest to this region because Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded $302 million for a delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement. This order provides for the procurement of ancillary mission equipment for F-35 Lightning II low-rate initial production Lot 12 aircraft in support of the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy, the non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants and foreign military sales (FMS) customers.
Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in January 2021. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. also was awarded $105 million for a contract modification for continued design maturation and development of contractually identified Block 4 common capabilities. These efforts are in support of the F-35 Phase 2.2(A)(1) pre-modernization of common capabilities in support of the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and the international partners.
Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in July 2019. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. also was awarded a $20 million modification a delivery order previously issued against basic ordering agreement. This modification provides for the procurement of Aircraft Management System (AMS) and Panoramic Cockpit Display (PCD) components, mitigating hardware lead time schedule risk for Technical Refresh Phase 3 development, as well as integration of AMS and PCD into identified development laboratories to support Lot 15 F-35 Lightning II production.
Work will be performed in Fort Worth and is expected to be completed in September 2019. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Straub Construction Inc., Santa Rosa, Calif., was awarded a $16.8 million task order under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract for construction of the Air Wing Training Facility at Naval Air Station Fallon.
The facility will support desk-style aircraft simulators, Virtual Aegis Combat simulators, F-35 Mission Rehearsal Trainers, and unmanned aerial system simulators, E-2D simulators and support spaces.
Work will be performed in Fallon and is expected to be completed by August 2020. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Other contracts
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative Inc., DeFuniak Springs, Fla., was awarded a maximum $20 million modification to an existing 50-year contract for electric utility services. Location of performance is Florida, with a July 31, 2067, performance completion date. The contracting activity is Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va. … Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $110 million contract for Paveway weapons. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed Feb. 9, 2029. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Raytheon Missiles Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $13.1 million contract modification for advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) technical support. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2020. Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Sentient Digital Inc., doing business as Entrust Government Solutions, New Orleans, was awarded a total $49 million contract for information technology engineering support services. IT services in this contract will assist Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (C4S) division (N6) in providing and sustaining Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy (DoN) compliant technical C4S solutions. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed Aug. 15, 2023. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, is the contracting activity.
Other contracts
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative Inc., DeFuniak Springs, Fla., was awarded a maximum $20 million modification to an existing 50-year contract for electric utility services. Location of performance is Florida, with a July 31, 2067, performance completion date. The contracting activity is Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va. … Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $110 million contract for Paveway weapons. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed Feb. 9, 2029. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Raytheon Missiles Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $13.1 million contract modification for advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) technical support. Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2020. Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Sentient Digital Inc., doing business as Entrust Government Solutions, New Orleans, was awarded a total $49 million contract for information technology engineering support services. IT services in this contract will assist Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (C4S) division (N6) in providing and sustaining Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy (DoN) compliant technical C4S solutions. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed Aug. 15, 2023. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, is the contracting activity.
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