Week in review (12/8 to 12/14)

The December issue of the Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor Newsletter will be published next week. It takes a look back at the key aerospace stories during 2019, and also looks ahead at what we can expect in the coming year.

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Now for your week in review:

All eight of the people injured in the Dec. 6 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., have been released from the hospital, according to the Pensacola News Journal.

The mass shooting at the base left three sailors dead: 19-year-old Mohammed Sameh Haitham, 21-year-old Cameron Scott Walters, and 23-year-old Joshua Kaleb Watson. The Navy has since posthumously awarded all three Wings of Gold.

The investigation into the mass shooting continues. The gunman, a Royal Saudi Air Force aviation student, was killed by deputies. The Navy has grounded about 300 Saudi military trainees at NAS Pensacola, NAS Whiting Field near Milton and NAS Mayport in Jacksonville. Classroom teaching, however, is continuing.

The safety stand-down was issued pending results of an FBI investigation of the shooting. Investigators believe Second Lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, 21, acted alone. (Post)

The FBI is presuming the fatal shooting was terrorism, but the agency has yet to declare an official motive. The handgun used by Alshamrani was a 9mm Glock bought legally in Florida, according to the FBI. (Post)

Contracts

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded an $18 million modification to a previously awarded contract. This modification provides for the maintenance and operation of the Australia, Canada, United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory (ACURL). This effort includes sustainment support for all ACURL systems to include consumables for the F-35 aircraft in support of the governments of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is expected to be completed in February 2021. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. … DMR Consulting Inc., Panama City Beach, Fla., was awarded a $9 million modification to previously awarded contract to exercise the option for the depot level repair, overhaul and modification for the MK-105 Magnetic Minesweeping Gear. This option exercise is for depot level repair and maintenance of the MK105 Magnetic Minesweeping Gear. The MK105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping System, better known as the "sled," is a high-speed catamaran hydrofoil platform, which is towed behind the MH-53E helicopter and is used to sweep magnetic influence mines. Work will be performed in Panama City, Fla., and is expected to be completed by December 2020. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, Panama City, is the contracting activity. … Arete Associates Inc., Northridge, Calif., was awarded a $17.6 million modification to a previously-awarded contract to exercise Option 2, to provide Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) Block I systems. Work will be performed in Destin, Fla. (35%); Tucson, Ariz. (35%); and Santa Rosa, Calif. (30%), and is expected to be completed by July 2022. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity. … Primus, Beltsville, Md., was awarded an $8.8 million contract for cold and hot aviation refuel and defuel services, personnel, management, parts, supplies, transportation and vehicles/trucks. Work will be performed in Daleville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of June 16, 2020. U.S. Army Mission Installation Contracting Command, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity.