The Russian military base in Armenia was put into combat alert in connection with its participation in large-scale war exercises dan the southwest of Russia initiated by President Vladimir Putin amid continuing tensions with Turkey.
Acting on an order from Putin, the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday a “sudden inspection of the combat readiness of troops in the strategic direction.
Quebec urged to make genocide study compulsory in schools
Too many Quebec students finish high school with no knowledge of genocides, past or present, including the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, Rwandan genocide and the cultural genocide of First Nations, a Montreal-based foundation argued on Wednesday, February 10, according to Montreal Gazette.
The Foundation for the Compulsory Study of Genocide in Schools had Liberal MNA David Birnbaum table a petition in the National Assembly demanding that the topic be made mandatory in Quebec high schools. It is currently up to individual teachers to decide how much they want to teach about genocide, the foundation said.
“I’ve seen teachers who have done amazing jobs with their high school students; they put on exhibits, they take their students to the Holocaust museum, they learn about the Armenian Genocide, and other schools that I’ve gone to where teachers have come up to me saying ‘We’re very, very worried, our children are graduating from Grade 11 not knowing even what the word genocide means,’ ” foundation chairperson Heidi Berger said.
The petition, which collected about 3,000 signatures, states that “racial and cultural intolerance and discrimination are the preconditions associated with the beginnings of genocide,” which is defined as “the systematic destruction of a racial, ethnic or cultural group.” Education, the petition continues, is the key to recognizing and preventing discrimination and acts of hate among youth, and knowledge of genocides is essential to preventing such acts in the future.
“Considering the times that we’re in, 25,000 Syrian refugees coming in, 16- and 17-year-olds with the radicalization and ISIS and so forth, with the cultural genocide and the Aboriginals, there’s no time like now to make sure that every student graduating from Grade 11 understands what genocide is and the stages that lead to genocide,” Berger added.
Catherine Poulin, press attaché for the education minister, said there is already a compulsory class that deals with genocide called “Contemporary World.”
“At this point, it is not our intention to change the curriculum,” Poulin said.
ISIS Godfather Davutoglu says: Syria invasion plan? Turkey will defend its ‘Aleppo brothers,
“We will return our historic debt. At one time, our brothers from Aleppo defended our cities of Sanliurfa, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, now we will defend the heroic Aleppo. All of Turkey stands behind its defenders,” Davutoglu said at the meeting of the Party of Justice and Development parliamentary faction, which he heads.
Davutoglu was apparently referring to World War One and subsequent events in the Turkish War of Independence, seemingly glorifying the defense and retaking of Turkish cities from the Allied forces. Yet, he failed to mention that the Turks had been drawn into the war by Ottoman imperial ambitions. Turkey had entered the conflict by shelling the Russian port of Odessa from the sea. It then suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Russian troops in the war’s southern theater, before the Ottoman Empire was occupied and divided by the Allies. At the time, the three cities Davutoglu named saw thousands of Armenians and other minorities slaughtered by Turkish nationalists as part of the Armenian Genocide, which Ankara denies to this day.
Alarmingly, the statement comes less than a week after Russia’s Defense Ministry warned that Turkey was preparing a military invasion of Syria and is trying to conceal illegal activity on its Syrian border.
“We have significant evidence to suspect Turkey is in the midst of intense preparations for a military invasion into Syria’s sovereign territory,” Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told reporters in Moscow.
Konashenkov also stated that Turkey had canceled an agreed upon Russian observation flight that had been scheduled over its territory because of its illicit activities. “So if someone in Ankara thinks that the cancelation of the flight by the Russian observers will enable hiding something, then they’re unprofessional.”
Moreover, Konashenkov pointed out that Turkey has already been supplying terrorists in the Syrian cities of Idlib and Aleppo with manpower and weaponry.
The spokesman showed the media a photo of the Reyhanli checkpoint, saying that “through this very border crossing – mainly at nighttime – the militants, who seized the city of Aleppo and Idlib in northwestern Syria, are being supplied with arms and fighters from Turkish territory.”
The alarming new developments come as jihadi forces fighting President Bashar Assad’s army in northern Syria are suffering losses and retreating to the Turkish border.
Moscow had provided the international community earlier with video evidence that Turkish artillery had fired on populated Syrian areas in the north of Latakia Province.
READ MORE: Turkey shuts off YouTube after ‘Syria invasion plan’ leak
Meanwhile, Turkey has denied any plans to invade Syria. “Turkey doesn’t have any plans or intentions to begin a military campaign or ground operations on Syrian territory,” Reuters cited a senior Turkish government official as saying.
This is not the first time alleged plans by Turkey to invade Syria have been reported. In 2014, Turkey shut off access to YouTube after an explosive leak of audiotapes revealed that its ministers had been discussing how to stage a provocation that could justify a military intervention in Syria.
ISIS leaders remain in close contact with Ankara – Lavrov
Moscow has intelligence that Islamic State’s (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) command continues to hold backdoor negotiations with the Turkish leadership, Lavrov told Russian newspaper MK in a vast interview in honor of Diplomats’ Day.
The airstrikes of the Russian Air Force in Syria have severely disrupted “traditional smuggling routes,” so the Turks are discussing in all seriousness creation of “IS-free zones” in Syria.
Of course [such zones] would be a violation of all principles of the international law and also escalate tensions, substantially and fundamentally,” Lavrov said, adding the Turks are constructing tent camps and some kind of “engineering structures” on the Syrian side of the border, some 200 meters inside the country’s territory.
At the same time the Russian FM does not believe that a full-scale Turkish invasion into Syria is possible; Ankara is expected to limit its actions to “small provocations.”
“I do not believe that the US-led [anti-IS] coalition, which includes Turkey, would allow such desperate schemes to take shape,” Lavrov said.
According to Lavrov, Moscow was “astonished” by the position voiced by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during Turkey voyage about Russian airstrikes being to blame for the growing influx of refugees from the Middle East to Europe.
The German leader did not say a word about terrorists in Syria being supported by the trafficking of arms, munitions and other necessary supplies from Turkey, which openly blackmails the EU over the refugee problem, Lavrov said.
Lavrov called attention to the fact that the growing tide of asylum seekers rushed to Europe after the elimination of the Libyan state, which took place well ahead of the Russian warplanes being deployed to Syria.
“I’d like to note that we had called attention to Turkey’s actions becoming inappropriate… long before our Air Force became operable in Syria,” Lavrov said, recalling incidents with Turkey creating obstacles with international projects and scandalous statements made by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his 2015 visit to Moscow.
“Of course we paid attention to that incongruity, but assumed that common sense would prevail and Turks realize we’re neighbor and had done nothing wrong to them,” Lavrov said, quoting President Vladimir Putin’s words about Moscow putting a blind eye on many of Ankara’s escapades.
Lavrov agreed that probably that position was a mistake, since it ended up with the “Turkish leaders falling out of the real world completely.”
Davutoglu Islamic Armey of Turkey, Saudi Arabia to hold joint drills
Turkey and Saudi Arabia will hold joint military drills as part of a decision to strategically cooperate against common threats, sources have told daily Hürriyet.
Turkish Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar’s visit to Saudi Arabia in late January, which had coincided with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s official visit to the country, brought about a decision to hold joint military exercises with the participation of the two countries’ armies.
Sources speaking on condition of anonymity said a decision for “the strategic cooperation against common threats” had been made during the meeting in Riyadh.
The visit was not to discuss the coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) facilities in Syria but rather conducted to strengthen mutual ties between the two states and armies, according to the sources.
The “Islam army,” which Saudi Arabia had announced to be formed on Dec. 15, 2015, consisting of 34 Sunni Islam states, to fight terrorism amid a continuing war on jihadists in the Middle East and elsewhere, was not on the agenda of the meetings in Riyadh.
The visit coming right before Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates declaring they were ready to send troops and special forces to Syria under the U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition was also a coincidence, the sources said, adding Turkey was distancing itself from both of the issues.
“The togetherness that is being mentioned [by Saudi Arabia] cannot actually be called an ‘Islam army.’ Even if there is such an initiative, Turkey will not be a part of its military branch,” said a senior Turkish official.
Armenian Genocide mastermind’s own account of the massacres: article
BY Harut Sassounian
Publisher of the California Courier Harut Sassounian presents the article “Talaat’s Personal Account of The Armenian Massacres,” unveiling excerpts from the Genocide ringleader’s memoirs.
The article reads:
In my last week’s column, I reported that Talaat Pasha, the mastermind of the Armenian Genocide, had told British intelligence officer Aubrey Herbert in 1921 that he had written “a memorandum on the Armenian massacres.”
I would like now to present brief excerpts from Talaat’s lengthy account published in the November 1921 issue of Current History, the monthly magazine of the New York Times, titled: “Posthumous Memoirs of Talaat Pasha,” and subtitled: “The former Grand Vizier’s own account, written shortly before his assassination, of why and how Turkey entered the war – Secret alliance that preceded the conflict – Causes of the Armenian massacres as stated by the man who ordered them.”
In an introductory note, Current History editors explain how they obtained a copy of this revealing report: “…After Talaat’s death, the manuscript passed into the possession of his wife, who remained in Germany; she permitted the Paris correspondent of Vakit to reproduce the most interesting portions of it. These have been translated from Turkish for Current History by M. Zekeria, a native of Constantinople. They represent about fifty pages of the original manuscript, the opening sentence of which, “I do not tell all the truth, but all I tell is truth,” aroused a great sensation in Turkey.”
In his memoirs, as in his interview with Aubrey Herbert, Talaat tries to exonerate himself by blaming everyone else — Armenians, Russians, even Turks — for the Armenian massacres. He does not deny “the deportations of the Armenians, in some localities of the Greeks, and in Syria of some of the Arabs,” but claims that such reports “were exceedingly exaggerated.” Talaat then adds: “in saying this, I do not mean to deny the facts.”
The former Grand Vizier confesses: “I admit that we deported many Armenians from our eastern provinces, but we never acted in this matter upon a previously prepared scheme. The responsibility for these acts falls first of all upon the deported people themselves. Russia, in order to lay hand on our eastern provinces, had armed and equipped the Armenian inhabitants of this district, and had organized strong Armenian bandit forces in the said area.”
Attempting to repair his tarnished image, Talaat acknowledges the Turkish brutalities against Armenians: “I admit also that the deportation was not carried out lawfully everywhere. In some places unlawful acts were committed… I confess it.”
Talaat proceeds to provide excuses for not pursuing perpetrators of the Armenian massacres who “were short-sighted, fanatic, and yet sincere in their belief.”
To set the record straight, Talaat’s claims that Armenians stabbed Turkey in the back during WWI are completely false. Minister of War Enver Pasha, Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman Armed Forces, in a letter to the Bishop of Konya, praised the bravery of Turkish-Armenian soldiers fighting against the Russian Army in the winter of 1914-1915.
Ironically, Talaat’s assertion that his government would have taken brutal actions against Armenians even at “a time of peace” reconfirms long-standing Turkish genocidal practices as previously demonstrated by the Hamidian and Adana massacres of Armenians which were carried out when there were no wars.
Russia MFA to consider proposal for annulment of 1921 Treaty of Moscow with Turkey
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia will examine the State Duma MPs’ proposal to annul the friendship treaty with Turkey.
Russian MFA representative Maria Zakharova informed the aforesaid, according to RIA Novosti news agency of the country.
“The request will be examined as to what specifically is proposed,” Zakharova said at Wednesday’s briefing. “Accordingly, everything will be done in accordance with the specified procedure.”
As reported earlier, Russian State Duma members Valery Rashkin and Sergei Obukhov petitioned to President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and proposed to sever the brotherhood and friendship treaty (Treaty of Moscow), which the then Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Bolshevist Russia) and Turkey had signed in 1921.
In their respective letter, the said Russian MPs point to the consistency in Turkey’s aggressive behavior.
Pursuant to the 1921 Treaty of Moscow, most of Kars Province, southern part of former Batumi Province, and Surmalu District—along with Mount Ararat—of Yerevan Province were given to Turkey.
Terrorist State of Turkey Aircraft Violate Greek Airspace – & every neighboring countries Reports
At least six Turkish fighter jets, flying in a single formation, violated Greek airspace, local media reported, citing military officials.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Turkish aircraft entered Greek airspace in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea without Athens’ permission, the Ekathimerini newspaper reported Tuesday, citing country’s military authorities.
At least two of the six fighter jets were armed, the newspaper added.
Turkey does not recognize a 10-mile zone of Greek airspace surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea that are the cause of numerous similar incidents in the sky over the sea.
Turkey: Cultural inventory of a civilization destroyed revealed
Cultural Heritage Map of Turkey is created at the end of a months-long study and research. Thanks to the project of Hrant Dink Foundation, an interactive online map is created. Through this map, it is possible to list and examine the sanctuaries, schools, hospitals and cemeteries of Armenians, Greeks, Syriacs and Jews in Turkey.
This inventory is a unique source for understanding what we have lost along with the civilization. You should just visit the website: turkiyekulturvarliklari.com
Hrant Dink Foundation took the inventory of the structures like churches, synagogues, monasteries, schools, hospitals and cemeteries that were built by Greeks, Armenians, Syriacs and Jews. After working and researching for almost 2 years, around 10.000 structures are revealed. This inventory, which reveals the cultural heritage of people who had been living in Anatolia for centuries, is the most extensive work that has been made so far. The foundation made the data available to everyone by an interactive map.
The research started in 2014. The team of researchers consisting of Nora Mildanoğlu, Zakarya Mildanoğlu, Mustafa Batman, Ezgi Deniz Berk, Merve Kurt, Vahakn Keşişyan, Tuna Başıbek, Aleksandros Kamburis, Şahika Karatepe, Zeynep Oğuz and Norayr Olgar reviewed various sources. Along with the structures that still stand, they also listed the structures that were destroyed, burned down or not protected; the ones that are being used as storage or barn; and the ones that were transformed to a mosque. Turkish EU Ministry, Open Society and Chrest Foundation supported the project.
Project coordinator Merve Kurt and researchers Tuna Başıbek, Zeynep Oğuz, Aleksandros Kamburis and Vahakn Keşişyan told about the details of the project.
This is a first
Project coordinator Merve Kurt pointed out that this is the first project that reveals the cultural heritage of the Anatolian non-Muslims.
“We reviewed the primary and secondary sources. During the first year, we focused on the Armenian culture; and we focused on the heritage of Greeks, Jews and Syriacs during the second year. Church books were the most useful sources. We worked on the Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi). We added every church or school mentioned in the sources to the inventory.”
Noting the difficulties in the process of research, Kurt said, “For Greek sources, we went to Centre for Asia Minor Studies in Greece and for Syriac sources, we went to Sweden. We got a lot of data from there. Names of the places were the most difficult part. We worked in accordance with the current provincial borders. We conducted another study on the old provincial borders in the archives. Comparing the old names with the new ones was difficult.”
Data is available to the public
Kurt emphasized that the map on the website is open to the contribution by everyone.
“That map is the visualized version of the project of Hrant Dink Foundation; an interactive map which shows the churches, hospitals, synagogues, schools, monasteries, orphanages and cemeteries belonging to Armenians, Greeks, Syriac and Jews. It makes easier to access the inventory. Photos, historical facts and their sources are shown on the map.”
There are a lot of structures that should be protected
Kurt pointed out that this is a project that can raise awareness and reveals the fact that there are a lot of structures that should be protected. “Though those structures are officially recorded, they are in ruins; treasure hunters are still doing excavation work in those places. There are preservation boards in every region, but in Kayseri, for instance, there 30-35 registered structures, whereas we listed 130. Some structures there are ignored. Our work is an important data for them.”
The project will continue
Stating that the project will continue for conducting the field study, Kurt spoke about what is to be done next: “We will check our data on the field. And there will be another field study. We will determine 3 regions. We will choose a school, a street and a church and conduct oral history study in those places. People’s story will be recorded. Also, locals will decide how they want to see those structures and we will share the result of this survey with the authorities.”
Sources
Researcher Vahakn Keşişyan told about the sources and methodology that they used during the inventory work.
“In the first stage, we formed the inventory by determining the main sources: the list of Armenian churches and monasteries that was prepared between 1912 and 1913 by the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul to be submitted to the Ministry of Justice and Religion (Adliye ve Mezahib Nezareti), edited and published by Aram Khaçaduri Safradsyan, and translated from Armenian into Turkish by Zakarya Mildanoğlu; Raymond Kevorkian and Paul Paboudjian’s extensive work on Ottoman Armenians; archives of Agos Weekly Newspaper; and postcards from the Calumeno collection that were published by Osman Köker. We chose different main sources for every society. We started from those sources and began to review other sources for determining what is lacking. It was hard to find such extensive main sources for other societies. For Jewish heritage, we used Synagogues of Turkey, the extensive survey put together by Naim Avigdor Güleryüz in 2008; the detailed 2004 article by Süleyman Faruk Göncüoğlu about the synagogues in the Haliç neighborhood of Istanbul; various articles published in Şalom Weekly Newspaper; and İnci Türkoğlu’s 2001 dissertation on Synagogue Architecture in Turkey from Antiquity to Today. For Greeks, we couldn’t have found a main source, but there were various sources in different places. The largest source was Centre for Asia Minor Studies. They conducted oral history studies with the Greeks who were subjected to population exchange. There is a huge data and we worked on them. It was a hard work, since they are not digital; we had to read them all. For Syriacs, we used Gabriel Akyüz’s book on the churches and monasteries around Mardin; studies on the buildings in the Tur Abdin region by Getrude Bell in 1910 and Hans Hollerweger in 1999; and Elif Keser Kayaalp’s dissertation on the church architecture in Northern Mesopotamia. In addition to the cultural heritage of the 4 societies that we worked on, we found structures belonging to Georgians, Bulgarians and Levantines. However, we couldn’t add them to the inventory, since they are not in the scope of the project. But we have the data.”
Stating that they found way more structures than they were expecting, Keşişyan said: “When the second stage was started, there were 4000 structures that belong to Armenians and 2000 Greek structures. At the end of the study, there are 4000 Greek structures. We found almost 700 Syriac structures; at the beginning of our study in Kayseri, the number was 250. After the study on Kayseri, it reached to 350 and then to 400 when we went to the field. When you focus on a single place, the number increases.”
There is an interrupted period in history
Researcher Aleksandros Kamburis told about the study on Greek structures:
“Three institutions took part in our study: Patriarchate, consulate and Centre for Asia Minor Studies in Athens. We got the most of the data from there. The most important problem is the disappearance of the historical information. In İstanbul, it is not possible to find enough sources in Greek. Greeks took most of the archives and records with them, when they were going to Greece. We can find them in Centre for Asia Minor Studies. Minorities don’t have a common information or memory center. There was a library taken from Greek Literary Foundation. There were important researches. This library was taken away from the foundation and got lost. We lost really important historical information. In the studies, we can find realistic information until ‘20s; we don’t have any information about what happened after ‘20s. We cannot trace the churches and public buildings. When people came back, they found out that the churches are not there anymore and thus, the information gets lost.”
Changed names are the most important problem
Researcher Tuna Başıbek told about the details of the study conducted in the Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office:
“There are two main sources in Ottoman archives. One of them is a book; we don’t know its exact date, but probably, it was kept in late 19. or in early 20. century. It contains sufficient information. Everything is listed meticulously in a technocratic way. The other one is the church books. There are 10 books and 7 of them are in the archive. They were sent to the center by the local clergy. The structures, their locations and reconstruction are recorded. They contain more detailed information. Names of the places are one of the most important problems. The officials who were keeping the books either didn’t know the names of the places or they misspelled them; or the names and the borders are changed. We are able to determine the churches, their locations, their congregations and their landlords. The records show their reconstruction dates; so, we don’t know when they were originally built.”
There is diversity in Jewish culture
Researcher Zeynep Oğuz spoke about the methodology of the study on Jewish public buildings:
“Language was a problem; so, we used secondary sources, but sometimes, the sources in Turkish are more useful concerning the information on Turkey. There are books by Naim Güleryüz which contain references to the structures that don’t exist anymore. We understood that Güleryüz’s work is the most extensive one. In fact, there are academic studies in English. Thanks to media organs like Agos and Bianet, we realized that sold houses and synagogues are not recorded in those studies. There are almost no retrospective sources. And we cannot say that there is continuity in the information. There are active synagogues in places like İskenderun and Hatay; this is an unexpected thing for me. There is diversity in Jewish culture. We know about the structures that belong to Ashkenazy and Ladino Jews, which are rather recent. However, there are older structures in Turkey.”
How to contribute?
Keşişyan said that everyone can contribute to the project through the interactive map: “First of all, this is an ongoing project that is open to suggestions and contributions. People can add photos and information and make changes in the current information. Everyone can send sources, photos and information they have. There is also an option for adding a new structure by which people can send photos and information about a structure that is not listed in our inventory. We will receive them as suggestions and keep them as data.
Published: on Agos
US Military industrial complex, BFP Report A Distillation of DOD Funding Priorities for January 2016
By Christian Sorensen | February 9, 2016,
DOD spent $11,696,571,000+ on 147 individual contracts in January 2016
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form.
The Department of Defense (DOD) spent at least $11,696,571,000 on 147 individual contracts during January 2016. This amount does not include 15 Foreign Military Sales contracts worth $916,846,600 or 3 contracts involving partial FMS allotment worth $425,423,345.
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) – Through FMS, the U.S. government procures and transfers materiel to allied nations and international organizations.
Boeing received $9,316,518 for 2016 F/A-18 A-F program management, logistics, and engineering for Switzerland ($4,187,292; 44.95%); Finland ($1,763,053; 18.92%); Kuwait ($1,127,556; 12.10%); Malaysia ($1,002,289; 10.76%); Australia ($505,984; 5.43%); Canada ($372,788; 4%); and Spain ($357,556; 3.84%).
General Atomics received $43,740,596 for France‘s MQ-9 second system. This is a sole-source acquisition.
Lockheed Martin received $14,221,556 to configure Target Sight System (TSS) to Pakistan’s requirements. This is sole-source, per 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(4).
Raytheon received $212,687,782 for PATRIOT engineering services, calendar year 2016 (FMS: Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Spain, Taiwan, UAE).
Rockwell Collins Inc. received $30,727,886 to provide Pakistan installation tech support, and deliver Pakistan 11 C-130E model kits and 5 C-130B integrated avionics suites/kits. RC will also deliver B/E flight manuals, checklists, and maintenance supplements for Pakistan’s C-130 at Nur Khan Base. Sole-source.
CENTCOM FMS – Selling materiel and military equipment to countries in southwest Asia is very lucrative [PDF] for U.S. industry.
AM General received $24,965,954 to provide Iraq 120 HMMWV. AM General received $10,565,465 to provide Iraq 50 HMMWV and contractor unique spare parts. One bid solicited, one received.
Cessna received $55,268,755 for the Afghanistan Trainer Program: interim contractor support (at Kabul AB and Kandahar AB) on 18 C-208B aircraft and 1 C-208 training device (includes maintenance & training). This is sole-source.
Delfasco LLC received $81,626,329 to provide Saudi Arabia with practice bombs and fixtures.
Lockheed Martin received $92,732,991 for PAC-3 and MSE Multi-Band Radio Frequency Data Link obsolescence redesign for Qatar.
Lockheed Martin received $25,291,001 for continued logistics support for Office of Program Manager – Saudi Arabia National Guard (OPM-SANG).
Lockheed Martin received $18,834,540 to provide Iraq with sustainment on C-130E/J aircraft.
Lockheed Martin received $15,017,849 to provide Saudi Arabia a digital battle staff trainer, war simulation trainer.
Lockheed Martin received $10,035,434 for FMS to Israel: C-130J advanced procurement and external fuel tank modification kits.
Sallyport Global Holdings Inc. received $271,813,941 to provide Iraq with base life support, base operations support, and security (for Balad AB).
UNINHABITED VEHICLES & CRAFT
General Atomics received $34,028,813 to develop and field AFSOC’s MQ-9 Medium Altitude Long Endurance Tactical (MALET) Lead-Off Hitter (LOH) software.
General Atomics received $17,727,907 for MQ-9 system software operational test support and final fielding release.
Northrop Grumman received $8,021,113 for software sustainment services in support of MQ-8B Fire Scout.
Northrop Grumman received $8,171,523 for MQ-8 engines, engineering services, integrated logistics, and training.
Northrop Grumman received $55,681,130 for Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) platform maintenance and support.
SRA received $35,432,915 for Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS) Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination Operation Center at Langley AFB.
Textron (AAI) received $97,109,000 for Shadow UAS, tactical data link retrofit for full-rate production VII.
URS Federal Services Inc. received $9,692,686 for ACC UAS operation centers support to MQ-1 and MQ-9 at Creech, Ellsworth, Holloman, Nellis, Whiteman AFBs; Ramstein AB; and Kadena Air Base.
Gilbane Federal received $9,960,000 to build two barrel-type bulk fuel storage tanks at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay.
USSOCOM – USSOCOM recently opened its own technology startup named SofWerX.
Bethel-Webcor JV-1 received $19,600,000 to build waterfront operations facility for SDV Team One at Pearl City Peninsula. Space will also be provided for NSWG-3 Tactical Athlete Center.
FLIR Inc. received $14,656,803 to provide USSOCOM with life-cycle contractor support on electro-optical sensor systems for Technology Applications Program Office (TAPO). This was non-competitive, per FAR 6.302-1.
IGOV Technologies Inc. received $52,355,650 to modify M1145 HMMWV to provide Tactical Air Party users with embedded software and systems for critical voice, data, and video communications.
Minburn Technology Group LLC received $115,000,000 for Microsoft software licenses and software assurance in support of USSOCOM HQ Procurement Division (SOF AT&L-KS).
DARPA
Sotera Defense received $11,402,662 for R&D on a DARPA Counter Insurgency Operations project.
AIRCRAFT PROPULSION RESEARCH
Aerospace Testing Alliance received $14,315,412 for operations, maintenance, information management and support of AEDC.
Engineering Research & Consulting Inc. (ERC) received $89,223,718 for Climatic, Dynamic & Propulsion Test Divisions test and eval support services.
FLIGHT TRAINING
Boeing received $855,000,000 for T-38C avionics component integration and contractor logistics support.
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (F-35)
Alion Science & Technology (AST) received $28,725,401 to provide SECAF Acquisition office and JPO for F-35 with advisory & assistance services in Arlington, VA, and JBAB.
Lockheed Martin received $61,943,088 for F-35 recurring logistics support (e.g. ground maintenance; action request resolution; depot activation; ALIS [PDF] operations & maintenance) USAF ($33,956,484; 55%); USMC ($12,989,660; 21%); USN ($9,767,503; 16%); non-DoD participants ($5,229,441; 8%).
Lockheed Martin received $28,842,000 for F-35A air vehicle retrofit modifications re: fuel tank overpressure engineering change proposal for USAF ($26,855,466; 93.11%); Netherlands ($1,633,244; 5.67%); Italy ($201,880; 0.70%); Norway ($100,940; 0.35%) and Australia ($50,470; 0.17%).
Lockheed Martin received $9,020,798 for F-35 retrofit kits supporting Block 3F and USN initial operational capability-related engineering change proposals.
RAPTOR (F-22)
Lockheed Martin received $9,262,918 for two communication, navigation and identification units per F-22 and spares. LM will provide 479 retrofit kits and perform 443 installations to increase transistor reliability on CNI Driver B units.
Bell-Boeing JPO received $11,314,491 for common software support for MV/CV-22, and training and training device support for MV-22.
Bell-Boeing JPO received $20,809,451 for MV-22 flight test sustainment support including test planning and execution, flight clearances, and technical reviews.
HELICOPTERS
Airbus received $8,648,399 for UH-72A logistics support.
General Nucleonics Inc. received $16,577,014 to repair three weapons replaceable assemblies in support of Main Rotor Blade In Flight Inspection System utilized on H-53. Non-competitive solicitation, per FAR 6.302-1.
Lockheed Martin (Sikorsky) received $7,893,500 to incorporate Nacelles physical configuration audit support and 36 total production kits for MH-53 and CH-53 in-service program.
EAGLE, FALCON & HORNET
Boeing received $22,398,869 to repair F/A-18 parts in Lemoore, CA (69%); Cecil Field, FL (30%); Philadelphia, PA (1%). One firm was solicited, per FAR 6.302-1.
Exelis Inc. received $7,628,203 to repair weapons replaceable assemblies used in support of Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM). This was not competitively procured, per FAR 6.302-1.
Martin Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd. (Middlesex, UK) received $9,458,828 for 30 U.S. Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seats for F/A-18 and EA-18G.
STRATOFORTRESS
Fluor Federal Solutions received $17,648,238 to build B-52 Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Minot AFB.
POSEIDON
Boeing received $2,469,582,995 to manufacture and deliver 20 Lot III full-rate production P-8A for USN (16 for $2,052,571,034; 83%) and Australia (4 for $417,011,961; 17%)
STRATEGIC AIRLIFT
Lockheed Martin received $31,597,328 for C-130J long-term sustainment: program sustainment, inventory control point management, spares replenishment & repair, sustaining engineering, technical data, and depot activation.
Rolls-Royce received $77,920,767 for 24 AE2100D3 commercial engines for C-130J aircraft. This involves FMS (presumably $6,427,850) to Saudi Arabia.
Rolls-Royce received $76,067,069 for C-130J propulsion logistics, program management support, engineering services, spares, and technical data.
AERIAL REFUELING
Northrop Grumman received $43,835,227 for 10 engine overhauls in worldwide support of KC-10 program. Northrop Grumman received $24,668,666 for worldwide contractor logistic services in support of KC-10 program.
Rockwell Collins received $13,194,387 for KC-10 communication navigation surveillance and air traffic management, specifically installation of Group A and B kits on the basic contract’s remaining 23 aircraft.
OTHER FIXED WING AIRCRAFT
Boeing received $7,236,020 for R&D required to demonstrate integration of tactical data link (LINK16) including other required avionics changes to accommodate data link into radar-production and radar-remanufacture on AV-8B. This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).
Boeing received $71,329,678 for USAF aircraft vertical stabilizers. This was sole-source, per 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1).
Boeing received $25,776,011 for Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization (PAR) Program Phase 1 Pre-Milestone B activities. Boeing will aim to improve affordability and reduce program execution risk. This is a sole-source acquisition.
Composite Engineering Inc. received $18,674,455 for 21 USAF Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) Lots 11-13 production. Composite Engineering Inc. received $37,000,000 for AFSAT spares, contractor logistics support, and out of warranty repairs. This is a sole-source acquisition.
L-3 received $42,017,407 to support T-1, T-6, and T-38 undergraduate pilot training at Vance AFB.
Lockheed Martin received $8,710,361 for AC/HC/MC and C-130J peculiar support equipment.
M-1 Support Services received $12,028,752 for aircrew and maintenance services on CV-22, UH-1N, and HH-60G, associated engines, and mission support equipment (58th Maintenance Group) at Kirtland AFB.
Gulfstream received $111,579,431 to support C-20 and C-37 fleet for contractor logistics support.
GENERAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
DynCorp received $72,040,018 for depot level maintenance and logistics on aircraft (31 F/A-18A-F; 3 EA-18G; 5 MH-60S; 14 F-16A/B; and 2 E-2C) assigned to Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center, NAS Fallon.
Lockheed Martin received $24,900,000 for aviation field maintenance in Regional Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Central Area (Ft. Campbell, KY).
AEGIS
Lockheed Martin received $80,043,707 for Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent efforts on computer program baselines and TI hardware design support for next/future Advanced Capability Build.
SHIP MAINTENANCE
BAE Systems received $14,125,605 for USS Normandy (CG 60) FY2016 selected restricted availability (SRA), which includes depot-level maintenance and modifications to update ship’s military and technical capabilities.
BAE Systems received $25,589,923 for USS Anchorage (LPD-23) FY 2016 SRA.
Boston Ship Repair LLC received $12,505,219 for 58-calendar day shipyard availability for regular overhaul and dry-docking of USNS Grumman (T-AO 195).
Detyens Shipyards received $11,455,931 for 71-calendar day shipyard availability for regular overhaul and dry-docking of USNS Laramie (T-AO 203).
Marine Hydraulics International Inc. received $8,612,073 for USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) FY2016 repair, maintenance, and modernization.
Seaward Marine Services received $53,355,875 for worldwide waterborne hull cleaning and work supporting Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage & Diving. This was not competitively procured, per FAR 6.302-1.
SUBMARINES
General Dynamics received $9,051,654 for secondary propulsion system detail design, prototype unit manufacture, qualification, and technical manual development.
L-3 received $44,710,060 for depot-level upgrades, repair, and overhaul of Photonics Mast (PM) & Photonics Mast Variant (PMV). This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).
OTHER NAVAL CONTRACTS
AMSEC $14, 203,234; BAE Systems $17,756,331; Delphinus Engineering Inc. $16,155,225; Epsilon Systems Solutions $17,837,830; General Dynamics $15,714,308; L3 $18,787,064; Q.E.D. Systems $15,123,826 received those amounts for U.S. Navy Modernization Program (installation & technical services for hull, mechanical and electrical systems on U.S. Naval vessels) engineering and technical services.
BAE Systems received $21,491,950 for design, development, customization, fabrication, integration, test & eval, installation, certification, maintenance and upgrade, logistic, and life cycle support of communication-electronic platforms, equipment/systems and subsystems supporting Naval Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Special Communications Mission Solutions Division.
Boeing received $8,343,706 in support of Navy aircraft. This was a sole-source acquisition, per 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1).
Crowley Technical Management received $34,498,445 to operate and maintain 5 U.S. Navy Ocean Surveillance Ships (T-AGOS) and 2 Missile Range Instrumentation Ships (T-AGM).
Lockheed Martin received $7,135,576 to repair 1263 (max.) parts used in AN/UYQ-70. This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1).
Progeny Systems Corp. received $9,599,780 to work on Maritime Airborne Service Oriented Architecture Integration for NAWCAD, Lakehurst, NJ.
RCT Systems Inc. received $12,393,192 for R&D on power conversion modules & energy storage components re: advanced shipboard electrical power system.
SMIT Singapore PTE Ltd. received $43,000,000 for salvage, salvage-related towing, harbor clearance, ocean engineering, and point-to-point towing services to support the Director of Ocean Engineering, SUPSALV, in the Western Pacific.
Textron (AAI Corp.) received $49,791,402 for electronic warfare systems integration test environment system upgrades to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Electronic Combat Simulation and Evaluation Laboratory. This was not competitively procured per 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1).
C4ISR
BCF Solutions Inc.; IGOV Technologies Inc.; People Tec Inc.; Pelatron Inc.; Smartronix Inc.; and BAE Systems received $538,000,000 Platform for Engineering and Integration of Tactical and Strategic Systems (PEITSS) systems and capabilities within Theater Air Control System and other systems providing tactical and strategic battle management and command and control capabilities.
SAIC received $15,950,811 for Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) for Total Force Information Technology Systems Consolidated Systems Integrator.
System of Systems Security (SOSSEC) Inc. received $99,000,000 for prototypes in C4ISR information sharing information systems: DCGS; TBMCS; Air Operations Center; Open Mission System; Secure View; ISSE Guard; cybersecurity environments; Web Temporal Analysis System; CIDNE; Collaboration Gateway, and other systems to be determined.
Technology Service Corp. received $23,812,562 for work on Rapid Reaction Multi-Mission/Support Jammer Cueing (RRMMS/SJC) using rapid prototyping processes and modular architectures to deliver technological capabilities.
SPACE
Lockheed Martin received $198,729,140 to provide MDA with 20 Lot 8 Interceptors and production support to THAAD Project Office (CLIN 8000).
Northrop Grumman received $7,026,986 for booster propulsion technology maturation: R&D on additive manufacturing for duct-cooled, carbon/silicon carbide thrust chamber technology.
Orbital ATK Inc. received $46,968,005 to develop 3 rocket propulsion system prototypes for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. Orbital ATK will share some cost investment to develop prototypes.
Portico Services received $7,503,853 to repair electrical distribution lines to support launch complexes at Cape Canaveral AFS. This is sole-sourced.
SpaceX received $33,660,254 to develop the Raptor rocket propulsion system prototype for EELV. SpaceX will share some cost investment to develop a Raptor engine prototype for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy upper stage.
SOFTWARE LICENSING
The Math Works Inc. received $11,000,000 for software licenses, maintenance, training, and consulting services in support of MATLAB. This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S. Code 2304(c) (1).
ICBM
A-P-T Research Inc. received $30,456,367 for safety advisory and assistance services for technical, engineering, and management support re: BMDS.
Boeing received $15,606,149 for sustainment engineering and program management support services on ICBM guidance subsystem mostly at Hill AFB.
MISSILES, BOMBS, ROCKETS, PROJECTILES
Lockheed Martin received $7,971,649 for Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System development for USN ($7,867,057; 98.69%) and UK ($104,592; 1.31%)
Raytheon received $85,500,000 for Griffin A & B Block II/III missiles (incl. test and support equipment with engineering support). Sole-source.
Raytheon received $66,593,457 (post-dated 31 Dec. 2015) for FY2016 Navy RAM block 2 round pack requirements (material, fabricate parts, assemble, test, deliver). This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(4).
Raytheon received $36,000,000 to implement a data processor and signal processor equipment suite modernization at RAF Fylingdales for MDA.
Raytheon received $14,000,000 for R&D at AFRL on increased capabilities (missile # carried on single sortie, effectiveness, platform survivability against threats in A2AD environment) for next-gen, air-launched, tactical missiles. Two research concepts: Small Advanced Capability Missile (SACM) and Miniature Self-Defense Munition (MSDM).
Raytheon received $12,115,859 for advanced technology insertion and integration support on weapons systems (AIM-9, AIM-120, AGM-65, AGM-154, R/UGM-109, XM982 Excalibur, BGM-71 TOW, SM, Evolved Sea Sparrow, Talon, Pyros and Griffin).
Scientific Systems (SSCI) received $11,565,001 for advanced navigation system technology demonstration on Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Increment I [ImageNav-SDB advanced navigation system]. Sole-source.
LASER
Leidos received $21,079,949 for R&D (at Kirtland AFB) into optical beam control in the presence of atmospheric turbulence to develop beam control systems for laser propagation and laser communication.
VEHICLES
Brighton Cromwell received $17,202,863 (max.) for medium and light tactical vehicle parts.
DRS-NIS received $16,492,821 for digital vehicle distribution box assembly repair and upgrades (for Bradley).
General Dynamics received $75,324,426 for design and integration engineering of 30mm cannon (8 prototypes) mounted on unmanned, stabilized Stryker turret.
General Dynamics received $170,720,400 to acquire a Stryker Tow Simulator.
L-3 received $38,039,981 for 180 Bradley transmissions and ancillary hardware.
Raytheon received $13,366,719 for nine turrets for USMC LAV anti-tank variant.
Veyance Technologies received $31,799,186 for Abrams track shoe assemblies.
SMALL ARMS
Olin Corp. (Winchester Division) received $22,829,590 for 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and .50 caliber ammunition.
GEAR & EQUIPMENT
Stresau Laboratory Inc. received $42,534,185 for blasting caps: electric M6; non-electric: M7; inert non-electric blasting caps: M30 and MK17.
CLOTHING
Bluewater Defense Inc. (San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico) received maximum $112,707,320 for various types of U.S. Army uniform trousers.
McRae Industries Inc. received $9,293,438 for hot weather, flame-resistant combat boots.
Rocky Brand Inc. received $15,623,052 (max.) for U.S. Army hot weather combat boots.
Travis Association for the Blind received $8,856,391 to clean and repair unserviceable, but economically repairable, clothing and equipment.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
American Society for Engineering Education received $111,456,970 for admin support to DOD Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service program. Most funding used to reimburse contractor for scholarships and stipends paid to students.
Aktarius LLC; Allied Technical Services; AQuate II; Axseum Solutions; K.D. Analytical Consulting; Murtech Inc.; Omega Consultants; SciTech Services; STS International; Veteran Corps of America; Battelle Memorial Institute; Camber Corp.; DRS Technical Services Inc.; Engility; Leidos; Patricio Enterprises; SAIC; received a shared $900,000,000 for logistics and service support to Joint PEO for Chemical & Biological Defense.
Booz Allen Hamilton received $35,954,551 for advisory and assistant services supporting Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program projects and the Proliferation Prevention Program (part of DTRA).
The Whiting-Turner Contracting received $30,469,870 to renovate the 20th CBRNE Conventional Weapons command HQ at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
FUEL & ENERGY
Apex Clean Energy Holdings received $497,350,565 to provide U.S. Army with electricity from an on-site solar and off-site wind energy production facility, supplemented with electricity from conventional resources.
Constellation NewEnergy Inc. received $7,046,395 for electricity and ancillary services in Maryland and Texas for U.S. Navy.
Syn-Tech Systems received $17,863,377 for fuel management systems (FuelMaster) support (technical, procurement, installation, sustainment) and automotive information module second gen. equipment at 507+ sites worldwide. This was not competitively procured, per 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).
Thales received $49,178,470 for universal battery chargers (UBC), UBC battery interfaces, UBC soft covers, UBC hard covers and/or accessory kits.
MEDICAL & SAFETY
Armed Forces Services Corp. received $11,843,103 for continued professional support, program management, analytical, consulting, and admin services to facilitate Wounded, Ill and Injured programs.
Dispensers Optical Service Corp. received $7,500,000 for various optical lenses.
FedMedical Inc. received $25,000,000 for pulse oximeters, surgical lights and accessories.
SEKON Enterprises received $28,800,197 for engineering, cybersecurity, and configuration management to Defense Healthcare Management Systems.
United Concordia Companies received $11,010,000 for comprehensive dental care services worldwide to eligible TRICARE beneficiaries.
TRANSPORTATION, CARGO & STORAGE
Twelve companies received the following amounts for international ocean transportation and intermodal distribution services through USTRANSCOM’s Universal Service Contract-8: American President Lines $257,131,913; Maersk $227,835,577; Matson Navigation Co. $95,294,998; Hapag-Lloyd USA $92,075,357; American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier $66,941,381; Farrell Lines Inc. $64,360,874; Liberty Global Logistics $55,788,479; Totem Ocean Trailer Express $30,438,795; Central Gulf Lines Inc. $24,494,841; TransAtlantic Lines $20,596,119; Sea Star Line $20,148,725; and Young Brothers LTD $18,494,963.
For Category A international commercial air cargo transportation service, these companies received a shared $125,922,873: Alaska Airlines; Atlas Air; FedEx; Kalitta Air; Miami Air International; National Air Cargo Group; Northern Air Cargo; Omni Air International; UPS.
Accent Controls Inc. received $7,420,931 for warehousing and distribution support services.
Sealift Inc. received $8,760,576 to charter one U.S. flagged, self-sustaining ship, M/V Capt David I. Lyon, to support USAF at-sea prepositioning program.
ENVIRONMENTAL
CH2M Hill Inc. received a maximum $240,000,000 for comprehensive, long-term environmental action services on USN/USMC installations in NAVFAC Atlantic.
Leidos received $9,000,000 for architectural and engineering environmental support within Great Lakes & Ohio River Mission Boundaries, USACE.
Vernadero Group Inc.; Gulf South Research Corp.; Trinity Analysis & Development Corp.; Marstel-Day LLC; Stell Environmental Enterprises; HelioTech received a shared $99,000,000 for environmental support for the South Atlantic Division, USACE, Mobile District, Alabama.
FOOD SERVICES
Labatt Food Services received $52,500,000 for food and beverages in the San Antonio area. This was sole-source, per 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1).
US Foods Lexington received $64,500,000 for food and beverages in the South Carolina area. This was sole-source, per 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1).
ACQUISITION SUPPORT SERVICES
CSC Government Solutions received $77,500,000 for servicing the Logistics Modernization Program for Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal.
BASE SUPPORT, CONSULTING, ADMIN & LOGISTICS – Base support services usually involve a combination of: facility management & investment, fire & emergency services, grounds maintenance & landscaping, janitorial services, pavement clearance, pest control, port operations, utilities, vehicles & equipment service, and waste management.
PAE Applied Technologies received $31,927,651 for base operations support at Keesler AFB and received $8,196,000 for support services at Vance AFB.
Z Systems Corp. received $13,511,573 for logistics support to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood.
BUSINESS & OFFICE SUPPORT
Accenture Federal Services; CACI; CGI Federal; Deloitte Consulting; ECS Federal; IBM; Leidos; and Main Sail received $147,178,362 for process improvement, reengineering, management and data support services, to include Navy Enterprise Resource Planning sustainment on behalf of NAVSUP Business Systems Center (BSC).
All Native Managed Services received $10,425,244 for IT automation and tech support services to the National Capitol Region. One bid solicited, one received.
Ernst & Young received $15,427,675 to assist DOD Office of Inspector General Audit of DAF general fund FY2016 schedule of budgetary activity.
KPMG LLP received $13,762,530 to assist DOD Office of Inspector General to audit DA general fund schedule of budgetary activity for FY2016.
Telesto Group; Softek International; BridgePhase; Enterprise Horizon Consulting Group; CompQSoft; Johnson Technology Systems; 4M Research; Stango Obsidian Alliance; InSAP Services; Oakland Consulting Group Inc. received a shared $846,000,000 for enterprise resource planning services for the Project Manager, Army Enterprise System Integration Program; program manager, General Fund Enterprise Business System; and Army Shared Services Center and Army stakeholder organizations.
OVERSEAS CONSTRUCTION
HBA Architecture & Interior Design received $25,000,000 for worldwide architectural and engineering services for Navy Lodge and other NEXCOM facilities in NAVFAC.
DOMESTIC CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
ACC Construction received $45,034,874 to build an overall Basic Combat Training complex and related work for one battalion HQ, two barracks/company operations facilities, one lawn equipment building with company storage, one dining facility, parking, a running track, and physical training pits.
Bethel-Webcor JV-1 received $14,989,000 to repair Buildings 1604 and 1632 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
Binderman Construction received $21,586,000 to design and build Arlington Heights Illinois Army Reserve Center.
Hal Hays Construction Inc. received $18,508,130 to construct an Army Reserve Center in Fresno, CA.
KWR Construction added to a previous $95,000,000 construction contract at Luke AFB.
Mathy Construction received $7,398,957 for asphalt paving and delivery services.
Mississippi Limestone Corp. received $7,840,604 for articulated concrete mattress squares at Richardson Landing, Tennessee.
PentaCon LLC received $9,544,234 to build Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School Applied Instruction Facility at Construction Battalion Center, Stennis Space Center.
Pyramid Contracting LLC received $8,559,900 for flooring at Fort Jackson.
Tri-County Builders received $20,000,000 for magazine and building maintenance, repair, and construction at Naval Support Activity Crane.
DREDGING
Bethel-Webcor JV-1 received $7,230,000 to design and build a Welding School consolidation at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
The Dutra Group received $8,000,000 to rent a hopper dredge with attendant plan and operators for maintenance dredging of the Mobile Harbor Channel, AL.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock received $15,819,524 to repair multiple beach projects in New Jersey.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock received $34,564,800 for dredging and beach placement, Willoughby Spit and Vicinity, Norfolk, VA.
Weeks Marine Inc. received $10,642,250 to rent one fully operated cutterhead dredge and equipment for work in New Orleans, LA.
**Any clerical errors are the editor’s alone. Each month, Boiling Frogs Post presents a distillation of the previous month’s DOD Contracts. Check back regularly.
***To avoid competitive bidding, DOD invokes 10 U.S.C. 2304, FAR 6.302, and FAR 8.405-6. DOD uses 15 U.S.C. 638 to avoid competitive bidding when dealing with small businesses. DOD uses CFR 206.302-4 to avoid competitive bidding when dealing with treaties and foreign transactions.
Christian Sorensen, a BFP Contributing Author & Analyst, is a U.S. military veteran and Arabic translator.
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