GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DoD Contracts for May 20th, 2011

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: DOD

20May2011 8:10pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:

CONTRACTS

NAVY

            Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded $125,065,919 for fixed-price delivery order #0117 under their existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-06-D-5028).  This delivery order is issued against exercised priced options for the purchase of 232 logistic vehicle system replacement (LVSR) production tractor vehicles; 68 LVSR production wrecker vehicles; 300 Roxtec pass through panels; 300 power distribution boxes; 300 Pioneer tool brackets; 300 slave valve caution data plates; preparation for the installation of government furnished equipment for 300 vehicles; shipping for 300 vehicles; and applicable federal retail excise tax.  Work and all the production will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 30, 2012.  The contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

            Canadian Commercial Corp., General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada, Ontario, Canada, is being awarded a $42,239,322 firm-fixed-priced modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5028) for the labor and materials for packaging and kitting of 51 separate engineering change proposal (ECP) vehicle upgrade kits into one individual kit.  These kits will be delivered to Kuwait and installed on RG-31 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.  There will be 691 individual kits prepared.  This procurement also includes the packaging and kitting of seven ECP kits for installation on 350 delivery order #0003 variant MRAP vehicles.  Work will be performed in Johnannesburg, South Africa, and is expected to be completed no later than May 31, 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

            SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC, Oklahoma City, Okla., is being awarded maximum $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for complete architect and engineering services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Southeast area of responsibility (AOR).  Task order #0001 is being awarded at $180,516 for the repair by replacement of Chief of Naval Air Training Headquarters Building 1 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas.  Work for this task order is expected to be completed by December 2011.  All work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR including, but not limited to:  Louisiana (30 percent), Mississippi (30 percent), Alabama (15 percent), Florida (15 percent), and Texas (10 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by May 2016.  Contract funds in the amount of $180,516 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 23 proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-11-D-0071).

ARMY

            KDH Defense Systems, Eden, N.C., was awarded on May 17 a $34,349,045 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 60,343 improved outer tactical vests, universal camouflage pattern.  Work will be performed in Eden, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30, 2012.  Eight bids were solicited, with five bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-09-D-0049).

            RQ Construction, Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., was awarded on May 18 a $29,886,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of a General Instruction Building at Presidio of Monterey, Calif.  Work will be performed in Presidio of Monterey, Calif., with an estimated completion date of May 24, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 12 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, Calif., is the contracting activity (W91238-11-C-0005).

            ECC International, LLC, Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded on May 17 a $29,842,615 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of the 209th Corps Garrison Group A located in Camp Shaheen, Maser-e-Sharif Balkh Province, Afghanistan.  Work will be performed in Camp Shaheen, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of June 11, 2012.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with six bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-11-C-4015).

            Protective Products Enterprises, Sunrise, Fla., was awarded on May 17 a $26,865,600 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 48,000 improved outer tactical vests in Operation Enduring Freedom camouflage pattern.  Work will be performed in Sunrise, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 1, 2012.  Eight bids were solicited, with five bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-10-D-0010).

            Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded on May 17 a $20,501,986 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 18,005 Generation III extreme cold weather clothing system kits.  Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Va.; Nashville, Tenn.; Belmont, Maine; Rio Rico, Ariz.; Lansing, Mich.; Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Elk Rapids, Mich.; Tullahoma, Tenn.; Lexington, Ky.; Caguas, Puerto Rico; Boston, Mass.; and Newport, R.I., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 20, 2011.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-07-D-0003).

            Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded on May 18 a $17,099,999 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 5,800 fire-resistant environmental ensemble systems.  Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Va., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-07-D-0033).

            TEPA EC, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded on May 19 a $14,407,470 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of an Echelon Above Brigade Complex, Company Operations Facility, Fort Carson, Colo.  Work will be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 6, 2012.  Four bids were solicited, with four bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0022).

            M.A. Mortenson, Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on May 19 an $11,924,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of an Echelon Above Brigade Complex, Brigade Headquarters, Fort Carson, Colo.  Work will be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 14, 2012.  Four bids were solicited, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0035).

            McTech Corp., Kansas City, Mo., was awarded on May 18 a $10,563,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The award will provide for the construction of a Mobility Enhancement Brigade Headquarters building, including site work, roads and utilities.  Work will be performed in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 15, 2012.  Four bids were solicited, with four bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0026).

            General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded on May 19 an $8,930,823 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of additional spare hardware support for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle contract logistics support.  Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 18, 2012.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0153).

            TMG Services, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., was awarded on May 18 a $6,615,899 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of a 20,000-square foot addition to the existing chemical, radiological and nuclear facility at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.  Work will be performed in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 23, 2012.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 13 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-11-C-4008).

            M.A. Mortenson, Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on May 19 a $6,529,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of an Echelon Above Brigade Complex, Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility, Fort Carson, Colo.  Work will be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of March 6, 2013.  Five bids were solicited, with four bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-D-0030).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            AAR Services, Inc., Oklahoma City, Okla., was awarded a requirements-type, fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $20,365,097 for jet fuel.  Other location of performance is Will Rogers World Airport, Okla.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  The date of performance completion is March 31, 2015.  The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-11-D-0139).

            Altec Industries, Inc., Birmingham, Ala., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, delivery order contract with a maximum $13,550,000 for telescopic truck cranes.  Other location of performance is Virginia.  Using service is Army.  The date of performance completion is March 27, 2012.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM500-04-D-0090-0111).

            Produce Source Partners*, Newport News, Va., was issued a modification exercising the second option year on the current contract SPM300-08-D-P037/P00009.  Award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $8,100,000 for full-line fresh fruit and vegetable support.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.  The date of performance completion is Nov. 20, 2012.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

            Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $6,600,679 for rotary wing blades.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using service is Army.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 28, 2014.  The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-G-0003 ZB67).

            Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $5,581,139 for main tran case assemblies.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using service is Army.  The date of performance completion is May 31, 2017.  The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-G-0003 ZB66).

            ConocoPhillips Co., Bartlesville, Okla., was awarded on May 19 a fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with a maximum $71,075,653 for jet fuel.  Other locations of performance are Ponca City, Okla.; Commerce City, Colo.; Wichita, Kansas; and Oklahoma City, Okla.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  The date of performance completion is Oct. 31, 2011.  The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0499).

*Small business

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"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's partners or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.

GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DoD's contractor database could lead to the wrong results

Senior defense official cautions against hinging contract awards on past-performance records.
 

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Federal Computer Week

30March2011 10:29amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: A top defense acquisition policy official said the government should not overemphasize a company’s past work when awarding a contract because its limited database of information might become a barrier for some companies.

At a hearing March 28, Ashton Carter, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said the Defense Department does not have adequate data on past performance on which to base a contract award. He also questioned how DOD would handle cases in which companies want to break into the defense industry but have no work history with the federal government. Even if the company has done similar work for a foreign government, DOD would not have a record of it. (read full report)

"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's partners or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.

GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Israel unveils Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Homeland Security News Wire

29March2011 4:02amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Israel on Sunday stationed the first batteries of its Iron Dome short-range missile defense system in the south of the country;

The military stressed the initial deployment was experimental; after being deployed in the south, the system will then be deployed along the Lebanese border, from where Hezbollah militants fired some 4,000 rockets into northern Israel during a 2006 war;

The most obvious and immediate benefit of the defensive system would be the de-fanging of the two more radical groups in the region, Hezbollah and Hamas;

The system, though, is more significant in what it will allow Israel to do vis-à-vis the Palestinians: if the same rockets Hamas is firing at Israel from the Gaza Strip were to be fired from the West Bank, all of Israel's population and economic centers will be under threat;

If Iron Dome proved effective, it would make it easier for Israel to consider deep withdrawals from the West Bank, thus allowing the establishment of a viable Palestinian state without compromising Israeli security. (read full report)

"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's partners or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.

GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: 'America’s Navy and the rise of China'

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: The Washington Post

By George Will

24March2011 9:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Scholars at the Naval War College here probably nodded in vigorous agreement with a recent lecture delivered at another military institution 130 miles away.

Speaking at West Point to leaders of tomorrow’s Army, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that “any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should ‘have his head examined,’ as General MacArthur so delicately put it.” This underscored Gates’s point that “the most plausible, high-end scenarios for the U.S. military are primarily naval and air engagements — whether in Asia, the Persian Gulf or elsewhere.”

Here at this 127-year-old college, where the American practice of war-gaming began in 1887, the faculty members are professional worriers, especially about Asia, meaning China. Its naval doctrines, procurements and deployments invite inferences about its geopolitical intentions. Faculty members noted that when Libya descended into chaos, China sent a frigate through the Suez Canal to be in position to assist Chinese nationals in distress. This was the first time the People’s Republic had positioned a high-end combatant ship for a possible evacuation. (read full report)

"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's partners or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.

GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DNI Orders “Integrated Defense” of Intelligence Information

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Secrecy News

24March2011 6:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Director of National Intelligence is calling for the “integrated defense” of intelligence community (IC) information and systems to protect against unauthorized disclosures of intelligence sources and methods.

While every intelligence agency already has its own security procedures, a new Intelligence Community Directive (pdf) issued by the DNI would require a more coordinated and consistent approach, involving “unified courses of action to defend the IC information environment.”

“The IC information environment is an interconnected shared risk environment where the risk accepted by one IC element is effectively accepted by all,” the new Directive said.  Therefore, “integrated defense of the IC information environment is essential to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all information held by each IC element.” (read full report)

"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's partners or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.

GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DOD Contracts for March 21, 2011

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Department Of Defense

22March2011 4:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:

ARMY

            Critical Solutions International, Inc., Carrollton, Texas, was awarded on March 16 a $214,284,932 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 118 vehicle mounted mine-detection MKK II Type II systems.  Work will be performed in Gauteng, South Africa, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 16, 2012.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  The U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-0001).

            General Dynamics and Tactical Systems, Inc., Saint Petersburg, Fla., was awarded on March 17 a $36,985,119 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the demilitarization of the eight various types of conventional ammunition families.  Work will be performed in Saint Petersburg, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2016.  The bid was solicited through the Internet with two bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-11-C-0027).

            Alliant Techsystems, Inc., and Textron Defence Systems, Plymouth, Minn., was awarded on March 16 a $34,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 44 low rate initial production Spider XM-7 Networked Munitions Systems.  Work will be performed in Wilmington, Mass.; Plymouth, Minn.; Rocket Center, W.Va.; Mankato, Minn.; and Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 5, 2011.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-11-C-0126).

            Manufacturing Techniques, Inc., Kilmarnock, Va., was awarded on March 17 a $20,027,993 undefinitized firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 111 Cerberus lite portable surveillance and reconnaissance sensor systems.  Work will be performed in Kilmarnock, Va., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 14, 2011.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-C-S204).

            Conti Environmental, Inc., Edison, N.J., was awarded on March 16 a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the work and services required for the remediation of contaminated soil, waste and floating product within Operable Unit 3 of the Imperial Oil/Champion Chemical Superfund Site.  Work will be performed in Marlboro, N.J., with an estimated completion date of March 7, 2016.  Four bids were solicited with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-10-D-3004).

            L-3 Communications Aerospace, LLC, was awarded on March 16 a $7,575,912 labor-hour contract.  The award will provide for the services of 800 maintenance workers in support of aircraft production at Corpus Christi Army Depot.  Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2011.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  The Corpus Christi Army Depot, Corpus Christi, Texas, is the contracting activity (GS-10F-0328N).

            L-3 Communications, Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded on March 17 a $7,117,600 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for services to include line replaceable unit repair; contractor field service representative support; on-call/on-site technical support; and reset for Phoenix satellite terminals.  Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2012.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-C-G401).

            Kalmar RT Center, LLC, Cibolo, Texas, was awarded on March 17 a $7,013,927 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement for the Light Capability Rough Terrain Forklift and all ancillary parts, services and date requirements.  Work will be performed in Cibolo, Texas, with an estimated completion date of March 17, 2016.  The bid was solicited through the Internet with four bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-D-VK03).

NAVY

            A&D-Dorado, JV, LLP*, Santee, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0017); I.E.-Pacific, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0018); Sybrant Candelaria, LLC*, Glendale, Ariz. (N62473-11-D-0019); Patricia I. Romero, Inc., dba Pacific West Builders*, National City, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0020); and MTM Builders & Erickson-Hall, JV*, San Diego, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0021), are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for commercial and institutional building construction at various locations within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of responsibility (AOR).  The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years, for all five contracts combined is $100,000,000.  No task orders are being issued at this time.  The work to be performed provides for new construction, renovation, revitalization, alteration, and repair.  Types of projects may include, but are not limited to:  administration, armory, athletic court and swimming pool, dining, dormitory/barrack, theater, educational, fire station, hangar, retail/store, recreational, religious facility, warehouse, laboratory, medical facility, animal shelter, and other similar commercial and institutional facilities.  Work will be performed at various federal sites within the NAVFAC Southwest AOR including, but not limited to, southern California (94 percent), Arizona (5 percent), and New Mexico (1 percent).  The terms of the contracts are not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of March 2016.  Contract funds in the amount of $25,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured as a set-aside for 8(a) Small Businesses via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 45 proposals received.  These five contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contracts.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

            Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, Morgan City, La., is being awarded a $42,181,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2256) for the detail design and construction of three 35-meter patrol boats, with an option for three additional 35-meter patrol boats and associated technical services for the Iraqi navy.  This contract modification includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract modification to $83,479,000.  Work will be performed in Morgan City, La. (60 percent); Detroit, Mich. (30 percent); Ocean Springs, Miss. (8 percent); and Charlottesville, Va. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

            Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Integrated Systems Division, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $32,486,900 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-10-D-0006) to exercise an option for up to 1,700 AN/AAR-47 missile warning system weapons replaceable assemblies.  These assemblies include 600 A(V)2 and B(V)2 integrated optical sensor convertors; 200 A(V)2 and B(V)2 computer processors; and 100 A(V)2/B(V)2 control indicators.  These systems are for installation on Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, other services, and various foreign military helicopters, rotorcraft, and low/slow fixed wing aircraft.  Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla. (72 percent); Austin, Texas (18 percent); Iwata-Gun Shizuoka, Japan (2 percent); Natanya, Israel (2 percent); Loveland, Colo. (2 percent); Sarasota, Fla. (1 percent); Northvale, N.J. (1 percent); Woodstock, Conn. (1 percent); and Sanford, Fla. (1 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in January 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

            Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $10,885,800 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5346) to exercise an option for class services engineering efforts for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program.  Efforts include non-recurring engineering in support of mission systems equipment (MSE) system/design verification testing; first article factory test site preparation and plans; maintenance of MSE packaging, transportation, assembly, activation, and preservation documentation; maintenance of shipboard MSE installation and check-out plans; as well as the measurement, tracking, and reporting of MSE weight and power usage documentation to support the shipbuilders in meeting lead ship integration and construction schedules.  Work will be performed in Portsmouth, R.I. (50 percent); Andover, Mass. (15 percent); Moorestown, N.J. (10 percent); Sudbury, Mass. (10 percent); Tewksbury, Mass. (10 percent); and San Diego, Calif. (5 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by December 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

            Tierra Data, Inc.*, Escondido, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for natural and cultural resource studies and mapping services at various locations within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest area of responsibility.  These services include identification, surveying, mapping and analyzing natural and cultural resources, habitats and the vegetation, marine, and wildlife components thereof and/or cultural resources sites and their related components by providing Global Positioning System and sonar resources surveys, data management, and aerial photography services.  Work will be performed at Navy and Marine Corps locations in California (60 percent); Washington (10 percent); Guam (10 percent); Hawaii (10 percent); Oregon (5 percent); Alaska (2 percent); Arizona (1 percent); New Mexico (1 percent); and Nevada (1 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by March 2016.  Contract funds in the amount of $5,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-11-D-2225).

AIR FORCE

            General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $50,260,246 firm-fixed-price contract modification for six MQ-9 Reaper production aircraft and two MQ-9 Reaper aircraft that will be utilized as ground maintenance devices.  Work will be performed in Poway, Calif.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  ASC/WIIK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA-8620-10-G-3038 002801).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Insulation Sources, Inc.*, dba ICO Rally, Palo Alto, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $9,911,600 firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract for test set subassembly parts.  Other location of performance is Ontario, Calif.  Using service is Army.  There was originally one proposal solicited with one response.  The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2014.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (SPRRA1-11-D-0059).

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

            Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Columbia, Md., is being awarded a $8,205,351 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for instrumentation support.  Work will be performed at Albuquerque, N.M., and is expected to be completed Feb. 13 2016.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One bid was solicited and one received.  The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, BE-BCOQ, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is the contracting activity (HDTRA2-06-D-0001-0015). (read full report)

*Small business

"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's partners or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.

GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DOD Contracts for March 18, 2011

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Department Of Defense

22March2011 3:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

            PowerTek Corp., Rockville, Md. (HQ0034-11-D-0001); NetCentrics Corp.,Vienna, Va. (HQ0034-11-D-0002); and Digital Management, Inc., Bethesda Md. (HQ0034-11-D-0003), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement and fixed-price type multiple-award contract for a wide range of net-centric integrated information technology (IT) support, services, and supplies.  The scope of services includes customer support; systems operation, administration, and maintenance; applications support, development and maintenance, e-business systems administration, software system development; engineering; business continuity and continuit of operations; hardware and software acquisition; enterprise architecture and engineering services; performance management; project management and IT training services.  Each contractor will be awarded a minimum guarantee of $2,500.  These contracts include options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of these contracts to an estimated $495,000,000.  These three contractors will compete for the task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract.  Work will primarily be performed in the National Capital Region area.  The multiple award contracts were competitively procured by full and open competition after exclusion as total small business set-asides via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 14 offers received.  Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

            The Missile Defense Agency is awarding Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., a fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification with a total value of $694,964,438 under Missile Defense Agency contract HQ0147-07-C-0196.  The modification will include the definitization of an undefinitized contract action with a not-to-exceed value of $298,000,000.  Under this modification Lockheed Martin will manufacture and deliver 48 interceptors and ground support equipment required to support batteries three and four for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Program.  The work will be managed in Sunnyvale, Calif., with final assembly performed in Troy, Ala.  The performance period is through December 2013.  Fiscal 2010 procurement funds in the amount of $144,847,937 and fiscal 2011 procurement funds of $430,916,501 will be used to fund this modification.  Fiscal 2010 procurement funds in the amount of $119,200,000 were previously funded on the UCA.  The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded a maximum $171,332,741 firm-fixed-price, sole-source, time-and-materials type contract providing the Civilian Personnel Management Services operational, sustainment, development and maintenance support for the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System Program.  Other location of performance is San Antonio, Texas.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and federal civilian agencies.  This contract is exercising the seventh option year.  The date of performance completion is Sept. 28, 2011.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SP4700-05-C-0020).

            Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $10,251,032 firm-fixed-price, sole-source, basic ordering agreement contract for gearbox assembly items.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using service is Navy.  There was originally one proposal solicited with one response.  The date of performance completion is Jan. 31, 2014.  The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-G-0003 THK).

NAVY

            General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a contract modification, not-to-exceed $27,985,375 to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) for long lead time material and engineering and support services for DDG 1001.  Work will be performed in Bath, Maine (77.49 percent); Middletown, N.Y. (7.8 percent); Stamford, Conn. (2.28 percent); Willimantic, Conn. (2.01 percent); South Portland, Maine (1.69 percent); Windsor, Conn. (1.65 percent); York, Pa. (1.64 percent); and various other locations of less than 1.64 percent each (totaling 5.44 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2011.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

            Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., is being awarded a $13,312,717 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide innovative research in the area of web-based approaches for medical and psychological health social networking, care delivery/tele-health, and capabilities that enable revolutionary advances in science, technology or systems.  This 26-month contract includes 12 options which, if exercised, would happen concurrently and would bring the potential value of this contract to $20,864,255.  Work will be performed in McLean, Va.  Work is expected to be completed February 17, 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Broad Agency Announcement No. 10-62 published via the Federal Business Opportunities website on May 27, 2010, with 28 offers received; three were selected for award.  Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-11-C-4005).

            Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, LLC, Burlington, Mass., is being awarded a maximum $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for civil/structural/architectural/mechanical/electrical and fire protection services in support of projects at military installations throughout the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility (AOR).  The work to be performed provides for architect-engineering services including building construction and addition of special projects and military construction facilities, general building renovation work, life safety code studies, marine facilities, facility planning, plans, specifications, design-bid-build packages, design-build request for proposal packages, government collateral equipment lists, project preliminary hazard analysis, obtaining permits and regulatory approvals, review of contract submittals, field consultation and inspection during construction, United States Green Building Council leadership in energy and environmental design, checklists and sustainable design reports, operation and maintenance support information, sustainable engineering design practices, and record documentation preparation.  The preponderance of the work will be performed in the Mid-Atlantic Northeast AOR including, but not limited to:  Rhode Island (20 percent); Maine (20 percent); Connecticut (15 percent); New Jersey (15 percent); Pennsylvania (10 percent); New York (5 percent); New Hampshire (5 percent); Massachusetts (5 percent); Vermont (3 percent); and Delaware (2 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by March 2016.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 65 proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic Northeast Integrated Product Team, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (contract number N40085-11-D-7206).

AIR FORCE

            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo. (FA8651-11-D-0035), and Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz. (FA8651-11-D-0036), are being awarded a $20,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for integrated precision ordinance delivery system (IPODS) Phases II-IV; research and development.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and Tucson, Ariz.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Two proposals were received in a full and open competition under a broad agency announcement.  AFRL/RWK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: My family will live and die in Libya: Chilling pledge from Gaddafi's son as battle for Tripoli begins

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SOURCE: Daily Mail

26February2011 1:00pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The battle for Colonel Gaddafi’s last stronghold of Tripoli appeared to be under way last night, with claims that some suburbs in the Libyan capital had fallen to rebels.

Triumphant but terrified residents said anti-Gaddafi protesters were in control of up to three areas in the sprawling city, despite another bloody crackdown by mercenaries and troops which left at least nine dead and dozens wounded.

As night fell on Tripoli, Gaddafi appeared in the central Green Square to make an impassioned speech of defiance, telling 1,000 of his supporters waving pictures of him to fight back and ‘defend the nation’.

Pumping his fist in the air, Gaddafi, wearing a fur cap and sunglasses, spoke from the ramparts of the historic Red Castle to demand his supporters ‘retaliate against them’ and ‘prepare to defend the nation and defend the oil’.

He went on: ‘We are ready to triumph over the enemy . . . I am in the middle of the crowds . . . We will defeat any foreign attempt, as we have defeated Italian colonialism and American raids.’

Gaddafi’s favourite son, Saif, vowed that his family will ‘live and die in Libya’ and will not allow ‘a bunch of terrorists’ to take control of the country.

In an interview aired on Turkish TV, he was asked if his family has a ‘plan B’ in the face of the growing unrest and would leave the country.

He replied: ‘We have Plan A, Plan  B and Plan C. Plan A is to live and  die in Libya, Plan B is to live and die in Libya, Plan C is to live and die in Libya.’ (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DOD Agency Chief Outlines Threat Reduction Strategy

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SOURCE: DOD

25February2011 4:00pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: WASHINGTON  – The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is at work around the clock to protect American forces and citizens from nuclear, chemical and biological threats, the agency’s director said today.

Speaking to the Defense Writers Group, Kenneth A. Myers III, who also is director of the U.S. Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction, said the “lines of defense” strategy aims to detect, interdict and defend against weapons of mass destruction.

“How do we make it harder, how do we create more lines of defense between the threats and the American people?” he asked.

The value and effectiveness of countering any threat from weapons of mass destruction is much greater at the source, Myers said.

“The first line of defense is at the source. The second line is detection [and] interdiction of these threats before they reach the American people,” he said. “But the other major part of the DTRA responsibility is that last line of defense, here at home, and that’s consequence management.”

In the nuclear arena, one task his agency performs is nuclear inspections. With the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty now in force, Myers said, his people are trained and ready to take on the inspection duties it authorizes.

Carrying out nuclear weapons inspections in Russia is a verification mission, Myers explained, adding that his agency’s teams also will escort Russian teams on their inspections in the United States.

“It’s a mission that we’ve had for a number of years,” he said. “It is one that we’re constantly trained for.”

In recent months that training has intensified, Myers said, as inspectors prepare to verify stockpiles of Russian nuclear weapons.

“We’ve been involved with this treaty for quite some time,” Myers said. “We’ve understood from the beginning of the process what would be required, … [and] we’re ready to go.”

New START provides for fewer inspections than the previous START treaty, he said, in part because the new treaty combines some types of inspections, and also because “we’re talking about fewer weapons. The numbers are coming down.”

Judgments on treaty compliance are not part of his agency’s mission, the director said. “We are the inspectors — we don’t make verification judgments,” he said. “We report the facts. Judgments on compliance are made by other members.”

His agency’s inspectors, Myers said, are the best in the world. “I’m confident we’ll get all the information we need,” he added.

While the first inspections have not been scheduled, he said, teams are “waiting for the call.”

In contrast to the verification mission his agency will perform under the new START, much of the threat reduction effort focuses on finding and countering risks involving weapons of mass destruction, Myers said. His agency is responsible for much of the science and technology development in countering chemical and biological weapons, he explained, and also is the banker for chemical and biological defense funds.

The threat is diverse, and countermeasure development is spread across a range of efforts, Myers said.

He explained that whether a threat involves samples of harmful viruses or stockpiles of fissionable materials, his agency aims to build as many walls as possible between that threat and American citizens and service members.

For example, in countering biological weapons, the agency works both to contain the possible spread of disease agents, and also to develop vaccines against those diseases, he said, adding that the Ebola and Marburg viruses are an area in which the agency has seen “first-level success.”

It may take 15 to 20 years for the pharmaceutical industry to develop an effective drug to mitigate a threat, he said. “Our No. 1 goal is to shorten these timeframes — that is, to try to get solutions to the warfighter … and the American people, should we face these types of threats,” he said.

The potential for biological or nuclear weapons to be used against U.S. citizens spurs his agency to move quickly in putting defenses in place, Myers said.

“Our strategy is to cut the timelines, to move faster,” he said. “At the end of the day, you have a threat, and you have a solution. Trying to match them up as quickly as possible is the challenge.”

The Ebola virus, which occurs naturally in sub-Saharan Africa, may be as great a threat as a manmade weapon elsewhere, Myers pointed out.

“It’s hard for me to tell you that a biological weapon or a virulent disease is not a threat,” he said.

"They’re all threats. A lot of the [relative risk involves] the likelihood of finding them in nature, and the ease or complex nature of manipulating them.”

Many health facilities in Africa store samples of diseases that occur naturally in the region, he said, noting such facilities often are close to areas that may be terrorist recruiting or operating grounds.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency develops tools for the services to use in countering weapons of mass destruction, Myers said, citing the “massive ordnance penetrator,” a weapon the agency funded, tested, found effective, then handed off to the Air Force. The weapon is designed to attack hardened concrete bunkers and tunnels, where weapons of mass destruction components may be stored, he explained.

“The goal is to hold deeply buried targets and other potential threats … at risk. … I think we’ve proven we can hold deeply buried targets at risk,” Myers said. “We want to work to change the behavior, change the efforts by some to use facilities to develop weapons of mass destruction.”

The fact that the United States has not suffered a serious biological or nuclear attack is significant, though the threat remains real, Myers said.

“I go to work every day with 2,000 people whose job is to stop that from happening,” he said.

Agency programs focus on developing tools and strategies to detect, interdict and counter weapons of mass destruction, he said, in line with the president’s focus on defending against nuclear and biological threats.

“I believe that the policies [and] the programs that we have in place are making a big difference,” Myers said. “I think the people [and] the skill sets that we have focused on this problem are making a big difference.”

One thing that makes the agency effective, the director said, is that it has both a research and development arm and a full operations side.

“You walk down the hallway and you have a nuclear physicist, a microbiologist, and a former Special Forces operator sitting there talking together, trying to solve problems,” he said. “It really is a very unique institution.”

His agency’s partners in defending against weapons of mass destruction include the military services, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Security Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and embassies around the world, Myers said.

“To protect the American people, we need to develop as many lines of defense as possible,” he said. (read full report)

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GCIS/MSS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Arrow Test Hits Target, Validates New Software

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SOURCE: Defense News

23February2011 7:15pmEST

GCIS/MSS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: TEL AVIV – The U.S.-Israel Arrow program passed another milestone Feb. 22 with the spectacular, nighttime, head-on intercept of a sea-based, long-range target off the California coast.

Part of the ongoing, jointly funded Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIP), the test validated new Block 4 versions designed to improve discriminating capabilities of the Arrow 2 interceptor, the Green Pine search-and-track radar and the Citron Tree battle management control system.

"To see that explosion off the shores of California was truly gratifying. It was a body-to-body impact that completely destroyed the target," Arieh Herzog, director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization told reporters via teleconference shortly after the nighttime launch at the U.S. Navy's Point Mugu Sea Range.

Herzog said validation of the Block 4 software would provide the Israel Air Force "with a better system than they have now." The software upgrades, he said, improve detection capabilities and lethality needed to defend against "new and different threats." (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Military Robot Markets to Exceed $8 Billion in 2016

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SOURCE: ABI Research

16February2011 2:02pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: New York – Between 50 and 80 countries either already utilize defense robotic systems, or are in the process of building or acquiring the technology to incorporate them into their military programs. These robots may take the form of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and even unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), but they all have in common the purpose of taking the place of, or supplementing, humans in battlefield situations.

According to a new study by ABI Research, Defense Robots: UAVs, UGVs, UUVs and Task Robots for Military Applications, the global market for military robotics will grow from $5.8 billion in 2010 to more than $8 billion in 2016.

Says Larry Fisher, research director of NextGen, ABI Research’s emerging technologies research incubator, “While the use of semi-autonomous or autonomous robots can improve military efficiency, accuracy, and operational performance, the overriding ROI for these systems is the ability to reduce the likelihood of injury or death.”

The key drivers for the defense robotics market include the strong desire to reduce or prevent military casualties in the field of operations; changes in the tactics of warfare requiring new reconnaissance, combat and task machinery, and tools; the need to reduce military spending; and developments in the fields of materials science, computer programming and sensing technology to help create more advanced robots. (read full report)

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GCIS CYBER-SECURITY BRIEFING: Pentagon investing $500 million in cyber-security

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SOURCE: SF Gate

16February2011 12:11pmEST

GCIS CYBER-SECURITY UPDATE: The U.S. Defense Department is planning to spend $500 million to research new cyber-security technologies, including cloud computing and encrypted data processing, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said Tuesday at a security conference in San Francisco.

The Pentagon will also provide "seed capital for companies to develop dual-use technologies that serve our cyber-security needs," Lynn said in remarks delivered at the RSA Conference.

"Cyber-defense is not a military mission, like defending our airspace, where the sole responsibility lies with the military," Lynn said. "The overwhelming percentage of our nation's critical infrastructure – including the Internet itself – is largely in private hands. It is going to take a public-private partnership to secure our networks."
 

The $500 million is part of the Pentagon's 2012 budget request of $2.3 billion to improve the Defense Department's cyber-capabilities. At a Pentagon news conference Monday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the research money, to be spent through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, "big investment dollars, looking to the future."

The military is reaching out to commercial companies for the latest technologies and technical experts to safeguard the Pentagon's computer networks from attacks and espionage, Lynn said. The effort is part of a "comprehensive cyber-strategy called Cyber 3.0," he said. (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS CYBER-SECURITY BRIEFING: Stone Key drives cybersecurity dealmaking

 

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SOURCE: Reuters

14February2011 1:12pmEST

GCIS CYBER-SECURITY UPDATE: The former Bear Stearns bankers, who helped create the world's top defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) through two mega-mergers in the mid-1990s, are now driving dealmaking in the so-called "cybersecurity" arena where defense meets commercial technology.

Since setting up the boutique advisory shop Stone Key Partners a little more than two years ago, the duo has advised on some of the most hotly contested auctions in defense technology, including the sale of Argon ST to Boeing Co (BA.N) and the two-part sale of biometric identification maker L-1 Identity Solutions (ID.N) to Safran (SAF.PA) and BAE Systems (BAES.L).

Those transactions followed Stone Key's first big deal — the $5.2 billion sale of U.S.-based DRS Technologies to Italy's Finmeccanica SpA (SIFI.MI) in 2008, the second-largest defense deal of the past decade, globally. (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: America's hottest export: Weapons

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SOURCE: Fortune

13February2011 1:15pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: As defense giants like Boeing, Raytheon (RTN, Fortune 500), and Lockheed Martin (LMT, Fortune 500) increasingly seek to peddle their wares to well-financed (sometimes by the U.S.) international customers, they have a surprising ally: the President. "Obama is much more favorably disposed to arms exports than any of the previous Democratic administrations," says Loren Thompson, a veteran defense consultant. Or, as Jeff Abramson, deputy director of the Arms Control Association, puts it: "There's an Obama arms bazaar going on."

Administration officials say the boom in arms exports is simply the result of healthy demand. Indeed, American-made arms are widely considered the best and most coveted weapons in the world. But the Obama team has hustled to pave the way for big sales like the Saudi deal; the President himself recently sought to secure a pending $4 billion aircraft deal with India. Obama is also backing a massive push to rewrite the rules that govern arms exports, a process that some say will reduce oversight of U.S. weapons sales.

(read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Textron Defense Systems Receives $257M Order to Supply Sensor Fuzed Weapons to Indian Air Force

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Defense Aerospace.com

11February2011 10:07amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: BANGALORE, India — Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced Wednesday that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce 512 CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) units for the Government of India under a Foreign Military Sale agreement. The total value of the contract is $257 million with $126 million funded immediately.

"We believe that SFW is truly the best area attack weapon in the world. Through a process of rigorous research, testing and analysis, we have created a weapon that is reliable, safe and meets current clean battlefield standards," said Ellen Lord, senior vice president and general manager of Textron Defense Systems.

The Textron Defense Systems' combat-proven SFW is unique among munitions systems because of its redundant technologies for clean battlefield operation. SFW has been engineered to eliminate the risk of unacceptable harm to civilians or non-combatants. As a result, it is the only air-delivered weapon that meets the strict unexploded ordnance (UXO) criteria for cluster munitions — requiring less than one percent UXO in intended operational environments — set forth by the U.S. Secretary of Defense in June 2008.  (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Obama's Pentagon cuts not what they seem

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SOURCE: CNN Money

11February2011 8:22amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: For those of us who believe the U.S. government is spending more on defense than it needs to, President Obama's budget on Monday will bring what sounds like welcome news: The administration is expected to propose a $78 billion reduction in defense spending over the next five years.

Unfortunately, there's a lot more to the story.

First of all, the cuts might prove illusory. The federal government appropriates money one year at a time, and the vast majority of that $78 billion reduction would take place in 2014 and 2015, when there will be a new Secretary of Defense and possibly a new president.

In fact, Obama's expected 2012 request of $553 billion would be 5% higher than what the Defense Department plans to spend this year. In inflation-adjusted dollars, this figure is higher than at any time during the Bush years or during the Cold War. (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Defense leaders warn of impact of big budget cuts

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle

10February2011 2:12pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: WASHINGTON, (AP) — Congress' failure to pass a 2011 defense budget bill is jeopardizing the military's effort to send more surveillance and attack drones into Afghanistan, as well as stymieing plans to buy a new Navy submarine, Army combat helicopters and other major weapons systems, defense leaders say.

As Pentagon officials fan out across Capitol Hill, pleading for lawmakers to approve the 2011 spending levels proposed by the Obama administration, they also are hitting lawmakers where it hurts — in their congressional districts and states. Less money in the budget, the officials said, will put at risk thousands of jobs and construction projects nationwide.

Right now the U.S. is operating under a stopgap budget extension that funds the federal government at the 2010 level. And Republicans, who control the House and gained ground in the Senate in the 2010 elections, have said they intend to use this opportunity to end dozens of programs and slash spending on many more. (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Defense Mergers Opposed by U.S.

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: WSJ

09February2011 6:12pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Pentagon's procurement chief is expected to deliver a message to Wall Street Wednesday: The Defense Department wants to discourage potential consolidation among top-tier defense contractors.

In remarks to an investment conference in New York, Ashton Carter, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, is expected to draw a line against major defense-sector mergers in an era of tighter defense spending. A draft of Mr. Carter's remarks says the Pentagon "is not likely to support further consolidation of our principal weapons-systems prime contractors."

His principal concern, Mr. Carter indicated during an interview, is maintaining competition and bolstering the Pentagon's buying power. (read full report)

 

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Napolitano addresses House Committee on "Threat Landscape"

Testimony of Secretary Janet Napolitano Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, "Understanding the Homeland Threat Landscape – Considerations for the 112th Congress"

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: DHS

09February2011 5:29pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: "Since 9/11, the United States has made important progress in securing our Nation from terrorism. Nevertheless, the terrorist threat facing our country has evolved significantly in the last ten years – and continues to evolve – so that, in some ways, the threat facing us is at its most heightened state since those attacks. This fact requires us to continually adapt our counterterrorism techniques to effectively detect, deter, and prevent terrorist acts.

Following 9/11, the federal government moved quickly to build an intelligence and security apparatus that has protected our country from the kind of large-scale attack, directed from abroad, that struck us nearly ten years ago. The resulting architecture yielded considerable success in both preventing this kind of attack and limiting, though not eliminating, the operational ability of the core al-Qaeda group that is currently based in the mountainous area between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Today, however, in addition to the direct threats we continue to face from al-Qaeda, we also face growing threats from other foreign-based terrorist groups that are inspired by al-Qaeda ideology but have few operational connections to the core al-Qaeda group. And, perhaps most crucially, we face a threat environment where violent extremism is not defined or contained by international borders. Today, we must address threats that are homegrown as well as those that originate abroad.

One of the most striking elements of today's threat picture is that plots to attack America increasingly involve American residents and citizens. We are now operating under the assumption, based on the latest intelligence and recent arrests, that individuals prepared to carry out terrorist attacks and acts of violence might be in the United States, and they could carry out acts of violence with little or no warning…" (read full DHS report)

 

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Flying into orbit in small package

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SOURCE: U.S. ARMY

31January2011 4:48pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:  REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — For 35 days, the comings and goings of employees in the Von Braun Complex parking lot here were the focus of a group of young engineers involved in an experiment with the first Army-built satellite launched in more than 50 years.

Those engineers weren't spying on employees. Nor were they looking for fodder for gossip or to start rumors. They were simply using the physical movements through the parking lot to test the capabilities of a 10-inch long, 10-pound satellite in orbit 200 miles above ground.

The Space and Missile Defense Command-Operational Nanosatellite Effect, known as SMDC-ONE, was launched Dec. 8, as a secondary payload on a Falcon 9 two-stage booster flown commercially by Space Exploration Technologies.  (read full report)