UNITED KINGDOM
LAND
07 Jan 19. Armoured personnel carriers – 2019/S 004-004808.
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Jankel Armouring Ltd
GB2096045
Jankel Armouring Ltd
Weybridge
KT13 8XR
United Kingdom
Contact person: Graham Humphreys, Head of Supply Chain
Telephone: +44 1932834788
E-mail: graham.humphreys@jankel.com
NUTS code: UKJ25
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.jankel.com
II.1.1)Title:
40 mm Smoke Grenade Launcher System for Light Troop Transport Vehicle
Reference number: 106040601
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 2 108 970.00 EUR
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: UKJ28
Main site or place of performance:
Rustington, UK
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Supply of 167 Vehicle-Mounted 40 mm Smoke Grenade Launcher and Control Systems consisting of:
— 167 x 5-Tube Smoke Grenade Launcher sets complete with quick-release mounting plate,
— 167 x Control boxes complete with quick-release mounting plate,
— 167-199 x Electrical harness sets.
Delivery DDP West Sussex, UK.
II.2.5)Award criteria
Price
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
Schneizlreuth
83458
Germany
02/01/2019(Source: Europa TED)
07 Jan 19. Armoured personnel carriers – 2019/S 003-003061.
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Jankel Armouring Ltd
GB2096045
Jankel Armouring Ltd
Weybridge
KT13 8XR
United Kingdom
Contact person: Graham Humphreys, Head of Supply Chain
Telephone: +44 1932834788
E-mail: graham.humphreys@jankel.com
NUTS code: UKJ25
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.jankel.com
II.1.1)Title:
Runflat Wheel Inserts for Light Troop Transport Vehicle
Reference number: 106040529
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 631 825.00 EUR
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Supply and fitting of 995 x Runflat R20 wheel inserts in accordance with FINABEL Agreement No. 20.A.5: Pneumatic Combat Tyres.
Delivery DDP West Sussex UK of W
Wheel and Tyre assembly to be supplied free issue by Jankel
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
02/01/2019 (Source: Europa TED)
07 Jan 19. Armoured personnel carriers – 2019/S 003-003070.
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Jankel Armouring Ltd
GB2096045
Jankel Armouring Ltd
Weybridge
KT13 8XR
United Kingdom
Contact person: Graham Humphreys, Head of Supply Chain
Telephone: +44 1932834788
E-mail: graham.humphreys@jankel.com
NUTS code: UKJ25
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.jankel.com
II.1.1)Title:
Digital Intercom System for Light Troop Transport Vehicle
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35412200
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 1 008 655.00 EUR
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Supply of 199 x digital intercom system based on VoIP with fully configurable software interface, certified to MIL-STD-810G delivery DDP West Sussex, UK.
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ELNO SAS
384 894 978
Argenteuil
95100
France
NUTS code: FR106
Internet address: www.elno.fr (Source: Europa TED)
SEA
09 Jan 19. Scottish Yard Awarded HMS Queen Elizabeth Contract. A Scottish dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of Britain’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced. The £5m contract, won by defence company Babcock, will allow the 65,000-tonne carrier to undergo a routine, planned hull survey and maintenance of her underwater systems over a six-week period at the company’s Rosyth site. The work will sustain 100 jobs at its peak and be carried out in the summer. (Source: defense-aerospace.com/UK MoD)
09 Jan 19. BAE Systems has signed an updated integration services agreement with the Royal Navy to provide essential mission system support to Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. The agreement is part of the Naval Combat Systems Integration Support Services (NCSISS) contract awarded in March 2012, and will allow BAE Systems to ensure the operational readiness of both aircraft carriers. In October 2016, BAE Systems signed a ten-and-a-half-year contract extension to provide combat systems integration services to the Royal Navy’s in-service and future platforms. (Source: naval-technology.com)
EUROPE
LAND
07 Jan 19. Italy-Treviso: Battle tanks – 2019/S 004-005844.
Directive 2009/81/EC
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministero della Difesa — Sezione rifornimenti e mantenimento — Sezione amministrazione
Via Zermanese 241
31100 Treviso
Italy
Telephone: +39 0422338708
E-mail: serimant_tv@postacert.difesa.it
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.esercito.difesa.it
Address of the buyer profile: www.esercito.difesa.it
Description
Battle tanks.
Società Consortile a r.l. FIAT–IVECO Leonardo
Roma
Italy
V.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 2 000 000,00 EUR
(Source: Europa TED)
AIR
10 Jan 19. LOM Praha to procure L-39NG. Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody spokesperson Tobias Tvrdik announced to Czech media on 4 January that the state-owned LOM Praha had agreed to buy four L-39NG next generation jet training aircraft in 2020 for CZK1.1bn (USD49.2m). The LOM Praha military aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO), and training provider, which is 100% owned by the Czech Ministry of Defence (MoD), will be the launch customer for the L-39NG and has an option to buy two additional aircraft. In addition to MRO activities for aircraft operated by the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR) as well as foreign militaries, LOM Praha provides pilot training services to the ACR and students of the Czech National Defence University. (Source: IHS Jane’s)
10 Jan 19. Scisys (SSY), a supplier of software and IT services to the space, media and broadcast, government, defence and commercial sectors, has won a contract with ESA-ESOC (the European Space Agency and European Space Operations Centre) for monitoring and control system-tailoring services for the ESA Tracking Network (ESTRACK). ESTRACK’s network of ground stations support various ESA spacecraft missions. The contract is expected to be valued at €2.8m, lasting from 2019 to 2023, with an option to extend by five years. (Source: Investors Chronicle)
USA
LAND
10 Jan 19. US Army selects Envistacom to upgrade Phoenix satellite terminal. The US Army Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) has awarded a contract to Envistacom for the upgrade of Phoenix satellite terminal. The Prototype Project Subagreement will facilitate faster development and integration of a new satellite platform for improved tactical communications deployment. According to the company, it will accelerate the progress of the five-year development cycle into 18 months, which will also involve the testing and certification phase to be performed in partnership with US Army Project Manager Tactical Network (PM TN) Phoenix programme office. The contract was awarded on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5) through the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group (CMG). The Phoenix satellite terminal is mounted on M1152A1 expanded capability vehicles (ECVs) and provides the army Expeditionary Signal Battalions (ESBs) with high-capacity tactical satellite communication. (Source: army-technology.com)
10 Jan 19. US Government agency selects GetSAT’s MilliSAT L/M terminals. A US Government agency has awarded a contract to GetSAT for the supply of its portable MilliSAT land and maritime (L/M) terminals. The multi-million dollar contract has been awarded to GetSAT in partnership with a division of Honeywell. The terminals will be deployed for command, control, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) applications in the event of an emergency state in the US. Under the contract, GetSAT will deliver its MilliSAT L/M KA and KU-band versions terminals for secure communications-on-the-move (COTM). Both land-based vehicles and maritime platforms can be equipped with the ruggedised, medium lightweight, KA and KU-band terminals to support satellite on the move (SOTM) in harsh environments. The GetSat’s micronised L/M terminals are designed based on patented fully interlaced InterFLAT panel technology to transmit and receive over 20Mbps high bandwidth data. According to GetSAT, the terminals include an integrated block upconverter (BUC) and modem. They can be fitted in different antenna sizes depending on bandwidth requirements and offer savings in size, weight, and power usage (SWaP). (Source: army-technology.com)
09 Jan 19. GDLS to upgrade US Army Abrams tanks to M1A2 SEP v3 configuration. General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has been contracted to upgrade the US Army’s M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks (MBT) to the M1A2 system enhancement package version 3 (SEPv3) configuration. Under the $714m delivery order, the company will modernise an additional 174 M1A1 Abrams MBTs. The order increases the total M1A2 SEPv3 tanks ordered by the army last year to 274, which represents more than three brigades of tanks. In December 2017, the US Department of Defense awarded a $2.62bn fixed-price-incentive contract to GDLS for the upgrade of up to 786 M1A1 configured Abrams MBTs to newly configured M1A2 SEPv3. (Source: army-technology.com)
08 Jan 19. Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded an undefinitized contract action initially worth $79.6m to provide the U.S. Army and Marine Corps with additional TROPHY active protection systems. This brings the total funded value of the program to over $200m. Developed by long-time partner Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. of Israel, TROPHY provides combat-proven protection against anti-armor rocket and missile threats, while at the same time locating and reporting the origin of the hostile fire for immediate response.
07 Jan 19. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has been awarded several contracts for the US Army’s M153 Protector common remotely operated weapon stations (CROWS). The total value of the contracts awarded to the company in December amounts to Nkr805m ($93.36m). The company said that contracts are in agreement with the CROWS indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) frame contract with the US Army. On 14 September, the US Department of Defense awarded a $498.29m firm-fixed-price contract to Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. Under the contract, the company will use the funds for continued production, sustainment and engineering services for the M153 CROWS. (Source: army-technology.com)
03 Jan 19. O’Gara Armoring selected to build FMTV protection kits for US Army. The US Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTVs) is getting an upgrade to better protect it from incoming fire. On 2 January, the service announced it was awarding O’Gara Armoring with a five-year, USD60.7m contract to manufacture FMTV protection kits. Jeff Earley, the director of military programmes and business development, told Jane’s the kits are designed to provide the vehicles with underbody blast protection and advanced ballistic and blast protection, mostly from small arms and armour piercing rounds. He noted that the company will build “a number” of prototypes for the service to test out but a firm testing schedule and delivery timetable has not yet been decided. (Source: IHS Jane’s)
AIR
07 Jan 19. Avon Rubber flies higher as it lands massive US$93m contract with US Air Force. Avon will supply its new M69 aircrew mask to the US Air Force for at least the next five years, and it hopes more deals with the US Department of Defense will be forthcoming. The M69 provides respiratory protection at all altitudes up to 40,000ft Avon Rubber PLC (LON:AVON) has won a US$92.7m (£72.m) contract which will see US Air Force pilots wear its new M69 aircrew mask. The contract with the US Department of Defense, which also includes related accessories and support, runs for an initial five years plus two further one-year option periods. It is a sizable deal for a company worth a shade over US$400mln. (Source: proactiveinvestors.co.uk)
08 Jan 19. Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division today announced that it was awarded a contract by Tactical Air Support, Inc. (Tactical Air) to provide a cockpit accessible rugged data recorder and a pre-integrated mission computer to upgrade its fleet of F-5AT (Advanced Technology) Tiger II Military supersonic tactical fighters. Under the contract, Curtiss-Wright will provide Tactical Air with its Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Parvus® DuraCOR® 8042 processor and Data Transport System 3-slot (DTS3) Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. The DTS3 file server supports FIPS 140-2 hardware encrypted solid-state storage of mission data. It communicates seamlessly via Ethernet to a modified version of Curtiss-Wright’s DuraCOR 80-42 modular mission computer subsystem. The contract, which is valued at more than $1m, is scheduled to run through the second quarter of 2019.
08 Jan 19. GA-EMS obtains hosted payload order for Argos A-DCS mission. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has secured a hosted payload solutions (HoPS) mission delivery order for the Argos advanced data collection system (A-DCS) from the US Air Force (USAF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). The indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract was awarded on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GA-EMS will launch a 110kg orbital test bed (OTB) satellite and integrate the Argos A-DCS payload to be provided by the French Space Agency. The objective of the SMC HoPS programme is to enable the placement of government payloads on board commercial satellites. Using the hosted payloads concept, government agencies leverage available capacity on commercial satellites to send additional transponders, instruments, or other space-bound items. (Source: airforce-technology.com)
10 Jan 19. The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) the GPS Control Segment Sustainment II (GCS II) contract to continue to sustain and further modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation’s ground control system through 2025. This is the follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin’s current GCS contract awarded in 2013. Under the GCS II contract, the continued upgrade of the GPS Architecture Evolution Plan Operational Control Segment (AEP OCS) will allow GPS’ legacy ground control system to support GPS III satellite on-orbit operations, developed under the GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) program. COps will enable the AEP OCS to support the positioning, navigation and timing missions of the Air Force’s new GPS III satellites, which began launching in 2018. In addition, GCS II will sustain the operational M-code capability being deployed in 2020 that is in development under the M-code Early Use (MCEU) contract. Operational M-code is a critical warfighter capability to support missions in contested environments. Under the GCS contract, Lockheed Martin executed numerous engineering modifications to the OCS, including the COTS Upgrade 3(CUP3)/Ground Antenna Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) Interface Technology Refresh (GAITR) upgrade, the Remote Site COTS Network (RSCN) project, the GPS Information Protection Reinforcement (GIPR) project, the COTS Upgrade #2 (CUP2) project, and Red Dragon Cybersecurity Suite (RDCSS). These projects modernized the infrastructure, improved the cyber posture and added mission capability. The GCS II contract continues that commitment to evolving the OCS to address today’s mission needs. Under GCS II, LM will continue to manage the technical baselines for the OCS and GPS Information Network (GIN) and regularly procure, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, and install software and hardware modifications into the GPS operational baseline. Focus areas will be performing a technical refresh of the GIN and increasing the resiliency of the OCS.
10 Jan 19. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a $1.3bn indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) award for LITENING advanced targeting pod sustainment, production, software and upgrades. LITENING is in service with major components of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, the Marine Corps and several international customers. It has been integrated on a wide range of platforms, including AV-8B, A-10, B-52, C-130, F-15, F-16 and F/A-18. LITENING features high definition video, 1K FLIR and charged-coupled device sensors, laser imaging sensors and multiple plug-and-play data link options. Any LITENING pod can be upgraded to the latest configuration due to its modular design.
07 Jan 19. Northrop Grumman has secured US$3.6bn in indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) funding to roll out Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems to protect large military aircraft. Northrop Grumman’s LAIRCM system protects aircrews by detecting, tracking and jamming incoming infrared threats without the need for user intervention. The LAIRCM system is part of Northrop Grumman’s Directional Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) services. (Source: Defence Connect)
09 Jan 19. xG’s IMT Vislink wins USAF airborne video downlink system contract. xG Technology’s IMT Vislink business has received a contract from the US Air Force (USAF) to supply airborne video downlink systems (AVDS). Under the contract, IMT Vislink will deliver transmit and receive systems, and ground-based units designed to display real-time video imagery taken by aerial assets, in addition to related component and accessories with the required training services. The $900,000 order is a follow-on to an award that was signed in May and similar to a contract the company received from the US Army in November 2017. (Source: airforce-technology.com)
TECHNOLOGY
04 Jan 19. The University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) has received a ceiling contract from the US Air Force (USAF) to support research in advanced structures technologies for aerospace vehicles.The $44m seven-year contract for the structures engineering research programme covers resources ranging from aeroplanes to unmanned vehicles. UDRI will receive an initial award of $5.7m for the first three tasks under the programme for research in multi-disciplinary aerospace system technologies, software engineering and structural life extension. In addition, the institute will support research in structural response prediction, life forecasting, structural integrity, modelling and design, as well as adaptive, hybrid, multifunctional and thermal structures. (Source: airforce-technology.com)
07 Jan 19. KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today that SGT, LLC, a business unit of KBRwyle, has won a seat on the $12.1bn U.S. Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 (ITES-3) Services Contract. KBRwyle is KBR’s global government services business. The U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) selected KBRwyle as a prime contractor on the potential nine-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract has a base period of five years plus four option years. The Army’s Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) program manages the contract, which is expected to be the Army’s prime source of IT-related services worldwide. The contract’s wide scope of services enables KBRwyle to offer solutions and support in several IT areas, including cybersecurity, integration, telecommunications, supply chain management and business process engineering. The services will directly assist the Army in meeting its global infrastructure needs.
REST OF THE WORLD
LAND
06 Jan 19. Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) announced today that it was awarded a contract by the Directorate of Production and Procurement of the Israeli Ministry of Defense valued at approximately $333m (NIS 1.25bn) for the supply of ammunitions to the Israeli Defense Forces. This five-year contract, the work on which will commence in 2026, will be a continuation of a multi-year contract entered to with the IMOD.
09 Jan 19. Indian Army Adding Anti-Armor Missiles. The Indian Army is adding additional anti-armor missiles to its inventory. These missiles are manufactured in Hyderabad. Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) won a Rs 760 crores contract for missiles and launchers. Russia is assisting in this work. Although no information is available on the missile BDL will manufacture, the company currently license produces the Russian Konkurs-M, a second generation, mechanized infantry ATGM, to destroy armored vehicle equipped with explosive reactive armor. BDL is already working on a contract for production of Invar anti-armor missiles for T-90 tanks. This Rs 3,000 crore order was signed in 2013. (Source: defense-aerospace.com/ Forecast International)
09 Jan 19. Navistar Defense LLC, Lisle, Illinois, was awarded an $8,069,336 fixed-firm-price Foreign Military Sales (Iraq) contract for Navistar transport and cargo vehicles. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Work will be performed in Lisle, Illinois, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 8, 2019. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance Army funds in the amount of $8,069,336 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-19-F-0168).
SEA
08 Jan 19. Cochin Shipyard to sign contracts with Indian Navy for eight ASW Corvettes. Cochin Shipyard (CSL) is set to sign contracts worth Rs54bn ($777m) with the Indian Navy for constructing eight Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) corvettes. The first of the ASW corvettes will be delivered in 42 months, followed by two vessels per year. The contracts will be in addition to the regular orders that CSL received from Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and for other small fishing vessels. (Source: naval-technology.com)
AIR
10 Jan 19. The Indonesian Air Force has ordered eight additional twin-engine multirole H225M helicopters as part of the country’s fleet-strengthening initiative for a combat search and rescue-capable fleet. Under the agreement between the Indonesian Ministry of Defence and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero) (PTDI), the 11-ton combat-proven helicopters will be delivered to the air force upon reassembly and completion of the mission equipment outfitting and customisation by PTDI at its facility in Bandung, Indonesia. These additional helicopters will join the air force’s existing fleet of six H225Ms to perform similar combat search and rescue missions.