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01 Nov 16. KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today its joint venture, Aspire Defence, has been awarded a significant change order expanding services to be provided under an existing contract for the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). The change order, with a total value for the joint venture of approximately $1.4bn USD, calls for construction and program management services and facilities maintenance at the UK major military estate — Project Allenby/Connaught — in the South of England.
Under the terms of the change order, KBR, as part of the Aspire Defence joint venture entities, will design and build an additional 130 buildings over the next four years in support of the MoD’s Army Basing Program. Once completed, these new buildings will be included within the existing estate for which KBR is responsible for providing operational support and facilities management for 25 years. The types of services provided range from catering and cleaning to technical stores management and tailoring of uniforms, from the provision of transport to administration support.
Project Allenby/Connaught, the largest infrastructure private finance initiative (PFI) contract ever let by the Ministry of Defence will run until 2041. KBR, in partnership with Carillion, is responsible for managing the existing Army estates including providing a full range of hard and soft facilities management services, as well as overseeing the design, consent, demolition, new build, and refurbishment of garrison buildings for Project Allenby/Connaught. The first wave of construction under this project was successfully completed in 2014 with a superior safety performance, one of the safest major construction projects in the UK. The additional work under the change order is expected to be delivered by the summer of 2020.
31 Oct 16. Colombian Navy establishes new UAV operating base. The Colombian Navy (ARC) has established a new unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) at the Marine Training Base (BEIM) near the Caribbean operating base for counter-narcotics and offshore security roles. An ARC officer told IHS Jane’s the new operations centre was activated in late August 2016 to provide coverage over the Northern and Southern Caribbean region. The location, in Coveñas, Sucre department, was chosen for its geographic position and the BEIM’s paved runway and aviation hangar, which are used by Naval Aviation aircraft for liaison and transport duties. During a visit to the facility in October, IHS Jane’s observed that so far two UAV types are operated from Coveñas: the smaller Bravo and larger Terraco UAVs, both of which have been designed and manufactured by the ARC. (Source: IHS Jane’s)
21 Oct 16. NCC Group, the global expert in cyber security and risk mitigation, has continued its international expansion by opening an office in the Middle East. Its presence in Dubai will support businesses in the region to protect their brand, value and reputation against the ever-evolving threat landscape, the company said in a statement. (Source: Hawker Chase/Arabian Business)
MARITIME
03 Nov 16. Indo Defence 2016: Indonesia unveils 22m mini-submarine concept for special operations. A working group that includes the Indonesian Ministry of Defence’s research and development branch and shipbuilder PT Palindo Marine has unveiled a 22m mini-submarine concept that is said to have been designed fully in-country. The concept was conceived to pre-empt the need for a small underwater platform that can be deployed in littoral waters for covert missions such as surveillance and special forces operations, a PT Palindo Marine representative told IHS Jane’s on 3 November at the I