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Contracts For Feb. 28, 2022
DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY

Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia (HC104722D0002), was awarded a competitive, single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $11,504,145,491, with firm-fixed-price, labor hour, and cost reimbursable line items for the Defense Enclave Services (DES). The DES contract will unify the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Fourth Estate common use information technology (IT) systems, personnel, functions and program elements under the Defense Information Systems Agency. The DES contractor will manage, operate and support the network architecture. The objective of the DES contract is to provide integrated, standardized, and cost-effective IT services; while improving security, network availability, and reliability for the 22 defense agencies and field activities within DOD’s Fourth Estate. DES will establish the modern infrastructure foundation and united frame of thought needed to deliver cohesive combat support capabilities to the warfighter. The contract’s minimum guarantee of $500 will funded by the Defense Working Capital Fund. Performance will be at DOD Fourth Estate locations world-wide. Proposals were solicited via the Contract Opportunities website on SAM.gov, and seven proposals were received. The ordering period is Feb. 28, 2022, through Feb. 27, 2026, with three two-year option periods, which, if exercised, would extend the ordering period through Feb. 27, 2032. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization – National Capital Region, Fort Meade, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

NAVY

L3Harris Technologies Inc., Rochester, New York (N00039-22-D-0070), is awarded an estimated cumulative $3,690,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Portable Radios and Ancillary Parts Program. The procurement includes fielding of handheld, manpack, fixed mount/vehicular and base-station radios that fulfill Office of the Chief of Naval Operations-approved legacy tactical, portable radio requirements, including high-frequency, very-high frequency, ultra-high frequency, line-of-sight and satellite communications requirements for secure/nonsecure voice and data communications, DAMA-IW and emergency communications for ships. Work will be performed at L3Harris Corporate office in Rochester, New York. As an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, no funding will be placed on contract and obligated at the time of award. Operations and maintenance funding via the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps will be funded on each delivery order. The period of performance will consist of a five-year ordering period; work could continue through February 2027. Funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This sole source contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) – Only One Responsible Source (Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 6.302-1). The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is awarded a $31,322,476 modification (P00010) to a previously awarded, fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001920C0054). This modification exercises an option to procure the necessary weapon replaceable assemblies and AN/APR-39D(V)2 support equipment hardware to include 31 processors, 124 antenna detectors, 96 radar receivers, 31 low band arrays, and 14 battery handle assemblies. Additionally, this order provides non-recurring engineering, technical engineering, management and logistics support to fabricate, assemble, test, and deliver AN/APR-39D(V)2 hardware for the Navy. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Illinois (42%); Woburn, Massachusetts (15%); Lansdale, Pennsylvania (12%); Menlo Park, California (9%); Lewisburg, Tennessee (6%); Verona, Wisconsin (4%); Longmont, Colorado (3%); Phoenix, Arizona (2%); New York, New York (1%); Melbourne, Florida (1%); Landenberg, Pennsylvania (1%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (3%), and is expected to be completed in October 2024. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $31,322,476 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is awarded a $22,036,478 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering, technical, administrative and programmatic management support for total life cycle management of the various aircrew escape systems managed under the Joint Program Office for Cartridge Actuated Device/Propellant Actuated Device tri-service charter. Work will be performed in Bothell, Washington, and is expected to be completed by September 2025. Fiscal 2021 working capital funding (Navy) of $500 dollars will be obligated on the first task order at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured and in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) — only limited responsible number of responsible sources will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00174-22-D-0005).

Ace Maintenance and Service Inc.,* Austin, Texas, is awarded $20,656,043 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded contract N40080-21-D-0004. This modification provides for the exercise of Option Year 1 and base janitorial services at Naval Support Activity Bethesda. Work will be performed in Bethesda, Maryland. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $39,163,157. This option period is from March 1, 2022, to Feb. 28, 2023. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance, (Navy); Navy working capital funds; and fiscal 2022 Defense Health Program funds in the amount of $20,405,417 for recurring work will be obligated on individual task orders issued during the option period. No funds will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Moran Towing Corp., New Canaan, Connecticut (N3220519C3503), is awarded a $15,411,380 option (P00022) for the fixed-price portion of a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract, with reimbursable elements, to exercise a one-year option period to support Military Sealift Command’s Service Support Program for the time charter services of eight tugboats. The tugboats will be capable of ship handling, docking and undocking in the Norfolk, Virginia, harbor and surrounding waters. This contract includes a one-year-firm period of the performance, three one-year option periods, and one 11-month option period, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $74,005,396. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia, and is expected to be completed if all options are exercised, by Jan. 31, 2024. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $1,308,912 are obligated for fiscal 2022, and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. Funds in the amount of $14,102,468 for the remainder of Option Three are to be provided for fiscal 2022 and 2023, and are subject to the availability of funds in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.232-18, availability of funds. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the System for Award Management (SAM) website and one offer was received.

CACI Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded an $11,327,515 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides mission critical sustainment support to include engineering, software development, project management and technical support services to the Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) team for the sustainment of CACI-BIT Systems C-UAS systems installed at continental U.S. (CONUS) and outside the Continental U.S. (OCONUS) locations. In addition, system sustainment support for installed systems includes maintainability and deployment upgrades of operational systems, reconfiguration of installed systems, training, system maintenance, software development, and hardware repairs. Work will be performed in various undisclosed locations within the CONUS (50%) and OCONUS (50%), and is expected to be completed in February 2027. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0042122D0072).

Arnold Defense and Electronics LLC,* Arnold, Missouri, is awarded an $8,558,547 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00174-19-D-0001) to exercise the remaining option ordering periods for the manufacturing of the 2.75-inch rocket launchers and subcomponents to support Navy, Army, Air Force and Foreign Military Sales requirements. Work will be performed in Arnold, Missouri, and is expected to be completed by February 2023. No additional funds are being obligated at the time of this action. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Coastal Enterprises of Jacksonville Inc., Jacksonville, North Carolina, is awarded an $8,362,430 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to a previously awarded contract (N40085-18-D-6113). This modification provides for grounds maintenance services on road shoulders, ditches, bunkers, firing ranges, wetlands and tank training sites for Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Work will be performed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2023. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $41,526,957. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,984,784 will be obligated at time of award, and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc., Houston, Texas, is awarded a $7,762,334 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N62470-21-D-0001) for base operating support at several locations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The work to be performed provides for but is not limited to, all management, supervision, tools, materials, supplies, labor and transportation services necessary to perform galley services, laundry services, facility management, emergency service requests, urgent service, routing service, preventive maintenance, inspection, testing and certification, facilities investment, custodial, pest control service, integrated solid waste, grounds maintenance, wastewater, and base support vehicles, at Jebel Ali, Fujairah, Sas Al Nahkl and Al Minhad, UAE. Work will be performed in the UAE, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2023. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $16,977,599. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance contract funds in the amount of $7,437,102 will be obligated at time of award, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Europe Africa and Southwest Asia, Naples, Italy, is the contracting activity.

UPDATE: EMR Inc.,* Niceville, Florida (N69450-22-D-0025); and Tybe-Garney Federal JV, LLC,* Newbern, Tennessee (N69450-22-D-0026), are added to seven awardees of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, design-build and design-bid-build multiple-award contract (N69450-21-D-0064); (N69450-21-D-0065); (N69450-21-D-0066); (N69450-21-D-0067); N69450-21-D-0068); (N69450-21-D-0069); and (N69450-21-D-0070) announced on Sept. 29, 2021, for construction projects located primarily within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast area of operations. Each contractor will be awarded $1,000 to satisfy the minimum guarantee. All other information in the original announcement remains the same.

ARMY

PAE Applied Technologies LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $111,669,489 hybrid (firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials) contract for operations, maintenance and repair of real property, maintenance and repair of installed building equipment and equipment-in-place, minor construction, ground maintenance, snow/ice/sand removal, pest control, environmental service and refuse removal in support of the installations within the United States Army Garrison-Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2027. U.S. Army 409th Contracting Support Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany, is the contracting activity (W564KV-22-D-0002).

Credence Dynamo Solutions LLC,* Vienna, Virginia, was awarded a $73,564,064 fixed-price-level-of-effort contract for program management and technical support in the areas of resource planning, resource programming, resource budgeting, resource execution, congressional authorizations and appropriations, and resource oversight. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 27, 2027. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W50NH9-22-F-0019).

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Salem, Oregon, was awarded an $8,737,347 modification (P00002) to contract W9127N-21-C-0036 for the Willamette Valley Hatcheries operations and maintenance. Work will be performed in Salem, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2026. Fiscal 2022 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,737,347 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon, is the contracting activity.
Skookum Educational Programs, Bremerton, Washington, was awarded an $8,238,730 modification (P00014) to contract W911S8-18-D-0004 for custodial services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2023. U.S. Army 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, is the contracting activity (W911S8-18-D-0004).

AIR FORCE

OAC Action Construction Corp., Miami, Florida (FA4621-22-D-0002); OK2 Construction LLC, Cleburne, Texas (FA4621-22-D-0003); Pro-Mark Services Inc., West Fargo, North Dakota (FA4621-22-D-0004); Snodgrass & Sons Construction Co., Inc., Wichita, Kansas (FA4621-22-D-0005); Olgoonik Specialty Contractors LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (FA4621-22-D-0006); and SES Construction and Fuel Services LLC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (FA4621-22-D-0007), have been awarded a combined, not-to-exceed $75,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract, for sustainment, repair, modernization, and construction requirements. Work will be performed at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 29, 2028. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and 20 offers were received. The 22nd Contracting Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kansas is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $22,984,200 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00294) to previously awarded contract F04701-02-C-0003 for Defense Meteorological Satellite Program spacecraft sustainment. The contract modification extends the term of the contract. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, California, and is expected to be completed by March 1, 2027. This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $700,000 will be obligated at the time of award. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $776,099,012. Space Systems Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California has been awarded a $21,645,981 contract action for Netherlands MQ-9 Contractor Logistics Support. Work will be performed in Poway, California; Hato, Curacao; and Leeuwarden, Netherlands, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2025. This contract involves 100% foreign military sales to the Netherlands. Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $20,096,218 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8689-22-C-2014).
Raytheon Company, El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $11,308,480 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00010) to previously awarded contract FA8807-21-C-0006 for the Military GPS User Equipment Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) contract. The contract modification is to incorporate MSI Engineering Change Proposal 2 into the baseline. This contract modification provides continued MSI with Next Generation Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Technology Development capabilities. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and is expected to be completed by May 5, 2025. Fiscal 2021 Space Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (3620) funds in the amount of $240,827 are being obligated at the time of award. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $186,328,637. Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California is the contracting activity.
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P., Greenville, Texas, has been awarded a $9,808,412 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (P00002) to previously awarded contract FA8620-19-F-4836 for the development and delivery of additional ground systems stations under the basic contract. Work will be performed in Greenville, Texas, and is expected to be completed April 30, 2024. This contract involves 100 percent Foreign Military Sales and is the result of a sole-source acquisition. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $38,381,139. Foreign Military Sales funds in the full amount are being obligated at the time of the award. The 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

CORRECTION: The $14,675,599 modification (P00004) to previously awarded contract FA8137-22-C-0002 announced on Feb. 25, 2022, to Alutiiq Commercial Enterprises LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, to add an additional three-month period for continued civil engineering services and operations management, has been amended to the amount of $ 12,983,706.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Frank Gargiulo & Son Inc., Hillside, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $70,238,145 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fresh fruits and vegetables. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Locations of performance are New Jersey and Connecticut, with a Feb. 27, 2027, ordering period end date. Using customers are Department of Agriculture schools. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2022 through 2027 defense working capital funds. The contracting agency is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-22-D-S750).

Travis Industries for the Blind,** Austin, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $49,197,198 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for commercial third-party logistics support including warehousing, storage, logistics and distribution functions for a wide variety of clothing items. This is a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(5), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a two-year base contract with three one-year option periods. Location of performance is Texas, with a Feb. 28, 2024, ordering period end date. Using military services are Air Force and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2022 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE1C1-22-D-B123).

UPDATE: Sarasota International Trading Inc.,* Bradenton, Florida (SPE8EC-22-D-0005), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for trucks and trailers, issued against solicitation SPE8EC-17-R-0008 and awarded Jan. 9, 2018.

MODIFICATION: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $128,245,319 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00013) to previously awarded contract FA8682-21-C-0001 for the exercise of an option for hardware spares and the partial exercise of an option for an additional 123 Lot 20 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range missiles with containers. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida, and Troy, Alabama, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 30, 2026. This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2022 Missile Procurement funds are being obligated at the time of award. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $541,366,022. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.

U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

Textainer Equipment Management (U.S.) Limited, San Francisco, Ca., was awarded a modification (P00009) on Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, fixed price contract HTC711-19-D-R009 in the amount of $19,581,610 on March 1, 2022. This modification provides intermodal equipment leasing and transportation services, and related container support functions, to include interfacing with Government systems to meet the Government missions and exercises. Work will be performed on a global basis. The period of performance is from Mar. 1, 2022, to Feb. 28, 2023. Fiscal year 2022 and 2023 Operations and Maintenance funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $51,127,599 to $70,709,209. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

Triton Container International Limited, Hamilton, Bermuda, was awarded a modification (P00009) on Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, fixed price contract HTC711-19-D-R010 in the amount of $18,529,909 on March 1, 2022. This modification provides intermodal equipment leasing and transportation services, and related container support functions, to include interfacing with Government systems to meet the Government missions and exercises. Work will be performed on a global basis. The period of performance is from Mar. 1, 2022, to Feb. 28, 2023. Fiscal year 2022 and 2023 Operations and Maintenance funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $51,230,474 to $69,760,383. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

SeaCube Leasing International, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, N.J., was awarded a modification (P00009) on Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, fixed price contract HTC711-19-D-R008 in the amount of $18,282,066 on March 1, 2022. This modification provides intermodal equipment leasing and transportation services, and related container support functions, to include interfacing with Government systems to meet the Government missions and exercises. Work will be performed on a global basis. The period of performance is from Mar. 1, 2022, to Feb. 28, 2023. Fiscal year 2022 and 2023 Operations and Maintenance funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $50,273,618 to $68,555,684. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Leidos, Reston, Virginia (H92404-22-C-0002), was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in the amount of $12,604,095 for 12 months of bridge engineering services for the Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Operations Center (ROC). Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $6,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The majority of the work will be performed in Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico; and the Hurlburt-ROC located at Hurlburt AFB, Florida, and will be complete on or about Dec. 13, 2022. This is a sole source contract in accordance with U.S. Code 2304(c)(2), as the agency’s need for the services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency. U.S. Special Operations Command, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting activity.

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Ukrainians Continue Resistance as Russia Funnels More Troops Into the Country 

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Ukrainians Continue Resistance as Russia Funnels More Troops Into the Country 
Feb. 28, 2022 | By Jim Garamone
DOD officials estimate that almost 75 percent of the forces that Russian President Vladimir Putin amassed for invasion are now in Ukraine.

A senior defense official also said the United States has not seen anything specific as a result of Putin putting Russian nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. The official, speaking on background, said DOD will continue to monitor the situation. There is no change to U.S. nuclear defense posture, he said. “We remain comfortable and confident in our own strategic deterrence posture,” he said.

Before the invasion five days ago, officials estimated that Russia had more than 160,000 troops along its borders with Ukraine and inside Belarus, also along the border with Ukraine. If the estimate of 75 percent is correct, then 120,000 Russian troops are taking part in the invasion.

Ukrainians continue their David vs. Goliath battle against the Russian invaders. The official said that Russia has, thus far, failed to achieve air superiority over Ukraine. “The airspace over Ukraine remains contested,” he said. “Ukrainian air defenses remain intact and viable, both in terms of aircraft and missile defense systems, and they’re engaged.”

Ukrainian ground forces have slowed the Russian advance on the capital city of Kyiv and Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv. Still, Russian forces are roughly 25 kilometers out of Kyiv. The official said this appears to be the Russian’s main line of effort.

There have been roughly 380 ballistic and cruise missile launches against Ukraine, the official said.

Despite news reports, U.S. officials have seen no indications that Belarussian troops are being readied to move into Ukraine. “Our best information is that the forces inside Ukraine are all Russians,” the senior official said.

The Ukrainian resistance and Russian military problems with logistics and sustainment have combined to slow the Russian invasion. “Our indications are that they ended up having to rely on fuel and sustainment capabilities earlier in the process than what we believe they had planned to,” the official said. “So, on day four, they’re running out of gas, and they’re having logistics problems.”

Added to this is Ukrainian resistance, including disabling a major bridge, which has worked in Ukraine’s favor.

Russia seems to be trying to encircle Kharkiv and Kyiv. Kharkiv is the scene of heavy fighting. Russian units have not taken the city but appear intent on encircling it.

The same tactic appears to be in play in Kyiv. “We believe that they want to be able to approach Kyiv from multiple directions and put pressure on Ukrainian defenses, all around Kyiv,” the official said.

The official said Ukrainians have proven “very creative in how they are … resisting.”

“We talked about the combined arms capabilities of the Russians,” the official said. “The Ukrainians have proved pretty effective with their own combined arms approach. … It varies from place to place based on where the Ukrainians are, and how fast they can get there and what they have at their disposal, but they are using pretty much everything that they have in their arsenal from small arms all the way up to surface-to-air missiles to try to slow down the Russians.”

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DoD Announces Appointments to the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform
Feb. 28, 2022
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has appointed Hon. Peter Levine and Hon. Lisa Disbrow to serve on the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform.

Section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022 (Public Law 117-81) creates an independent commission within the legislative branch on reform of the DoD PPBE system. The commission has 14 members; the Department of Defense has two appointments and the remaining positions are appointed by Congress.

Hon. Peter Levine previously served as DoD deputy chief management officer and acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, following his 20 years of service as Minority Counsel, General Counsel, and staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Levine is currently a senior fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses.

Hon. Lisa Disbrow previously served as Under Secretary of the Air Force and prior to that Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) and vice director, Joint Staff J8. Disbrow currently serves as a director on the Board of Mercury Systems.

The Commission’s work will benefit the department as it defends the nation, takes care of our people and succeeds through teamwork. The DoD leadership team looks forward to working with Hon. Peter Levine and Hon. Lisa Disbrow in their new roles as members of the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform, as well as with the whole commission as it begins its work.

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