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Milley Makes Case for Rules-Based Order, Deterrence in New Era
June 30, 2023 | By Jim Garamone
The international rules-based order and the strategy of deterrence are not esoteric principles, but ideas that undergird peace in our world and are worth defending, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at the National Press Club today.

Milley spoke at the Newsmakers Lunch and also addressed the latest reports from Ukraine.

“Save the International Rules-Based Order” doesn’t have the same cache as “Remember Pearl Harbor.” You won’t see that on bumper stickers on vehicles in the Pentagon parking lot. But the rules-based order came about for good reason. “A few years ago, I was at Normandy, and I talked to a sergeant from the 82nd Airborne Division; he was in a wheelchair, and he had parachuted into D-Day ahead of the amphibious forces,” Milley said. “I leaned over and asked him what his biggest lesson was from World War II. I expected him to give me some sort of tactical advice on maneuver and shooting. But he didn’t. He looked up at me and tears welled up in his eyes, and he said, ‘General, never let it happen again.'”

The rules-based international order was what that paratrooper’s generation put in place to ensure a great powers war would not happen again. Milley noted that between 1914 and 1945 — World War I and World War II — approximately 150 million people were killed.

“It was the most violent three decades ever recorded in human history, all in the conduct of great power war,” the general said. “Two world wars and 30 years, two continents destroyed, millions killed, more refugees than at any point in history, systemic genocide of an entire ethnic and religious community. And, of course, the dropping of two nuclear weapons. It was a global slaughterhouse by any measure. And the world collectively said in 1945, never again.”

The peace established by this framework has lasted almost 80 years. It has proven its worth, but the rules-based international order is under great stress today, Milley said. “In particular, Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine is a direct frontal assault on that rules-based international order,” he said. “We are now well over a year into this invasion. The bravery and resilience of the Ukrainian people are truly an inspiration to us all.”Spotlight: Support for Ukraine

Nations around the world have rallied to Ukraine’s side and have been supplying the capabilities needed to defend the country. “We have said our political leaders have said multiple times that our task is to ensure that Ukraine has the support it needs to remain free and independent,” the chairman said. “And we’re doing that in order to make sure that rules-based international order holds.”

Across the world, China is looking to rewrite those rules even though China has perhaps been the greatest beneficiary of those rules. “China’s economy has been growing rapidly for the last four decades, as we all know, and is now leveraging its financial power to build up an incredibly powerful military,” the general said. “They are well into doing that.”

Chinese leaders have stated they want “to be the regional hegemonic in Asia within the next 10 years, and they want to exceed global U.S. military power by midcentury,” Milley said. “The geostrategic history of this century will likely be determined by the United States-China relationship and whether it remains in a competition or tips into great power war.”

All of this is affected by rapidly advancing technology that is causing the most significant fundamental change in the character of war ever recorded in history, the general said. “The nature of war, Clausewitz tells us, is not likely to change,” he said. “It’s a human interaction. It’s a political act where one side is trying to impose its political will on the other side through the use of organized violence. It involves fear and friction, confusion and death.”

But the character of war does change, Milley said. “The character of war refers to how, where, when and with what weapons you fight,” he said. “That changes fundamentally, every so often, and, right now, currently, we are in that midst.”

The last time there was such a change was in the 1930s when Nazi Germany combined radios, aircraft, armored wheeled and tracked vehicles and created the Lightning War that overran Europe in only 18 months.

“Today, unlike at any time in history, we are in an age of incredible ability to surveil,” Milley said. “We have the ability to see and sense the environment. … We have the ubiquitous ability to see anywhere on the globe at any moment in time. And we can do that with incredible precision. Think about all the sensors that are in this room, right this minute. Every GPS watch every iPhone, every Fitbit, all of them are sensors.”

“Our ability to see and sense the environment is unprecedented, and what you can see, you can shoot and hit with precision munitions, you can hit it great range, and with great accuracy.”

Spotlight: Science & Tech

Robotics will play an increasing role with unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned maritime vessels and unmanned ground vehicles. These are becoming important components of nearly every military, the general said. “In fact, in the next 10 to 15 years, we’re likely to see that at least third of the advanced industrial militaries of the world likely will be robotic,” he said. “Think of a pilotless Air Force, or a sailor-less Navy, or crew-less tank. The battlefield of the future will require rapid and constant movement, and the ability to remain small and relatively invisible, just to survive.”

Perhaps the biggest change is the rapid onset of artificial intelligence, and quantum computing. “Sun Tzu tells us, ‘See yourself and see the enemy, and you win 1,000 battles,'” Milley said. “Artificial intelligence and quantum computing are going to do exactly that. We will be able to see ourselves and see the enemy in much more significant ways than we can now.”

Spotlight: Engineering in the DOD

Artificial Intelligence will be able to process complex information at speeds that no human mind can match.

“So our task … is for … the United States military to maintain our current decisive advantage or lethality or readiness or competence by optimizing these technologies for the conduct of war,” he said. “And we do this not to conduct war, but to deter great power war. Great power war is neither imminent nor inevitable. I believe that there’s human choice. Our task is to continue to deter large scale war.”

The United States military must remain overwhelming, relative to any other country, because “that gets to the very essence of what deterrence is about,” Milley said. “If we have that power, and we have the will to use it, and that power is known to an adversary, and you assume their adversary is rational, then the probability, not certainty, but probability is that deterrence will prevail, and the great power peace established in 1945, will be sustained. And then, we will have honored that sergeant at Normandy and made sure that it never happens again.”

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Raytheon Technologies Corp., doing business as Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Connecticut, has been awarded a $5,500,316,404 modification (P00020) to previously awarded FA8124-18-D-0001 for the F117 Engine Sustainment Support contract. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $8,241,064,215 from $2,740,747,815. Work will be performed in San Francisco, California; Columbus, Georgia; and Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2027. This contract involves Foreign Military Sales to the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, India, and Kuwait. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8124-18-D-0001).

CGI Federal Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, has been awarded a $49,681,780 contract for enhancing the functionality, capability, capacity, and resiliency of the U. S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). This contract provides USSTRATCOM with agile and innovative research, development, and sustainment of new and existing hardware, systems, and software capability enabling operational robustness of the Global Integration Enterprise. Work will be performed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2023. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance; and research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $3,446,691 are being obligated at the time of award. The 55th Contracting Squadron is the contracting activity at Offutt AFB, Bellevue, Nebraska (FA4600-23-F-0044). (Awarded June 28, 2023)

CORRECTION: The $625,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract FA2293-23-D-B001 announced June 28, 2023, to Raytheon Co., Marlborough, Massachusetts, for the U.S. Air Force Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals program, was awarded June 30, 2023.

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

NetCentric Technologies LLC, Wall, New Jersey (HT001523D0001); A1FedImpact LLC, Falls Church, Virginia (HT001523D0002); DecisiveInstincts LLC, Vienna, Virginia (HT001523D0003); Eagle Integrated Services LLC, San Antonio, Texas (HT001523D0004); ITC-DE LLC, doing business as dotIT, Vienna, Virginia (HT001523D0005); and Beat LLC, doing business as Business Enabled Acquisition and Technology LLC, San Antonio, Texas (HT001523D0006) were awarded a global multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $2,400,000,000 dollars to provide support for non-personal standardized enterprise information technology support services to medical treatment facilities and other lines of business. This contract will acquire IT services across the Defense Health Agency enterprise supporting medical treatment facilities and other lines of business in the continental U.S. and outside the continental U.S. Global service providers (GSP) are contractors that perform a wide variety of IT tasks and services to standardize and provide robust information technology support at medical treatment facilities and other lines of business. GSP services may augment enterprise capabilities. The contractor will provide the expertise, technical knowledge, staff support, and other related resources necessary. The nine GSP scope areas include: IT Service Desk; Database, Application, and Web Development; Identity Management and Desktop Support; Data Center Operations; Information Assurance; Network Operations; Telecommunications; Clinical Informatics; and Information Business Operations. The total small business set aside solicitation provided a fair opportunity for competition, with 39 offers received. The ordering period of this contract will be 10 years, comprised of one five-year base ordering period and one five-year option ordering period. The contract will allow the use of firm-fixed-price and labor hour type task orders, as is appropriate for commercial services of this kind. The place of performance will be worldwide and annotated on each task order awarded. The Defense Health Agency, Enterprise Medical Services Contracting Division, San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity.

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The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $793,350,000 firm-fixed-price contract for aircraft. 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 Dec. 30, 2027. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-23-F-0395).

Jacobs Government Services Co., Washington, D.C. (W912ER-23-F,-0071); HKS Inc., Dallas, Texas (W912ER-23-F-0072); M. Arthur Gensler & Associates Inc., Washington, D.C. (W912ER-23-F-0066); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Washington, D.C. (W912ER-23-F-0070); WSP USA Solutions Inc., Washington, D.C. (W912ER-23-F-0068); and Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum PC, Washington, D.C. (W912ER-23-F-0069), will compete for each order of the $700,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for architecture-engineer design services. 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 June 29, 2028. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, Winchester, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Allstate Heating and Cooling Inc.,* Lexington, Kentucky (W91248-23-D-3001); CCCS International LLC,* North Charleston, South Carolina (W91248-23-D-3002); CCS King George2 LLC,* Honolulu, Hawaii (W91248-23-D-3003); Clemons Vasquez JV LLC,* Dayton, Ohio (W91248-23-D-3004); Global Go LLC,* Fort Lauderdale, Florida (W91248-23-D-3005); Howard W. Pence Inc.,* Elizabethtown, Kentucky (W91248-23-D-3006); Intec Group Inc.,* Lexington, Kentucky (W91248-23-D-3007); Kellie W. Tipton Construction Co. Inc.,* Indian Mound, Tennessee (W91248-23-D-3008); Native American Services Corp.,* Kellogg, Idaho (W91248-23-D-3009); New Dominion Construction LLC,* Dumfries, Virginia (W91248-23-D-3010); PM Jenkins Group-Professional Management Services LLC.,* Kalamazoo, Michigan (W91248-23-D-3011); Puyenpa Construction LLC,* Duckwater, Nevada (W91248-23-D-3012); QBS Inc.,* Alliance, Ohio (W91248-23-D-3013); S&K Design Build, Saint Ignatius, Montana (W91248-23-D-3014); Signature Renovations LLC,* Capitol Heights, Maryland (W91248-23-D-3015); and T&T Construction Enterprises LLC,* Leitchfield, Kentucky (W91248-23-D-3016), will compete for each order of the $495,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 20 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 29, 2028. U.S. Army 419th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, is the contracting activity.

AICI-Archirodon Construction Co. Ltd. JV, McLean, Virginia (W912ER-23-D-0003); Al Hamra Kuwait WLL, Kuwait City, Kuwait (W912ER-23-D-0005); Dogus Construction and Trade Co., Sariyer, Turkey (W912ER-23-D-0006); Gilbane Federal- Yuksel Insaat A.S. JV, Concord, California (W912ER-23-D-0007); MVL Saudi Builders Group, Lansing, Michigan (W912ER-23-D-0008); and Perini Management Systems Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts (W912ER-23-D-0018), will compete for each order of the $449,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design build, design-bid-build, site adapt, and operation construction activities. Bids were solicited via the internet with 10 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 29, 2030. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, is the contracting activity.

Archer Western Federal JV, Chicago, Illinois, was awarded a $376,929,000 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a weapon storage and maintenance facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Work will be performed in Great Falls, Montana, with an estimated completion date of June 18, 2027. Fiscal 2020 military construction, defense-wide funds in the amount of $376,929,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Washington, is the contracting activity (W912DW-23-C-0012).

Cox General Trade, Juffair, Kingdom of Bahrain (W519TC-23-D-0032); KGL Transportation Co., Shuwaikh, Kuwait (W519TC-23-D-0033); Rehal International Transport Co., Sharq, Kuwait (W519TC-23-D-0034); Readiness Management Support, Panama City Beach, Florida (W519TC-23-D-0035); and Al Jazy Shipping & Forwarding Co., Amman, Jordan (W519TC-23-D-0030), will compete for each order of the $248,081,000 firm-fixed-price contract for line haul, heavy lift, material-handling equipment and personnel transportation services. Bids were solicited via the internet with nine received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 29, 2026. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc., Radford, Virginia, was awarded a $92,455,111 modification (000837) to contract W52P1J-11-D-0013 for MK90 grain. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 28, 2024. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

Olin Winchester LLC, Oxford, Mississippi, was awarded a $64,441,277 modification (P00021) to contract W52P1J-21-C-0016 for the manufacture of small-caliber ammunition. Work will be performed in Oxford, Mississippi, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2024. Fiscal 2021, 2022 and 2023 procurement of ammunition, Army funds in the amount of $64,441,277 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $20,262,250 firm-fixed-price contract for coastal storm risk management and beach renourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Vilano Beach, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 17, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil flood control and coastal emergencies funds in the amount of $20,262,250 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (W912EP-23-C-0016).

Peraton, Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a $17,247,304 modification (P00022) to contract W91RUS-19-F-0248 for information technology services and support. Work will be performed in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany, with an estimated completion date of April 18, 2024. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Army funds, in the amount of $11,570,963 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc., Radford, Virginia, was awarded a $16,566,431 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for assessing, procuring and applying/demonstrating automation upgrades to two area of solventless rocket propellant grain production. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Radford, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 procurement of ammunition, Army funds in the amount of $8,283,216 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-23-F-0341).

General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc., Taunton, Massachusetts, was awarded a $14,287,601 firm-fixed-price contract for logistics services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Taipei, Taiwan, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2026. Fiscal 2023 Foreign Military Sales (Taiwan) funds in the amount of $14,287,601 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91CRB-23-C-5028).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Radford, Virginia, was awarded a $12,687,687 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of non-standard ammunition. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2024. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-23-F-0299).

Amentum Services Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, was awarded a $9,146,733 modification (P00289) to contract W58RGZ-19-C-0025 for worldwide aviation maintenance. Work will be performed in Kuwait; and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2023. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $9,146,733 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

DKJR Roofing LLC,* Le Mars, Iowa, was awarded a $7,688,758 firm-fixed-price contract for roof replacement and repair. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 29, 2026. U.S. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is the contracting activity (W91QF4-23-D-0013).

NAVY

Frontier Electronic Systems Corp.,* Stillwater, Oklahoma, is awarded a $94,099,269, cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for hardware in support of the AN/SPQ- 15(V) Data Distribution System (DDS) and supporting engineering services. This contract will address the need for the procurement of hardware in support of the AN/SPQ-15(V) DDS programs. Work will be performed in Stillwater, Oklahoma (80%); and various Navy shipyards (20%), and is expected to be completed by June 2028. Fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $500 will be obligated at time of award, which will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. All other funding will be made available at the delivery order level as contracting actions occur. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website, with one offer received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N0017823D4501).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $70,298,476 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00003) to a previously awarded contract (N0001922C0046). This modification adds scope to provide for maintenance and sustainment operations of the Norway and Italy Reprogramming Laboratory facilities and systems, to include consumables and spare material/tooling support in support of the F-35 program for non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in Eglin, Florida (80%); and Fort Worth, Texas (20%), and is expected to be completed in April 2027. Non-DOD participant funds in the amount of $23,432,826 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.

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engine, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $66,084,257 modification (P00002) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0019) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0005). This modification definitizes the order to provide design engineering, program management support, technology maturation, risk reduction, long lead material and hardware, and weapons system integration to support F135 engine enhancement efforts for the F-35 Lightning II program. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (92%); and Indianapolis, Indiana (8%), and is expected to be completed in February 2024. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $32,442,129; and fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $28,625,000 will be obligated at the time of award, $28,625,000 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $57,269,379 firm-fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-21-C-5401 for fiscal 2023 U.S. and German Navy German Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Mod 5 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) requirements and spares. This contract is to procure material, fabricate parts, assemble, test, and deliver RAM MK 49 Mod 5 GMLSs, GMLS Ordnance Alteration (ORDALT) Kits, and spare parts. Work will be performed in Ottobrunn, Germany, (40%); Tucson, Arizona (13%); Huntsville, Alabama (9%); Louisville, Kentucky (9%); Moorepark, California (8%); Moonachie, New Jersey (4%); Berryville, Arkansas (3%); Tulsa, Oklahoma (3%); Miami, Florida (2%); and various other U.S. locations (cumulative of 9%), and is expected to be completed by July 2026. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $37,365,646 (65%); German Navy funds in the amount of $9,014,496 (16%); fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,423,113 (13%); fiscal 2022 weapons procurement funds in the amount of $1,658,250 (3%); Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $583,874 (1%); fiscal 2017 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $500,000 (1%); fiscal 2023 research, test, development and evaluation funds in the amount of $500,000 (1%); fiscal 2022 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $100,000 (less than 1%); fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $100,000 (less than 1%); and fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $24,000 (less than 1%) will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is awarded a $31,955,872 firm-fixed-price modification (P00004) to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001922D0038). This modification adds scope to procure hardware in support of the RQ-21A Blackjack and ScanEagle unmanned air systems platforms for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Foreign Military Sales customers to include four RQ-21A air vehicles; 20 ScanEagle air vehicles; and 62 ScanEagle payloads and turrets; as well as various support equipment, spares and sustainment spares. Work will be performed in Bingen, Washington (88%); and various locations outside the U.S. (12%), and is expected to be completed in June 2026. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Metron Inc.,* Reston, Virginia, is awarded a $31,872,180 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N6523623C8020) for a Joint Mission Planning System. The end product delivered will be an integrated Mission Planning System for the Joint Force. The contract includes a 10-month base period for a risk reduction effort starting in 2023, followed by three 12-month option periods for spiral developments for a total period of performance of 46 months. The option periods, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $81,650,955. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,523,457 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Work will be performed in Reston, Virginia (94%); Honolulu, Hawaii (3%); San Diego, California (1%); Oceanside, California (1%); and Okinawa, Japan (1%), with performance through April 2027 if all options are exercised. This contract was not competitively procured because it is a sole source acquisition pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1), Only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements (Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1). Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina, is the contracting activity.

Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, is awarded a $20,199,666 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C4083) for a 120-calendar day post shakedown availability (PSA) availability of Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary sea based USNS John L. Canley (T-ESB 6). This contract includes a base period and nine unexercised options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative contract value of this contract to $20,717,201. Work will be performed in Portland, Oregon, beginning Sept. 20, 2023, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 17, 2024. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $20,199,666 are obligated for fiscal 2023, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the SAM.gov website and two offers were received. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N3220523C4083).

DSA LLC, Gadsden, Alabama, is awarded a $10,365,515 firm-fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract N40080-20-D-0303 for grounds maintenance and snow removal at installations within Naval District Washington, Washington, D.C. This award brings the total cumulative value of the contract to $40,672,888. Work will be performed in Maryland (34%); Washington, D.C. (56%); and Virginia (10%); and will be completed by June 2024. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,578,231 will be obligated at time of award, and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded an $82,582,131 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, excluding unexercised options, for Phase III of the LongShot program. Work will be performed in Poway, California (62%); Adelanto, California (15%); Mukilteo, Washington (6%); Detroit, Michigan (5%); Tucson, Arizona (4%); Tulsa, Oklahoma (3%); Buffalo, New York (2%); Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona (1%); Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah (1%); and Sedro-Woolley, Washington (1%), with an estimated completion date of October 2025. Fiscal 2023 research and development funds in the amount of $24,459,077 are being obligated at the time of award. This contract is a competitive acquisition in accordance with the original Broad Agency Announcement HR001122S0037. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR001123C0087).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Rockford, Illinois, has been awarded a maximum $23,936,400 firm-fixed-price contract for generator containers. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is an 18-month base contract with one one-year option period. The performance completion date is May 25, 2026. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2026 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Warren, Michigan (SPRDL1-23-C-0049).

Colt’s Manufacturing Co., West Hartford, Connecticut, has been awarded a maximum $9,327,600 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for barrel carbines. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302.1. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. The performance completion date is June 28, 2028. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2028 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio (SPE7LX-23-D-5045).

UPDATE: Deere & Co., Cary, North Carolina (SPE8EC-23-D-0012, $86,000,000), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for agricultural equipment, issued against solicitation SPE8EC-21-R-0006 and awarded July 29, 2022.

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Readout of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl’s Meeting With Israeli Ministry of Defense Political-Military Bureau Director Dror Shalom
June 30, 2023
Department of Defense Spokesman Lt. Col. David Herndon provided the following readout:

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl met with Israeli Ministry of Defense Political-Military Director Dror Shalom at the Pentagon, June 28.

Under Secretary Kahl reaffirmed the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel, and underscored the U.S. commitment to deepening cooperation to address regional threats. Under Secretary Kahl also expressed support for Israel’s continued integration into the region.

The officials discussed a series of ongoing efforts to address Iran’s dangerous nuclear advances, and the shared U.S. and Israeli commitment to countering Iran’s destabilizing activities across the region and beyond. Under Secretary Kahl shared his perspective on recent developments related to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and the negative consequences of increased Iranian-Russian military cooperation.

Under Secretary Kahl expressed condolences to Mr. Shalom over recent victims of terrorism. He also expressed deep concern over the recent escalation of violence in the West Bank and reaffirmed the importance of stabilizing the security situation in Israel, the West Bank, and the region.

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