On Friday, May 9, St. Mary’s County Business, Education and Community Alliance awarded students from across the region hard-earned and well-deserved scholarships. In all there were 19 individuals or companies on hand to present scholarships in varying amounts to St. Mary’s County High School graduating seniors. In addition to those individuals and companies, BECA...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $237,740,000 modification to the previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee (firm target) F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Low Rate Initial Production IV contract (N00019-09-C-0010) for changes to the configuration baseline hardware or software...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – With the evolution of the virtual-training environment, the Marine Corps recently relocated an F/A-18C Hornet Tactical Operational Flight Trainer (TOFT) to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. “The Marines at Iwakuni had only one TOFT, which limited pilots’ abilities to hone skills crucial to multiple...
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The USS Tripoli will be the third ship to bear the name Tripoli. The name commemorates the capture of Derna in 1805 by a small force of U.S. Marines and approximately 370 soldiers from 11 other nationalities. The battle, later memorialized in the Marines’ Hymn with the line “to the shores of Tripoli”, brought...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Martin Baker Aircraft Co., Ltd., Higher Denham, Near Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, is being awarded a $21,989,271 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 88 Navy aircrew common ejection seats for F/A-18 series and EA-18G aircraft for the Navy and the government of Kuwait (12 F/A-18A+; 18 F/A-18C;...
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ORLANDO, Fla., May 1, 2012 – Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the first launch of a Shadow Hawk precision-guided weapon recently from a Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), achieving a direct hit on the target. Shadow Hawk is an 11-pound class, 2.75-inch diameter, 27-inch long drop-glide weapon. It is terminally guided by...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded a $63,331,119 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-11-D-0014) for logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot-level maintenance on 179 T-34, 54 T-44, and 192 T-6 aircraft based primarily at Naval Air Station...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – Twenty-one civilian employees received Master’s Degrees in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School during a ceremony held here on April 11. The students were selected for the degree program based on their ability to implement and execute NAVAIR systems engineering projects. The program is...
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FORT WORTH, Texas, April 24, 2012 – On Saturday, Apr. 21, a Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the program’s first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. George Schwartz piloted the test aircraft, known...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $68,284,013 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Low Rate Initial Production II contract (N00019-07-C-0097) for changes to the configuration baseline hardware or software resulting from...
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Cmdr. Eric Buus and Marine Corps Lt. Col. Matthew Taylor fly F-35C test aircraft CF-1 and CF-2 respectively on a formation test flight in the Atlantic test range April 18. The test flights included a formation takeoff and landing, and structural loads testing on CF-2. The F-35C carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter...
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The Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced a new teleworking policy for the civilian workforce. Changes made to the existing telework policy were prompted by the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 and will help DoD to achieve greater flexibility in managing its workforce through the use of telework. The policy requires the heads of...
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The following Navy contract was awarded locally: Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $126,512,656 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-11-C-0020) to provide for the production and delivery of 24 mission avionics systems and common cockpits for the MH-60R for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $35,932,485 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-09-C-0102) to exercise an option for engineering and technical services and supplies for the design, development, integration, test and evaluation, maintenance and logistics support of...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – After ejecting a 500-pound bomb from F-35B test aircraft BF-3, the test team took a collective breath, and watched as it hurtled toward the concrete deck. Coming to rest in the foam covering the pit floor, the March 29 “pit drop” marked the end of two...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: ITT Corporation, Electronic Systems , Electronic Warfare Systems, Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $62,264,415 firm-fixed-price production contract for the manufacture and delivery of 23 AN/ALQ-214(V)4 on-board jammer systems, under Full Rate Production Lot 9, for installation on the F/A-18 aircraft. Work will be performed in...
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As part of a foreign military sales case, the U.S. Navy worked together with French military to execute France’s first aerial-target live-fire event using a GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target (SSST), or missile, on April 4. France’s military procurement agency Direction Generale Pour L’Armement (DGA) worked with representatives from the Navy Aerial...
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FORT WORTH, Texas, April 16, 2012 – BK-1, the United Kingdom’s first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II production aircraft, flew its inaugural flight Friday. Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti took the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet through a series of functional flight checks during a sortie that lasted 45 minutes. The...
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The Air Force has filed a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed operational basing of the F-35 Lightning II within the continental United States. The current active Air Force and Air National Guard alternatives under consideration are: Burlington Air Guard Station, Vt.; Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Jacksonville Air Guard Station, Fla.; Mountain...
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Uniformed members of the United States Air Force and Army filed into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes Thursday, 12 April, to honor a Maryland Air National Guard officer for heroism in Laghman Province, Afghanistan May 4, 2010. In a standing room only capacity crowd that included his family and members of the Army unit...
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Photo Courtesy of Charles County Government Thousands of brave Americans demonstrate their courage and commitment to freedom by serving the armed forces of the United States of America in active duty posts around the world. More than 40 percent of these soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have left families with children behind. More than...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $14,495,712 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option for 168 RT-1851A(C)/ARC receiver-transmitters (including royalty fees) for the government of Saudi Arabia under the Foreign Military Sales program. The work will be...
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An F/A-18D assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 crashed in Virginia Beach, Va. April 6. Initial reports indicate that at approximately 12:05 p.m., the jet crashed just after takeoff at a location just off of the base. Both aircrew safely ejected from the aircraft. The Navy is coordinating with local authorities. Adm. John...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.– In the alphabet soup of military acronyms and abbreviations, it can be difficult to keep the ABCs straight. Despite the alphabetical hurdles, one Navy test pilot used his ABC knowledge to write a new chapter in flight test history. On March 23, Lt. Christopher Tabert completed the...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $1,049,932,426 modification to definitize a previously awarded MH-60R/MH-60S mission avionics system/common cockpit advance acquisition contract to a firm-fixed-price, multiyear contract (N00019-11-C-0020). This modification provides for the procurement of fiscal years 2012-2016 MH-60R Lot 10-14...
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Charles County Public Schools would like to share the following notes: The La Plata High School athletic department recently purchased a solar-powered scoreboard for their softball field. Daktronics®, the scoreboard manufacturer, partnered with Sunwize®, a leader in solar power technology, to produce a solar power kit for the scoreboard. The solar scoreboard option allows...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Alliant Techsystems Operations, L.L.C., Defense Electronic Systems, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $10,648,288 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0014) for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Block I upgrade. Efforts to be provided include definition, development, integration, documentation, testing,...
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FORT WORTH, Texas, April 4, 2012 – The first F-35 Lightning II for The Netherlands rolled out of the F-35 production facility on April 1. This is the latest step in the production process leading to its eventual assignment to Eglin AFB, Fla., later this summer. The Netherlands will use the conventional takeoff and...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $25,000,000 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-09-D-0020) for contractor logistics support and technical engineering support services for the Marine Corps KC-130J aircraft propulsion system, which includes the AE 2100D3 turboprop engine and the R 391...
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For military families, separation due to deployment is a part of life. One of the hardest parts of separation is missing out on the changes that take place, especially with children. A year can seem like a lifetime, and time away from family can never be recaptured, but local photographer, Darrin Farrell, is doing...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Northrup Grumman Systems Corp., Electronic Systems Sector, Land and Self Protection Systems Division, Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded an undefinitized contract action with an estimated value of $25,500,000 to procure 110 sensors, 200 upgraded processors, and associated technical data in support of the Advanced Threat...
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by Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr. American Forces Press Service (AFPS) — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta reaffirmed March 27, the Defense Department’s commitment to the F-35 joint strike fighter program and to ensuring it remains within the defense strategy’s budget. The secretary spoke at a news conference following a meeting with...
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The Navy announced March 26, 2011 a full and open rolling admission to add prime contractors to its SeaPort-e Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Proposals are due May 1 to the NAVSEA SeaPort-e contracting office in Dahlgren, VA. SeaPort-e is the Navy’s vehicle for technical services, with over $44 billion in task order awards since...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $30,144,000 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-09-C-0022) to procure additional long lead materials in support of P-8A Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) III. Work will be performed in Seattle, Wash. (63.8 percent); Greenlawn,...
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FORT WORTH, Texas, March 26, 2012 – The first night refueling in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35 program was completed Thursday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Peter Vitt, AF-4, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, rendezvoused with an Air Force KC-135 tanker and...
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Due to Exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2012, security has increased at NAS Patuxent River. Because of this, there are entry gate changes to be aware of. Gate 1 is open 24 hours. For Friday, March 23 only, Gates 2 and 3 will be open from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Mission Essential Personnel should...
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With one leader pledging to ensure the continuation of the organizational mission and the other reflecting on its legacy, the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School hosted a change of command ceremony here March 16. TPS staff and family gathered in Hangar Bay 110 to welcome Cmdr. Brandt Moslener as he took the reins...
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Leadership Maryland’s project for class 2011 will be hosting a Southern Maryland Regional Briefing on hiring military veterans at Patuxent High School auditorium on March 26th from 9:30am to 11am. The seminar will highlight the unique skills, qualities, characteristics and training those veterans and Wounded Warriors have. There will be a panel of business...
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Minor Traffic Delays, Increased Security Measures Expected Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2012 will be conducted on naval bases and installations throughout the continental United States on March 19-24, 2012. Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2012 is not in response to any specific threat but is a regularly-scheduled exercise. Within the Naval District Washington area, installations participating...
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Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) celebrated the carrier’s 30th year of service March 13. Navy veterans who commissioned the ship joined them from afar as they recalled their service aboard Vinson. Commissioned March 13, 1982 in Newport News, Va. with Capt. Richard L. Martin as her first commanding...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Research and Engineering Development, LLC*, Lexington Park, Md., is being awarded a $16,816,616 cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract to provide acquisition, engineering, analysis, development and integration services in support of irregular warfare efforts sponsored by the Naval Air Systems Command’s Human Systems Department (AIR-4.6). The estimated level of...
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EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., March 13, 2012 – U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joseph Bachmann successfully piloted the second F-35 local orientation flight in the skies above the Emerald Coast today. AF-13, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, launched at 2:30 p.m. CDT and completed a 93-minute flight landing at 4:03 p.m. CDT....
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The system that integrates the launch hardware and software to provide weapon control for the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is being modernized by Lockheed Martin . As a member of the Tomahawk Weapons Control System Development Activity in partnership with the U.S. Navy Labs, Lockheed Martin is upgrading the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $56,329,396 cost reimbursement modification to previously awarded contract (N00019-10-C-0002) to provide additional funding for the sustainment effort necessary to meet the requirements and delivery schedule for the F-35 Low Rate Initial Production...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $24,138,848 modification to a previously awarded cost-reimbursement contract (N00019-02-C-3002) for the development of a data farm for the Joint Strike Fighter U.S. Reprogramming Laboratory to be located at Eglin Air Force Base. ...
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The annual Anti-Terrorism Force Protection Exercise SOLID CURTAIN-CITADEL SHIELD is scheduled for March 19-24, 2012. This exercise is designed to ensure all U.S. Navy installations are prepared to execute essential functions and facilitate effective response and recovery in the event of a terrorist threat or actual terrorist event. The Exercise Plan requires full implementation...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance, Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $22,754,002 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0024) to exercise an option for organizational, selected intermediate, and limited depot-level maintenance for aircraft operated by adversary squadrons. Work will be performed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Key...
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Retired U.S. Navy employee Gregory Roger Penk, age 64, of Patuxent River, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 6, to unlawfully disclosing procurement contractor bid and source selection information. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein, Special Agent in Charge Robert Craig of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service...
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Boeing on March 4 officially delivered the first production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy in Seattle. The P-8A is the first of 13 anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft Boeing will deliver as part of a low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract awarded in 2011. “Delivering this capability...
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Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating test flights are scheduled to take place Saturday, March 3, 2012. Low-level jet aircraft flight operations are required in order to conduct calibration testing with ground based equipment. Testing is scheduled to be from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents may notice increased...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: AAI, Corp., Hunt Valley, Md. (N00019-12-D-0009); CSC, Falls Church, Va. (N00019-12-D-0010); and Insitu, Inc., Bingen, Wash. (N00019-12-D-0011), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services in support of the Department of Defense and other...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — A new capability now exists at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division that is helping engineers save warfighter lives thanks to the hard work of a team from the Atlantic Test Ranges. An imaging spectrometer, recently purchased by the Patuxent River Infrared Signature Measurements (PRISM)...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: ITT Corp., Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $19,636,772 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0005) for the design, development, integration, test, and delivery of software and firmware improvements to the existing ALQ-214(V)4/5 Jammer System. This software improvement program is intended to...
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Maryland National Guard Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Maj. Robert Marchanti, 48, of Baltimore, Md., died Feb. 25 in Kabul Afghanistan, of wounds received during an attack on the Afghan Interior Ministry. He was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division Security Partnering...
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In a joint session represented by most area media representatives, Base CO, Capt. Ted Mills met and discussed upcoming plans which might affect the area and planned activities on base. The most immediate and impactful will be the coming antiterrorist exercise – Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield. This annual event is planned for the period from...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $15,450,047 modification against a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-06-C-0081) for a fleet common operating environment condition based maintenance plus software toolset in support of the CH-53K helicopter program. In addition, this modification includes installation, operation, and recurring...
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Boeing announced Feb. 22, that it has completed delivery of 257 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft to the U.S. Navy. Each aircraft was delivered ahead of schedule and within the contract budget. The aircraft were delivered to the Navy from 2007 through 2011 under a multi-year...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — People on this side of the Atlantic Ocean tend to look twice when they see the “c” replacing the “s” in the British version of the word “defense.” Now, those on the other side of the Atlantic might look twice when they see the “c” entered...
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The Department of Defenseannounced today the deaths of four airmen who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died February Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten 18 when their U-28 aircraft was involved in an accident near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa located in the Horn of Africa. No other personnel were on board the aircraft. The...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Lockheed Martin Corp., Archbald, Pa., is being awarded a $28,415,260 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0092) to exercise an option for the procurement of 10,273 enhanced laser guided training round for the Navy (10,033) and the government of Spain (240). Work will be performed...
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 20, 2012 – On Feb. 16, the first external weapons test mission was flown by an F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., further expanding the program’s flight test envelope. The weapons load for this mission involved carrying two air-to-air A IM-9X missiles on...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $22,034,514 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for supplies and services to support follow-on test and evaluation of the F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G aircraft. Work will be performed at the Naval...
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The following NAVAIR and NAWCAD contracts have been awarded locally: Honeywell International, Inc., Defense & Space Electronic Systems, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded an $8,145,560 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0061) to exercise an option for the procurement of 124 full rate production advanced multi-purpose displays (70 5×5 forward displays; 36 5×5...
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The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between The Boeing Company and Bell Helicopter – Textron , today announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of the first MV-22 Osprey produced with the new Block C suite of design upgrades. “The on-time, on-budget delivery of our first Block...
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PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – Naval Air Station Patuxent River has competitively selected Hines Interests, L.P. (Hines) to participate in exclusive negotiations to form a Business & Leasing Plan for development on board NAS Patuxent River for commercial purposes. This effort is being developed under the Navy’s Enhanced Use Lease, or EUL, program. Members of...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: J.F. Taylor Corp.,Lexington Park, Md., is being awarded a $9,043,754 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursement contract to provide systems engineering, specialized testing and evaluation for communication, navigation, and identification systems to be developed in support of the Mission Systems Evaluation Division (AIR 5.1) of the Naval Air Systems...
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After a challenging nine months fielding a new unmanned system in Afghanistan, a Navy reservist recently visited Patuxent River to share his deployment experience before returning to civilian life in his North Carolina hometown. It has been a few weeks of transition for Cmdr. Brian Stephens, who left his home in Cherry Point, N.C.,...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — You never know where you might meet your next mentor. A bartender at the restaurant where he worked encouraged Walter Augustin, then 16, to attend college. After graduating from Illinois Institute of Technology and serving in the Marine Corps, Augustin, a “lifelong learner,” is now the...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $56,750,000 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of Lot 10 UH-1Y (15) and AH-1Z (13) helicopters for the Marine Corps in support of the H-1 upgrade program. ...
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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Feb. 10, 2012 that the next Independence variant littoral combat ship (LCS) will be named the USS Gabrielle Giffords. The selection of Gabrielle Giffords, designated LCS 10, honors the former Congresswoman from Tucson, Ariz., and who is known for supporting the military and veterans. Mabus also announced the ship’s...
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The Defense Department announced Feb.9, 2012 changes to its assignment policy which will result in 14,325 additional positions being opened to women. “Women are contributing in unprecedented ways to the military’s mission. Through their courage, sacrifice, patriotism and great skill, women have proven their ability to serve in an expanding number of roles on and off...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., was awarded on Jan. 31 a $26,063,162 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-11-D-0014) to exercise an option for logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot-level maintenance to support 161 T-34, 54 T-44, and 172 T-6...
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Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 11, 2012. Low-level jet aircraft flights are required in order to conduct calibration testing with ground based equipment. Testing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Residents may notice increased noise levels during this...
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NAWCAD Sailor of the Year Called ‘Charismatic Leader’ Although his father served in the U.S. Air Force, Petty Officer First Class Brian Richardson said he never intended to follow in his dad’s footsteps. However, fate had another plan, and Richardson, a self-proclaimed “wild child,” joined the Navy in July 1996 at age 22 when...
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The Air Force announced force structure plans to retire, not acquire or transfer 191 Air National Guard aircraft and add 65 aircraft to the Air National Guard fleet. The changes announced on Feb. 3 will impact Air Guard units in 27 states and territories over the next few years, according to Pentagon officials. The affected states...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $226,999,940 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-04-C-3146) for services in support of the P-8A System Development and Demonstration Program for the T-1 and T-3 aircraft. This modification will support interim flight clearance for the P-8A...
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Communities surrounding the Patuxent Naval Air Station are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place Saturday, February 4, 2012. Low-level jet aircraft flight operations are required in order to conduct calibration testing with ground based equipment. Test events are scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Residents may notice...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Insitu, Inc., Bingen, Wash., is being awarded a $41,090,719 ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems. These services will provide electro-optical/infra red and mid-wave infrared imagery...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md– NAVAIR announced Jan. 30, 2012 it is working with multiple sponsors to establish guidelines to support the migration of avionics software applications across DoD aviation platforms. The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard will enhance the U.S. military aviation community’s ability to address issues of limited...
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The Southern Maryland AFCEA chapter invites members of the public, business, and base communities to the “Airborne Networking: Challenges and Solutions” Symposium at the Solomons Holiday Inn Jan 31 – Feb. 1. The goal of this symposium is to help members of the broader community (government, industry, and academia) better understand the issues and...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The Navy recently completed a milestone test phase for its network-enabled weapon that will give forces greater effectiveness at sea. Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) C -1, DoD’s first network-enabled weapon, completed developmental test (DT) in late 2011 at Point Mugu Sea Range, Calif. The completion of...
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Pax River’s naval aviation community is hailing its newest group of pioneers. In December, NAWCAD recognized the Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aerial System (CRUAS) team with its Commander’s Innovation Award for developing a fast-track contracting and technical strategy, allowing the Navy and Marine Corps to deploy the first Unmanned Vertical Lift Cargo UAS. Eric Pratson,...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $781,500,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0044) for the manufacture and delivery of five low rate initial production Lot 4 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Work will be performed in Syracuse, N.Y. (25.36 percent); Bethpage,...
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NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Jan. 20, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 he’s lifted probation from the Short Takeoff, Vertical Landing variant of the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter which is absolutely vital to maintaining air superiority. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and U.S. Rep. Steny...
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Due to expected icy conditions, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management recommends that Federal employees remain off the road until 9:00 a.m. on Monday, January 23. Federal Government offices will open to the public at 11:00 a.m. Employees who commute to the office will be granted excused absence for the delayed arrival. Employees have...
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A Marine from Calvert County is among the six who were killed this week in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan. Today, the Defense Department identified Cpl. Jesse W. Stites, 23 of North Beach as among those killed. The CH-53D helicopter crashed Jan. 19, 2012 in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand. Stites was assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter...
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Cast Your Vote for the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year! Kimberly Pepper-Hoctor Southern Maryland is proud to announce California, Maryland resident Kimberly Pepper-Hoctor was been nominated as a Navy branch winner for Military Spouse of the Year. Kimberly is well known for her involvement in the community at Patuxent River. Kimberly works with local...
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 19, 2012 – The first night flight in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Program was completed Wednesday, January 18 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Mark Ward, AF-6, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, launched at 5:05 p.m. PST and landed...
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The following Navy contract has been awarded locally: Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $7,283,403 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee V-22 multi-year production contract (N00019-07-C-0001) to provide for production line preparation and production incorporation of unique identification marked parts for MV and CV Lot 16 aircraft. Work will...
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The 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, known as Task Force Normandy, had a new mission here only days after the end of the war in Iraq. On Dec. 18, the last remaining American Soldiers departed Iraq, bringing the almost nine-year conflict to a close. Col. David W. Carey, Task Force Normandy commander, led the last...
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A resolution to be even more expeditionary will be met this year, now that Marines here received their first two F-35B Lightning II variants of DoD’s fifth generation fighter Jan. 11. At the 33rd Fighter Wing, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 is the home for the new aircraft where its “Warlords,” pilots and...
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The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 System Development and Demonstration 2011 flight test program resulted in the completion of more test flights and test points than in any year. The 2011 flight test plan called for the accumulation of 872 flights and 6,622 test points by Dec. 31. For the year, the SDD program...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $80,554,934 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for maintenance, manufacturing of parts, instrumentation and engineering support for all models of the F/A-18 & EA-18G aircraft including future variants, domestic and Foreign Military Sales, for ground and flight test programs conducted...
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UPDATE Jan. 10 On January 10, the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office Bomb Squad, Maryland Park Service, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District continued to assess and sweep the shoreline of Newtowne Neck State Park in St. Mary’s County due to the recent discovery of military ordnance. The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office...
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When Lt. Cmdr. John McLellan witnessed the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator’s first flight during its initial deployment in January 2009, he never envisioned he would be commemorating the system’s third year of operations this month. McLellan is an individual augmentee supporting BAMS-D operations in Central Command area of responsibility. He was also...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $1,122,306,649 not-to-exceed undefinitized modification to a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract (N00019-10-C-0005). A total of $358,597,078 is being obligated at time of award. The contract includes both fixed price incentive and...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally on Dec. 28: Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $485,000,000 not-to-exceed cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-10-C-0002). A total of $131,500,000 is being obligated at time of award. This modification provides the F-35...
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Marine Col. Roger Cordell, right, Naval Test Wing Atlantic’s new commander, accepts the command flag from the wing’s Command Senior Chief Timothy McKinley, left, during a ceremony Dec. 21 at Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. Cordell replaced Navy Capt. Thomas Huff, center, who retired. (U.S. Navy photo) Punctuated with 15 booming...
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Secretary of the Army John McHugh recently released to Congress the results of a year-long effort to ensure accountability of gravesites and records at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC). McHugh submitted the report in accordance with Public Law 111-339, which directed the Army to provide an accounting of gravesites at ANC, and put in place...
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The following Navy contracts have been awarded locally: Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I. is being awarded an $80,830,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0077) to provide for the procurement of 25 MH-60R AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems for the Royal Australian Navy under the Foreign Military Sales Program. ...
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