U.S. NAVY
(Defenselink -- 28 December 2004) Rolls-Royce Engine Services – Oakland Inc., Oakland, Calif., is being awarded a $38,612,734 firm-fixed-price contract for the overhauling and engineering support for 16 T56-A-14 engine propulsion systems and the conversion of 20 T56-A-10W engine propulsion systems to T56-A-14 for the Republic of Korean Navy under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Seoul, Korea (64%) and Oakland, Calif. (36%), and is expected to be completed in December 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-05-D-0014)
U.S. AIR FORCE
(Defenselink -- 28 December 2004) Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $47,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus fixed fee and cost reimbursement contract to enable continued engineering and technical services to support the Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator (AFEWES) development, test, operations, maintenance, technical support activities, development of new simulator capabilities, and upgrades to include integration of new threat simulators into the AFEWES to enable required evaluation testing. The AFEWES is a hardware-in-the-loop test facility that provides secure, technical evaluation of Electronic Warfare (EW) systems and techniques against Radio Frequency (RF) radar and infrared (IR) guided terminal threat systems, surface-to-air missiles (SAM), and IR air-to-air missiles. This facility incorporates both hardware and software to simulation threat systems and interacts with Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Foreign Military Sales, Allied EW Systems, and other Defense contractor’s EW systems and techniques. This environment includes the evaluation of active and passive electronic sensors and countermeasures. The AFEWES unique capability supports the U.S. warfighter and it’s allies through a technologically superior test and evaluation facility. At this time, no funds have been obligated. This work will be complete December 2009. The Air Force Flight test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA9302-05-D-0032).