Bechtel Bettis Inc., Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory-Pittsburgh, West Mifflin, Pa., is being awarded a $404,600,000 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00024-98-C-4064 for nuclear propulsion work. Work will be performed in West Mifflin, Pa. Contract funds in the amount of $142,100,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.

KAPL, Inc., a Lockheed Martin Company, Niskayuna, N.Y., is being awarded a $134,500,000 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00024-00-C-4011 for nuclear propulsion work. Work will be performed in Niskayuna, N.Y. Contract funds in the amount of $82,150,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.

McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $5,828,115 ceiling priced modification to previously awarded fixed-price incentive-fee contract N00019-00-C-0367 for the procurement of developmental "O" level ground support equipment to support five carrier and shore-based F/A-18 squadrons. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., (35%) and Melbourne, Fla. (14%) with remaining 51% to be determined. Work is expected to be completed in January 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

H. Koch and Sons Company, Anaheim, Calif., is being awarded a $5,218,680 fixed-price, delivery order under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 4,910 MA-16 Inertia Reels that will replace the current MA-1, MA-2, MA-6 and MA-8 Inertia Reels used in Navy and Marine Corps rotary wing aircraft. Work will be performed in Anaheim, Calif., and is expected to be completed by December 2001. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-00-D-0372).

Talley Defense Systems Inc.*, Mesa, Ariz., was awarded an $8,599,997 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 26, 2000, for 1,104 Bunker-Defeat Munition Multi-purpose Assault Weapons, Shoulder Launched. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by July 1, 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated on June 26, 2000. The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (DAAE30-00-C-1103).

Hercules Aerospace Co., Radford, Va., is being awarded $6,727,511 as part of an $8,779,121 modification to cost-plus-fixed-fee contract DAAA09-95-C-0002, for the operation and maintenance of a government owned/contractor operated facility. Work will be performed at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, DeSoto, Kansas, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2001. Of the total contract funds $6,727,511 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated in Feb. 2000. The U.S. Army Operations Support Command (Provisional), Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity.

TRW, Columbia, Md., was awarded on Oct. 6, 2000, a $16,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee/level-of-effort contract for engineering support. Work will be performed in Columbia, Md., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2001. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated on June 8, 2000. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (MDA904-96-C-0035).

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