Walashek Industrial & Marine Inc., a small business with offices in National City, received a $9.4 million modification to a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract for the Landing Craft, Air Cushion Extended Service Life Extension Program. All of the work will be performed at Assault Craft Unit 5 in Camp Pendleton and is expected to be completed by September 2025. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $9.4 million were obligated at the time of the award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command of Washington, D.C., awarded the contract, announced on March 16.
Valiant Supports U.S. Army Training
Valiant Global Defense Services Inc. of San Diego received a $47.3 million modification to a previously awarded U.S. Army contract to support rotational training. Work will be performed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of March 26. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $38.4 million were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Polk, Louisiana, awarded the contract, announced on March 24.
Separately, Valiant received a $14.6 million modification to a previously awarded Army contract for personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision and other items necessary to perform operations services for the Korea Battle Simulation Center Operation Center. Work will be performed at Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. Camp Humphreys is “the Army’s Home in Korea,” located in the seaport city of Pyeongtaek, some 40 miles south of Seoul. The contract has an estimated completion date of March 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $14.6 million were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army 411th Contracting Support Brigade at Camp Humphreys awarded the contract, announced on March 16.
General Atomics at Work on Laser
General Atomics is among seven companies to receive U.S. Navy contracts for work on solid-state high energy laser (HEL) weapon systems. GA and the six other recipients will compete for as much as $75 million for the fabrication and delivery of prototypes and equipment. Each awardee was awarded $500 (minimum contract guarantee per awardee) at contract award on March 15. Work is expected to be completed by March 2028. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website, SAM.gov, with seven complete offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division at Dahlgren, Virginia, awarded the contracts, announced on March 16.
LCS Work Goes to Huntington-Ingalls
The U.S. Navy awarded Huntington-Ingalls Industries – Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi, a ship maintenance deal that will bring approximately $1.4 million worth of work to San Diego.
Huntington-Ingalls was awarded a $140 million cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract to exercise options for the accomplishment of the planning yard services for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in-service ships. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (68%); Hampton, Virginia (30%); San Diego (1%); and Jacksonville, Florida (1%), and is expected to be completed by April 2024. The contract option was exercised March 20 and announced March 22 by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast, Pascagoula, Mississippi. No funding was obligated at the time of award. Funding for work requirements will be provided on an incremental basis as needed throughout the period of performance.
