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United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $75,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for studies associated with the F135 propulsion system.

Military suicides have increased since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study conducted by the Center for a New American Security.

A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes, according to a study published Monday.

E-Corp, Layton, Utah, and EG Sierra, Clearfield, Utah, are being awarded a $65,000,000 maximum firm-fixed-price contract for Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) providing construction services in support of 75 Civil Engineering Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

"Used Prosthesis should be brought to foreign military veterans."

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, of Woburn, Mass., under MDA contract HQ0147-12-D-0005.

Alliant Techsystems, Missile Products, Defense Electronics Systems, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $54,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for low rate initial production, three, of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM).

I was called recently by someone I know, who asked me to talk to a veteran that he knew who was in trouble.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it is amending an agency rule in the Code of Federal Register (C.F.R.) to remove an inappropriate restriction on sharing of information about treatment for certain types of medical conditions with the Department of Defense (DOD).

There are hidden wounds soldiers have always experienced upon returning home from every war- this documentary will shed Light and Healing on these many issues through the Voices of Veterans and their Families.

Global Integrated Security (USA), Inc., Reston, Va., was awarded a $480,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.

Since our nations founding, America's Veterans have fought for our liberties contained within our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

I recently was invited by a good friend who lives in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts to participate in a panel discussion about PTSD and TBI .

L-3 Communications Corp., doing business as L-3 Communications Integrated Systems - Waco Platform Integration Division, Waco, Texas, is being awarded a $112,995,124 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-11-D-0017) to exercise an option for services in support of the P-3, EP-3, and NP-3 Sustainment Modification and Installation Program.

I must confess right upfront that this posting is a little self promotion. Well, kind of. Three months ago, a dear friend of mine that I have known for over 25-years contacted me with an urgent request concerning his son who had recently returned from Afghanistan.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded a $30,279,377 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $429,162,324 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00024-11-C-2111) to exercise an option for design agent, planning yard, engineering ,and technical support for active nuclear submarines.

General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for a minimum $31,968,905 for aircraft turbine rotors.

BAE Systems, U.S. Combat Systems, York, Pa., was awarded a $270,825,641 cost-no-fee contract. The award will provide for the procurement of material for 245 Operational Desert Storm Situational Awareness vehicles.

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Crowley Petroleum Distribution, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska was awarded contract SP0600-11-D-4004The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for a maximum $142,696,631 for the delivery of diesel fuel, jet fuel and regular gasolineOther locations of performance vary throughout AlaskaUsing services are Army, Air Force and federal civilian agenciesThe date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2015.

The Ross Group Construction Corp., Tulsa, Okla. (W912HN-11-D-0034); Absher Construction Co., Puyallup, Wash. (W912HN-11-D-0032); Garco Construction, Inc., Spokane, Wash. (W912HN-11-D-0031); and S&P - Mason & Hanger, J.V., Houston, Texas (W912HN-11-D-0033), were awarded a $499,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract.

Kingfisher Systems Inc has recently joined forces with leading online military job board Hire Veterans. They have partnered up in an attempt to bring rewarding to careers to one of the largest pools of talented Veterans available.

The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a $394,186,883 contract modification to exercise option year three for systems engineering and integration support for Air Force ceiling programs and Air Force non-ceiling programs for fiscal 2012.

The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $469,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification for a foreign military sales requirement for the Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership Program.

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., Houston, Texas (N62742-11-D-3511); IAP-ECC, L.L.C., Cape Canaveral, Fla. (N62742-11-D-3512)

City Light & Power*, Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a fixed-price with prospective price redetermination contract for a maximum $180,501,821 for ownership, operation and maintenance of the electric distribution system at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

Hensel Phelps Granite Hangar, J.V., Irvine, Calif., is being awarded a $97,222,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of an MV-22 aircraft parking apron/taxiway expansion; an Aircraft Maintenance Hangar 4 addition; and Aircraft Maintenance Hangar 7 construction at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

Compton Construction, Bumpus Mills, Tenn. (W9126G-11-D-0064); Au Authum Ki, Chandler, Ariz. (W9126G-11-D-0063); Small Business Group, Inc., Summerville, S.C. (W9126G-11-D-0062); and GSC Construction, Augusta, Ga. (W9126G-11-D-0061), were awarded a $263,000,000 firm-fixed-price multiple-award-task-order contract.

Alutiiq 3SG, L.L.C., Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a $289,851,239 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for the global business support.

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $1,825,665,914 fixed-price-incentive contract for the construction of Zumwalt-class destroyers DDG 1001 and DDG 1002.

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $60,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.

Millennium Engineering and Integration Co., Satellite Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $5,633,738 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-reimbursable contract to exercise option one for Consolidated Safety Support Contract II, which provides technical engineering for pad safety and launch safety analysis support.

Grace Pacific Corp., Honolulu, Hawaii (N62478-11-D-4036); Jas W. Glover, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii (N62478-11-D-4037); Road and Highway Builders, L.L.C., Sparks, Nev

Henry Schein Inc., Melville, N.Y., was issued a modification exercising the second option year on the current contract SPM2DE-09-D-7444/P00004.

The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz.,under the HQ0006-10-C-0005 contract, P00017.

Award is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $45,000,000 for maintenance, repair, and operations supplies, and related services for the U.S.

Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $49,853,499 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery requirements contract to identify emerging sensor capabilities, and assess new or innovative sensor concepts that could be utilized to satisfy emerging or existing requirements.

iBoeing Satellite Systems, Inc. of El Segundo, Calif. is being awarded a $1,099,800,000 firm fixed price contract modification to allow production of Satellite Vehicle 7 as well as advance procurement for Satellite Vehicle 8 and option to produce, process, and launch and activate on-orbit Satellite Vehicles 9. The contracting activity is SMC/PKJW, El Segundo, Calif. (FA8808-10-C-0001/P00006).

Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $569,021,288 firm-fixed-price contract modification for 234 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Air Intercept Missile (AIM)-120D All-Up-Round (AUR) missiles;

President Barack Obama yesterday called on Congress to move quickly on an initiative to offer tax credits to employers who hire unemployed veterans, including those with disabilities.