Campbell to lead Communiversity

MAYHEW, Miss - East Mississippi Community College has hired David Campbell to become executive director of The Communiversity and Workforce Development. Campbell assumes the post April 4 and will provide strategic direction over The Communiversity and collaborate with businesses, economic development agencies and policy makers to ensure EMCC’s workforce training meets the needs of area employers while providing students with industry-relevant training. For the past two years, he's worked as VP for Workforce Development and Career-Technical Education at St. Johns River State College in Orange Park, Fla. Campbell is a Mississippi native who calls Senatobia home. He's had nearly three decades of experience working at community colleges in the state. Prior to working at St. Johns, Campbell served as VP for Workforce Solutions and Career-Technical Education at Northwest Mississippi Community College. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Community College Leadership from Mississippi State University and a Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Mississippi. (Source: Meridian Star 03/08/22)

US gas prices highest since 2014

The surge in gasoline prices across America is being partially spurred by high demand, global oil instability, and worries over domestic production after President Biden announced a ban on Russian energy imports as punishment for invading Ukraine. Nationally, a gallon of gas costs about $4.25 as of March 9, according to the AAA, the highest since 2014. Topping the states is California with an average cost of $5.57 per gallon, driven higher state taxes on gasoline. On the lower end of the scale are Kansas and Oklahoma, both with an average of $3.79. Average cost of gasoline in Alabama and Louisiana - $4.04; Mississippi - $3.92. (Source: The AP 03/09/22) How much does gas cost in my state? | wwltv.com 

As prices climb, AAA offered fuel-saving tips for motorists. New Orleans residents urged to use these tips to save on gas (wdsu.com) 

UAE MAY ASK OPEC TO OPEN UP OIL PRODUCTION SPIGOT 

UAE's ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al Otaiba, told CNN on March 9 that the country wants to increase oil production and is willing to encourage the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to ramp up supply. Otaiba's comments sent oil prices dropping 12% to $108 a barrel. Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell 13% to $112 a barrel. If the UAE convinces OPEC to ramp up production, it would mark a turnaround for the cartel, which only last week, agreed to stick with a plan of gradually adding to the market, defying pressure from developed economies to do more to ease prices. (Source: CNN 03/09/22) Oil prices tumble after UAE says it wants OPEC to increase production (msn.com)

Gulf Island's Flick to retire

Gulf Island Fabrication Inc., a steel fabricator and service provider to the industrial and energy sectors, has announced its chairman of the board, Michael A. Flick, will retire effective upon the expiration of his current. Flick has served as a director of the company for 15 years and chairman since 2020. The board unanimously elected William E. Chiles as chairman of the board to succeed Flick following the 2022 annual meeting. Chiles is currently the chairman of its compensation committee and a member of the audit committee. (Source: Work Boat 03/08/22) Gulf Island is HQ'd out of Houston with its operating facility in Houma, La. Gulf Island announces planned retirement of chairman and further reduction in board size | WorkBoat

'Viking Mississippi' float out

Viking celebrated the float out of its new 386-guest passenger vessel Viking Mississippi, marking a major construction milestone and the first time the ship has touched water. Set to debut in June 2022, the Viking Mississippi will sail Viking’s highly anticipated voyages on the Lower and Upper Mississippi River, between New Orleans and St. Paul, Minn. The traditional float out took place at Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in Houma, La., denoting a ship moving into the final stage of construction. Viking’s arrival to the Mississippi River will represent a major commitment to tourism and economic development in many communities along the route. The schedule ports of call comprise seven states: Louisiana (Baton Rouge, Darrow, New Orleans and St. Francisville); Mississippi (Natchez and Vicksburg); Tennessee (Memphis); Missouri (Hannibal, St. Louis); Iowa (Burlington, Dubuque and Davenport); Wisconsin (La Crosse); and Minnesota (Red Wing, St. Paul). (Source: Work Boat 03/08/22)

MS colleges share new DoE funds

Nineteen Mississippi colleges and universities are reported to have received almost $575M from the White House in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to colleges and universities across the nation. Mississippi already had been given $540M under prior coronavirus relief legislation. More than half the funds are designed to be used for financial aid to students. (Source: SuperTalk Mississippi 03/07/22) Mississippi colleges and universities received $575M in ARPA funding - SuperTalk Mississippi

La. among trio w/ $300M pacts

Healtheon Inc., New Orleans, La. (FA9101-22-D-B001); Turner Construction Co., Huntsville, Ala. (FA9101-22-D-B002); Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company Inc., Kansas City, Mo. (FA9101-22-D-B003); and Federal Inc., Chicago, Ill. (FA9101-22-D-B004), have been awarded a $300,000,000 ceiling, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and Modernization II. These provide for mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, data systems, and controls and/or design-build projects for military ground testing facilities. Work will be performed at Arnold (Tenn.)  Engineering Development Complex, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and several geographically separated units, and is expected to be completed by March 7, 2027. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and eight offers were received. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,514,195 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Test Center, Arnold AFB, Tenn., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/07/22)

DoL online training for Acadiana

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division’s office in New Orleans is offering online compliance assistance training March 17 on the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Louisiana's Acadiana regional employers in the logistics, warehousing and transportation industries. The presentation will review employment relationship, hours worked, overtime obligations and regular rate of pay calculations. Representatives from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will provide information on the industries’ local labor market conditions. The event will allow the DoL to provide compliance assistance to employers in logistics, warehousing and transportation industries,” said Wage and Hour District Director Troy Mouton. “Working together with One Acadiana, ... is helping employers understand their legal obligations in support of its mission to promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the welfare of the nation’s workforce.”(Source: Dept of Labor 03/08/22) Attendance is free, but registration is required. An event link will be provided after registration.

500 troops to deploy to Europe

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III ordered 500 more U.S. service members to be deployed to locations in Europe to augment U.S. forces that are already there, Pentagon spokesman John F. Kirby said March 7. (Source: DoD 0307/22) Defense Secretary Calls Up More Troops to Europe > U.S. Department of Defense > Defense Department News

Regional DoD contract March 7

Healtheon Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana (FA9101-22-D-B001); Turner Construction Co., Huntsville, Alabama (FA9101-22-D-B002); Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company Inc., Kansas City, Missouri (FA9101-22-D-B003); and Federal Inc., Chicago, Illinois (FA9101-22-D-B004), have been awarded a $300,000,000 ceiling, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and Modernization II. These provide for mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, data systems, and controls and/or design-build projects for military ground testing facilities. Work will be performed at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and several geographically separated units, and is expected to be completed by March 7, 2027. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and eight offers were received. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,514,195 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Test Center, Arnold AFB, Tennessee, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 03/07/22)

Marine Hwy grants of $25M

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (Marad) announced March 3 the availability of $25M in funding for America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). AMHP supports development and expanded use of U.S. navigable waterways to improve America's supply chains and the movement of goods throughout the country. These new resources represent the largest single appropriation of funding ever provided to AMHP and were made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which will make a $1.2T investment in U.S. infrastructure. The funding will expand waterborne transportation options while helping project sponsors increase energy conservation, improve safety, reduce landside infrastructure costs, and reduce travel delays caused by congestion. To be eligible for a grant award, a project must have previously been designated as a Marine Highway Project by the Department of Transportation. For more information on the eligible projects, please visit here. Applications for the grants are due on April 29, 2022, by 4 p.m. CST. Additional information is available here. (Source: Work Boat 03/04/22) Several Gulf Coast areas are among the eligible projects. Marad announces $25 million in grants for Marine Highway Program projects | WorkBoat

Metal Shark-Ala. to build NY ferry

JEANERETTE, La. - The Alabama-Louisiana based Metal Shark shipbuilding company was awarded a contract to build a new vehicle ferry for Fire Island (NY) Ferries. Construction of the “Fire Island Maid” ferry recently started at Metal Shark’s Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard. The 70-footX23-foot vessel features a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. The new ferry will provide transport between Bay Shore, NY, and various ports along the Great South Bay of Fire Island. Metal Shark anticipates a six-month build to delivery timeline, according to Doug Barrow, VP of Metal Shark-Alabama. The new ferry will be powered by twin Cummins QSL9 Tier 3 marine engines with ZF Marine CruiseCommand control system and transmissions. It is the second vehicle ferry built by Metal Shark for the communities of Fire Island, which was built at Shark's Franklin, La., shipyard for Beachcomber Freight (Sayville Ferry) in 2018. (Source: Metal Shark 03/03/22)

ECO starts 1st Jones Act SOV in US

Ørsted and Eversource along with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) have announced the building has started on the first Jones Act-qualified wind farm service operations vessel (SOV) in the U.S. The vessel, ECO Edison, is being built at ECO’s shipyards located in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, creating well over 300 new jobs, with components of the vessel being manufactured across 12 states including Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana. ECO Edison will be delivered in 2024 to provide operational support out of Port Jefferson, N.Y. for Ørsted and Eversource’s joint venture offshore wind portfolio. Once complete, the three offshore facilities will generate about 1.8 GW of offshore wind power, enough to power over 1M homes. The 260-foot vessel will be to house 60 crew members  and will be utilized during the O&M phases of the wind projects, serving as a sea base of operations. (Source: Work Boat 03/04/22)

Regional DoD contract March 4

 AEVEX Flight Operations, Solana Beach, California (N0042122D0006); Alion Science and Technology Corp., McLean, Virginia (N0042122D0007); Altus Technical Solutions LLC,* Hanover, Maryland (N0042122D0008); American Electronics Inc.,* California, Maryland (N0042122D0009); AV3 Inc.,* Hanover, Maryland (N0042122D0010); BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland (N0042122D0011); Berry Aviation Inc.,* San Marcos, Texas (N0042122D0012); Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia (N0042122D0013); CAE USA Mission Solutions Inc., Tampa, Florida (N0042122D0014); CaVu Consulting Inc.,* San Diego, California (N0042122D0015); Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs,* Tulsa, Oklahoma (N0042122D0016); CRL Technologies Inc.,* Alexandria, Virginia (N0042122D0017); Coherent Technical Services Inc.,* Lexington Park, Maryland (N0042122D0018); DCS Corp., Alexandria, Virginia (N0042122D0019); Entrust Government Solutions,* New Orleans, Louisiana (N0042122D0020); FGS LLC, La Plata, Maryland (N0042122D0021); George Consulting LTD,* Charleston, South Carolina (N0042122D0022); Gryphon Technologies LLC, Washington, D.C. (N0042122D0023); Innovative People and Technology Corp.,* California, Maryland (N0042122D0024); IOMAXIS, Lorton, Virginia (N0042122D0025); J.F. Taylor Inc., Lexington Park, Maryland (N0042122D0026); Jacobs Technology Inc., Severn, Maryland (N0042122D0027); Kairos Inc.,* California, Maryland (N0042122D0028); KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Maryland (N0042122D0029); KIHOMAC, Reston, Virginia (N0042122D0030); La Jolla Logic Inc.,* San Diego, California (N0042122D0031); Long Wave Inc.,* Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (N0042122D0032); MAG Aerospace, Fairfax, Virginia (N0042122D0033); ManTech Advanced Systems International Inc., Herndon, Virginia (N0042122D0034); National Technologies Associates Inc., a VTG Co., California, Maryland (N0042122D0035); Naval Systems Inc.,* Lexington Park, Maryland (N0042122D0036); Navmar Applied Sciences Corp., Warminster, Pennsylvania (N0042122D0037); Nexagen Networks Inc.,* Morganville, New Jersey (N0042122D0038); NikSoft Systems Corp.,* Reston, Virginia (N0042122D0039); Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., McLean, Virginia (N0042122D0040); ORBIS Sibro Inc., doing business as ORBIS,* Charleston, South Carolina (N0042122D0041); Mercury Systems LLC,* Torrance, California (N0042122D0042); Precision LLC,* McMinnville, Oregon (N0042122D0043); Prescient Edge Corp.,* McLean, Virginia (N0042122D0044); PSI Pax Inc.,* California, Maryland (N0042122D0045); Resource Management Concepts Inc.,* Lexington Park, Maryland (N0042122D0046); Ricardo Defense Inc., Goleta, California (N0042122D0047); RPI Group,* Fredericksburg, Virginia (N0042122D0048); RTL Networks Inc.,* Denver, Colorado (N0042122D0049); Sabre-Avian-ASEC-Platform JV, Warrington, Pennsylvania (N0042122D0050); Sentek Global,* San Diego, California (N0042122D0051); Serco Inc., Herndon, Virginia (N0042122D0052); Smartronix LLC, Hollywood, Maryland (N0042122D0053); Solutions Through Innovative Technologies Inc.,* Fairborn, Ohio (N0042122D0054); Specialty Systems Inc.,* Toms River, New Jersey (N0042122D0055); System Dynamics International,* Huntsville, Alabama (N0042122D0056); TestPros Inc.,* Sterling, Virginia (N0042122D0057); The Columbia Group, Inc.,* Washington, D.C. (N0042122D0058); The MIL Corp., Bowie, Maryland (N0042122D0059); Torch Technologies Inc.,* Huntsville, Alabama (N0042122D0060); TQI Solutions Inc.,* Norfolk, Virginia (N0042122D0061); Trabus Technologies,* San Diego, California (N0042122D0062); Valkyrie Enterprises,* Virginia Beach, Virginia (N0042122D0063); VSE Corp., Alexandria, Virginia (N0042122D0064); Watershed Security LLC,* Chesapeake, Virginia (N0042122D0065); WGS Systems LLC, Frederick, Maryland (N0042122D0066); YKJV LLC,* Syracuse, Utah (N0042122D0067); and Zenetex LLC, Herndon, Virginia (N0042122D0068), are awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides support for new and emerging requirements, as well as growth across the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Webster Out Lying Field services portfolio.  This will be accomplished by using a strategic sourcing vehicle that complements or adds to, but will not duplicate, the current services, that include application of rapid development, rapid prototyping, and systems integration in the development of product-based solutions in the following six functional areas: combat integration and identification systems, ship and air integrated warfare systems, special communications mission solutions, air traffic control and landing systems, airborne systems integration, and integrated command and control and intelligence. The estimated aggregate ceiling for all contracts is $249,720,634, with the companies having an opportunity to compete for individual orders. Work will be performed at St. Inigoes, Maryland (5%); and various contractor locations within the continental U.S. (95%), and is expected to be completed in March 2027. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal, 107 proposals were received from 69 vendors. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 03/04/22)

Hancock port meeting March 3

The Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission's February meeting will be held March 3 at 3 p.m. at the Robert Kane Administrative Center, 14054 Fred and Al Key Road, in Kiln, Miss. The March meeting will be held on March 28 at 3 p.m.  (Source: HCP&C website) 02/01/22

JSU alum helps launch telescope

JACKSON, Miss. - For most of us, looking through a telescope is for amateur star gazing, but Jackson State University alumnus Douglas Williams, 26, was in on the launching of the James Webb Space Telescope - the world’s most powerful that can peer back, with infrared eyes,13.5B years to the first light after the Big Bang. For the last three years, Williams has worked for Northop Grumman, an aerospace and defense technology company and prime contractor that developed the telescope. The telescope has taken 100M workhours of people’s lives to build. (Source: WLBT 03/02/22) ‘It was a very surreal experience’: 26-year-old JSU alum helped launch world’s most powerful telescope (wtok.com)

Regional bank acquisitions

Baton Rouge-based b1Bank completed its acquisition of a Houston-based Texas Citizens Bank on March 1 for about $52.9M, while New Orleans-based First Bank and Trust was purchased by Mississippi-based BankPlus. b1Bank now has about $5.3B in assets and 48 branches in Louisiana and Texas. With the purchase of First Bank and Trust, BankPlus now has 11 locations in metro New Orleans. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gary Blossman, CEO of First Bank and Trust, has been named senior executive VP of BankPlus, while Duane Abadie, president/CCO of First Bank, has been named executive VP/CCO of Gulf Coast Region at BankPlus. The Ridgeland, Miss.-based bank has 93 branches across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and NW Florida. The bank now has about $6.4B in assets. Plans are to convert all First Bank and Trust accounts to BankPlus this summer. (Source: NOLA.com 03/01/22)

March 2: Naval Aviation History

On March 2, 1973, the first four female Navy pilots begin training. The women are Lt. j.g. Barbara A. Allen; Lt. j.g Judith A. Neuffer; Ensign Jane M. Skiles and Ensign Kathleen L. McNary.

Photo ALLEN-Barbara-Ann-LTJG-USN-with-classmates.jpg (3865×3066) (thisdayinaviation.com)

MSU celebrating Grant's100th b-day

STARKVILLE, Miss. - The Ulysses S. Grant Association and the U.S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University are kicking off a celebration of the 18th president’s 100th birthday with an annual meeting March 3-5 on the Starkville campus. The event, customarily for association members, is commemorating Grant’s April 27, 1822, birthday through several events that are free and open to the public. (Source: MSU 02/28/22) Bicentennial year of Ulysses S. Grant celebrated with USGA meeting, special activities March 3-5 | Mississippi State University (msstate.edu)

RF-4C Phantom coming home

A former RF-4C Phantom II jet, once flown by Meridian's 186th Air Guard Unit, is scheduled to return home in June after 30-plus years. The jet will be disassembled June 6 and shipped from Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona to Meridian. It will be reassembled here and put on display at East Mississippi Veterans Memorial Park. Jeffrey Summerlin, president of the East Mississippi Veterans Foundation, located the jet in 2018 and began plans for it at the Meridian park. The RF-4C Phantom II first arrived in Meridian on Sept. 21, 1979, where it was used as an unarmed reconnaissance vehicle to track weather. It was retired and delivered to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan AFB in September 1991, where it sits today. The jet will be placed at its resting spot in the memorial park adjacent to Key Field. The job is anticipated to take several weeks. (Source: Meridian Star 02/29/22)

Regional defense contracts March 1

*Petromax Refining Co.,* Houston, Texas (SPE602-22-D-0466, $486,291,968); Phillips 66 Co., Houston, Texas (SPE602-22-D-0473, $336,141,102); Placid Refining Co., LLC,* Port Allen, Louisiana (SPE602-22-D-0465, $214,490,632); BPPNA GOT/IST, Chicago, Illinois (SPE602-22-D-0480, $185,146,706); Equilon Enterprises, LLC, Houston, Texas (SPE602-22-D-0468, $175,830,029); ExxonMobil Corp., Spring, Texas (SPE602-22-D-0461, $162,924,573); Lazarus Energy Holdings, LLC,* Houston, Texas (SPE602-22-D-0471, $110,513,887); Alon USA LP, Brentwood, Tennessee (SPE602-22-D-0474, $82,291,073); BP Products North America Inc., Chicago, Illinois (SPE602-22-D-0462, $71,602,929); Petromax LLC,* Houston, Texas (SPE602-22-D-0472, $71,040,451); Wynnewood Energy Co. LLC, Sugarland, Texas (SPE602-22-D-0469, $66,585,155); Husky Marketing & Supply Co., Dublin, Ohio (SPE602-22-D-0479, $66,238,940); Epic Aviation LLC, Salem, Oregon (SPE602-22-D-0470, $51,700,563); Moffett Oil Co.,* Natchitoches, Louisiana (SPE602-22-D-047, $46,367,484); Calumet Shreveport Fuels LLC,* Indianapolis, Indiana (SPE602-22-D-0469, $40,581,789); Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co., LLC, San Antonio, Texas (SPE602-22-D-0477, $33,559,468); Hermes Consolidated LLC, doing business as Wyoming Refining Co., Rapid City, South Dakota (SPE602-22-D-0464, $22,167,661); Marathon Petroleum Co., LP, Findlay, Ohio (SPE602-22-D-0476, $21,026,746); and Irving Oil Terminals Inc., Portsmouth, New Hampshire (SPE602-22-D-0467, $11,091,997), have each been awarded a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under solicitation SPE602-21-R-0708 for various types of fuel. This was a competitive acquisition with 31 offers received. These are one-year contracts with a 30-day carryover. Locations of performance are Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming, with an April 30, 2023, performance completion date. Using customer is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2022 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

*Smartronix LLC, Hollywood, Maryland, is awarded a $133,627,480 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides sustainment for Tactical and Remote, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Edge Systems (TARCES) support for remote edge telecommunications engineering or computer networks to support users or sensors located away from the central core network. TARCES solutions require a mixture of legacy, industry standard, and newly emerging technologies. Specifically, the contractor shall provide inputs to solution engineering and recommendations, network, desktop, and server administration; configuration management; infrastructure and cable plant technology; applications development/operations support; and cybersecurity and information assurance support. Work will be performed in Hollywood, Maryland (59.12%); St. Inigoes, Maryland (27.04%); Panzer Kaserne, Germany (3.07%); Kelly Barracks, Germany (2.13%); Fort Belvoir, Virginia (2.22%); MacDill Air Force Base, Florida (1%); Hurlburt Field, Florida (1%); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1%); various locations within the continental U.S. (2.42%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (1%), and is expected to be completed in May 2027. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. 

*Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded an $18,803,504 modification (P00031) to a previously awarded firm-price-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract (N6134017C0007). This modification exercises options to procure 24 airborne subsystem pods; nine remote range units; one common ground system; one portable support equipment subsystem; and one site survey in support of Tactical Combat Training System II low-rate initial production. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (55%); Ft. Walton Beach, Florida (38%); and Richardson, Texas (7%), and is expected to be completed in October 2023. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $15,596,400; fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,274,110; and fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,932,994 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 03/01/22