WeAreTheMighty.com reports on a flying all-terrain vehicle for US special forces. The SkyRunner, able to reach ground speeds up to 70 mph, also can take off from indigenous runways, transform into a light-sports aircraft using a parafoil wing, and fly at 40 mph. The SkyRunner costs about $139,000, its carbon-fiber body can carry two occupants 240 miles, or 120 nautical miles, at an altitude of 10,000 feet.

One pilot is dead and a second injured after a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane crashed on Tuesday in California, the Air Force announced. The plane was from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base in California, reports Air Force Times.

A new poll finds the presidential race is a dead heat among active-duty troops between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson who appeared in a television interview and asked “What’s Aleppo?” in response to a question about the Syrian city at the center of the refugee crisis, reports The Hill.

Contracts:

The US Navy has awarded Systems Application and Technologies a one-year, $20.4 million contract modification to extend the company’s support services at the Naval Air Systems Command’s air vehicle modification and instrumentation department. SA-TECH will continue to design, build, procure, install, test, evaluate, calibrate, operate, and maintain instrumentation on aircraft and engines for the military branch as well as other government, commercial and foreign customers under the modification, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Ninety-five percent of work occur at Patuxent River in Maryland with the remaining 5 percent at China Lake and Point Mogu in California.The Pentagon expects SA-TECH to finish contract work in September 2017. The Naval Air Warfare Center’s aircraft division is the contracting activity and obligated $752,000 from the Navy’s fiscal 2016 major range and test facility base funds at the time of award.

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia (HHM402-15-D-0014), was awarded a five-year time and materials task order with a maximum ceiling value of $268,000,000 if all options are exercised. The task order is incrementally funded, with $796,000 funded in fiscal 2016. The task order will provide infrastructure engineering and operation services to support Defense Intelligence Agency and Intelligence Community information technology requirements under the previously awarded Enhanced Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (E-SITE), multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle. Work will be performed in the National Capital Region and other locations worldwide. The task order was solicited via the E-SITE contract vehicle, and five proposals were received. The five-year ordering period is expected to expire in July 2020. The Virginia Contracting Activity, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

W.M. Jordan Co., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $30,073,807firm-fixed-price contract for repair of Navy Gateway Inn and Suites (NGIS)/unaccompanied housing building number R63 at Naval Station Norfolk. The work to be performed provides for the design and restoration of bachelor quarters building number R63 to support NGIS a multi-story Navy bachelor enlisted quarters. The building will be upgraded to such that it satisfies all requirements of anti-terrorism and force protection. A progressive collapse analysis will be required and incorporated into the design as required by current standards. Project site work will include utilities, paving and landscaping. The new building systems will include fire protection, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, plumbing, electrical power and lighting.  Building utility connections will include water, natural gas, sanitary sewer, electricity, telephone and data. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by September 2018. Fiscal 2016 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $30,073,807 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-16-C-6154).

Jacobs Technology Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Florida, has been awarded a $22,612,695 modification (P00007) to the previously awarded contract FA8730-15-C-0052 for Air Operations Center (AOC) interim sustainment services. Contractor will provide sustaining engineering and technical services for the AOC weapons system. Work will be performed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 19, 2017. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2014, 2015, and 2016 procurement funds; and 2016 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $7,083,285 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Battle Management, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8730-15-C-0052).

Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions LLC, doing business as CNTS, Catoosa, Oklahoma, was awarded a $17,093,260 firm-fixed-price contract (HT0011-16-C-0027). This contract supports the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Healthcare Operations Directorate Public Health Division Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch in its mission to conduct comprehensive health surveillance efforts for the Department of Defense (DoD). The scope of this award is to maintain established infrastructure and capabilities; respond to inquiries from the DoD medical and health authorities; assist in analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating information regarding the status, trends, and determinants of the health and fitness of U.S. armed forces and other DoD-approved target populations strengthening DoD health surveillance activities and global infectious disease reduction efforts. CNTS will provide on-site scientific, professional, administrative, and information technology support services, including Epidemiology and Analysis support; Global Emerging Infections Surveillance support; Integrated Bio surveillance support; Army Satellite support; Air Force Mortality Registry support; and, Data Management and Technical Support to successfully enable execution of its comprehensive health surveillance mission. Work will be performed at the primary location in Silver Spring, Maryland, with additional support at DHA satellite locations at Aberdeen, Maryland; and Dayton, Ohio.  The period of performance is one year with no option periods.  The estimated completion date is Sept. 14, 2017.  The award was a sole-source selection as a Direct 8(a) Award under the U.S. Small Business Administration 8(a) Program as authorized by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-5(b)(4) and FAR 19.8.  Fiscal 2016 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $17,093,260 are obligated for this contract. The Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia is the contracting activity. (Awarded on Sept. 15, 2016)

L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corp., Millersville, Maryland, is being awarded a $46,598,315 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the development and production of a first article TB-29X thin line towed array assembly, first article towed array receiver unit, production towed array assemblies, production towed array receiver units, test sets, shipping reels, technical manual, technical curriculum, and provisioned item orders.  The TB-29X is a thin line towed array passive sonar receiver installed aboard Navy submarines. The TB-29X array is in the same form factor as the TB-29 array; however, it offers increased capability, greater reliability and reduced obsolescence.  This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $238,235,578.  Work will be performed in Millersville, Maryland (64 percent); Syracuse, New York (35 percent); and Norfolk, Virginia (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by May 2018. Fiscal 2016 other procurement (Navy); and fiscal 2016 research, development, testing, and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $23,842,155 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-16-C-6251).

QualX Corp., Springfield, Virginia, is being awarded a $7,837,500 firm-fixed-priced contract for services to conduct timely declassification reviews for the Navy and Marine Corps and to satisfy the requirements of Executive Order 13526, “Classified National Security Information.” The contractor shall support the implementation, assessment, compliance, and reporting of the federal government’s declassification program. The contract includes a one-year base period and four one-year option periods, which if exercised, the total value of this contract will be $41,000,000. Work will be performed in Bethesda, Maryland (98 percent); and College Park, Maryland (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed by March 2017. If all options are exercised, work will continue through March 2022. Subject to the availability of funds, fiscal year 2017 operations and maintenance (Navy) in the amount of $7,837,500 will be obligated at the time of award, and funds will expire at the end of fiscal year 2017. This contract was competitively procured with the solicitation posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The contract was competitively procured as an 8(a) set-aside requirement. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Contracting Department, Philadelphia Office, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00189-16-C-Z072).