WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 16, 2025 ARMY HGL-APTIM Technologies JV LLC, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $49,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for environmental remediation services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2030. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 17, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $280,418,928 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost type modification to previously awarded contract N00024-23-C-5101 for combat systems engineering efforts of the planned modernization and new combat system capabilities selection for international partner Canadian Royal Navy   more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * Last of Its Kind: 58th SOW Welcomes Final MC-130J to Kirtland AFB * Published Jan. 16, 2025 * By 1Lt Will Witherow * 58th Special Operations Wing KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM. -- The final MC-130J ever produced has joined the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base. Aircraft 5994 arrived Jan. 14, 2025, after rolling off the production line in Mariett  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Nathan Carr The Sustainment Planning, Execution, and Reporting System (SPERS) Capability Delivery Team (CDT) recently deployed software release v2.5, supporting the Air Force Program Objective Memorandum (POM) process. The SPERS mission is to deliver a comprehensive, integrated, and responsive system that enables the Air Force and Department of Defense (DoD) to meet their missi  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) program achieved a major milestone when it delivered the first F-15E Strike Eagle equipped with the world's most advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suite to RAF Lakenheath, England, on Jan. 16. F-15 EPAWSS replaces legacy technology developed to counter Cold-War era threat systems with a next-generation EW system  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The White House issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is commuting the sentences of the following 2,490 individuals: NAME ... REG. NO. JOHN ABNEY ... 59761-056 REGINAL ALEXANDER ... 28519-171 NEKHENT ALI ... 34432-057 BILLY ALLEN ... 29202-076 BURNELL ALLEN ... 33006-034 RANDOLPH ALVIN ... 18035-104 HERB ANDERSON ... 19119-078 JONATHAN ANDRADE ... 00556-138 DERWIN ANDREWS ... 55918-510 KODY ARDOIN ... 26348-07  more