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This story from AP Reporter Richard Lardner is a follow-up to two earlier stories I posted dealing with the need for cuts to the Defense Budget.
September 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Economy,Politics | Read More »
Some question the lack of leftist anti-war activism seeking to end America’s perpetual wars. They are right to ask why those activists are MIA now that Obama is leading the war charge. It’s simple, really. They are mostly partisan hypocrites.
August 25th, 2011 | Posted in 9/11,Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Editors Picks,Government,Politics | Read More »
It is remarkable how politicians with close ties to the Defense Industry love to demonize and label any significant cuts to our defense budget with terms like DOOMSDAY.
August 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Politics | Read More »
As gridlock and debate recently raged over debt ceilings and how and where to cut the federal budget a band-aide was applied that raised the U.S. debt ceiling for now.
August 18th, 2011 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 065-11 USSOCOM L-3 Global Communications Solutions of Victor, N.Y., was awarded a modification to increase the contract ceiling by $40,000,000 to a new not-to-exceed amount of $157,000,000. This is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity firm-fixed price contract for procurement and sustainment of Special Operations Forces deployable node-medium very small aperture terminal and [...]
January 24th, 2011 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 055-11 NAVY The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $1,529,224,045 modification to definitize the previously awarded advance acquisition P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) Low Rate Initial Production I contract (N00019-09-C-0022) to a fixed-price-incentive-firm contract. This modification provides for the procurement of six P-8A MMA and associated spares, support equipment and [...]
January 21st, 2011 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 052-11 AIR FORCE Goodrich Corporation, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Systems of Chelmsford, Mass. was awarded a $71,885,232 contract which will provide five dual band-110 Pod, two datalink upgrades to existing pods, two fixed ground stations, one mobile ground station, four ground station datalink receiver kits, initial spares, technical manuals, minimal initial engineering support [...]
January 20th, 2011 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 048-11 NAVY CAE USA, Inc., Tampa, Fla., is being awarded a $43,543,031 firm-fixed-price contract to design, fabricate, install and test one MH-60R Tactical Operational Flight Trainer and one MH-60R/S Tactical Operational Flight Trainer. Work will be performed in Tampa, Fla. (42 percent); Lexington Park, Md. (35 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (9 [...]
January 19th, 2011 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 036-11 ARMY The Boeing Company, Defense, Space & Security, Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $190,239,373 firm-fixed-price contract Jan. 12, 2011. The award will provide for the remanufacture of 72 AH-64A aircraft into AH-64D aircraft along with one Longbow Crew Trainer. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date [...]
January 14th, 2011 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 033-11 NAVY Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Sensors, Manassas, Va., is being awarded an $83,815,466 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to design and manufacture hardware for the Acoustic Rapid Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) system improvement and integration program. The contract provides funding for the development and production of the A-RCI and common acoustics processing for [...]
January 13th, 2011 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1188-10 NAVY The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $69,098,221 delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00383-06-D-001J) for the procurement of integrated logistics support, for the F/A-18 Integrated Readiness Support Team Program. The tasks include in-service engineering, information systems, technical data, support equipment engineering, automated maintenance [...]
December 30th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1184-10 NAVY Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a fixed-price-incentive contract for the fiscal 2010-2015 block buy of Flight 0+ Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). The fiscal 2010 LCS Flight 0+ ship award amount is $436,852,639. There are additional line items totaling $54,742,639 for technical data package, core class services, provisioned [...]
December 29th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1183-10 AIR FORCE Pratt and Whitney, East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a $272,552,404 contract modification to provide for 30 F117-PW-100 engines, spare engines, and associated data for the C-17 aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. ASC/WNWK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8750-11-C-0045). ARMY The [...]
December 28th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1179-10 NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $494,257,945 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Trident II, D5 guidance system tactical engineering support and guidance applications program, and life extension development. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Mass. (82 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (11 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (2 percent); and [...]
December 27th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1177-10 ARMY DynCorp International, LLC, Falls Church, Va., was awarded on Dec. 20 a $1,043,726,525 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for specialized training and mentoring services for the government of Afghanistan, and provide logistics and life support components for 14 training facilities in Afghanistan. Work will be performed in Afghanistan with [...]
December 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1173-10 NAVY Maritime Helicopter Support Co., Woodbridge, Va., is being awarded a $1,408,576,709 firm-fixed-price performance based logistics contract for repair of various line items for the SH-60B, SH-60F, HH-60H, MH-60R, and MH-60S helicopter systems and components. This contract contains a four-year period of performance and does not contain a provision for option [...]
December 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1171-10 NAVY Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $486,045,178 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract (N00019-09-D-0025) for the procurement of up to 99 litening pods; and 241 upgrade kits and associated repair support for AV-8B (domestic and allied), F/A-18A+/C/D, EA-6B, A-10, F-15, F-16, and [...]
December 21st, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 1015-10 CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE Tiax, LLC, Lexington, Mass., was awarded a maximum $99,446,650 contract which will award the systems development and demonstration of the integrated aircrew ensembles. It will also include options for low rate initial production, production tooling, and full rate production. At this time, $1,000,000 has been obligated. ASC/WNU, Wright Patterson [...]
November 4th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
Movement on New Retrovirus is Rapid! Mystery Deepens on XMRV Now SAIC Shows Involvement [Federal Register: August 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 166)] [Notices] [Page 52758-52760] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr27au10-66] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing AGENCY: National Institutes [...]
August 27th, 2010 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
No. 730-10 August 17, 2010 ———————————— CONTRACTS NAVY JLG Industries, Inc., McConnellsburg, Pa., is being awarded a $40,373,200 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of up to 280 Extendable Boom Fork Lifts (EFBL) and associated training. The EBFL is a four-wheel drive, rubber-tired forklift with two-wheel, four-wheel and crab steering and is capable of moving all [...]
August 17th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 516-10 ————————————— CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE The Boeing Co., Defense, Space and Security, Global Mobility Systems, Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a $1,528,454,053 contract modification that will procure eight C-17 aircraft. At this time, $734,400,000 has been obligated. 516 AESG/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8614-06-D-2006). General Atomics Aeronautical [...]
June 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 509-10 ———————————— U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services, Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded a potential $5,000,000,000, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with mixed payment provisions including firm-fixed-price, incentive arrangements and cost-reimbursable arrangements for contractor logistics support services in support of US SOCOM worldwide. The work will be performed [...]
June 21st, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 492-10 ———————— CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded a $24,044,533 contract which will provide for a quantity of four MQ-9 Reaper aircraft (two production aircraft and two ground maintenance trainers). At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 703 ASG/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio,is the contracting [...]
June 15th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 487-10 ———————— CONTRACTS: NAVY Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Sensors (LM MS2), Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $131,622,735 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-5101) for production of four multi-mission signal processor equipment sets, four ballistic missile defense 4.0.1 equipment sets, and six Aegis weapon system upgraded equipment sets to support fielding Aegis [...]
June 14th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 483-10 ————————- CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $98,000,000 contract which will provide a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity basic contract for the production of the Small Diameter Bomb I weapon system for various Foreign Military Sales customers aircraft platforms throughout the life of the contract. At this time, no [...]
June 11th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 476-10 ————– CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE Metatech Corp., Goleta, Calif., was awarded a $49,000,000 contract which will providefor the Satellite AssessmentCenter. The center has performed a variety of safety and survivability studies for Air Force Space Command; US Strategic Command’s Laser Clearinghouse; the US Army’s Tactical High Energy Laser; and other related programs. With [...]
June 10th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 472-10 ————————————– CONTRACTS: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Gray Research, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a sole-source modification to continue performing work under its previously competitively awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (W9113M-05-D-0003). Gray Research will continue providing data management services for the Missile Defense Data Center. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala. The contract [...]
June 10th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 467-10 ————————————— CONTRACTS: ARMY Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on June 3 a $138,843,606 firm-fixed-price contract. This delivery order is being awarded commensurate to the award of a modification to the base contract to add additional vehicle variants and Federal Reserve excise tax to the contract. The variants being added to the [...]
June 8th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 451-10 —————————————— CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE United Launch Services, LLC, Centennial, Colo., was awarded a $90,215,060 contract which will provide launch services for a medium-plus lift launch vehicle, National Reconnaissance Office Launch 38 mission. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. LRSW/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8816-06-C-0004). Sabreliner Corp., St. [...]
June 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
No. 446-10 —————————————— CONTRACTS: NAVY Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc., Frederick, Md., is being awarded a $94,919,758 maximum contract value firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ordering quantity of 500 expeditionary water purification systems. The initial delivery order is for three systems, and is valued at $1,116,000. Work will be performed in Frederick, [...]
June 1st, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
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