by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2005 | Budgets, Domestic Security, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, People, Policy - Personnel, Project Management
Chief Acquisition Officer Greg Rothwell of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently noted that the biggest challenge for chief acquisition officers governmentwide is either rebuilding or growing their workforce. His own department is no exception. DHS...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Intelligence & PsyOps, IT - General, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
CACI International Inc. of Arlington, VA announced that it received approximately $89 million in contracts to support national security and intelligence activities for clients in the federal government. The awards call for CACI to provide systems engineering,...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Field Reports, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Marines, Heavy Bombers, Israel, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Sensors & Guidance, USA, Warfare - Lessons
LITENING AT(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL received a $27 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract modification to provide for LITENING advanced airborne targeting and navigation pods for U.S. Navy, Army, and Marine...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2005 | Corporate Innovations, IT - General, Official Reports, USA
The US Department of Defense (DoD) needs to fully disclose to Congress the plans for and the progress made on their new business enterprise IT architecture, according to the July 22/05 GAO report #GAO-05-72, “DOD Business Systems Modernization: Longstanding...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 28, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, Guns - Personal Weapons, Other Corporation, USA
FN’s M249 “Minimi” FN Manufacturing Inc. in Columbia, SC received a $6.8 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for M249 Squad Automatic Weapon 5.56mm light machine guns. At a unit replacement cost estimated at just over $4,000 by...
