by Joe Katzman | Mar 15, 2006 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, People, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations
DID has covered a number of efforts, inquiries, and discussions regarding defense acquisition reform. With bipartisan Congressional concern still revving hot over the Defense Procurement Cost Spiral, this issue isn’t going away. Today, DID features three items...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 15, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Europe - Other, France, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Other Corporation, Project Methodologies
FREMM drawing(click to view full) DID has covered the Franco-Italian FREMM multi-role frigate project in the past. While discussing one of the program’s rockier periods, we noted the Italian push for the cheaper but lower-performance Avio LM2500 turbine (GE...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 15, 2006 | DID site
See it. Live it. Here at DID, we’ve had a reader email us to explain that the links in newsletters and articles weren’t always working. We’ve asked for specific examples, and tested them ourselves with no difficulties. But we want to make sure this...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 15, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, Small Business, USA
Small business qualifier Cox Construction Co. in Vista, CA received a $21.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a Border Patrol sector headquarters building in Vista, CA. Work is expected to be complete by Aug. 12, 2007. There were 330 bids solicited...
