by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2007 | BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Corporate Innovations, FOCUS Articles, GE, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Logistics Innovations, MBDA, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Public Partnering, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, Support & Maintenance, Transformation, Transport & Utility
LCpl Taylor RM,Afghanistan(click to view full) It seems like a simple, and eminently sensible change. Instead of paying for hours of service and spare parts for military platforms, and trying to forecast usage, set required reliability levels. Then implement...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2007 | Policy - Procurement, Specialty Aircraft, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA
KC-135 refuels F-22A(click to view full) Gen. Arthur Lichte, the commander of USAF Air Mobility Command, recently placed the stakes behind the $30+ billion, 175 aircraft KC-X aerial refueling tanker contract in perspective, and discussed past aerial tanker program...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA
Katrina 2005(click to view full) W. G. Yates and Sons Construction Co. in Oxford, MS received a $73.8 million firm-fixed price contract for the design and reconstruction of 9 projects at Keesler Air Force Base including a training aids facility, postal center, fire...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2007 | C4ISR, Events, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, Legal, Policy - Personnel, USA
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces recently ruled that a service member who received notice that she was required to undergo a random urinalysis test, and who e-mailed several other people to discuss her strategies for beating the tests to avoid discovery...
