Rapid Fire Sept. 28, 2012: Attack of the Green-Eye Shade People

* US Navy Rear Admiral Thomas J. Moore, PEO Aircraft Carriers, reminds the industry that cost overruns feed “right into the hands of the people who question the need for 11 big-deck carriers” and “cutting a ship … is enticing for the green-eye shade folks.” * Pentagon deputy Ashton Carter to the Department: keep training and contracting as usual. * The US Coast Guard released its finalized RFP for Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC). A two-phase, down-select strategy will start with Preliminary & Contract Design (P&CD) and end with building up to 11 OPCs. Phase I will be awarded as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract in the coming fiscal year with a Phase II award (with built-in incentives in the contract) three years later. The road map can be found here. * German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere said more time may be needed for governments to review the BAE-EADS merger terms, but EADS CEO Tom Enders later told The Wall Street Journal Deutschland he doesn’t see any reason to extend the October 10 deadline. The German government is sending proposals to their French counterparts that will need to be answered quickly. A strong consolidated Franco-German block of government-owned shares […]