by [email protected] | Sep 2, 2011 | Helicopters & Rotary, Outer Space, Pre-RFP, RFPs, Satellites & Sensors, Submarines, Surface Ships - Other, Transport & Utility, USA, WMD Defenses
Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) has recently released the following Requests for Proposals (RFP), modifications and other notifications: * The US Navy adds an additional clause and extends the closing date to 9th September for its RFP for a Firm Fixed Price (FFP)...
by [email protected] | Sep 2, 2011 | Boeing, Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, India, Industry & Trends, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Russia, Transport & Utility, USA
* Concerns are raised that the presence of Chinese telecommunications companies in US markets may provide the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with ‘back door’ opportunities to listen to communications networks. * Analysts outline the pros and cons of...
by [email protected] | Sep 1, 2011 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Combat, Transport & Utility, USA
* The Commission on Wartime Contracting (CWC) formally submits Transforming Wartime Contracting – Controlling costs reducing risks [PDF] to Congress. The report says that at least $31 billion has been lost to contract waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan, and...
by [email protected] | Aug 31, 2011 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Consulting Firms, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, European Union (EU), Industry & Trends, Laser & EM Weapons, Leadership & People, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, Simulation & Training, Tanks & Mechanized, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awards Teledyne Brown Engineering an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $595 million for the development, deployment and sustainment of an Objective Simulation Framework (OSF). *...
by [email protected] | Aug 30, 2011 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Blimps & LTA Craft, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Conferences & Events, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, France, India, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, Oceans - International, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* Two members of the Commission on Wartime Contracting say that $30 billion-worth of expenditure on contracts and grants in Afghanistan and Iraq have been wasted through poor planning, shifting requirements and negligence. As a result, federal agencies and contractors...
