by Editorial Staff | Oct 7, 2013 | Asia - Central, Bases & Infrastructure, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Lockheed Martin, Transport & Utility, United Technologies, USA
Furlough Recall * There’s still no agreement in Washington to resolve the government shutdown as it starts its 2nd week, but the Pentagon is recalling most of the 350,000 civilian employees it had furloughed. Specific numbers should come later today. Here are...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 4, 2013 | Asia - Central, BAE, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Logistics, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, Robots, Think Tanks, USA
Shutdown Fallout * BAE Systems CEO Linda Hudson wrote that following the government shutdown, about 1,000 employees from the company’s Intelligence & Security sector have already been “excused from work at their customer sites.” * DARPA is...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 3, 2013 | Asia - Central, Brazil, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, USA
* United Technologies announced that they “will be forced to furlough thousands of workers due to the absence of Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) inspectors who audit and approve operations throughout the manufacturing process for military...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 2, 2013 | Americas - Other, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Legal, Pre-RFP, Russia, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
* Republicans in Congress are trying again the piecemeal approach that succeeded after sequestration started kicking in, but it is unclear that this tactic will work this time around. So far these partial funding bills failed in the House of Representatives, but the...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 1, 2013 | Boeing, Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, France, Pre-RFP, Tanks & Mechanized, Turkey, USA
* Just as the US federal government was heading into a shutdown, President Obama signed a law exempting military pay from delay (HR 3210 aka Pay Our Military Act). That still puts a lot of DoD civilian staffers on furlough. Sustaining military pay is about the only...
