Defense reform critics like Chuck Spinney, and government organizations like the GAO, have complained for years that the Pentagon’s accounting system is broken. Considerable amounts of money are still being spent trying to improve the services’ systems in...
M1A2 Abrams TUSK(click to view full) InsideDefense.com describes the ripple effect spreading outward from eleventh hour cuts to the Army’s portion of the FY 2006 supplemental spending request, which stripped more than $2.6 billion for key improvements to Abrams...
Small business qualifier TUG Technologies Corp. in Marietta, GA received a $12.3 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N68335-04-C-0111) to exercise an option for the procurement of 350 Mid-Range Tow Tractors for use in moving...
Marines showin’ some LAV(click to view full) In February 2006, the US Marine Corps was about to buy 130 new LAV-A2 8×8 armored vehicles in seven variants. The contract was worth $257 million, potentially rising to $307 million if an option for electric...
Small business qualifier Rolac Contracting Inc. in Minot, ND won a $7.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for Construction of a Security Forces Vehicle Building at Minot Air Force Base, ND. The base hosts the 5th Bomb Wing’s B-52s and the 91st Space Wing’s...
