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Archives by date > 2006 > August > 31st

US Office of Force Transformation to Close Oct. 1, 2006

Aug 31, 2006 15:13 UTC

Arthur Cebrowski

Arthur K. Cebrowski

Back on September 26, 2005, DID ran “OFT Faces Different Future Without Cebrowski,” describing the difficulties facing the Pentagon’s Office of Force Transformation in the wake of its high-profile and hugely influential founder’s departure. Sadly, the cancer that forced Arthur K. Cebrowski to resign ultimately claimed his life in November 2005. It would appear that his illness has effectively claimed the OFT’s life as well; the office will reportedly shut down on October 1, 2006.

Despite its small size and budget, the OFT managed to champion a number of key projects over its term including “Project Sheriff” (aka. the ‘pain ray’ instead of bullets for riot control), the fast, stealthy, and highly digitized Stiletto special forces ship with its unique M-hull design, case studies covering network-centric warfare, concepts like “operationally responsive space,” et. al.

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SEALs into Stiletto

Well-known author and Cebrowski protege Thomas Barnett believes that the OFT’s demise is just the natural order of things as its concepts have become more mainsteam, though others note that its small size and budget made progress difficult and rendered OFT easier prey in turf battles. GCN adds that the OFT’s analysis and studies portions will go to the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy, while the initiatives part will fall under a new office to be headed by John Young, deputy undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and technology.

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$3.85B from USAF to Recruit Health Care Workers

Aug 31, 2006 09:44 UTC

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The Air Force District Washington at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC has awarded a pair of $1.93 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity; fixed price with economic price adjustment contracts. The contractors will recruit, qualify and retain health care workers at 63 Air Force medical treatment facilities in 58 geographic locations. DID covered a similar contract in November 2005, which set out 5 additional winners.

The USAF can issues delivery orders totaling up to the maximum amount indicated above, but they can also issue less if circumstances warrant. Work will be complete in November 2010, and the winners are:

  • Magnum Medical Joint Venture, Angleton, TX (FA7014-06-D-0015). This is a partnership between Sterling Medical Associates, Inc. and Magnum Opus Technologies, Inc.
  • Luke and Associates, Merritt Island, FL (FA7014-06-D-0016)

On June 20, 2006 the US Government Accountability Office sustained Magnum’s protest (B-297687.2) re: the original award of this contract to Luke and Associates.

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Rafale Out for Norway

Aug 31, 2006 07:43 UTC

Rafale Le Bourget 2005

Norway: another one
bites the dust?

In our May 11, 2006 article “Norway’s Future Fighter Competition: A Norwegian View,” Endre Lunde described how the replacement for the country’s F-16 fighters had evolved into a 4-way contest between the Lockheed/BAE/International F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, Dassault’s Rafale, the EADS/BAE EF-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon, and the upgraded Saab/BAE JAS-39N Gripen.

Now Endre Lunde informs DID that the Rafale is no longer in contention, a development reportedly confirmed by Norway’s Deputy Minister of Defense to a leading Norwegian newspaper. The announcement was apparently made during a two-day visit to Saab’s facilities in Linkoping, Sweden. Lunde notes that “…the Gripen so far has been the true outsider compared to the Eurofighter and the F-35 Lightning, but the recent announcements by Gripen on the prospects of a dedicated “N” version, and a long and patient process of building trust and support in Norway seems to be paying off.”

If true, this report means that Dassault’s Rafale is continuing its unbroken string of losses on the export front, a fact which is beginning to have development and budget ramifications for the platform.

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