by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Financial & Accounting, IT - General, Project Management, Support Functions - Other, T&C - Booz Allen, USA
The US Department of Defense has been facing serious accounting and finance-related issues for years. Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. is one of many consulting companies trying to help them change that, and in May 2006 they received a new blanket purchase agreement (BPA)...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 27, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Fighters & Attack, Issues - Political, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Project Management, Project Methodologies, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility
(click for full report) The UK’s Parliamentary Defence Committee has released its 2007-08 Session report that looks at the UK’s new merged Defence Equipment & Support organization (formerly DPA and DLO), and assesses Britain’s major procurement...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 27, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, L3 Communications, Launch Vehicles, Other Corporation, USA
Black Brant XII(click to view full) As NASA’s sounding rocket program site tells us: “Sounding rockets carry scientific instruments into space along parabolic trajectories, providing nearly vertical traversals along their upleg and downleg, while appearing...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 26, 2008 | Engineering Vehicles, Guns - Personal Weapons, Iraq, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear, Trucks & Transport, USA
Iraq’s new rifles(click to view full) As Iraq’s military gets back to its feet, it has received armored vehicles, up-armored Hummers, and assorted weapons, vehicles, and aircraft. The initial priority on armed combat forces that could be supported by...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 26, 2008 | Field Innovations, Middle East - Other, Other Equipment - Land, Project Successes, Support & Maintenance, USA
MSgt. Moreland: Fixed(click to view full) (Thanks to readers for pointing out the error in the previous version of this post.) You’re in Afghanistan, at Bagram Air Base. The base needs water, which means drilling a well. The machine is shipped from Nellis AFB,...
