by Joe Katzman | Feb 25, 2008 | Legal, Policy - Procurement, USA
Protests, 2001-2007(click to view full) In “General bemoans glut of Air Force contract protests”, Government Executive magazine quotes Gen. Bruce Carlson, the commander of US Air Force Material Command [link added by DID]: “[he said] that the...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 25, 2008 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Other Corporation, UAVs, USA
Shadow 200 in Iraq(click to view full) With delays to satellite programs forcing costly civilian bandwidth buys, and breakthrough programs like TSAT still a distant reality, the US military is looking for ways to deliver bandwidth to the front lines. Urban areas and...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 21, 2008 | Airbus, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia
Titanium In January 2008, Boeing signed a billion-dollar titanium deal with Russia’s Rosoboronexport military export agency, which had acquired top global titanium producer VSMPO-Avisa. While the 1973 Berry Amendment tends to exclude this titanium from the US...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 21, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, USA
Feb 20/08: Combat Support Associates in Orange, CA a $30.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for contract modifications for expansion of postal operations support at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Work is expected to be complete by Sept 30/09. This web solicitation was...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 19, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, T&C - SAIC, USA
The US Air Force is awarding 25 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity 5-year contracts with a maximum value of $3 billion under Architecture-Engineer selection procedures. The firms will provide professional architect-engineer services to administer, coordinate,...
