Rapid Fire: 2010-02-24

• USAF is expected to issue final terms for $35 billion aerial tanker competition this week.

• DEW Line: who is behind the dual-sourcing lobby for KC-X?

• USA to retire its BGM-109A nuclear Tomahawk cruise missiles.

• Dutch cabinet collapse freezes F-35 buy [in Dutch]; plane may become an election issue.

• Oshkosh to sell $500 million in senior notes to repay debt.

• USAF: No, we aren’t buying the airborne laser.

• What’s next for BAE’s Mantis close-support UCAV(Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle)?

• Jacobs secures $38.7 million contract to support transition of Navy Marine Corps Intranet to the NGEN network.

Up to $378M to AECOM-CACI Venture for Army Maintenance Services in Afghanistan

AC First, a joint venture between AECOM and CACI, received a maintenance and supply services task order under the US Army’s Field and Installation Readiness Support Team (FIRST) contract vehicle.

Under the task order, AC First will provide maintenance and management support for the Army Prepositioned Stock (APS-5) program in Afghanistan. The task order has a 12-month base year and 4 one-year options. The total value if all options are exercised is $378 million.