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Archives by date > 2010 > October > 25th

Rapid Fire 2010-10-26: Is Defense Really Counter Cyclical?

Oct 25, 2010 22:15 UTC

  • Octoberfast: Germany joins in European defense budget belt tightening.

  • You say yes, I say no: Russia warms to idea of NATO missile defense shield, while South Korea says “no” to joint missile defense with US.

  • Countering Counter-cyclical: Forbes article questions view that defense demand is counter-cyclical to the commercial business cycle.

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E-10A: She’s Dead, Jim

Oct 25, 2010 14:35 UTC

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E-10 MC2A concept

E-10 M2CA Concept

Final settling up results in a government credit; Program details and history expanded. (Oct 22/10)

The future E-10A MC2 (Multi-sensor Command & Control) program was conceived as a fusion of Northrop Grumman’s advanced Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) Wide-Area Surveillance (WAS) radar and Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) mission suite into a modified passenger jet (likely a 767), creating a successor to both the E-3 AWACS air surveillance and E-8 JSTARS ground surveillance and SIGINT (signals intelligence) /communications relay planes. This multi-duty approach provides flexibility, but also invites potential shortages and overuse unless the system can be procured in sufficient numbers or supplemented with less expensive options (see “Brittle Swords: Low-Density, High-Demand Assets” [PDF] for a deeper discussion).

The entire program could easily have been worth $10 billion. On February 23/07, however, the firm received notice from the U.S. Air Force that the E-10A MC2 Weapon System Integration (WSI) program was being formally ended. So, what now for the E-10’s technology? And why is this still relevant in 2010?

  • E-10’s Legacy
  • Contracts and Key Events [NEW]

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$12.4M for Electrical Grids at Afghan FOBs Salerno, Sharana

Oct 25, 2010 12:06 UTC

CORP IAP Worldwide Services

IAP World Services in Panama City, FL received a $12.4 million firm-fixed-price contract exercising the 2nd option year (3rd year of service) to operate and maintain the electrical power grids at Forward Operating Bases Salerno, north of Khowst and Sharana in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The contracts will run until Oct 15/12. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 5 bids received by the Defense Contract Management Agency at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan (W91B4N-07-C-0075).

Previous awards under this contract have not been publicly announced.

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