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Rapid Fire 2011-05-05: Body Armor Vests

Rapid Fire 2011-05-05: Body Armor Vests

by | May 4, 2011 | Airbus, Alliances, Ammunition, ATK, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Forces - Special Ops, Fuel & Power, Launch Vehicles, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, R&D - Private, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Soldier's Gear, Support Functions - Other, USA

* Boeing charged the US Army $13 million more than the “fair and reasonable” price for 18 parts, the DoD Inspector General concludes [PDF]; so far, Boeing has refunded $1.6 million. * House Armed Services Committee panels release details of FY 2012...
Rapid Fire 2011-05-05: Body Armor Vests

The USA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

by | May 4, 2011 | Asia - Other, Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Issues - International, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Support Functions - Other, USA, WMD Proliferation

Through the Co-operative Threat Reduction program, the Department of Defense provides equipment, services, and technical advice to Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine to assist them in eliminating (or in the case of Russia, reducing) the weapons of mass...