by Editorial Staff | Oct 20, 2011 | Africa - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Lobbying, People, T&C - CSC, Think Tanks, USA
* CSC’s Chairman and CEO Michael W. Laphen announced he’s retiring. He’s ready to stay around for up to a year until his replacement is found. Laphen started his career and CSC in 1977 and was appointed to his current position in 2007. * Several US...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 19, 2011 | Consulting Firms, Contracts - Awards, L3 Communications, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Support Functions - Other, T&C - Booz Allen, T&C - SAIC, USA
(click to view info.) The Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, GA is an outgrowth of the BRAC 2005 process, which consolidated the Army Armor Center and School with the Army Infantry Center and School. In October 2011, they issued a 5-year,...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 19, 2011 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, France, USA
* The Army published a commercial-quality multimedia catalog of soldier gear, complete with individual program statuses. [PDF, Flash, Quicktime]. * The U.S. State Department continues to jawbone NATO missile defense, the key issue – as ever – being...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 18, 2011 | Asia - Other, Biological Weapons, Britain/U.K., Chemical Weapons, Daily Rapid Fire, Fuel & Power, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA, WMD Proliferation
* US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) published its latest acquisition guide [PDF]. * Katherine Hammack, the US Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy, & Environment), presented “US Army Power & Energy” [PDF] last week during...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 17, 2011 | Asstd. Support Equipment, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, USA
Xerox 4595(click to view full) In October 2011, US Defense Logistics Agency Document Services in Mechanicsburg, PA issued a 5-year multiple-award, maximum $225 million contract to 4 companies to supply and service digital copiers for the USAF and DLA, with task orders...