Rapid Fire March 20, 2012: New NGEN draft RFP

• The latest Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) draft RFP was posted by the US Navy on fbo.gov last week and modified yesterday. Responses expected by March 30. The final RFP was supposed to be released by December 2011 but obviously this has been delayed.

• A group of 6 Republican congressmen wrote to the House Appropriations Committee to protest the use of Overseas contingency operations (OCO) funds as a budget gimmick.

• India’s Air Force has lost 33 fighter aircraft since 2008 according to Defence Minister A K Antony.