Rapid Fire April 5, 2012: Rationale, Structure, Obligations and Incentives by Contrat Type

• The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) put together a convenient chart [PPT] that compares major contract types – FPAF, CPIF, T&M et. al. – to show what risks they intend to mitigate, when they should be used, their main elements, what they commit the contractor to and where’s the incentive.

• The DAU’s 2012 industry day will take place on May 1st in Fort Belvoir, VA. On the agenda: affordable programs, efficiency, and DoD’s industrial base policy.

• Milnews.ca has a good round-up on Canada’s 2012 budget cuts.