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Archives by date > 2012 > November > 1st

5-Year, $750M Intelligence Training Contract

Nov 01, 2012 18:39 UTC

DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency

In October 2012, the US Defense Intelligence Agency’s Virginia Contracting Activity issued a 5-year, multiple award intelligence training contract that’s worth up to $750M, and runs until Nov 30/17. It covers the full scope of intelligence training requirements, with work to be performed in Washington, DC; Quantico, VA; Norfolk, VA; Ft. Huachuca, AZ; Ft. Jackson, SC; Willow Grove, PA; Oak Ridge, TN; West Davis Monthan AFB, AZ; and elsewhere as required. Of the 24 proposals submitted, 9 received contract awards, which entitle them to compete for specific task orders as required:

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Portugal Picks Pandur-II Wheeled APCs

Nov 01, 2012 12:11 UTC

Latest updates[?]: GD files for arbitration.
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Pandur II

Pandur II

In February 2005, General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems finished negotiations to produce 260 Pandur II eight-wheeled armored combat vehicles for the Government of Portugal. Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH of Vienna, Austria, would be the program manager and system integrator for this $482 million (EUR 365 million) contract, with vehicle co-production in Portugal, and some participation from other General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems elements in Europe.

Evaluation of the contenders for this procurement program started in autumn 2003, but the buy was still only partly done in 2012. At which point Portugal moved to terminate the contract part-way through.

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Rapid Fire Nov. 1, 2012: Shipbuilding Capabilities

Nov 01, 2012 10:00 UTC

  • China has ramped up mass production techniques and coordination between its shipyards to allow a rapid modernization of its fleet, with some degree of versatility thanks to modular construction. The Diplomat.

  • Meanwhile the Commander-in-Chief of Russia’s Navy Admiral Viktor Chirkov is expecting his country’s shipyards to launch 5 combat and support ships per year in years to come. RIA Novosti.

  • The Philippines’ plan to buy a 3rd used cutter from the US is on hold, according to the Philippine Star. For now they will focus on equipping the two ships they already acquired from the US Coast Guard. USCG Dallas, the second of these two ships (renamed to BRP Ramon Alcaraz), is expected in February 2013.

  • Australia is not the only country where high commodity prices make it harder for its Navy to retain qualified personnel: Norway is facing similar issues.

  • The administrative surcharge rate charged by the US through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) is down from 3.8% to 3.5%, effective today.

  • The Center for American Progress and the Institute for Policy Studies, two left-wing American think tanks, are advocating the implementation of a unified security budget, and defense budget cuts at the scale, but not in the shape, of the sequester. PDF report.

  • In the US Army’s latest Q&A about the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) it plans for its fleet of Landing Craft Utility 2000 (LCU 2000) vessels, a point small businesses need to understand beyond this one program: “component (replace/refurbish) decisions would be made by the prime contractor.” An Industry Day should take place next December or January. TACOM.

  • Switzerland’s intelligence service reportedly advised in its weekly report for the Swiss Federal Council to consider participating in NATO’s European missile defense system. That would obviously be quite a break from neutrality. Tages-Anzeiger [in German].

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