by Joe Katzman | Feb 2, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Lockheed Martin, Medical, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, T&C - Big 5 Firms, USA
(click to visit) In February 2012, the USAF has issued a 6-year, multiple-award contract worth up to $985 million, to support the USAF Medical Service. Winners will have the chance to bid on delivery orders under the mixed indefinite-delivery/ indefinite quantity,...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 2, 2012 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Legal, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Transport & Utility, UAVs
* US Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz released a short whitepaper [PDF] outlining its priorities and choices within forthcoming budget constraints. It states: “More than 280 aircraft have been identified...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, India, L3 Communications, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman
* Latest from the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS): Controlling Costs and Demanding Effective Program Execution [PDF, chart galore]; and a short memo [PDF] on evolving US-India relations. The author reckons India will want to get closer to...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 31, 2012 | Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Legal, Official Reports, R&D - Contracted, Sensors - Aquatic
* Some F-35s were grounded last week for a few days until replacement ejection seats are received. Parachutes were improperly packed, said [PDF] the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO). * The F-35 is what the Air Force plans to use for close-air support in place of A-10...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 30, 2012 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Logistics, Medical, Middle East - Other, Oceans - International, Other Corporation
Military meds are big business. In March 2010 the US DLA’s Defense Supply Center Philadelphia awarded a pair of 5-year contracts worth up to $807.1 million to Cardinal Health in Dublin, OH, for drug distribution to US military medical facilities. For these...
