The Colorado Springs Gazette writes that Maytag Aircraft who is the main supplier of terminal and cargo handling for the USAF is looking to try and get more commercial, non-defense work in the future. The company has just been awarded a large contract to begin doing fuel service operations at U.S. bases in Europe. This replaces the USAF personnel currently doing it. In case, though, there is...
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The GAO denied a protest of the contract award to a team led by Lockheed Martin to run the administrative functions of the Department of Energy’s Hanford facility. The Tricity Herald reports that the Mission Support Contract protest by CSC and Batelle will not be upheld. Unfortunately for Lockheed Martin the GAO did identify some issues with the contract and the proposals will be...
The Korea Times reports that the South Korean government awarded Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) a contract to begin converting the T-50 trainer into a light attack aircraft. The contract is worth about $31 million U.S. The T-50 trainer is a joint development with Lockheed Martin. The new FA-50 aircraft will replace aging light U.S. aircraft in the Korean inventory. Development is to be...
Back in November we wrote how the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) had been modified by Executive Order to begin requiring Federal contractors to use the E-Verify system to prove their workers were in the U.S. legally. Now according to Federal Computer Weekly a variety of business and human rights group have sued in Federal court to prevent the implementation of this rule. While their...
If you read the newspapers and the web you will find all sorts of advice for the incoming Obama Administration on defense spending. Some as in this story in the Fort Worth Star Telegram are stressing continuing large procurement programs to keep people employed. Others as in this column in the New York Times want him to reduce and make the defense budget ore efficient. The key player of...
The U.S. military moves a lot of things around the world. It has invested heavily in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to make this easier. Nextgov.com reports that an expanded RFID III contract was awarded to three companies to add to an existing contract with Savi Technology which is a company that is part of Lockheed Martin. Now Northrop Grumman, Unisys and System &...
In a move to further integrate with the European Union the Czech Republic purchased from IBM a financial system that includes hardware and software. As the LoHud.com website reports this system is already used by several European Union members and will facilitate efficiency and transparency in the Czech tax system. The contract has a value of over $100 million. The system will also be used...
The State of Washington is facing a budget deficit of close to six billion dollars over the next two years. The newly re-elected governor, Christine Gregoire, released a budget that tried to close the gap. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that one of the efforts will be to not have raises for state workers. This has not gone over well with the unions representing the education workers...
NASA reached out to the commercial space launch sector by awarding two separate contracts to Orbital Sciences and SpaceX to provide cargo supply to the International Space Station. SPACE.com has the details. The two contracts are valued at over $3.5 billion combined and will bridge the gap when Space Shuttle flights will not be available due to its replacement by the Orion spacecraft....
The Presidents of Brazil and France celebrated the signing of a contract to purchase 50 EC725 helicopters. Eurocopter and Helibras will form a joint venture to produce, assemble and maintain the aircraft in Brazil GlobalSecurity.org reports. The EC725 is a modern, medium lift aircraft that will be used by Brazil’s military. For more on that aircraft see this from Eurocopter. The...
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