Last December we wrote about Hawaii BioEnergy and that company’s hope it would be able to team with either Bechtel or SAIC on a biofuel development contract. SAIC announced that they had been awarded a $25 million contract to work on this DARPA funded project. PRNewswire has the press release here. SAIC did not say if they had added companies to their team but as part of the...
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These two articles discuss government spending in the U.S. and the U.K. They seem unrelated, but they are. First, this article in PhillyBurbs.com discusses two local companies that received earmarks from their local Congressman. ARCCA Inc. and Argon both got contracts from Defense and Homeland Security through earmarks. Second, a story in the UK’s Telegraph about a Conservative...
Although the headline of this piece is misleading as it discusses in a non-partisan way the movement between contractors and government service this article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review does discuss an important issue with government contracting. One of the problems that faces efficient contracting is that often a person will serve in a job with the government and then leave to work with...
The British Government announced that it had awarded Thales a contract worth almost $400 million (U.S.) to continue production and support of the Starstreak light weight anti-aircraft missile. The Belfast Telegraph reports that the new contract will add jobs to the Thales plant in Northern Ireland. The British defense budget has been under pressure when it comes to investing in new programs...
The Guardian of England writes about rumors that EADS may end the A400M transport program. The program is significantly behind schedule and EADS is facing having to pay penalties to the countries that have ordered the new aircraft. In December the company had to announce a further delay of two years in the programs after original problems due to issues with the engine development. The last...
The U.S. Government indicted two former employees of the City of Tulsa’s Pubic Works Department. Larry Wayne Baker, 52, formerly the Design Engineering Manager, and Albert S. Martinez, 47, formerly the Field Engineering Manager, for the City were charged separately for taking bribes to influence awards and also to allow over billing by contractors. Tulsa Today reports on these charges....
It had been hoped that defense companies might not be mirroring the rest of the economy due to the size of the U.S. defense budget and the contuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lockheed Martin reported yesterday and they actually beat the estimates. The New York Times reports though that the company expects not to have as good a year as once thought. The company made a profit of $2.05...
In the wake of 9/11 many states and localities moved to upgrade their first responder communications system. In the last few weeks, though, two states have canceled their contracts for a new system. Missouri ends a contract awarded in the last days of the previous administration with Motorola as the AP reports here. That contract was worth about $80 million and fell victim to the state...
The Tooele Army Depot in Utah has seen steady growth over the last several years as its role in supporting current U.S. military operations increases. The Tooele Transcript Bulletin reports that the depot has expanded its ability to store ammunition as well as performing other roles related to production and testing of weapons. The majority of the ammunition that moves through the depot...
The U.S. Army awarded Verizon Business a number of Task Orders to upgrade communications at several installations across the world. PR Newswire has the press release. The combined value of the five task orders is over $70 million and the work will take one to four years depending on the base. The task orders are for work at Fort Greeley in Alaska, Maryland’s Aberdeen Proving Ground,...
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