* USA DOE drawing up a strategic plan to deal with China’s dominance of key rare-earth mineral supplies. * People as policy: Northrop Grumman appoints new head for X-47B N-UCAS stealth UAV program – but that’s just one piece of a bigger picture. *...
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple-award contracts to 9 companies for commercial and military institutional building construction in the Southwest United States. The maximum...
* Defense executive panel offers advice to contractors on future industry challenges. * Nordic Alliance proposal continues to make political progress. * ASDReports.com: Global market for armored vehicles will reach $10.3 billion, fueled by continued IED threat. * US...
* GAO blocks $1 billion contract award to Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater, to train Afghan police, upholding DynCorp protest. Washington Post | Business Week | GovExec | DynCorp release * European shipbuilder consortium (Fincantieri, Damen, Meyer Werft, STX,...
MTN shipboard VSAT The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded a contract worth up to $50 million to MTN Government Services (MTNGS), a subsidiary of Miramar, FL-based MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), to provide global broadband satellite services....
