In August 2011, the US Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, Regional Contracts Department in San Diego, CA issued up to $730 million in contracts over a 3-year period, for a wide range of temporary support services that will be defined in individual task order requests....
Tabula Rasa? On Aug 24/11, the Tobyhanna Army Depot in Tobyhanna, PA announced over $20 million in contracts for 12,263 computers and tablets, to be delivered by the end of November 2011. No eyebrows were raised over Dell's $7.5 million contract for 354 Latitude E6520...
Aug 25/11: Evergreen Helicopters, Inc. in McMinnville, OR received a $16.5 million firm-fixed-price contract, to provide medical evacuation services and training support for the U.S. Army in Alaska. Work will be performed in Fairbanks, AK, with an estimated completion...
* The Department of Defense releases Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2011 [PDF]. While the report acknowledges China's growing importance to peacekeeping and an array of international security operations, Taiwan remains the...
(click to visit) Aug 16/11: U.S. Army Contracting Command, Natick, MA issues a multiple-award 5-year umbrella framework worth up to $497 million, implemented as a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract between 26 (23)...
Armored car(click to view full) Sometimes, Special Operations forces need to move around in highly protected vehicles, like their customized, blast-resistant RG-33 and M-ATV MRAPs. Other times, it's better to blend into the background and disappear, using vehicles...
* Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) tells a press conference in Hanoi that the Department of Defense is examining whether to lift restrictions [PDF] on the sale of military products to Vietnam. * The future shape of NATO after the Libyan campaign remains the subject of debate,...
* The UK Minister for International Security Strategy says that the findings of the 2015 defence review may allow the Royal Navy to operate both Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. * Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA) sends a letter to the Secretaries of Defense...
(click to visit) In August 2001, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, UT a sole-source, 5-year, maximum $150 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The lab will...