NCI gets go-ahead after protest is withdrawn. (April 7/10) NCI in Reston, VA received a single-award task order to support the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and...
* Center for Naval Analysis: US Navy's decline reaching a tipping point? * Chinese hackers gain access to classified documents in India's Defense Ministry, Canadian think tank finds. Report | New York Times | Bloomberg | India Express * Feeling Irregular?: USAF needs...
Air BP tanker(click to view larger) Air BP in Warrenville, IL won a maximum $124.8 million fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel. Aviation turbine fuel is used for powering jet and...
ATLAS II $85.7 million order for 492 ATLAS rough terrain forklifts. (April 6/10) If you are looking for a forklift that can lift 10,000 pounds 17 feet in the air and travel at speeds up to 23 mph, then the All Terrain Lifter Army System (ATLAS) rough terrain forklifts...
* RIP Dr. Ed Roberts, the USAF officer who became the father of the personal computer. * Venezuela negotiating to buy $5 billion in military equipment from Russia, including T-72 tanks and S-300 long-range anti-aircraft missile systems. Reuters | Russia's Itar-TASS...
French AF CN-235(click to view full) France is facing an airlift crunch. In addition to the delays created by the A400M program's cost growth and technical challenges, France will be receiving fewer A400Ms by 2020, in order to keep the program within existing budgets....
Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) Center Atlantic awarded M.C. Dean Inc. in Dulles, VA a $75 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N65236-07-D-5884) to support SPAWAR command,...
* Iran buys nuclear enrichment gear through China's Jinzhou Group. * China buys 15 batteries of S-300 long-range anti-aircraft missiles for $2.25 billion from Russia. Reuters | RIA Novosti | Bloomberg * New UK Military Aviation Authority, which grew out of Nimrod...
If you want to keep track of key Pentagon programs, Selected Acquisition Reports are an important resource. Shortly after the defense budget is submitted, the Pentagon releases details on major defense acquisition program cost, schedule, and performance changes on a...