U.S. National Guard Bureau Awards SAIC Construction Management Contract

October 20, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Air National Guard, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, IT, SAIC, Services, logistics 

The U.S. National Guard Bureau (NGB) coordinates and manages resources for the fifty states and territories National Guard forces. This includes the Army and Air Force Guard units. The states provide a great deal of funding for operations but the Federal Department of Defense helps buy equipment and training for the forces. The NGB helps manage this equipment as well as numerous facilities across the United States.

SAIC was awarded a contract to provide construction support for the NGB. The two year base contract could last five years and be worth up to $95 million. This contract is a renewal of an earlier one the company had.

SAIC’s Benham subsidiary primary job under the contract is to manage architectural design and engineering services for structures, roads and airfields. The structures involved include hangers, maintenance, munitions and supply shops as well as infrastructure on the bases such as fire and police stations, mess halls and medical buildings.

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U.S. Army National Guard Buys Off Road Vehicles From Polaris

October 15, 2009 by Matthew Potter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Events, Polaris, Services, logistics, production program 

One of the primary missions of the United States Army National Guard (ARNG) is to respond to natural disasters in the fifty states. These include hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes as well as large fires and even blizzards. While much of their standard military equipment may be used for these types of operations they also buy some separate hardware to support those kind of missions. The UH-72A Lakota aircraft is designed to operate primarily in the U.S. and its territories for example and not combat situations.

The ARNG announced that they had given Polaris a contract worth over $2 million to buy four wheel drive off road vehicles to support their disaster relief in the U.S. These 800 trucks will also have the capability to support overseas operations if required. The purchase of these commercially available vehicles also illustrates how the U.S. military is showing some imagination in how the acquire equipment and probably saving the tax payer some money as well.

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