Army and USMC buy tools

July 14, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Armstrong Tools, Contract Awards, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, logistics, production program 

Armstrong Tools announced that they were awarded a contract to provide standardized tool sets to the US Army and Marine Corps. See the press release here. One of the key components of the contract is that it is Berry Amendment friendly. The contract is for over 90,000 kits and is worth over a $100 M. Read more

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AP on protests

May 23, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Congress, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, GAO, Protest 

This article nicely summarizes the situation with protests. In a follow-up to the earlier discussion by Secretary of Defense Gates this makes it seem that DoD is getting tired of companies protesting losses. Unfortunately as we have discussed previously there is nothing to lose for these companies. Business opportunities are limited and the only way to get around a loss is to protest. Of course it creates issues for the winner and DoD in executing what could be very critical programs for the US military. There will be more to come on this.

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Air Force awards KC-X to team of Northrop Grumman and EADS

February 29, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program 

The Air Force announced today that the Northrop Grumman and EADS team won the KC-X contract. News story is here. This is a huge decision and marks a major change in US defense policy. Read more

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