Currently browsing entries tagged scandal
June 5, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
· Filed under Restructuring, U.S. Air Force, crime
The Secretary of the Air Force and its Chief of Staff both resigned today. See the story here. The most obvious reason was the completion of an independent review of how the USAF was handling it’s nuclear weapons. Badly was the conclusion since Minuteman fuzes were shipped to Taiwan and a B-52 [...]
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Tagged with: b-52, Boeing, chief of staff, conclusion, Contract Awards, favoritism, fuzes, minuteman, nuclear weapons, nukes, scandal, secretary of the air force, Taiwan, thunderbird, usaf
March 23, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
· Filed under Contract Awards, India, crime, logistics, training
A contract awarded to buy training for Indian Navy simulators was put on hold due to allegations of improprieties with Indian Naval officers. See an article here. It turns out that the scandal started with an investigation into Indian companies related to the Iraqi Oil for Food bribery scheme. Now the contract [...]
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Tagged with: allegations, bribery, improprieties, indian legislature, indian navy, iraqi oil, scandal, simulators
March 9, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
· Filed under Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
I made the mistake of watching Lou Dobbs on CNN this Saturday who had a rant about the KC-45 award to Northrop Grumman and EADS. The only guest he had on was the head of the machinist union from Boeing who was obviously not unbiased. He had no guest from DoD or Northrop [...]
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Tagged with: Boeing, cnn, dod budget, dod regulations, EADS, eighties, grumman, key performance parameters, lou dobbs, machinist union, McDonnell Douglas, northrop grumman, Northrop Grumman Corp., proposal rfp, rant, request for proposal, scandal, selection board, source selection, technical solution
