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The U.S. Department of Energy awarded some grants from the "stimulus" bill to further research into more green and fuel efficient vehicles. Some...Kongsberg To Build More CROWS
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Additions, Contract Awards, Countries, Department of Defense, Events, Konsberg, Norway, Pennsylvia, Services, States, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, production program
The U.S. Department of Defense added to a contract previously won by Kongsberg of Norway for Crew Remote Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS). The value of this addition is over $800 million. The add to the existing contract will purchase a further 3,849 CROWS bringing the total to over 10,000.
The contract will be done over five years at Kongsberg Pennsylvania facility. CROWS allows weapons to be operated by a gunner sitting in the vehicle rather then up in the turret. This provides maximum protection to them in combat. CROWS are installed on HUMVEES as well as MRAP vehicles and are used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
TRICARE Contract Awards To Be Reviewed And Possibly Recompeted
The U.S. Department of Defense earlier this year awarded new contracts to manage their TRICARE health insurance program. Two of these awards were...Second TRICARE Protest Sustained For Health Net Raises Issues With Whole Process
A second of the three protests for the TRICARE management contracts awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense earlier this year was sustained....Buying Some Meals Ready To Eat For The Troops
Filed under: AmericaQual Group LLC, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, DLA, Department of Defense, Events, Services, afghanistan, logistics, production program
The U.S. Department of Defense placed an order worth over $170 million with AmericaQual Group LLC for the standardized, packaged Meals Ready to Eat (MRE). These are used by all parts of the U.S. military and also include humanitarian ration versions. The MRE has been produced for the U.S. military for over thirty years and is considered a vast improvement over more traditional rations used by soldiers through the ages. This was an option on a contract previously awarded and is good for the next year.
The MRE is a self contained kit with an entree and other food and drinks. It includes self heating food as well. One MRE is supposed to fee one person and they come packaged in cases of twenty-four normally. With the large numbers of U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan over the last eight years the demand for MRE has been high. Especially with many of the soldiers deployed in smaller units at bases scattered across the two countries there normally cannot be fixed housekeeping services like kitchens, canteens or restaurants as there are on bigger U.S. bases.
Logistical Costs Burden Operations In Afghanistan
Filed under: Business Line, Congress, Countries, DLA, Department of Defense, Events, Federal Budget Process, Services, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, logistics
Wars are expensive there is no doubt. As part of the planning for adding troops to Afghanistan the U.S. Department of Defense was asked why it costs about a $1 billion a year for a 1,000 soldiers to operate there. One of the main expenses it turns out is fuel. To get one gallon of JP8 to a soldier or airman who needs it costs about $400 if all related costs are taken into account. This figure alone is giving Congress second thoughts.
That is because the gas is shipped to Pakistan and then trucked to Afghanistan. To get it to the various outposts and bases sometimes requires aircraft and helicopters. For a helicopter to carry a gallon of gas probably takes a few gallons of gas and at a high maintenance rate. There is also the cost of all the personnel and contractors to handle the gas and supplies.
This should not really surprise anyone. In John Ellis’ book about World War II soldiers, On The Front Lines, he estimated it took about eleven personnel to support one front line soldier in the Pacific and almost ten in the European. That counted everyone who touched a ton of supplies as it moved from the U.S. to the actual soldier. That cost alone was fairly high. Take into account the gas used to move it and the maintenance of the ships, trucks and aircraft and the costs go up even more. Afghanistan is remote and costs even more.
U.S. Department of Defense Invests In Prostrate Cancer Treatment
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The U.S. Department of Defense/Prostrate Cancer Research Program (DoD/PCRP) gave a grant of just over $1.5 million dollars to SRI International to support pre-clinical studies of the non-profit organization’s agents that might be able to develop into drugs to treat prostate cancer. This grant follows an earlier one that had led to some positive results utilizing plant products.
The U.S. defense budget contains a great deal of novel R&D efforts and a lot of funding. Congress has used it to fund breast and other cancer and disease prevention and treatment research. Obviously the military has a great deal invested in their human capital and medical treatment and this funding helps in those areas. SRI International is a spin-off of Stanford University specializing in sponsored research for government, businesses and foundations.
Pentagon eyes ultra-long-range blimp
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense said it plans to deploy an ultra-long-endurance unmanned surveillance airship to Afghanistan by 2011.
EF Johnson picked for secure technology
IRVING, Texas, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense tasked communications company EF Johnson Technologies Inc. with providing maritime wireless solutions for counter-terrorism.
Radiological work granted at Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a contract for radiological hygiene services to the remediation subsidiary of Homeland Security Capital Corp.
U.S. Military Buys Helium
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The U.S. Department of Defense contracted with Global Gases Group to provide bulk helium for use by its military. The gas will be used to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Global Gases Group relies on Matheson Tri-Gas to provide the helium that ins then processed at various factories across the globe to support industrial use. Helium is used for welding as well as the more traditional use of lighter-then-air gas as well as diving operations.
The United States and Algeria produce most of the world’s supply of the gas. In fact up to 1996 the U.S. government controlled the supply from their production and used civil firms to process it. In that year Congress began liquidating the U.S. owned reserves and now the gas is produced and sold commercially. This contract continues to illustrate that the U.S. military buys everything and anything in support of its troops and operations.
U.S. Department of Defense Awards Keres Consulting Contract for Environmental Mitigation Support
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The U.S. Department of Defense has a very strict environmental management program through all facets of its activities. This includes facility maintenance, training activities and systems procurement. As part of this the Department has a program to mitigate the effects of its activities on Native American owned lands. This Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program is managed by the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment).
DoD awarded Keres Consulting a contract worth $3.5 million to provide support to this effort. A Native American owned company from New Mexico the company is ideally suited for this type of work. Keres main role will be to perform outreach to groups affected by these activities as well as collecting information and making recommendations. The contract is for two years.
MRAP-ATV Fallout Leads To Navistar Layoffs
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Oshkosh won the MRAP-ATV contract for a new vehicle for use in Afghanistan. One of the losing bidders was Navistar who had sold several thousand MRAP vehicles for use in Iraq to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Now with the fact that they did not win the contract to build the new vehicles for use in Afghanistan the company has announced layoffs at their Mississippi plant. This illustrates one of the problems with defense contracting. If you don’t continue to win contracts to provide systems or services you will eventually wither. Defense acquisition is normally for a certain number of units or for a period of time that will end. Companies win or lose contracts and that leads to contractions or expansions in work forces.
Uncertainty About The Defense Budget In Ohio
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Dayton and Columbus, Ohio are near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB). This is the location of the U.S. Air Force’s Material Command (AFMC) which oversees all acquisition for that service. As such a large number of contractors small and large have work and facilities there as they provide support to AFMC and the various research labs at WPAFB.
Two recent articles from Dayton’s media reflect the concerns people have about Obama’s future defense plans.
First WHIO reports that MacAulay-Brown, Inc. a local company has won two more contracts and may grow so much it will no longer be considered a small business by the U.S. Department of Defense. There are benefits in being in that category when it comes to bidding on contracts but a larger company is capable of winning bigger contracts with more value and work.
Second is the Dayton Daily News which writes that many companies are concerned with the plans to reduce contractor work forces and add government employees. Nobody is usre how that will work and if the jobs will go away in Dayton and be added somewhere else. Will all the current contractors involved in acquisition the prime work at WPAFB just be absorbed into the government or lose their jobs?
This kind of situation will be faced in communities across the U.S. large and small as the policy is implemented. The direct economic effect of all this could be highly negative if contractors are replaced by government people in D.C. or another state. It might not as the contract work force may just transition to civil service. The key economic affect of these jobs is the good salaries and the spending they generate. If those go away due to program cuts or workforce restructuring the effect on a community can be devastating. Look at what Owego, NY is now facing due to the end of the VH-71 program. This could be mirrored across the country in the months to come.
Contracts Continue for BearingPoint
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Despite its recent bankruptcy filing BearingPoint continues to win contracts providing technical and management support to the U.S. Department of Defense. WashingtonTechnology.com writes that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) just gave them a small contract to provide acquisition management and support. The contract is worth about $3.5 million. BearingPoint has supported DLA in this area since 2002. DLA has been satisfied with the work that BearingPoint has done.
DoD Invests in New Cyber Security Test Range
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Lockheed Martin won a $5 million plus contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to help develop the National Cyber Range. The Orlando Sentinel reports that this new “virtual” range will be used to test computer systems and software for security issues. Lockheed was one of seven companies that will collaborate on the range. Obviously as the military invests in more-and-more complicated software, IT systems and computer tools the threat of Denial of Service, hacking and stealing information increases. This range will support efforts to counter those threats.
U.S. Buys More HUMVEES
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The U.S. Department of Defense executed an option to buy 1,700 more HUMVEE vehicles as part of an existing contract with AM General. WNDU.com reports the award is worth over $250 million. The U.S. military will soon be moving to replace the HUMVEE with the JLTV vehicle, but there is still requirements for thousands of these vehicles. Iraq and Afghanistan have been especially harsh on the modern jeep and versions with more and better weapons and armor have been developed.
Defense Photonics Group, Inc. Awarded Two U.S. Department of Defense Contracts
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Saab Delivers Camouflage Net Systems to the U.S. Department of Defense
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Trace Systems Awarded BPA for Southwest Asia Communications Requirements
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Trace Systems Awarded Army JNCC-A Information Assurance Contract
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EDS, an HP Company, Enhances Health Care IT Systems for U.S. Department of Defense
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Solazyme Signs U.S. Department of Defense Contract to Develop Navy Fuels from Algae
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Solazyme Wins Navy Contract to Provide World’s First 100% Algal Based Jet Fuel
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DynCorp International Selected for New AFRICAP Contract
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