Henley-Putnam University Sponsors Teleconference On “Transitioning From Federal Law Enforcement Into The Private Sector” On November 20, 2008 - Press Release
San Jose, California, November 13, 2008 – On Thursday, November 20th at 10 A.M. (PT), Henley-Putnam University will be sponsoring a teleconference on “Transitioning from Federal Law Enforcement into the Private Sector” given by Claude Markham, Former Federal Agent, AFOSI and Private Investigator.
The teleconference will include topics such as:
• Transitioning from the military (USAF OSI) to the private sector (as a private investigator)
• How the private investigation business compares to working as a federal agent
There will be a brief Question & Answer session following the teleconference
To reserve your space in the teleconference, please call 408 453 9900 ext. 9949
About the Presenter
Mr. Markham’s career has included both military and civilian service. Mr. Markham served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force from 1969-1975. In 1974, he received a BBA in Business from St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas and an MS in Finance from the University of Houston in 1980. From 1976 to 1982 he was a loan officer and worked his way up to the level of vice president of the Bank of the Southwest. From 1982 to 1987 Mr. Markham was an executive vice president at Central Bank in Houston, Texas. Mr. Markham also served in the U.S. Air Force reserves from 1991 to 2007. During his time in the reserves, he worked as a special agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). He was assigned to and received extensive training with the counterintelligence group for much of his time at AFOSI. His expertise includes criminal investigations, fraud investigations, technology protection, counter-intelligence, and dignitary protection. During his time at AFOSI, he served in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, among other locations. In 1996, Mr. Markham founded C.R. Markham and Associates, a private investigation firm that specializes in criminal and civil investigations, and manages this firm full-time today.
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KC-X haunts CSAR-X
Filed under: Agusta Westland, Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, GAO, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Proposal, Protest, Sikorsky, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, production program
With the decision to punt on the KC-45 recompete by the current administration there are some worries that this might affect the CSAR-X contract as well. Last word was that the announcement of who won the new GAO ordered competition would come sometime this Fall. Now some of the competitors; Sikorsky, Augusta Westland and Boeing; are concerned that perhaps this decision will delay the announcement of the winner. Boeing had won a contract only to have a protest upheld by GAO for the USAF not applying their criteria correctly.
See this short AP article for more.
Italian KC-767 tanker slips
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Italy, Military Aviation, U.S. Air Force, logistics, production program
Boeing will face financial penalties from Italy as delivery of their KC-767 tankers have slipped 36 months. Originally planned for a 2005 delivery the first won’t be ready until late 2008. Issues with the pod holding the drogue refueling system and also meeting some of the Italian specific requirements that are set higher then the FAA’s have caused the delays. This will not help with the Boeing bid on the USAF new tanker.
See Bloomberg.com for more.
Marines buy new transports
Filed under: Contract Awards, Hawker Beechcraft, Military Aviation, U.S. Marine Corps, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
The USMC awarded a contract to Hawker Beechcraft for 6 new transport aircraft. See a story here. These will replace older UC-12 aircraft also made by Hawker Beechcraft that have been in service for a few decades. These will most likely be used for personnel transport in more benign environments. The Army has been working to buy larger tactical transports through the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program but are struggling with the USAF on requirements and quantities.
DoD and USAF agree to recompete KC-45 contract
Filed under: Boeing, Department of Defense, EADS, GAO, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Proposal, Protest, U.S. Air Force, development program, logistics, production program
In light of the GAO report the USAF and DoD decided to recompete the new tanker contract. See an article here. This, like the CSAR-X, means that a whole new competition will be held. The Air Force will rewrite the RFP and Boeing and Northrop Grumman will resubmit proposals. Much of the work preparing these will be already done which will speed up the process for the bidders.
Air Force leadership canned
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 flew across the country with nukes on board without the crew’s knowledge. Other issues were the problems and favoritism related to Thunderbird contracts as discussed here. On top of the fairly recent scandal with Boeing and the tanker lease it is a dark day for the service.
Textron unit wins contract for test equipment
Filed under: AAI Corporation, Contract Awards, IT, Military Aviation, Textron, U.S. Air Force, production program
AAI Corporation, an unit of Textron, won a contract form the USAF to build Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Tester (JSECST) systems. See an article here. These will be used to test the electronic warfare equipment and avionics on various US aircraft. Since they are joint they will be used by USAF, Navy, USMC and Army aircraft. Even helicopters are starting to carry more sophisticated electronic and infra-red countermeasures as the threat has got more complicated. The contract is worth up to $67 M if all options are exercised. Sophisticated electronic systems require expensive test equipment to support their operations. The JSECST has been in production for several years and is used by the US and some allies.
GPS III contract award expected by the 16th
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Lockheed Martin, Satellites, U.S. Air Force, space
According to this article the Air Force is expected to award the GPS III contract this week following a successful DAB a few weeks ago. Boeing and Lockheed Martin are in the running, and some are inevitably expecting a protest by the loser. Lockheed Martin won most of the GPS II work and Boeing did some of the original satellites. One hopes that the USAF acquisition people have their ducks in a row on this one as there last two major awards have been protested, and one, CSAR-X, successfully.
Congress begins to debate KC-45 FY09 funding
Filed under: Boeing, Congress, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, Federal Budget Process, GAO, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics
As part of the beginning of the mark-up of the FY09 President’s budget by the various House and Senate committees Congress is beginning to debate the future of the KC-45. According to this article, Congressman Young from Florida has suggested that the US Air Force split award the tanker contract. This would mean half goes to EADS, the winner, and half to Boeing. While this may be a politically judicious solution it has many impracticable aspects. First the cost increase to the total program would be significant as there would now be two sources of parts and two training systems set-up for the different aircraft. Second the Air Force would have to revisit the whole concept of basing and deployment as you would now have a mix of larger and smaller aircraft. The basis for the whole program is a capability requirement that feeds from larger OSD requirements to support the actual warfight. The split might mean more then the current planned buy would be necessary - another cost increase. The DoD and USAF are taking a position of waiting for the GAO ruling in about 40 days before anything is decided. Congress would be advised to do the same.
V-22 money spread around
Filed under: Bell, Boeing, Contract Awards, Eaton, Military Aviation, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, production program
As part of the recent procurement of 167 V-22 Osprey’s by the USAF and USMC the Boeing led team will buy parts from Eaton. The expected revenue for this company from the contract could be over $300 M. See a story here. Eaton makes parts for the tilt rotor aircraft. This again illustrates the spillover effect from these large procurement contracts. Companies all over the world participate in the production of parts and services for the total systems. Gone are the days where one company does all of the work.
Nice idea that may prove hard to carry out
Filed under: Congress, Department of Defense, Federal Budget Process, development program, production program
According to this story DoD is going to try out an idea where acquisition programs are given a stable funding profile for several years. The idea is to see if the program will deliver quicker and cheaper if this is true. I assume by this they mean that the Services and OSD will be prevented from taking their money each year for higher priorities. This can be done in the outyears during the budget buildup. It can also be done in the execution year by reprogramming the money away. RDT&E programs can easily have problems executing their money due to program delays or engineering issues. This makes them prime targets to give up money for higher priorities every year. Read more
Democrats plan to interfere with KC-45
Filed under: Boeing, Congress, Contract Awards, EADS, Federal Budget Process, GAO, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics
In this story it is clear that the Democratic members of Congress will interfere with the KC-45 award, no matter what the GAO says. The House is moving to defund the program if the GAO opens up the contract. Mr. Murtha misspoke when he said that the GAO would overturn the award. They cannot do that, just direct, as with the CSAR-X award, that the source selection be reopened. It is also clear that members from states that Boeing is in will move to conduct an investigation no matter what that will delay the program. It is also interesting that they are now blaming John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, for throwing out the lease with Boeing. They weren’t supporting Boeing when their executives and USAF acquisition people were going to jail over the deal. As previously reported any attempt by Congress to muddle up the deal purely on political and nativist grounds will only make it difficult in the future to get competition on other contracts.
Looks like Australia will go with the JSF
Filed under: Australia, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Military Aviation, development program
Australia had being going back and forth on wanting the F-22 instead of the JSF. China, I am sure, has a lot to do with this. According to this story, the decision has been made to go with the F-35. America has a law preventing the export of the F-22, but Australia had asked for it anyway. There was some desire from the USAF to sell it, as every FMS sale lowers the price and the Air Force would like some more. The only way that is going to happen is to get it cheaper. So it will have to be seen if any sales overseas are made. Certainly Australia and the UK would be the prime customers for the F-22.
OSD expresses concern over protests
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, Federal Budget Process, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, development program, logistics
In this story Mr. Young, the Assistant Secretary of Defense of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics expresses concern over the recent amount of protests with large systems. Part of the story is letting Boeing know not to focus on the recent lost KC-45 award, but to look to future competitions. He also generally agreed with the recent GAO report that systems are over cost and behind schedule, but that is to be expected. Read more
Boeing claims USAF cost estimates for KC-45 favored EADS
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, development program, logistics
As part of the source selection for any program the Government does an Independent Cost Estimate (ICE) for the various proposals. If it is for an ACAT ID program the OSD Cost Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG) does it, and if it is ACAT IC then the service’s cost people do it. Boeing is claiming that the ICE for their aircraft was flawed and that the USAF deliberately favored the Northrop Grumman proposal. See the story here. Having been involved in the process of generating these estimates I find it hard to believe that the independent cost analysts would deliberately do this. Read more
JSF costs levelling
Filed under: Federal Budget Process, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, development program
On Monday the Pentagon released the annual Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) this is a formalized report that goes to Congress that details the performance of Acquisition Category (ACAT) ID and IC programs. Congress and OSD can also add programs to the list that don’t meet the ACAT I categories. See the press release here. In a related move the USAF and Lockheed Martin released an audit of the JSF program that shows that cost growth is leveling off. See that story here. Read more
