Defense Procurement News

In this case from Ohio, two workers for a sub-contractor used the US Government whistleblower law to inform their prime that their was issues with defrauding the government. See the Dayton Daily News for the story. The first court ruled that they couldn’t do this as it had to be reported to the government, not another contractor. On appeal this decision was overruled. Now it is heading for the Supreme Court. Previously the courts consistently have held that the report must be to the government, as they are the ones being defrauded. If the Supreme Court overturns precedent it will probably lead to more whistleblower type cases.

In what is, in my belief, an unfortunate part of the defense business, an Indiana Senator claims credit for pretty much getting a local company work. See this press release here from Senator Bayh about the recent contract award to Allison Transmission. This was previously reported at DefenseProcurementNews.com here.

Allison Transmission has won a $3.8 million DoD contract to improve the transmissions of the M1 tank. Under the contract, Allison will develop electronic controls to improve their performance. More details can be found here and here.