BRAC money flows to Huntsville

July 24, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: BL Harbert International, BRAC, Congress, Contract Awards, Federal Budget Process, U.S. Army, logistics 

B.L. Harbert International won the contract to build two new building complexes at Redstone Arsenal (RSA) as part of the last round of BRAC moves. See a press release here. BRAC was good to RSA as it moved the headquarters of the US Army Material Command (AMC) and the US Army Security Assistance Command (USACA) to the base. AMC is responsible for buying, fielding and supporting most of the Army’s material. USACA helps transfer US weapons to foreign countries. The $100 M plus contract will build the necessary buildings to house the commands.

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BRAC moves cause BAE to plan expansion in Michigan

May 29, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: BAE Systems, BRAC, Federal Budget Process, Michigan, development program, production program 

This article describes how BAE plans to expand its facilities and hire more workers at its Land & Armaments group. Under the most recent BRAC the Army will move its unmanned vehicles program offices to Warren, MI from Huntsville, AL. This leads BAE to believe that work will be coming with them. The state of Michigan has also assisted BAE by providing tax credits and training funds for the expansion. The Michigan economy has taken many recent hits with the decline of the US auto industry.

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AMCOM worries about local workforce

May 21, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Alabama, BRAC, Federal Budget Process, MDA, Military Aviation, Restructuring, U.S. Army, development program, missile defense, production program 

According to this article the Commanding General of the Army’s Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) is worried about the potential supply of workers in the Huntsville, AL area in the future. The last round of BRAC moved two major commands to the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. Many of the people working there will not move for a variety of reasons. Major General Myles is concerned that the vacancies will suck people out of the existing Aviation and Missile commands to work at the Army Material Command and Missile Defense Agency. On top of that it is predicted for every government job moved at least one contractor job will be created. These workers have to come from somewhere and MG Myles hopes that local government, industry and higher education will train them without relying on subsidies from the Army. As in the past people will move to Huntsville, like your humble correspondent, to get these jobs, but that may not be enough.

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Clark County, OH looks to Air Force to grow economy

May 6, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Alabama, BRAC, Federal Budget Process, Military Aviation, SETA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, development program, logistics, production program 

This article describes the effect that Wright Patterson Air Force Base has on the local economy. As more contracts are placed for SETA support and R&D programs they spill over into the regular community. The area has certainly relied on the AFB in the past to support it, and looks forward to continuing to grow its economy based on the base’s activity. Read more

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BRAC process continues

April 6, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Archer Western Contractors, BRAC, Contract Awards, production program 

This article describes the start of construction of a new facility in Charlottesville, VA to handle a DoD group moving from DC. This is all part of the last round of BRAC. One of the key parts of that round was to consolidate like agencies and facilities near each other. Here an intelligence group is moving to be near another one. It also probably fulfills another goal which is to move people from leased facilities into government ones. Either way it adds a large construction contract and 1000 jobs to a rather nice part of VA.

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Fort Meade to expand due to BRAC

March 6, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: BRAC, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Federal Budget Process, Hensel-Phelps Construction, logistics 

The Army awarded a $370 M contract to build a facility at Fort Meade, MD to accommodate Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) employees moving from the Washington DC area due to the last round of BRAC. See an article here in The Capital. Hensel-Phelps Construction won the contract. Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is the process on how the DoD closes bases and moves their personnel around. The major decision of the last round was to move DoD and Service offices from leased space in the DC area onto military bases. Because of this large numbers of people will be moved to Fort Meade in MD and Fort Belvoir in VA.

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