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Pentagon Says Risk Aversion Impedes Hypersonics Development

Pentagon Says Risk Aversion Impedes Hypersonics Development

Speeding ahead with the development of hypersonic weapons, both offensive and defensive, will require the Defense Department to look back to the 1960s — a time when it was far less risk-averse than it is now, the department’s director of defense research and engineering for modernization said.

“W…

First NATO Tanker Aircraft Arrives at Dutch Home Base

First NATO Tanker Aircraft Arrives at Dutch Home Base

LUXEMBOURG — On 30 June 2020, the first Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) aircraft arrived at the Main Operating Base located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The ferry flight was successfully completed from Getafe (Madrid), marking a significant milestone for the programme.

The MMF is managed by th…

GE Wins First Order for F-15EX Lot One Engines

GE Wins First Order for F-15EX Lot One Engines

General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded $101,345,500 for an undefinitized contract action under a new firm-fixed-price contract for F-15EX Lot One engine production.

This action provides for the purchase and delivery of F110-GE-129 engines, including installs and spares and mode…

Sikorsky Wins $107M for CH-53K Support

Sikorsky Wins $107M for CH-53K Support

Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $106,973,015 modification (P00041) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-16-C-0048.

This modification is for the low rate initial production of organic capability pilot repair material, tech…

Lockheed Wins $226M for MLRS Launchers

Lockheed Wins $226M for MLRS Launchers

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $226,254,087 modification (P00006) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0077 for a 44 M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems.

Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; New Boston, Texas; and Camden, Arkansas, with an estimate…

How to Restore Competition, Fair Pricing to Government Contracting

How to Restore Competition, Fair Pricing to Government Contracting

WASHINGTON, D.C.⁠ — The American Economic Liberties Project today released “Caveat Emptor: Reversing the Anti-Competitive and Over-Pricing Policies That Plague Government Contracting,” a new report detailing how the government contracting process has been transformed to the almost exclusive benefi…
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