Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with multiple winners, such as the Defense Logistics Agency’s Tailored Logistics Support Program and the Navy’s Sea Port-Enhanced, can ensure competition based on both quality…
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Keep the Process Natural: Forced Competitions Don’t Fit Defense Market
February 24, 2013 • In the News • Original: Defense News
The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built
February 14, 2013 • In the News • Original: TIME
If sequestration happens March 1, F-35 officials have made it clear they will be forced to slow production and delay flight tests. Both steps will make each plane that is…
Mac Thornberry: Congress Must Empower Special Operations
February 13, 2013 • In the News • Original: AOL Defense
Special ops are critical to this strategy both to kill terrorists today (direct action) and to train friendly forces to kill terrorists by themselves tomorrow (the indirect approach). The model…
Budget Crisis May Portend Smaller Navy Carrier Fleet
February 13, 2013 • In the News • Original: National Defense Magazine
A potential funding shortage of $8.6 billion over the remainder of this fiscal year has prompted Navy leaders to call off the deployment of one aircraft carrier and delay the…
Military Health Care Endangered by Cuts, Pentagon Says
February 12, 2013 • In the News • Original: Bloomberg
The Pentagon “might not have enough funds” to pay for its health-care system under automatic spending cuts set to take effect March 1, according to Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter/…/…