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Air Force

DoD Implements Rule on Limiting Fixed Price LRIP Contracts

Frank Wolfe

Monday, May 20th, 2024

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DoD Implements Rule on Limiting Fixed Price LRIP Contracts

One of the Aerospace Industries Association's (AIA) 22 bullet point priorities for the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill is to limit contracting officers in buying "not more than one lot of low-rate initial production (LRIP) end items using fixed price options" through an amendment to Title 10, Section 3322. That suggestion to congressional defense authorizers is one of five under the AIA heading, "Streamline the Acquisition Process." On April 25, DoD implemented a final rule to enact Section 808 of…

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]