:

Air Force

Hill Northrop-EADS Backers: Draft Tanker RFP ‘Fundamentally Flawed’

DDN

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

SHARE:

By Emelie Rutherford Alabama's congressional delegation is charging the solicitation for the Air Force's tanker competition is rife with flaws and does not spell out an appropriate "best value" competition. Pentagon officials briefed lawmakers last month on the draft request for proposals (RFP) for the contract for replacement aerial-refueling tankers, over which Boeing [BA] and a Northrop Grumman [NOC]-European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) team are competing. If Northrop-EADS wins the long- delayed contract, it would create jobs in Alabama. The…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]