:

Business/Financial

Boeing Renews Protest Of GOES-R Contract Award To Rival Bidder Lockheed

DDN

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

SHARE:

Some $1.09 Billion At Stake In This Contract, More Billions Are Possible In Later Action The Boeing Co. [BA] renewed its protest of a NASA-NOAA contract award to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] for the GOES-R satellite program. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the government umpire on contract protests, took no action when Boeing protested the initial GOES-R award to Lockheed in December, to give NASA and NOAA time to reconsider the award. Those agencies did that, and then again announced…

Congress

Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]

Congress

‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default

The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]