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Homeland Security

Coast Guard Selects Metal Shark and Safe Boats for RB-S Competition

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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

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The Coast Guard has down selected two small firms, Metal Shark Aluminum Boats and Safe Boats International, to compete to provide it with up to 470 Response Boat-Small (RB-S) craft. Under the two phase evaluation process, the first phase consisted of an evaluation of written proposals, which resulted in the selection of Metal Shark and Safe Boats. In the second phase, both firms have been awarded fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts requiring them to build at least one boat…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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Budget

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

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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 […]