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Homeland Security

Corps of Engineers Awards $488M in Potential DHS Border Infrastructure

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

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The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded four construction firms separate indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts worth a potential $488 million combined for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tactical infrastructure projects in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the Southwest U.S. border. The four firms are Environmental Chemical Corp., Kiewit Texas Construction, Weston Solutions, and Kellogg Brown & Root [KBR].The award has a base year and four one-year options. Each firm will compete for task orders. The Corps of Engineers…

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. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]