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Business/Financial

GAO Denies Raytheon Protest Of Sole-Source Aegis Mod Contract To Lockheed Martin

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Dec. 22 denied Raytheon's [RTN] protests against several sole-source, non-competitive contracts that the Navy earmarked for Lockheed Martin [LMT] for modernization of Aegis weapon-control systems on Ticonderoga cruisers and Arleigh Burke Class destroyers. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems had requested that the Navy reverse course and hold competitive bidding on the work, with Raytheon challenging three of four Navy sole-source procurements that the Navy said it intended to give Lockheed. But the GAO denied the Raytheon…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

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Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

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Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

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