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General Dynamics wins $48M Navy contract for mine detectors
The Navy calls the project the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle.
Tags: DoD Report , Navy , In Depth , contracting , acquisition , General Dynamics
Navy picks GenDyn for undersea mine detector contract
The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded General Dynamics a $48 million dollar contract to develop a new, underwater mine detector.
Tags: DoD , Federal Drive , Naval Surface Warfare Center , General Dynamics , industry , contracting , acquisition
Wartime Contracting Commission shutters this week
The congressionally-chartered commission will shut down at the close of business on Friday after three years, 25 hearings, and eight reports to Congress.
Tags: Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afgh , contracting , acquisition , In Depth , DoD Report
Commission on Wartime Contracting disbanding
The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan is going dark.The Congressionally-chartered commission will shut down at the close of business Friday after three years, 25 hearings and eight reports to Congress.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive , Commission on Wartime Contracting , contracting , acquisition , Christopher Shays
What are government's biggest cybersecurity challenges?
Host Roger Waldron will talk cybersecurity with John Hillen, president and chief executive officer of Sotera Defense Solutions.
September 27, 2011(Encore presentation October 25, 2011)
Tags: contracting , acquisition , cybersecurity , john hillen , sotera defense solutions , information technology , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
CGI Federal appoints new president for U.S. operations
George Schindler, currently president of CGI Federal, will be president of U.S. operations, effective Oct. 1, and Donna Ryan will replace Schindler as president, subject to the approval of the Defense Security Service (DSS).
Tags: george schindler , donna ryan , Donna Morea , CGI Federal , people , contracting , industry , acquisition
Office of Naval Research takes new approach on OCI
Mark Bennington, the executive director for acquisition management at the Navy research unit joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss his department's approach to the thorny issues involved in OCIs.
Tags: OCI , Office of Naval Research , mark bennington , contracting , Federal Drive , acquisition , acquisition policy
Fostering better communication between government and industry
Former "e-gov Czar" Mark Forman joins host Mark Amtower on today's program.
September 26, 2011
Tags: acquisition , contracting , Mark Forman , Government Transaction Services , OMB , FASA , Clinger-Cohen Act , ACT-IAC , Tech America , AFFIRM , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center
US awards contract for Guantanamo intrustion-detection system
The U.S. is beefing up security at the Guantanamo war crimes court as it prepares for another round of tribunals.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Guantanamo Bay , advantor systems , contracting , acquisition
Bill aims to close small biz contract loopholes
The proposal by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) would establish no more than 20 industries as categories and size standards based on the current Economic Census.
Tags: Claire McCaskill , Senate , SBA , contracting , acquisition , In Depth
