Well, this will be interesting. Stand by for some alphabet soup. First, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) says Boeing needs to reimburse $72 million it has already received. Next, DCAA says the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA, not to be confused with DCAA) should notify the joint Boeing-Lockheed Martin venture called the United Launch [...]
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Boeing, United Launch Alliance, and DoD To Grapple Over $271 Million
Posted: August 3, 2010 in Boeing, DCAA, DCMA, Defense Industry, Delta IV, EELV, Government and Industry...Together!, Lockheed Martin, Space Launch, ULA, United Launch Alliance0
Return-To-Moon Not Quite Dead Yet
Posted: June 14, 2010 in Alliant Techsystems Inc, ATK, Boeing, Contract Termination, Funding, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Manned Spaceflight, NASA, NASA, SpaceXNASA’s prior work to return Americans to the moon isn’t dead yet, but we may want to get a priest. The big remaining issue will be about funding for contract termination, which I predict will be paid for by NASA. And that’s not a very bold prediction. Termination costs are why no contractor in their [...]
You’re Once, Twice, Three Times A Tanker
Posted: June 3, 2010 in Acquisition, Boeing, EADS, Procurement Integrity, Tanker NextTags: Acquisition
Round one (aka tanker lease): epic fail based on USAF/Boeing procurement integrity problems. Round two: Boeing competes against Northrup Grumman/EADS team. Boeing loses. Boeing protests. Protest upheld. Round three: the procurement process, to say nothing of future air-refueling capabilities, hangs in the balance. After all this, Boeing is almost certain to win the $50 billion [...]
