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
Gates Wants $100 Billion: Why Now?
Posted: August 3, 2010 in Cost Cutting, Cost Savings, Defense Funding, Defense Industry, DoD, Gates, OSD, Robert GatesThe cost-savings and overhead reduction initiative Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is pushing has industry listening, and it only makes sense. Does the Secretary see his legacy in play? Perhaps. After a decade of record-high defense spending, a spending downturn is all but inevitable, barring an impending war with Iran or having to back up [...]
Massive Excess In Space-Industrial Capacity
Posted: July 20, 2010 in Aerojet, ATK, Defense Industry, Excess Capacity, Government and Industry...Together!, Solid Rocket Motors, SolidsHow do you ‘right size’ the solid rocket motor industry, which has some facilities operating at 10 percent of capacity? Consolidate and close up to 90 percent of capacity it would appear. The excess capacity regarding solids likely also reflects space in general and space launch in particular.
Defense Industry Braces For Cuts
Posted: June 14, 2010 in Air Force, Airbus, Defense Cuts, Defense Industry, Excess Capacity, Government and Industry...Together!, Manufacturing, Stimulus, Tanker Buy, U.S. Air Force, USAFSomebody got some ‘splainin’ to do. The WSJ reports $100 billion in defense cuts–about 90 percent in the years beyond FY12 for the purpose of getting the budget under better control. Concurrently, $50 billion of current year non-defense spending is proposed. Is it me? Regarding the proposed cuts to the defense industry, a dilemma remains excess [...]
Regarding the defense industry, AT&L’s Ash Carter provides a totally on-target money quote (emphasis added): “At the end of the day we are totally dependent on that defense industry. The government doesn’t make our weapons, private industry makes our weapons.” The goal of acquisition is for the government to get what it needs, when it needs [...]
