Posts Tagged ‘sept’

University of Florida Holds First Brain-Powered Drone Race

An announcer shouts “Three, two, one, go!” and several drones take off, whizzing around a Florida gymnasium and racing towards the finish line. The sport of drone racing has been taking off in recent years, with new leagues and competitions popping up around the world, but this race is different: the drones […]

Prison Debate Team Who Beat Harvard, Wins Again, This Time Against West Point Military Academy

The Bard Prison Initiative debate team who famously defeated Harvard College students last October put another notch in their belt. This time, in poetic fashion, the prison inmates bested students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Members of the Bard team, all inmates at a maximum security prison, are enrolled in […]

Off Label Warning for Law Firm of Covington and Burling—Hazardous to Your Health!

Janet Phelan (NEO) : Much has been written about the revolving door between government service and the Washington, DC law firm of Covington and Burling. The recent return of former Attorney General Eric Holder to his previous position at Covington has sparked accusations and outrage among pundits. Much of the focus of this outrage has been […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 30, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY City Light and Power, Inc., Long Beach, Calif.* was awarded contract SP0600-11-C-8275The award is a fixed price with prospective price redetermination contract for a maximum $492,866,723 for the assumption of ownership, operation and maintenance of electric distribution utility system and shall furnish labor, management, […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 29, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   ARMY The Ross Group Construction Corp., Tulsa, Okla. (W912HN-11-D-0034); Absher Construction Co., Puyallup, Wash. (W912HN-11-D-0032); Garco Construction, Inc., Spokane, Wash. (W912HN-11-D-0031); and SP – Mason Hanger, J.V., Houston, Texas (W912HN-11-D-0033), were awarded a $499,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the construction of tactical […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 28, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   AIR FORCE The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a $394,186,883 contract modification to exercise option year three for systems engineering and integration support for Air Force ceiling programs and Air Force non-ceiling programs for fiscal 2012. Support level is estimated at 892 staff years for […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 27, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   AIR FORCE The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $469,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification for a foreign military sales requirement for the Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership Program. This action incorporates support of the IAF aircraft into the “virtual […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 22, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   NAVY Kellogg Brown Root Services, Inc., Houston, Texas (N62742-11-D-3511); IAP-ECC, L.L.C., Cape Canaveral, Fla. (N62742-11-D-3512); Global Response Services, L.L.C., Fort Worth, Texas (N62742-11-D-3513); and Pacific Contingency Services, L.L.C., Fort Worth, Texas (N62742-11-D-3514), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for the purchase of short-term facility […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 21, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY     City Light Power*, Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a fixed-price with prospective price redetermination contract for a maximum $180,501,821 for ownership, operation and maintenance of the electric distribution system at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Another location of performance is Travis Air Force Base, […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 20, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   NAVY Hensel Phelps Granite Hangar, J.V., Irvine, Calif., is being awarded a $97,222,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of an MV-22 aircraft parking apron/taxiway expansion; an Aircraft Maintenance Hangar 4 addition; and Aircraft Maintenance Hangar 7 construction at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The work […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 19, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   ARMY Compton Construction, Bumpus Mills, Tenn. (W9126G-11-D-0064); Au Authum Ki, Chandler, Ariz. (W9126G-11-D-0063); Small Business Group, Inc., Summerville, S.C. (W9126G-11-D-0062); and GSC Construction, Augusta, Ga. (W9126G-11-D-0061), were awarded a $263,000,000 firm-fixed-price multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the construction of warehouses in states west of the […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 16, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   NAVY Alutiiq 3SG, L.L.C., Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a $289,851,239 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for the global business support. This award is part of a previously announced multiple contract award for the global business support effort. The estimated dollar value for this program, including the […]

March on Ottawa for 9/11 Truth 2011 – Sept 17th, 2011

  9/11 Blogger September 16, 2011 We have booked Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept 17th,2011. We will continue the momentum from the Toronto Hearings and converge on Parliament to demand a new investigation into the events of 9/11. We have collected over 1200 signatures from Canadians wanting a new investigation into the events of […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 14, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   ARMY The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $60,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to improve reliability, maintainability, and sustainability of the AH-64 aircraft. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 13, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   AIR FORCE Lockheed Martin Corp., King of Prussia, Pa., is being awarded a $791,000,000 maximum firm-price-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable contract to provide a set of over 70 reusable, common services to Air Force combat support automated information systems based on integration of commercial-off-the-shelf, free and open source […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 12, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   NAVY Grace Pacific Corp., Honolulu, Hawaii (N62478-11-D-4036); Jas W. Glover, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii (N62478-11-D-4037); Road and Highway Builders, L.L.C., Sparks, Nev. (N62478-11-D-4038); and Road Builders Corp.*, Honolulu, Hawaii (N62478-11-D-4039), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for paving and airfield paving projects located primarily within the Naval […]

Australians remember Sept 11 attacks

AAP On the bleakest of Canberra days they came to remember the horror of September 11 a decade ago in New York, but there was a steely resolve to continue to fight the ever-present threat of terrorism. As rain fell softly and a cutting breeze whipped through the crowd, US ambassador Jeffery Bleich was joined […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 08, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz.,under the HQ0006-10-C-0005 contract, P00017. The total value of this award is $48,014,215, increasing the total contract value from $286,518,085 to $334,532,300. Under this modification, the […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept. 06, 2011

  DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY SupplyCore, Inc.*, Rockford, Ill., was issued a nine-month bridge contract on the current contract SPM500-11-D-BP04/P00026. Award is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $45,000,000 for maintenance, repair, and operations supplies, and related services for the U.S. Central Command region. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept 02, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   AIR FORCE Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $49,853,499 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery requirements contract to identify emerging sensor capabilities, and assess new or innovative sensor concepts that could be utilized to satisfy emerging or existing requirements; utilize analyses, trade studies, and simulations to […]

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Sept 01, 2011

Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards   AIR FORCE ïBoeing Satellite Systems, Inc. of El Segundo, Calif. is being awarded a $1,099,800,000 firm fixed price contract modification to allow production of Satellite Vehicle 7 as well as advance procurement for Satellite Vehicle 8 and option to produce, process, and launch and activate on-orbit Satellite […]

Obama invokes Sept 11 attacks in call for service

  Reuters Aug 27, 2011 President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to recall the spirit that united the country after the September 11 attacks and take part in a national day of service to mark the anniversary next month. In remarks acknowledging the “great challenges” that confront the U.S. economy, and could hurt his […]

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