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Alabama Aircraft Announces Win on KC-135 Litigation
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAII) announced today that its subsidiary, AAII - Birmingham has won its case filed on June 26, 2008 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against the United States Air Force and The Boeing Company which challenged the Air Force's selection of...
Tags: Air Force, aircraft, Boeing Co., Company, FINANCE, Manufacturing
Research articles 2008-10-01
CAREER PROGRESSIONS
Government Michael B. Donley (1) has been nominated to become the next U.S. Air Force secretary, while Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, has been appointed as the U.S. Air Force chief of staff. Carol A. Haave has been appointed as assistant secretary, International Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland security. Lt...
Tags: acquisition, Air Force, career, director, FINANCE, Investment, Telos Corp., Virginia
Research articles 2008-09-01
Letters
5th district race Rayburn has been tested in crucible of military life These are days that call for genuine and tested leadership; the type of leader who has been through the crucible of making tough, right decisions. Having served our nation in the military...
Tags: Air Force, CAREER, Colorado, Doug, FINANCE, leader, Leadership, Republican, spectator, Taxes
Research articles 2008-08-07
Kongsberg Receives First Orders for the Protector Remote Weapon Stations for the U.S. Air Force
WASHINGTON -- Last week, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS was awarded a $28.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army for deliveries of the PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station RWS. This is the first time that the Air Force has awarded Kongsberg a contract for weapon stations,...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Investment, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, U.S., U.S. Army
Research articles 2008-08-05
Safety expects bigger payoff
Air Force senior free safety Aaron Kirchoff describes himself as "an avid personal investor," and he spends his down time at the academy trading stocks online. He's done well. At the beginning of his junior year, Kirchoff received a $32,500 loan -- a handful of banks give them...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Games, Investment, job, stock
Research articles 2008-08-02
Senior A.F. acquisition official steps down
WASHINGTON AP -- A senior Air Force acquisition official resigned Monday, less than two months after the surprise ousting of the service's top military and civilian leaders. Kenneth E. Miller, who served as special assistant for Air Force acquisition under former Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, has stepped...
Tags: acquisition, Air Force, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 2008-07-29
Department of the Air Force Awards AMC West Housing Privatization Project to Balfour Beatty Communities
AMC West Project Comprises Three Air Force Bases and 2,435 End-State Housing Units; Represents Company's 14th Military Housing Privatization Project NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Balfour Beatty Communities formerly GMH Military Housing announced today it has finalized agreements with the Department of the Air Force to be the private sector...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Georgia, Investment
Research articles 2008-07-24
FLIR Systems Announces Orders of $9.2 Million for Systems to Be Provided to the U.S. Air Force
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has received two orders totaling $9.2 million for its SeeSpot® III+ high-performance thermal imagers. The units delivered under these orders will be provided to the U.S. Air Force to support its surveillance and observation missions. Work on these orders will...
Tags: Air Force, Company, FINANCE, imaging, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-07-08
Don't keep audits secret
It wasn't on the scale of losing M-16 assault rifles or accidentally arming a B-52 bomber with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, but the news that Hill Air Force Base lost control of its mass-transit and van-pool system still is disturbing. Perhaps most troubling is the fact that an...
Tags: Air Force, audit, FINANCE
Research articles 2008-07-08
A persistent presence: Pacific Air Forces: 100 million square miles of nonstop responsibility
It would take a C-17 Globemaster III more than 60 hours of nonstop flying to skirt the edges of Pacific Air Forces' area of responsibility. It's an area that includes 16 time zones and 43 countries in 100 million square miles. It encompasses the smoggy shores of Los Angeles...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Hawaii, Manufacturing, Pacific, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-07-01
General officer announcements; Department of Defense news release
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Air Force Col. Christopher C. Bogdan has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Bogdan is currently serving as the senior military assistant, deputy under secretary of defense (acquisition and...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Hanson, Investment, SOFTWARE, Thompson, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2008-07-01
General Hoffman to lead Air Force Materiel Command; Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Department of Defense officials announced April 18 that Lt. Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, currently the military deputy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at the Pentagon, will become the sixth commander of Air Force Materiel Command. ...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 2008-07-01
General office announcements; Department of Defense news release
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Air Force Lt. Gen. William M. Fraser III has been nominated for appointment to the grade of general with assignment as commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, III. Fraser is...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Investment, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2008-07-01
McCain’s Boeing Battle Boomerangs
One of John McCain’s most celebrated achievements in recent years was his crusade to block a Pentagon contract with Boeing for a new fleet of midair refueling tankers. Incensed over what he denounced as a taxpayer “rip-off,” McCain launched a Senate probe that uncovered cozy relations between top Air Force...
Tags: Air Force, Boeing Co., FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 2008-06-30
A.F. colonel gets 9 years in prison
WICHITA FALLS, Texas AP -- An Air Force colonel was sentenced to nine years in prison Thursday and kicked out of the military for assaulting a woman, misusing his government travel card and other crimes at Sheppard Air Force Base. Col. Samuel Lofton III faced 140 years in...
Tags: Air Force, attorney, FINANCE, Government, prosecutor, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-06-27
Alabama Aircraft Industries Files Lawsuit Challenging Air Force's KC-135 Contract Award to Boeing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. AAII announced today that it will be filing a lawsuit in the United States Court of Federal Claims challenging the United States Air Force's selection of Boeing for a $1.1 billion contract to maintain the fleet of KC-135 refueling tankers. On December 27,...
Tags: Air Force, Boeing Co., Company, FINANCE, Government Accountability Office, lawsuit, Manufacturing
Research articles 2008-06-26
Company Watch - Airbus
Jun 23, 2008 European jetmaker Airbus said German airlines will require about 900 new planes by 2026, and a senior manager noted that Germany will remain a key market for the company. Jun 17, 2008 Airbus parent EADS Shares Fall After US Tanker Setback. Shares of EADS fell...
Tags: Air Force, Airbus S.A.S., FINANCE, Investment, Northrop Grumman Corp.
Research articles 2008-06-23
Sports briefs
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. AP -- The Air Force Academy agreed to a five-year contract with basketball coach Jeff Reynolds that would keep him at the school through the 2012-13 season. Air Force athletic director Hans Mueh said Wednesday that details of the contract are still being worked...
Tags: Air Force, Associated Press, attorney, Copiers, FINANCE, Litigation, settlement, Taxes
Research articles 2008-06-19
US watchdog upholds Boeing protest over tanker contract
WASHINGTON AFP — A congressional audit Wednesday backed Boeing's protest over a huge aerial refueling tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman, and recommended the Air Force review the deal. The decision could wrest the 35-billion-dollar contract from Northrop and its European partner EADS in a battle fraught with protectionist...
Tags: Air Force, Boeing Co., FINANCE, Northrop Grumman Corp.
Research articles 2008-06-18
Alabama Aircraft Industries Announces Protest Decision
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. AAII (NASDAQ: AAII) learned today that the U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO denied a protest filed by the company on March 11, 2008. In its protest, AAII was challenging the selection of Boeing over AAII for a billion dollar contract to maintain the...
Tags: Air Force, Boeing Co., Company, FINANCE, General Accounting Office, Manufacturing, protest
Research articles 2008-06-13
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