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Deposition Transcript from Pinnacle Armor on Dragon Skin Forgeries
Portions of a deposition transcript from Pinnacle Armor interviewing employee’s of HP White ballistic test labs on the case involving the US Air Force, US National Institute of Justice and Pinnacle Armor’s debarment from contracts with the aforementioned agencies.
Full GAO Decision (Redacted) of the Boeing USAF Tanker Decision Protest
As explained below, we find that the agency’s selection of Northrop Grumman’s proposal as reflecting the best value to the government was undermined by a number of prejudicial errors that call into question the Air Force’s decision that Northrop Grumman’s proposal was technically acceptable and its judgment concerning the comparative technical advantages accorded Northrop Grumman’s proposal.
MEMO: Creation of the Director, Space and Intelligence Capabilities, Organization
Effective immediately, I am creating an organization reporting directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (USD(AT&L))that will perform and be accountable for all acquisition oversight and related matters concerning DoD Space and Intelligence programs.
Range, Persistence, Stealth and Networking: The Case for a Carrier-Based Unmanned Combat Air System
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Congress should take a direct interest in fostering the UCAS-D program and monitoring its progress. At a minimum, they should provide the funding necessary to keep the demonstration and technology maturation programs on track.
Our Office sustained Boeing’s protest on June 18, 2008. The 69-page decision was issued under a protective order, because the decision contains proprietary and source selection sensitive information. We have directed counsel for the parties to promptly identify information that cannot be publicly released so that we can expeditiously prepare and release, as soon as possible, a public version of the decision.
Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2008
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing comprehensive transformation from a mass army designed for protracted wars of attrition on its territory to one capable of fighting and winning shortduration, high intensity conflicts along its periphery against high-tech adversaries – an approach that China refers to as preparing for “local wars under conditions of informatization.”
