- U.S. services to train jointly in Chesapeake Range
Complex.
A sprawling complex of military training ranges surrounding the Chesapeake region, in Maryland and Virginia, has enabled increased inter-service cooperation, not only for joint training, but also for cooperative research, development and testing activities. In 1995, the Atlantic Test Ranges component of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division of ......
- The big score.
Navy awards $698 million contract to woman-led TeamQualtec The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded the largest single Small Business Administration 8(a) contract ever to a team of defense contractors headed by an African American woman from Maryland. The $698 million, 10-year contract has been awarded to TeamQualtec, a ......
- Defense department. (Brass Tracks).
Air Force Maj. Gen. Arthur J. Lichte has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general with assignment as vice commander for U.S. Air Forces in Europe, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Lichte was director for plans and programs for the Air Mobility Command, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill....
- Brass tracks.
Government Navy Rear Adm. Charles T. Bush has been assigned as director of theater air and missile defense, program executive office, theater surface combatants. Navy Rear Adm. Robert E. Cowley is being assigned as deputy for acquisition and business management for the office of the assistant secretary of the navy ......
- WID selects new Board of Directors for
2004-2005.
Women In Defense recently installed its the 2004-2005 National Board of Directors. The directors include: President: Carolyn Becraft, president of Becraft Associates, previously served as assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs and deputy assistant secretary of defense for military and community support. Vice President: Jane Walter, ......
- Women In Defense opens chesapeake bay chapter. (NDIA
News).
Members of the newest chapter of Women In Defense, an affiliate of the National Defense Industrial Association, recently held a luncheon in Lexington Park, Md. Established in late 2002, the chapter serves more than 60 WID members in southern Maryland, concentrated near the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River. Cindy ......
- Defense contracts awarded.
The Defense Department awarded the following contracts worth $5 million or more to small businesses. ARMY Kidde Dual Spectrum of Goleta, CA, was awarded a $13,451,750 firm-fixed-price contract for an automatic fire extinguishing system for the M1114 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles with associated support. This was a sole source ......