MoD procurement under spotlight
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The Ministry of Defence is urged to improve relations with the defence industry in a report by a committee of MPs.
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All the gear, no idea The UK arms industry came in for a shoeing from the parliamentary defence committee yesterday, as MPs criticised continuing cost escalations in several major kit projects for the British forces. The soaring bills were seen as especially worrying in light of the fact that the services are struggling to recruit and retain personnel, a situation not helped by chronic low pay and benefits.â¦
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The federal government has long imposed unique ethical responsibilities on its contractors. Following the defense procurement scandals of the 1980s such as Operation Ill Wind, Congress considerably increased
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Valued at upward of $140 billion over the next five years, the growing U.S. homeland security market is luring a range of suppliers, including many defense firms hedging against a slowdown in war spending.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether the Army&#39;s handling of a large Iraq contract with the Halliburton Company violated procurement rules, according to lawyers for an
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Britain's 20 biggest military procurement projects ran 1.7 billion pounds (3.2 billion dollars, 2.5 billion euros) overbudget in 2003, the National Audit Office said.
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As gun prices soar in Iraq, army and police weapons from Iraqi state armories are, in turn, showing up on the black market.
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Nato chiefs are to meet again to decide who will supply extra troops and equipment for Afghanistan.
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The Royal Air Force's transport aircraft are struggling with the demands of global conflicts, MPs say.
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Contract with Department of Defense is part of homeland security boom.
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British military forces in Afghanistan are using up missiles, rockets and spare parts at a faster rate than expected, a newspaper has reported.
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The Pentagon&#39;s top weapons buyer Tuesday said he expected officials to decide soon whether to solicit new bids for a multibillion-dollar deal to begin replacing the Air Force&#39;s aging fleet of KC-135 refueling tankers.
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O2: Of course we will, glad to The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has mounted a media campaign this week to shame major employers into signing its statement of support for military-reservist employees.â¦
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A new contract proposal put forward last week by the Joint Contracting Command-Iraq shows that the U.S. military believes there is going to be a continuing need for private, armed, security services such as Blackwater USA in that country for years to come.
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Evidence emerges of growing concern over the scale of UK troop casualties in Afghanistan.
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The Ministry of Defence is close to a decision on awarding a contract for the replacement of a fleet of military trucks, a German newspaper has reported.
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Surplus Eurofighters could be dropped on high-living Saudis Analysis The long-smouldering debate around allegations of corrupt British arms deals with Saudi Arabia reignited yesterday, as both the Guardian and the Beeb published the results of new investigations.â¦