Navy electronic program won't yield bonanza for contractors

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A better communication and control for combatants, savings for tax payers, will be provided by a Navy computer-linking and updating program. But, it is found that this program is not that useful for the largest defense contractors. The aim of the program is to shift the Navy and the three other services from the age when each contractor custom-made each system with proprietary software and hardware so that they couldn't communicate with each other to a new age where systems use open architecture with common interfaces that are fully interoperable.

Technology application, Military communications, Navy-yards and naval stations, Naval bases

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Contractors hire hundreds of senior officials: Report

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A report states that, the contractors have hired hundreds of senior government personnel, out of which many of them were previously in position to award contracts to those other companies. According to the watchdog group Project On Government Oversight (POGO), the large contractors have hired 224 members of congress and government.

Personnel administration, Reports, Recruiting, Contractors, Industry hiring

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South Australia lures defense contractors with incentives

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South Australia is planning to provide European and U.S. defense contractors with specific incentives that will help them to build new plants. It is also hoping to increase its defense shipbuilding output, such as creating a large shipyard complex called the Osbourne Maritime Precinct.

Australia, Production management, Ship Building and Repairing, Shipbuilding & Repair, Shipbuilding industry

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