Comments on: Reining in Military Contracts

By: War Is Boring

War Is Boring — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:49:28 +0000

[...] the early 2000s, the Pentagon turned over contracting authority to private companies, who acted as “Lead Systems Integrators.” The catch was that integrators could award contracts to themselves, on government’s behalf. [...]

By: The Pentagon’s Culture of Risk-Aversion and the Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) Solicitation « Weaponized Culture

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:13:06 +0000

[...] In one notable example, journalist David Axe, author of War Bots, has pointed to the private sector and the use of lead systems integrators (LSI) as a source of the most egregious oversights in Defense Department procurement. There is some [...]

By: detector

detector — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:37:33 +0000

You figured it right dude!

By: radar_detectors

radar_detectors — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:37:33 +0000

You figured it right dude!

By: War Is Boring

War Is Boring — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:59:56 +0000

[...] programs like the Coast Guard “Deepwater” shipbuilding scheme, which I discussed in a piece for The Washington Independent last year: [G]overnment budget cuts in the 1990s, with the end of the Cold War, forced the Pentagon [...]

By: Leisureguy

Leisureguy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:38:52 +0000

The headline is incorrect. “Reigning in” should be “Reining in.” Do you have openings for copy editors?