December 15, 1966

December 15, 1966

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A Message from the Publisher

War and Peace

By Robert W. Martin4 min

Special Report: Vietnam Procurement

DOD Stressing Procurement Competition

By Cecil Brownlow9 min

Special Report: Vietnam Procurement

Military Contract Types

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A Message from the Publisher

War and Peace

The war in Vietnam is spawning a number of significant changes in the philosophy of military procurement. Some of these changes are of a short-term nature and are stimulated by the war itself, but others are establishing the framework in which the Defense Dept. will buy its goods and services for many decades to come.

By Robert W. Martin4 min

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Special Report: Vietnam Procurement

DOD Stressing Procurement Competition

Washington-Defense Dept. is attempting to procure urgently-needed hardware for the war in Vietnam within the cloak of a peacetime environment, competing with airlines and color-television customers for space on the aerospace industry's pro duction schedules.

By Cecil Brownlow9 min

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Special Report: Vietnam Procurement

Military Contract Types

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Special Report: Vietnam Procurement

Vietnam Research Efforts Accelerated

Washington-Defense Dept. is making an accelerated effort to bring the research and development community into the Vietnam procurement cycle. Over 200 items either within or fringing upon the research and development category have been identified as items to be pushed into the production phase because of their potential and need in Southeast Asia.
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Special Report: Vietnam Procurement

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Contracts

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Special Report: Vietnam Procurement

Controversial Total Package Plan Tested

Washington-Defense Dept.’s controversial total package procurement concept, pioneered by the Air Force with the C-5A heavy logistics transport and the short range attack missile (SRAM), will be adopted for a widening range of programs despite some severe inter and intraservice disputes over its merit.
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C-5A Yields Insights to Procedure

Washington-Air Force award of a contract to LockheedGeorgia Co. for both the development and production of the C-5A heavy logistics transport was the testbed case for Air Force’s total package procurement concept (TPPC), which is now spreading to the other services under Defense Dept. urging.
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Air Force

Air Force Moves to Streamline Contracts

Washington-Need for fast reaction in meeting the mounting requirements from Vietnam is accelerating the Air Force trend towards incorporating fixed-priced options for potential follow-on buys in the initial production contracts for military hardware, including subsystems.
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NASA, Industry Finds Screened for Combat Use

Washington-Buy-and-try philosophy is being used within the Air Force to test new techniques from industry and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for both quick-fix and new limited war applications. Air Force Systems Command’s Project 1559 is a task force-type group for rapid test and evaluation of the kind of new concepts developed for aerospace but potentially applicable to war.
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USAF Planned Buys

Washington-Major aircraft buys planned by the Air Force in Fiscal 1967 include: General Dynamics F-111A variable-geometry fighter aircraft and its FB-111A strategic bomber follow-on. Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D jet attack aircraft.
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