The Air Force today announced the selection of six companies for a controversial, $7.4 billion contract covering the sustainment of service weapons and other systems. The deal consolidates a massive amount of weapon system support and various services. Its size and scope spawned a controversy last year involving the House Small Business Committee, the General Accounting office and the Air Force small-business advocacy office. Critics of the contracting approach felt it left little room for small-business involvement. Three of the...
