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where to find defense contracts

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bae goes after MTC Dec. 2007

http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/mon…

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blair blocked bae investigation dec. 2007

http://www.guardian.co.uk/baef…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/baef…

http://www.businessday.co.za/a…

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e3c…

the guardian has an entire web page devoted to BAE scandal

http://www.guardian.co.uk/baef…

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saudi arabia warns it might stop cooperating vis terrorism if bae investigation goes forward january 30 2008

http://www.thebulletin.us/site…

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so. african president-elect jacob zuma involved in bae

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t…

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bae to go forward with ah purchase jun 8

http://news.independent.co.uk/…

dhb/pint blank gets $52 million order for OT

armor holdings press releases

http://www.google.com/search?q…

ARMOR HOLDINGS conference calls

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/ph…

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seattle times – earmarks

http://community.seattletimes….

armor holdings contracts 2006 $800 million

http://www.usaspending.gov/fpd…

armor holdings $32.1 million Feb. 24, 2006 contract

http://www.usaspending.gov/fpd…

detail on contract

http://www.usaspending.gov/fpd…

how the info works on usaspending.gov

http://www.usaspending.gov/abo…

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simula gets $46 million contract for ESAPI inserts on Nov. 29, 2007; same day, BAE holdings get total of nearly $1 billion in contracts, including for Stewart & Stevenson

http://www.defenselink.mil/con…

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from hasc hearings: cool powerpoint on army’s may 2006 dragon skin “findings” (PDF FILE)

http://www.defenselink.mil/dod…

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from a comment on TPM Muckraker June 7 2007

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/ar…

Re Dragon Skin vs Interceptor body armor

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Hugh Shelton and former Secret Service Director Brian Stafford joined the board of Ceramic Protection Corporation (CPC) last year.

CPC manufactures a lot of the boron ceramic inserts that go into the Interceptor armor at its Newark DE facility. Last year, it purchased a Florida manufacturer of the soft body armor that goes into the Interceptor system.

Around the time that Shelton and Stafford joined the CPC board, CPC got a slew of new body armor contracts from the DoD.

I’ve been following body armor news and I wonder if magnesium ceramic body armor is going to be the next big thing.

One of the investors in CPC, PA-based financier Heinz Schimmelbusch, has a financial interest in a company that produces and markets mangnesium.

Dynamic Defense Materials DDM, a tiny defense contractor based in Bootwyn PA, has been trying to develop contoured magnesium ceramic body armor. Katherine T. Leighton, DDM officer, has a patent application pending which involves the manufacutre of magnesium ceramic body armor.

Leighton and Schimmelbusch both have ties to a Newark DE company, Lanxide, that went belly up in 1999.

DDM contributed more than $17k to Curt Weldon’s last campaign and is now a client of Weldon’s firm, Defense Solutions LLC.

I suspect the big shots in the Army have already picked out the next generation of body armor and it isn’t Dragon Skin. Lisa Myers of NBC just didn’t ask the right questions.

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armor holdings names to replace 156,000 Second Chance vests July 2005

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/ph…

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air force seeks to debar pinnacle

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david brooks wants out of jail dec 22 2007

http://www.examiner.com/a-1119…

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judge approves house arrest for brooks

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brooks sued by Point Blank for $4 million dec 7 2007

http://www.bizjournals.com/sou…

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air force times and navy times editorial calling for fair testing (june 18 ’07?)

http://www.airforcetimes.com/c…

http://www.navytimes.com/commu…

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“bloggers’ roundtable with gen. brown may 21, 2007 (PDF FILE)

funny – i don’t know of anyone who was invited

http://www.defendamerica.mil/p…

pogo on debarment

http://www.pogo.org/p/contract…

http://www.pogo.org/p/contract…

what is debarment

http://www.fedmarket.com/artic…

can be debarred for illegal immigrants

http://www.ffhsj.com/cmemos/00…

can be debarred for not maintaining a drug-free workplace

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/…

contractors accountability act of 2003

http://www.theorator.com/bills…

should boeing be debarred?

http://www.commondreams.org/ne…

large contractors tough to debar, gove exec.com

http://govexec.com/dailyfed/05…

bush admin proposes repeal of contractor responsibility rule 2001

http://www.ombwatch.org/articl…

anti-scofflaw rule proposed 1999

http://www.ombwatch.org/articl…

iraq contractors’ debarment may 2007

http://www.usatoday.com/news/w…

parsons debarment a good sign

http://pogoblog.typepad.com/po…

steve kelman

http://pogoblog.typepad.com/po…

some of parsons’ iraq failings

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/…

Federal Acquisition Regulations, Part 9.4

http://www.arnet.gov/far/curre…

sba proposal may 2007 to include tax violations as cuase for debarment

http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/c…

oversight pendulum swinging bakc may 2007

http://www.washingtontechnolog…

air force stopped testing in 2006

http://www.defensereview.com/m…

http://www.military.com/NewsCo…

navy bans body armor june 13

http://www.military.com/NewsCo…

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army addresses norwood in nbc interview

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captain’s journal compliments occams hatchet june 1

http://www.captainsjournal.com…

u.s. opens bae investigation june 15 latimes

http://www.latimes.com/news/na…

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bae appoints judge to examine bae’s ethics – at $10,000/day june 15

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/…

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bae’s self-examination not setting well with MPs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/mon…

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bae now sells more in u.s. than u.k.

http://business.timesonline.co…

bae acquisition of armor holdings closed july 31

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap…

pentagon balked at pleas for safer vehicles

http://www.usatoday.com/news/m…

analysis of injuries

http://www.fayobserver.com/art…

norwood

http://news.google.com/news/ur…

aei’s and pnac’s michael donnelly “NBC’s body armor embarrassment” june 20

http://news.google.com/news/ur…

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pentagon losing control to contractors – business week june 25

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bae shares drop with u.s. investigation june26

http://www.forbes.com/markets/…

army seeks better plates aug 07

http://www.defensenews.com/sto…

armor holdings $1.1 million export fine August 20

http://news.moneycentral.msn.c…

armor holdings $1.2 million air pollution fine august 20

http://www.azcentral.com/arizo…

armor holdings armored vehicle 1,200 ordered; others out August 16

http://blog.wired.com/defense/…

force protection loses; look for it to be bought by Armro Holdings

http://www.fool.com/investing/…

dragon skin unlikely to get side-by-side test august 16

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arizona congressman pushes for armor holdings contracts august 2007

http://www.bizjournals.com/pho…

fewer mraps to be delivered august 2007

http://news.google.com/news/ur…

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“bribery is normal” – rightwing publication august 2007

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/vi…

cns news whackos

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http://www.sourcewatch.org/ind…

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories…

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hold earmarks for bae – under investigation

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$15 million in fines paid for dfectine armor

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http://www.pacificnewscenter.c…

mrap contractors narrowed to 3 – including Armor Holdings

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mrap contractors

http://www.fool.com/investing/…

bae chief quits

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bae armor holdings individual body armor contract $43 million

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/…

Washington attacking corporate corruption elsewhere in the world

Justice Dept. probes British firm’s suspect payments to Saudis

corpwatch – fcpa heating up dec 07

http://www.corpwatch.org/artic…

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evolution armor supposedly has level 4 armor – don’t hold your breath waiting for professional soldiers or OpFor to jump down evolution’s throat about their utterly untested armor

http://www.evolutionarmor.com/

http://www.evolutionarmor.com/…

The Skaalar Exo-Skin product line is available now, but only for special forces teams and their operators. It’s completely flexible level 4 armor capable of addressing the ESAPI and XSAPI requirements with no gaps in coverage and is custom designed per each teams requirements. Also available in early 2008 we have a level 3+ Exo-Skin coming for law enforcement personnel using a new method of creating flexible comfort. Check back with at the first of the year for details about the Gen 3 product for law enforcement.

professional soldiers.com still very smug

http://www.professionalsoldier…

bae (with 2 entities) gets order for !,268 of 3,100 MRAPs

http://www.defenselink.mil/rel…

force protection could be takeover target

http://news.google.com/news/ur…

mrap contracts given to big contractors (ceradyne also mentioned)

http://www.fool.com/investing/…

bizarre: huff post columnist recommended dragon skin to bhutto

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…

bhutto needed export license for dragon skin

http://lakeexpo.com/articles/2…

army regs re foia 25-55 – PDF FILE

http://www.army.mil/usapa/epub…

value of mraps debated dec 27 2007 latimes

http://www.latimes.com/news/na…

british SFO investigating drug companies for oil-for-food corruption dec 31

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq…

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riechers suicide dec 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12…

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pimco challenge to boeing (vis riechers) upheld dec 28 2007

http://www.al.com/business/mob…

http://www.flightglobal.com/ar…

bbc world service podcast on procurement

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserv…

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british anti-corruption laws have teeth (legal advice) dec 2007

http://www.metrocorpcounsel.co…

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company fined for falsely claiming fed contract with bae jan 2008

http://www.unionleader.com/art…

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s. african arms deal may fall apart jan3 2008

http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/…

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not happy with dragon skin dec 2008

http://www.michaelyon-online.c…

with armor holdings having been bought by bae, it’s got even more leverage – bae is scattered all across the u.s., in several states and dozens of congressional districts.

bae probe may tear south africa apart january 10 2008

http://www.businessday.co.za/a…

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za…

saudis “urge” MI6 to drop bae investigation jan 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…

guy who actually worked for pinnacle jan 2008

http://a-gunguy.livejournal.co…

bae wins contract for mine-clearing vehicles jan 10 2008

http://www.military-quotes.com…

Designed for use by US forces, BAE’s “medium mine-protected vehicles” are built to clear routes littered with mines and improvised explosive devices, which, according to the defence department, are responsible for almost two-thirds of US casualties in Iraq.

Orders for standard counter-insurgency vehicles, supplied currently by BAE, are likely to fall, said Colin Crook, a UBS analyst.

But he said that the deal suggested “the sustainability of BAE’s military vehicle work is much better than many commentators may fear”.

cheney in dragon skin?

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/…

michael yon’s comment

http://www.michaelyon-online.c…

profile of yon in NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01…

sov-300 for sale on ebay feb 6 2008

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayI…

turtle skin armor

http://blog.wired.com/defense/…

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british firms don’t know they have to comply with FCPA

http://www.ethicalcorp.com/con…

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bae chief retiring, history of scandal feb 17 08

http://business.timesonline.co…

high court says blair put irresistible force against investigation feb 14 08

http://business.timesonline.co…

judges to rule on dropped investigation feb 15 08

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/bus…

The SFO lawyer Philip Sales was frequently interrupted by one of the judges with questions about the stance taken by the SFO and the British government in the face of an alleged “serious and imminent” threat to national security.

Lord Justice Moses said it appeared that Britain had simply “rolled over” instead of trying to make the Saudi government withdraw the threats, which amounted to criminal offences under British law.

But Mr Sales hit back: “We in the UK can’t compel the Saudi Arabian government to adopt a different stance.”

Documents released to the court showed the government thought “British lives on British streets” would have been at risk if the inquiry into alleged bribery had not been dropped.

In the documents, Helen Garlick, assistant director at the Serious Fraud Office stated:

“If this caused another 7/7 how could we say that our investigation, which at this stage might or might not result in a successful prosecution, was more important?”

judge says govt “rolled over” on saudi threat feb 14 08

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl…

icr hired in 2003 to raise Armor HOldings profile

http://www.icrinc.com/web/feat…

dragon skin on ebay – ksee video report feb 15 08

http://www.ksee24.com/news/loc…

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http://www.themanufacturer.com…

bae chief says

Appearing on the Sky Jeff Randall Live programme, Turner described the accusations as having gone too far, and having come from “a small portion of the UK media and minority groups who have a strange distorted view of the world”. He also deemed the High Court case as damaging for the country.

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british probe focuses on commissions, only 4 countries

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/mon…

oecd starts investigation into great britain corruption march 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi…

EVERYTHING HERE IS AFTER APRIL 3, 2008

arizona firms did well in 2009 defense budget

http://www.azcentral.com/busin…

murray neal testifies that cia, state dept use dragon skin

http://www.every10mins.com/vid…

MAY 19, 2008

forbes article on crackdown of bae

http://www.forbes.com/markets/…

BAE ceo detained in Houston for questioning

http://business.timesonline.co…

http://uk.reuters.com/article/…

http://www.middletownjournal.c…

The investigation was launched in June 2007, not long before BAE Systems was given the go-ahead by the Department of Justice to acquire Armor Holdings, which had several facilities in Butler County.

The London-based company has since expanded its Butler County operations, which total 890,000 square feet in manufacturing space and employ 1,650 people in West Chester Twp.

Greg Alan Caires, the company’s director of public relations would not specify how either executive may be connected to the Butler County operations, but did confirmed the detainment of the executives was part of the investigation

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap…

BAE, which has denied any wrongdoing, said that the Department of Justice had “served a number of additional subpoenas in the U.S. on employees of BAE Systems PLC and BAE Systems Inc. as part of its ongoing investigation.”

us military propagandists cover for defective body armor

http://www.cooperativeresearch…

When news articles revealed that US troops in Iraq were dying because of inadequate body armor (see March 2003 and later), a senior Pentagon official wrote to his colleagues, “I think our analysts-properly armed-can push back in that arena.”

point blank sues bae (armor holdings) may 08

http://www.defensenews.com/sto…

MAY 22 2008

bae execs might face extradition

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/mon…

Lawyers have speculated that BAE executives could face extradition requests in the wake of Lord Woolf’s report. Adam Vause, senior associate with Norton Rose, warned British companies to expect increasing co-operation between the DoJ and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US and the SFO and the Serious Organised Crime Agency in the UK.

the execs’ electronic devices were examined

http://finbulletin.com/us-offi…

MAY 23 2008

bae and fcpa – interesting take

http://fcpablog.blogspot.com/2…

JUNE 5 2008

third bae exec was indicted

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6137…

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/…

june 16 2008

british business secty calls for ethics reform in arms industry

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/mon…

july 29 2008

oh, joy! Bae says it will implement its own ethics reform within 3 years!

http://uk.reuters.com/article/…

http://ir.baesystems.com/inves…

bae corporate responsibility

http://www.baesystems.com/Corp…

2007 corporate responsibility report (pdf)

http://www.baesystems.com/BAEP…

bae linked to zimbabwe arms dealer july 31 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c997…

old release from bae upon purchase of armor holdings

http://production.investis.com…

autopsies from dover re: women’s deaths questioned

http://www.feministpeacenetwor…