The bid protest, first reported by Reuters, only adds to the scrutiny on the 10-year contract award to produce up to 165,000 delivery vehicles for USPS.
The vendor also claims the USPS, in its contract award, agreed to pay Oshkosh $482 million to finish developing its vehicle concept before beginning production. “This was especially puzzling given that Oshkosh has never previously produced a last-mile delivery vehicle, much less an electric one,” Workhorse wrote in the complaint. Randy Hayes, public sector at VAST Federal, provides an industry perspective.
Insight by VAST Federal: Tom Sasala, chief data officer with the Department of the Navy, discusses data management strategy and AI's role in cybersecurity. Workhorse also alleges Oshkosh Defense, the USPS vehicle award recipient, submitted a prototype vehicle “entirely different” than the one selected for production, and that the winning design from Oshkosh “skipped the prototype phase altogether.” However, Workhorse, in its bid protest over the contract award, said USPS “put its thumb on the scale against Workhorse” and took their prototype out of consideration over a “safety incident” caused by a USPS test track driver’s error. However, Workhorse, in its bid protest over the contract award, said. Court of Federal Claims, said it spent six years and more than $6 million designing a prototype next-gen delivery vehicle for the Postal Service. The electric vehicle company Workhorse Group, in an unsealed complaint before the U.S. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.A company on the shortlist to build the Postal Service’s next-generation delivery vehicle said it was unfairly disqualified from consideration in the more than $3 billion contract.
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The latest upgrade will bring the 83 planes to the Block 72 variant that’s the most advanced F-16 version in service in Europe.Īnother four F-16s will be upgraded by the end of this year. It acquired a first batch of 40 in 1989, and another 130 over the years. The F-16s, developed in the 1970s, are the workhorse of Greece’s air force. It has bought or ordered French Rafale fighter jets and FDI frigates, and plans to purchase F-35 fighters from the U.S. He spoke in Paris ahead of talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.įollowing years of forced savings during the 2010-2018 financial crisis, Greece has embarked on a multibillion-dollar spending spree to boost its armed forces. On Monday, Mitsotakis said Athens “always keeps a window open to dialogue and discussion” with Turkey. “And if, God forbid, it happened, Turkey would receive an absolutely devastating response.” “I don’t believe this will ever happen,” he said. The two NATO allies are also at odds over offshore gas and oil rights, and their fighter jets routinely intercept each other or engage in simulated dogfights over the Aegean.Īsked Sunday by The Associated Press whether the recent escalation in rhetoric from Turkey could be the prelude to an armed conflict, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis replied negatively. Greece says it needs to defend them against potential attack. Turkey claims the islands have been illegally militarized. Relations with historic regional rival Turkey have hit a new low following repeated, thinly-veiled threats from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his country might invade Greece’s eastern Aegean Sea islands. “Any potential aggressor will have to think twice or thrice before trying their luck,” once the upgrade is completed, he said at Monday’s presentation.
Constantinos Floros, said the program’s successful and timely completion “is an issue of the highest national importance.” The head of Greece’s joint chiefs of staff, Gen. The two F-16s presented at the Tanagra airbase northwest of Athens are the first of 83 to be refitted with advanced electronics, radar and weapons capabilities by late 2027 by Greece’s Hellenic Aerospace Industry, in coordination with U.S. TANAGRA, Greece (AP) - Greece’s air force on Monday took delivery of a first pair of upgraded F-16 military jets under a $1.5 billion program to modernize its fighter fleet amid increasing tensions with neighboring Turkey.
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