Sentences with phrase «of military contracts»

Military law involves the law of military contracts, litigation in the military courts and court of claims, disciplinary law and courts martial.

Another part of GD's moat is the complex nature of military contracts, most of which are fixed - price, cost plus arrangements (32 % of total revenue in 2016) that take years to bid on and finalize.

It was rumored that the end of the military contracts will also put an end to the old G production in Graz, Austria.

The NYT examines a few small businesses that have broken into the $ 55 billion world of military contracting.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«The defense industry — the Department of Defense — is the single biggest customer in the world,» says Laingen, who estimates that the military awards some $ 150 billion in contracts each year, depending on the size of its budget.

Service firms are getting into the act too: «Beth Harshfield, the owner of Exhibit Arts, an advertising and marketing company in Wichita, Kan., said she started bidding on military contracts six years ago because «I got tired of the local economy kicking the legs out from under us.»

Despite longstanding concerns about the number of government contracts set aside for small companies, military contracts are helping some small companies stay afloat during the recession.

Congress has already banned mandatory arbitration clauses for mortgages and contracts involving members of the military, he said.

I started a government - contracting consulting firm, Integrated Finance and Accounting Solutions, which services military and other government institutions and assists them in federal financial management in the areas of internal audits, internal controls, budgeting and accounting processes.

The Department of Defense awarded Ecovative a preliminary contract to develop «programmable materials» to grow temporary living structures for the military that are sustainable and reduce waste.

The controversial US military contracting firm was renamed Xe Services after employees were convicted in the deaths of Iraqi civilians.

Investigatory material compiled solely for the purpose of determining suitability, eligibility, or qualifications for Federal civilian employment, military service, Federal contracts, or access to classified information, but only to the extent that the disclosure of such material would reveal the identity of a source who furnished information to the Government under an express promise that the identity of the source would be held in confidence.

Government investments have been directed towards public works of scale (such as from the Hoover Dam), military - industrial contracts, and the financial industry.

The United States Government spends billions of dollars every year awarding different types of contracts to meet the needs of the US military and other government...

Fairbanks Morse - an EnPro Industries company (NYSE: NPO) and leading provider of solutions that are powering the world forward - has been awarded a $ 17.3 million multi-year services contract by Military Sealift Command (MSC), which services U.S. military shipsMilitary Sealift Command (MSC), which services U.S. military shipsmilitary ships at sea.

Humana has a $ 58 billion contract to provide health insurance to millions of military service members and veterans.

It is also incredibly lucrative for the owners and operators of so - called private military companies — and the money to pay for their activities ultimately comes from taxpayers through government contracts.

Although it's not at capacity yet, with current growth and the prospect of vendor contracts with the military and schools, Robson already sees the company adding another fully cooked line in the near future.

Regardless, countless males were circumcised by military services of the U.S. and other nations during World Wars I and II in an attempt to reduce the chance that they would contract a STD.

In addition, one must take into account the large economic footprint of the private defense industry from companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing who are dependent on the military for contracts to keep them going, as well as the kind of industries that one doesn't think of when they think of military spending and dependence on the military like food service contracts or transportation spending.

Lacking a formal budget and subsisting off of uncertain continuing resolutions for six years, usually followed by a «government shutdown,» the military is challenged to put major maintenance items on contract.

«Furthermore, the timing of this fictional and imaginary report is to halt or frustrate the sale of Tucano jets to Nigeria, at a time the Nigerian Government has reached advanced stages in actions over the contract with the United States Government for the purchase of 10 Tucano jets to assist the military battle terrorism in the country.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Astorino says a contract for another gun show has not been signed, but according to Legislator Parker, the vendor is already advertising the sale of «military - style weapons» at a gun show slated for January 2018.

Any man of draft age on May 17, 1917, knew or should have known that his first obligation was to his country; and any contract entered into after that date should have been entered into with the condition that he was subject to draft and might be called for military service.»

A pledge of new investment from its parent company and news of a newly secured military contract have workers at Remington Arms a little more optimistic their jobs will be staying in upstate New York.

The Company was awarded the Contract in 2010 to construct eight Hospitals for the Ministry of Health and a 500 - Bed Military Hospital in Kumasi, for the Ministry of Defence.

Washington — The Department of Defense has awarded the Remington Arms factory in Ilion a contract worth $ 80 million to produce more than 5,000 sniper rifles for the U.S. military, Rep. Richard Hanna said today.

Love letters, business contracts, holiday snaps, spam, petitions, emergency bulletins, pornography, wedding announcements, TV shows, news articles, vacation plans, home movies, press releases, celebrity Web pages, home movies, secrets of every stripe, military orders, music, newsletters, confessions, congratulations — every shade and aspect of human life encoded as 1s and 0s.

In 2008, after 5 years in the USMC, Cruz's contract ended and he enrolled at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), eager to learn whether his military service had given him the dedication needed to do well in college.

Facing an immense national debt which he inherited from Napoléon, Louis» ministers found it necessary to slash the army budget, cancelling contracts for military supplies and throwing nearly three hundred thousand soldiers out of work.

Today, as military contracting expands inexorably into arenas that were previously civilian, the nature of war would be unrecognisable to people like Christofilos.

Just what sort of role is there for an organisation that aimed to win wars, when the US defence department spends more than the entire GDP of many countries on military contracting?

The biggest waste, I would suggest, lies in the Pentagon budget, which now stands at around 5 percent of GDP and finances two expensive wars, hundreds of overseas military bases, and overpriced service contracts and weapons systems.

They add that the military is a vital customer, not only because it is one of the biggest users of fuel on the planet, but also because it tends to purchase goods on long - term contracts, which gives investors confidence that the biofuels market will be stable for years to come.

In 1968 Playtex, the bra and girdle manufacturer, beat out a slew of military - industrial companies to win the contract to design and hand - sew the space suit for the 1969 Apollo mission to the moon.

Immune responses of patients could point way forward for future vaccines.In the latest study, researchers involved with the trial at Mahidol University in Bangkok and the U.S. Military HIV Research Program in Washington DC assembled a team to scour the blood of trial participants for immune indicators that differed between 41 people who received the vaccine and contracted HIV and 205 participants who did not become infected.

WHAT: In 2005, Miami arms dealer Efraim Diverol (Jonah Hill) takes advantage of a government initiative allowing small businesses to bid on U.S. military contracts.

In no time at all, their newly created company, AEY, Inc., is doing great and secures a $ 300 million contract to arm the Afghan Military, one of their many interational clients.

In that pursuit, our government set up an «eBay» list where major arms dealers could pick off the larger contracts, and dilettantes and arms «day - traders» could, from the comfort of their basements, sell the United States military a few thousand handguns.

Set during the height of the Iraq War, David Packouz (Miles Teller), a struggling masseuse - cum - travelling carpet salesman, meets childhood bestie Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), an Iraq arms dealer who exploits the little - known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on private contracts on military arsenal — it's in the archival visuals of Iraq soldiers military gear paraded as visual merchandisers, that accompanies the aforementioned prologue, that has some genuinely startling financial statistics.

Happy to reconnect, the two twentysomething former classmates are soon going into business with one another, as Ephraim gives David a crash course on the process of the United States military handing out lucrative weapon contracts to the highest bidders on an active and public website.

Bill Murray and Alec Baldwin are the two opposing bosses of said military and contracting companies with vastly dissimilar leadership tactics.

Efraim is making a great success of bidding on US military contracts, and invites David to join him.

Efraim has started his own arms dealing business in Miami, and it's pretty successful, living off the crumbs of small military contracts that the major companies generally ignore.

Phillips is more interested in the rags - to - riches story than how the U.S. government managed to get conned by a pair of inexperienced frat bros who had no business bidding on a $ 300 million military contract.

Well - intentioned but outraged in only a general sort of way, The Whistleblower tells the story of how the United Nations, the United States State Department, and a private military company (The name of the real - life counterpart has been changed in this telling) worked in tandem with different motivations (survival, to avoid blowback, and to maintain a profitable contract) in an attempt to hush up a sex trafficking scandal in Bosnia - Herzegovina in the years after the Bosnian War.

The entrepreneur recruits David and the two manage to land the biggest weapons contract with the military of all time.

The head of the Blue Water Corporation, Sands has overseen the genetic engineering of S - 11, a shark - octopus combination being developed as the next big thing in contracted military weaponry.