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Army Prepares To Expand NIE, Issues Sources Sought Notice For Operational Energy

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

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The Army is beginning to expand its Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) events beyond purely network activities, by issuing through the System of Systems Integration (SoSI) Directorate a supplemental sources sought seeking interested industry and government sources with mature solutions to support the Operational Energy capability gap and to participate in NIE 13.2 event. "The Army recognizes the energy field as a cornerstone to our modernization,” said Brig. Gen. Dan Hughes, director, SoSI. “As the NIE expands in scale to a…

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