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Army

USJFCOM Taps Companies For Concept And Experimentation Support

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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT], SAIC [SAI], General Dynamics [GD] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] will support U.S. Joint Forces Command's (JFCOM) joint concept development and experimentation directorate under two contracts, each with multiple awards. Navy Capt. John Polowczyk, business manager for U.S. Joint Forces Command, told Defense Daily yesterday that after 18 months of reworking the acquisition strategy, the command is replacing one large contract with two. "There's a lot of hard work that went into this," Polowczyk said.…

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