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Defense Companies in the Fort Bragg Area

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Courtesy of ‘Elite’ magazine is this list of Defense companies operating in the vicinity of Ft Bragg.

D3M – d3mllc.com
Global Services Corp – globalsvcscorp.com
Gryphon Group – gryphonsecurity.com
K2 Solutions – www.k2si.com
K3 Enterprises – k3-enterprises.com
MSA Paraclete Armor – paracletearmor.com
Military Wraps – militarywraps.com
Partnership for Defense Innovations – ncpdi.org
QRP Inc. Quick release pins, Leland – qrp-inc.com
SSU – strategicsolutionsunlimited.com
RLM Communications – rlm-communications.com
Technical Support Equipment – tseinc.com
The Logistics Co – tlc-inc.net
Porter Scientific – porterscientific.com
TigerSwan – tigerswan.com
US Logistics – us-l.com
Vet Pride Services – vetprideservices.com
Worldwide Language Resources – wwlr.com

National companies with a presence in Fayetteville
URS Federal Support Services – urscorp.com
CGI – cgi.com
NCI – nciinc.com
DHS Systems – drash.com
AAR Mobility Systems – aarcorp.com
Applied Research Associates – ara.com
American Systems – 2asc.com
Future Technologies, Inc – ftechi.com
Shee Aitká Inc
L-3 Communications – l-3com.com
BAE Systems – baesystems.com
Boeing – boeing.com
General Dynamics – gdit.com
Booz Allen Hamilton – boozallen.com
Johnson Controls Inc – johnsoncontrols.com
Sierra Nevada Corp – sncorp.com
CACI – caci.com

They overlooked a few others as well:

Grey Group Training – www.greygrouptraining.com
AWS – www.awsin.com
Archangel Armor – archangelarmor.net
XPX Armor & Equipment – xpxarmor.com
Combat Medical Systems – www.combatmedicalsystems.com

Read the full article at fbelitemag.com.

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Ops-Core Suffers Temporary Closure

Monday, March 5th, 2012

It’s not that Ops-Core doesn’t have their hands full with lots of work manufacturing helmets and protective accessories for our troops and allies. This shutdown is about politics and zoning.

See the video report here.

Hang in there guys!

Hat tip to www.thegearlocker.net.

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OP Tactical Introduces Live Inventory

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

The concept is simple really. You can’t order it unless it’s in stock. Nice.

www.optactical.com

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S*@! Bad Retailers Say

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Thanks Travis!

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Nike Flyknit Technology

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Nike is introducing a new upper technology that resembles your grandmother’s crochet more than a running shoe. The ultralightweight Nike Flyknit combines yarns and fabric that are precisely engineered so that they only where they are needed. The result is a true minimalist shoe that is formfitting with a virtually seamless upper.

We’ve seen similar things done with clothing for years. It’s been done with for footwear with other materials as well such as leather. With the knitting, you can imagine how light it can be and yet maintain its strength.

Coming now from Nike.

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Telehealth and EMR Training Lead to Industry Honor for Army Officer

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

The Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Product Manager LTC William Geesey will receive the 2012 Federal Computer Week (FCW) Federal 100 Award, which recognizes government individuals for forward-thinking and vision in the federal information technology (IT) community. MC4 integrates, fields, trains and supports IT systems that allow deployable medical staff to document and track patient care, digitally manage medical supplies and conduct health surveillance in the combat zone.

The Army’s Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), Fort Belvoir, VA, oversees the MC4 Product Management Office headquartered at Fort Detrick, MD.

In 2011, Geesey, who has served as MC4’s longest tenured product manager, led efforts to field an innovative technology solution to digitally connect remote Soldiers with mental health specialists in support of the Army’s suicide prevention campaign. This telehealth capability significantly improved Army mental health providers’ ability to conduct private, virtual medical consultations with at-risk Soldiers deployed to remote combat and forward operating bases. The Army surgeon general reported that 70 percent of Soldiers in Afghanistan and 89 percent of Soldiers in Iraq seen through MC4’s telehealth capability would not have received services otherwise. Since, the Army vice chief of staff has directed rapid expansion of the capability in Afghanistan.

“Telehealth is a capability that is enduring and has proven to be a valuable tool health care providers cannot live without on the battlefield,” Geesey said. “We’re going to continue to evolve this capability, using technology to extend the medical forces’ reach to Soldiers in need.”

To date, MC4 has equipped more than 85 garrison battalion aid stations resulting in the electronic capture and transmission of more than 79,000 patient encounters and the abandonment of inefficient paper-based practices, while enabling re-deployed units to continue to “train as you fight” on the MC4 system prior to deployment.

This is the third time MC4 has been honored with the Fed 100 Award, and the second time awarded to MC4’s product manager. Geesey will be one of four recipients featured in the March 30 edition of Federal Computer Week magazine.

For more information on MC4, visit www.mc4.army.mil.

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LBT’s New Website Works Even When Mobile

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

lbtinc.com

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No Soldier Systems APBI This Year?

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

We were getting lots of questions from folks in industry asking us if we had heard anything about this year’s Soldier Systems Advanced Planning Brief for Industry. We hadn’t, and we hadn’t seen any announcements on Fed Biz Opps so we sent an inquiry to PEO Soldier but they never answered back. However, we’ve consulted with enough industry sources that we feel confident telling you that there isn’t going to be an APBI this year. It’s almost like cancelling Christmas for some folks.

The Soldier Systems APBI was a unique gathering. It brought together Acquisition professionals representing all four services, USSOCOM, and DHS with industry reps from the entire supply chain. No other DoD commodity group could boast this kind of interaction. What’s more, it didn’t cost an arm and a leg to participate so you’d see a lot of smaller firms there as well. I’d hazard a guess that more business was conducted over the two days in the lobby of that get together than at any other time throughout the year.

Sure, there are lots of other meetings throughout the year, but they are smaller and parochial in nature. For example, the footwear producers will meet, and maybe the printers or the armor folks. But generally, they are talking amongst themselves and often at an industry day where they are in direct competition. The APBI was the one time a year where everyone was in it together and critical to the health of the industry.

With an abrupt change in leadership at the PM-ICE the week before last and an upcoming change of command at PEO-Soldier this is the perfect time to ‘rally the troops.’ Hopefully, someone will step up and be able to recreate the magic that was the Soldier Systems APBI in a non-parochial venue.

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