Incoming: A Maritime Nation Needs 21st-Century Seapower
There is one top-priority, underlying message throughout the new maritime strategy. The need for seapower is greater than ever.
Changing Federal-Contracting Culture Favors Small Businesses
Congress and the federal government have heard the clamor of small-business owners and want to ease the cumbersome federal-contracting process and level the playing field between small and large companies competing for government-contracting dollars, experts said during an AFCEA International program.

Richardson Assigned to Pentagon
Adm. John Richardson, USN, has been assigned as chief of naval operations, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Barrett Assigned to U.S. Cyber Command
Capt. Danelle M. Barrett, USN, has been selected for the rank of rear admiral and will be assigned as deputy director, operations, J-3, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Maryland.
Tofalo Assigned to Allied Submarine Command
Rear Adm. Joseph E. Tofalo, USN, has been appointed to the rank of vice admiral and assigned as commander, Naval Submarine Forces; commander, Submarine Force, U.S.
Rieks Named Director of German Military Aviation Authority
Maj. Gen. Dr. Ansgar Rieks, GEAF, has been named director of the German Military Aviation Authority in Cologne, Germany.
NASA Selects Tu as Director of Ames Research Center
NASA has selected Eugene L. Tu as director of the agency’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.
Exelis to Deliver Onboard Jamming Systems
Exelis Inc., Clifton, New Jersey, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris Corp., is being awarded a $97,303,380 cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-pric
WR Systems to Support Navigation and Geospatial Information Systems
WR Systems Ltd., Fairfax, Virginia, is being awarded a $25,194,253 ceiling increase modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, competitive awa