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06.2008  Craig Technologies will be supporting work for the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) bow flap program. The $2 million contract award provides for Craig Technologies to develop and maintain a Web-based interface for project management of the bow flap concept development by Alion Science and Technology.

The 15-month base period of performance will analyze the current EFV bow flap design, and a new concept developed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, making any needed modifications to improve structure, reliability and performance. Alion will design, build, install and test the new EFV bow flap prototype. Craig Technologies will contribute to project objectives through Sharepoint program management resources that will include multiple and simultaneous users and secure file transfer, storage and archival.

The EFV is an armored amphibious vehicle capable of seamlessly transporting Marines from Naval ships located beyond the visual horizon to inland objectives. The work on the EFV bow flap aims to enhance the Marine Corps primary means of tactical mobility for the Marine Rifle Squad during the conduct of amphibious operations and subsequent ground combat operations ashore. The EFV is a keystone for both the Marine Corps Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) and Ship-to-Objective Maneuver (STOM) warfighting concepts.

05.2008  The Orlando Business Journal recognized Craig Technologies as a nominee for the 2008 “Best Places to Work in Central Florida” award. The award recognizes the company's achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of benefits, working conditions, and company culture.

04.2008  President and CEO of Craig Technologies, Carol Craig, is nominated as “Business Owner of the Year” by the Orlando Business Journal. Nominees must own part or all of a Central Florida-based business. The awards recognize “Women Who Mean Business,” and are judged based primarily on business accomplishments. Read more here

04.2008  Craig Technologies is a front-line responder to the recent government purchase card abuses uncovered in recent news. Under a contract awarded by the Florida National Guard (FLNG), the firm is applying custom software solutions to facilitate the monitoring of all government credit cards used by the FLNG through the Government Purchase Card Register (GPCR) system.

According to The Associated Press, congressional auditors stated that "Federal employees had charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards." The review of card spending by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) discovered "nearly 41 percent of roughly $14 billion in credit-card purchases, whether legitimate or questionable, did not follow procedure -- either because they were not properly authorized or they had not been signed for by an independent third party as called for in federal rules to deter fraud." Read more.

In an effort to regulate card authorizations and screen questionable purchases, the Florida National Guard has contracted with Craig Technologies to design and activate a computer-based tracking system for all of the government purchase cards used by every state unit. Being in production for over a year, "the FLNG has requested enhancements and upgrades to expand the GPCR system footprint making it a viable option for the other 49 National Guard states to employ," according to Tim Hagerty, Director of Software Engineering for Craig Technologies.

Building with the latest .NET platform using C# and ASP.NET, Craig engineers have developed the GPCR system to track the amount of money each unit has to spend for the fiscal year and allocates that money to desired purchases made by the unit members. Tied to a SQL 2005 database, the system will assign control numbers to purchases that are reviewed and authorized by a controller, track the purchase, and then grant authorized personnel access to data reporting functions. GPCR is flexible and will allow purchases for multiple units and monitoring of specific purchases by management.

The GAO report stated, "This audit demonstrates that continued vigilance over purchase card use is necessary. Breakdowns in internal controls over the use of purchase cards leave the government highly vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse." The software solutions delivered by Craig Technologies lead the reform to create a more controlled and efficient internal purchasing system for government-issued credit cards, and could potentially save millions in tax-payer dollars.

04.2008  Craig Technologies is nominated for the "2007 Supplier of the Year Award" by the Florida National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. Each year the Florida Minority Supplier Development Council (FMSDC) recognizes certified minority suppliers who have distinguished themselves and their businesses and member corporations who through their minority supplier programs have positively impacted the minority business community. The awards will be presented at the FMSDC Trade Fair Awards Banquet on August 14, 2008. Read more here

03.2008  Craig Technologies will provide subcontractor support to the Logistics, Maintenance, and Supply Support (LMSS) contract awarded to Alion Science and Technology by the Army Contracting Center of Excellence (CCE) on March 19, 2008. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity support services contract will run through March 2013, if all options are exercised. Craig Technologies will provide support for the total life cycle systems management for business process services and solutions for logistics, maintenance, and supply functions and associated technologies to assist the Department of Defense in supporting a variety of military customers, which ultimately provide for optimization of warfighter needs. Technical services performed under the LMSS contract include total life cycle management activities that enable improvement of processes, outcomes, and metrics of DoD operations, including all life cycle management activities associated with the planning, implementation, execution, and retirement of business processes and systems solutions for LMSS activities and associated business initiatives, as well as, those activities required for moving to an enterprise-wide, life cycle alignment of resources and outputs to achieve top-down performance driven outcomes. Work for these customers will be performed by Craig Technologies at the NAVAIR / Air Force / Marine Corp Headquarters; NAVAIR / Air Force / Marine Corp Support Activities; NAVAIR Depots / Fleet Readiness Centers (FRC’s) at Jacksonville, FL, Cherry Point, NC, and North Island, CA; and the Air Logistics Centers (ALCs) at Oklahoma City, OK, Hill Air Force Base, UT, Robins Air Force Base, GA; and the Marine Corp Logistics Centers at Albany and Barstow.

02.2008  The Society of Women Engineers of the Space Coast recently presented three awards at its annual banquet, recognizing the talent and achievement of area women engineers. Twenty–six honorees who had been nominated by their companies were on hand along with their guests and managers to hear the keynote speaker, Janet Petro, deputy center director of Kennedy Space Center. Her presentation, “Reaching the Unknown”, recognized the importance of “all engineers having to go into uncharted territories in solving today’s problems.” The Space Coast Distinguished New Engineer of the Year Award was presented to U.S. Air Force Capt. Bai Lan Zhu, the officer in charge of Delta IV electrical engineering at Patrick Air Force Base. She was singled out for her “technical risk assessment.” The Space Coast Woman Technical Achievement Award went to Joanne Abowitt, a systems engineer for Harris Corp. She was recognized for “her drive and creativity leading engineering teams developing state–of–the–art MILSATCOM systems for Harris.” The Space Coast Outstanding Woman Engineer of the Year honor was given to Carol Craig, president and CEO of Craig Technologies Inc. of Cape Canaveral. She was recognized “for defining professional success for women through her focused application of computer–engineering experience, by growing Craig Technologies from her home to overseeing nationwide operations on high–profile federal contracts.” Click here  for more information.

02.2008  Craig Technologies, Inc., has been named a final-round nominee for the “Technology Provider of the Year” award by the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania (TCCP). The award recognizes providers of technology applications, equipment, resources, and/or solutions with a significant market presence in the central Pennsylvania area, and enhances the strategic processes and/or operations of its customers. "We have received many excellent nominations this year and the Gala is shaping up to be the best ever," said TCCP President Kelly Lewis. This is Craig Technologies’ first year for entry in the TCCP Awards. “The mission of the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania is to create, attract, grow and retain technology companies in the central PA region”, according to www.tccp.org. Winners will be announced March 28 at the Whitaker Center for Science and Arts during the Technology Council’s Gala. To read more about the TCCP awards, click here.

10.2007  Craig Technologies, Inc will provide subcontractor support under Lockheed Martin for a 10-year Aircrew Training and Rehearsal Support II (ATARS II) contract. The US Air Force award aims to fulfill training objectives of the Special Operations and Search and Rescue aircrews. Craig Technologies will provide technical support to execute custom- designed combat training and simulation systems used in pilot education and mission instruction for the C-130 Talon,Spectre and Shadow, MH-53 Pave Low and MH-60 Pave Hawk and the CV-22 Osprey. ATARS II is a distributed, fully-networked environment that provides combat-ready aircrews to support SOF units deployed across the world in support of national requirements. Craig Technologies engineers and technicians will be on location at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM; Hurlburt Field, FL; Harrisburg Air NationalGuard Base, PA and Fort Rucker, AL.

10.2007  Craig Technologies, Inc., has been named a  final-round nominee for the “High Growth Company of the Year” award by ITFlorida. The award recognizes scale of growth, new job creation, and strategic and successful market focus. "We find excellent new success stories each year as we examine the best of our state's high tech programs and professionals," said ITFlorida Chair Jim Albert. This is Craig Technologies’ first year for entry in the ITFlorida Awards. ITFlorida is an umbrella, not-for-profit membership organization that represents Florida's diverse information technology businesses and communities on a statewide basis”, according to www.ITFlorida.com. Winners will be announced October 30 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort during ITFlorida’s Tech Forum and Gala.

10.2007  Craig Technologies is added as a new member on The National Center for Simulation website.

09.2007  Craig Technologies will perform as subcontractor for The Army Battle Command Directorate contract awarded to Alion Science and Technology. Work to support the command with analytic, engineering, programmatic and scientific subject matter expertise began in September 2007 and will continue through July 2012. Craig Technologies will support the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity work order that includes modeling and simulation management, education and training support, software blocking management and monitoring of the Central Technical Support Facility at Fort Hood, Texas. The facility tests, manages and supports communications systems that are being deployed in theater. The Army Battle Command Directorate is responsible for integrating, synchronizing and standardizing battle command and modeling and simulation programs across the Army and ensuring battle command and modeling and simulation processes are consistent with joint processes. Craig Technologies, Inc. will perform as subcontractor for The Army G-3/5/7 contract awarded to Alion Science and Technology. Work to support the command with analytic, engineering, programmatic and scientific subject matter expertise began in September and will continue through July 2012. Craig Technologies will support the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity work by providing modeling and simulation management and education and training expertise. The Army G-3/5/7 is responsible for integrating, synchronizing and standardizing battle command and modeling and simulation programs across the Army and ensuring battle command and modeling and simulation processes are consistent with joint processes.

09.2007  Craig Technologies is named prime contractor for the E6 Training Systems Analysis Contract (ETSAC) awarded by NAVAIR, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWC TSD) in Orlando, FL. The Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract (ID/IQC) work began in September 2007 and will provide analysis for E-6B aircraft training. The analysis requires a complex study of the interrelated components of the learning system leading to purposeful recommendations to validate, align or improve the learning system to meet Fleet needs. Other objectives include analyses of integration of a community Learning Management System (LMS) and the implementation of an E-6B Training/Aircraft Concurrency Database (TACD). Inconsistencies and variations within the training system shall be identified and strategies for improved learning and performance shall be recommended. The support team consisting of, IDSI, Rockwell Collins and Delex will meet the overall objectives of the E-6B Program Training Situation Analysis (TSA) effort and Front End Analyses (FEA) delineating the effect of changes to the overall E-6B training system resulting from ongoing Engineering Change Proposals on the E-6B aircraft. Work for this effort is being done in the following locations: Orlando, FL, Cape Canaveral, FL, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK, PAX River, MD, Suffolk, VA, San Diego, CA, and Centerville, VA.

07.2007  Craig Technologies, Inc. will provide project management support as a subcontractor to SAIC in the contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Constellation Ground Operations (GO) Project Office. Objectives to be met by Craig Technologies under this contract include; Configuration and data management, integrated schedules, risk management and administrative support to the development, analysis, and tracking of Constellation Ground Operations risks that include risks that roll up to the Constellation Program. Craig Technologies will support the Ground Operations Project’s annual and interim budgets and life cycle cost estimates and provide cost reduction recommendations by providing engineering, technical, and business/financial analysis support based on the budget or cost estimate being developed. The firm will also develop and maintain GO Project integrated schedules by providing analytical and management/administrative support in the Primavera software suite. The Constellation Ground Operations Project Office at KSC is overseeing the development of flight-essential ground processing concepts, launch and landing/recovery support systems, flight element integration, and development of facilities and infrastructure. The goals of the GO Project Office are to plan for and to provide safe and economical vehicle maintenance and checkout, preflight servicing, launch, and landing recovery.

07.2007  Craig Technologies was awarded a portion of the $23.1 million Omnibus contract that provides support to Commander Naval Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR). Craig will perform as a subcontractor to Alion Science and Technology, conducting independent research and providing technical and analytical support for acquisition and fleet introduction decisions of naval aviation, surface, subsurface, and space systems.

05.2007  Craig Technologies has been awarded a contract to provide Traditional Security, Senior Level Technical Engineering, and Access Control Monitoring support services for DISA at DECC Mechanicsburg. The DECC Mech mission depends on the security of the facilities and planning and implementation of new state-of-the-art hardware components.

01.2007  Craig Technologies has been contracted to provide Database Administration services for DISA at DECC Mechanicsburg. Craig Tech will be staffing support areas for Oracle, Datacom, CICS, Adabas, DB2 and other sub applications running in the secured environment. The DECC Mech mission depends on the successful, well maintained operation of a diverse group of state-of-the-art hardware components and interconnected sub-systems.

01.2007  Craig Technologies is to provide 24/7 Video Conferencing, Voice Over IP, and Networking/Hardware support for all in one deployable training units used in the field by NGB in Indiantown Gap (FIG). The units provide satellite linked stand alone video conferencing, VOIP phone service and networking to provide all functions of a classroom training environment in the field.

01.2007  The Department of Veterans Affairs awards a Blanket functional Purchase Agreement to Merlin International to functional whom Craig Technologies will be a subcontractor. The potential $1 billion, 10-year term contract is for functional Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Contractor Services functional(VCS).