The Pentagon's acting acquisition chief, Michael Wynne, last week gave the Army the authority to award two contracts to continue the development of the service's future tactical intranet. The Army last year authorized General Dynamics C4I Systems and Lockheed Martin Mission Systems to begin development of the Warfighter Information-Tactical program. A downselect was planned for fiscal year 2005. In July, Army officials told reporters the service decided to accelerate the next phase of development and split the work between the...
