The Columbia Group is a small business and has been delivering professional services to Department of Defense and commercial clients for over 30 years. Headquartered just ten minutes from the Pentagon and five minutes from Capitol Hill, with field offices in Florida, New Jersey, and Maryland, The Columbia Group employs approximately 300 engineers, logisticians, and information system specialists.

The Columbia Group's success in the highly competitive field of defense contracting is the result of a firm vision and corporate identity. We have achieved our goal -- to be a single source for a total package of technical and management solutions -- by creating and sustaining a workforce that balances specialized and general skills, and unique and broad experience. Eschewing business fads, we judge success by one measure, and one measure only -- customer satisfaction

CDI-Government Services, Marine Design Division supports new construction, conversion and modification projects to public and private shipyards for U.S. government agencies and commercial shipbuilders, ship owners and operators. It provides traditional, computer generated detailed engineering and design services, naval architecture, technical publications and logistics support principally in the shipbuilding industry. CDI-Government Services, Marine Design Division supports the US Navy and international navies and their contractors in the area of integrated shipboard Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and weapons systems. The Marine Design Division employs state-of-the-art scientific/technical computer software, CADD/reproduction equipment, and complete reference/guidance information to increase efficiency and deliver high-value work on time and on budget.

EDO's history of providing NAVSEA and other US based Navy organizations with engineering, logistics, financial and program management support services has allowed us to develop and refine our expertise in Test and Evaluation, Reliability and Maintainability, Integrated Logistics Support, Provisioning, Financial Management, Life Cycle Costing, Training Systems Development and Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals.

EDO Corporation provides military products and professional services to the United States and allied governments, and their prime defense contractors. EDO focuses on systems and subsystems that are integral to the success of long-term military platforms, such as the Los Angeles and Virginia-class submarines, B-1B bomber, F/A-22, and the Joint Strike Fighter.

EDO is an engineering-driven company, with core competencies in a wide range of mission-critical defense technologies, including:

• Engineering and Professional Services - Engineering, Information Technology, Training and Warfare-Simulation Support Services
• Aircraft-Weapon Interface Systems
• Underwater-Mine Countermeasures
• Rugged Computers and Electronics
• Advanced Composites and Structures
• Electronic Warfare - Self-Protect, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance Systems for Military Aircraft and Ships
• C4I - Military Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
• Net-Centric Warfare and Troop Protection Systems
• Antenna Products and Technology
• Sonar Systems
• Pre-Flight Test Equipment

EDO's advanced systems are at the core of the transformation to a lighter, faster, and smarter national defense capability.

EDO Professional Services Division (PSD) is a premier provider of engineering, logistics, financial and program management support services to NAVSEA, NAVSEA Warfare Centers, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, and the Marine Corps. Our expertise in Systems Engineering, Test and Evaluation, Reliability and Maintainability, Integrated Logistics Support, Information Technology, Life Cycle Costing, and Training Systems Development is currently being applied in support programs in the areas of:

• Power and Propulsion
• HM&E
• Aircraft Operations and Maintenance
• Mine Warfare
• Expeditionary Warfare
• Submarine Communications
• Fire Support

UII is a joint venture partner of Zimmerman Associates, Inc. in the Unified-ZAI Joint Venture as a prime contractor supporting the Naval Sea Systems Command, its related program executive offices and field activities for the full range of management services. The scope of work includes program management, financial management, and engineering.

Butler Technical Group a Division of Butler International is a leading provider of technical and technology based outsourcing, project management and staff augmentation in key areas of technical expertise:

• CAD / CAM / CAE
• Product Design / Development
• Detail Drafting
• Design and Checking
• FEA
• Loads and Weights Analysis
• Technical Writing and Illustration
• Legacy Data Conversion
• Manufacturing Engineering / Planning
• NC Programming
• Tool Design
• Stress Analysis/Simulation

Bruce S. Rosenblatt and Associates, LLC (BSR) continues a tradition of more than 60-years of full service Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering services to the marine industry. BSR’s staff of Naval Architects, Marine Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Designers and CAD Drafters has an average tenure with BSR and its precursor organizations exceeding twenty years. Recent work performed by BSR’s staff includes preliminary design; feasibility and other engineering studies; contract design; plan approval; detail design; combat systems design; UNREP systems design; technical documentation; waterfront and shipyard liaison; and consulting. The firm’s client base is comprised of: ship owners and operators; numerous shipyards; the U.S. Government; systems integrators and OEMs; and other design firms.

Recent projects include: AMHS M/V Tustumena, Matanuska and Kennicott refurbishment detail design; USACE Dredge Essayons repowering detail design; 149–passenger SLICE™ crewboat contract design; contract and detail design for NOAA research vessel conversions; preliminary and contract design for low frequency towed sonar installation on Egyptian Navy Hainan Class Coastal Escort Vessels; contract design for several newbuild floating drydocks; and trade studies, preliminary and detail design for the M/V Chevron Mariner, Samuel Ginn and Orion Voyager conversions to lightering tankers.