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Date	Description	File
October 2009	KCG Supporting NATO ACT
April 2009	Mark N. Klett Speaks to Congress
August 2008	KCG-INC Passes Major Milestones
March 2007	KCG-INC goes to Africa
December 2006	KCG-INC has record year
July 2006	KCG-INC Open Architecture

October 2005	September 2005
Klett Consulting Group wins a major 5 year (initial one year award with four option years) Small Disabled Veteran's Owned Business Contract supporting the U. S. Army's 90th Reserve Readiness Command (RRC) contract in the southwest (Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma) to manage and maintain oversight of facilities and equipment assigned to the 90th RRC. KCG-INC teamed with J. M. Waller Associates of Springfield, VA to win this award with a potential value of $14M while also providing diversification for KCG-INC.	Mark Klett appointed to “2005 Presidential Business Commission”. Klett Consulting Group, Inc.’s President and CEO, Mr. Mark Klett, has been appointed to the “2005 Presidential Business Commission”. Mr. Klett was selected to be appointed to this unique group which is comprised of the Nation's Business Leaders who work to advise Congress and the President on key pro-business agenda.

August 2005	May 2005
KCG-INC named to General Dynamics-AIS Team Klett Consulting Group named to General Dynamics-AIS team of contractors collaborating in development and fielding of the Navy's Open Architecture Track Manager (OATM) project. KCG-INC specifically is working with industry partners to develop supporting documentation to facilitate GD-AIS role as Systems Integrator/Design Agent (SI/DA) for the effort. In addition, KCG-INC is tasked with development, drafting and editing OATM system Concept of Operations (CONOP). Last, in effort to synergize OATM effort with the ongoing development of DoD Joint Track Manager (JTM) project., KCG-INC is providing key support and operational expertise to this effort.	Mr. Mark Klett recognized as ASNE Member Klett Consulting Group, Inc.’s President and CEO, Mr. Mark Klett, was recognized as the “Tidewater Outstanding American Society for Naval Engineers (ASNE) Member for 2004-2005”. Mr. Klett was selected to receive this award due to his outstanding professional service to the Naval Engineering community in the areas of Open Architecture development, as well as, Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and System Integration which enables FORCEnet capabilities for both today’s and tomorrow’s naval forces.

April 2005	April 2005
KCG-INC. Wins Navy Sole-Source Contract Klett Consulting Group, Inc. wins U. S. Navy sole-source contract in support of Second Fleet and assigned units to provide technical support, system integration, operational engineering expertise in the development of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) architectures as well as a Knowledge Management Plan for Distributed Staff Experiment series including Joint Fleet Exercises and preparations for Trident Warrior 05 as well as associated Collaboration at Sea and the Knowledge framework. Klett Consulting Group, Inc.’s outstanding past performance in its previous support of Second Fleet in developing innovative Fleet solutions for Information Management, Knowledge Management, Operational Architecture Design and associated Data/info Performance Monitoring.	Klett Consulting Group, Inc. teaming with Anteon Corporation in support of the Naval Warfare Development Command Newport, RI is completing work on a contract awarded September 2004 in which they have successfully and expertly provided direct experimentation planning, execution, and technical writing support as part of the NWDC Project and Analysis Team for Distributed Command and Control Continuum events, for both Information and Knowledge management development. Support included the development of the initial foundational document for Navy Information Management and Knowledge Management doctrine for the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander.

March 2005
Klett Consulting Group, Inc. Wins Navy Contract KGC-INC, teaming with General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, SAIC, Lakota, TMG, Steller Technologies, and DG Batchelor Consulting wins U. S. Navy contract in support of NAVSEA to develop the first Open Architecture Combat Systems product, a common Open Architecture Track Manager (OATM). The U. S. Navy awarded the Prime contract to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a $27.8 million contract to provide system integration and design agent services for the Open Architecture Track Manager. The track manager is an improved component within combat systems that receives and translates information from air, surface and subsurface sensors to create an integrated picture of the locations and paths of aircraft, ships and submarines in the battle space. The contract runs through June 2009 and has a total potential value of $95 million if all options are exercised. The OATM will potentially be installed on the DD(X), Littoral Combat Ship, CVN-21, Advanced Hawkeye and other Navy surface and air platforms. This contract provides for a phased integration of the track manager functionality. As part of this contract General Dynamics will monitor, assess and possibly integrate into the OATM related technology sponsored by the Joint Single Integrated Air Picture System Engineering Office and the Navy Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems, Command and Control (Networks/External Communications).

February 2005	January 2005
KCG-INC. Wins Navy Contract Klett Consulting Group Inc., along with their teaming partners Delta Technical Systems, Inc. and Daisy Data wins U. S. Navy contract to provide delivery of shipboard computer for CVN74. Klett Consulting Group, a service disabled veteran owned corporation, headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, provides software, hardware, and architecture solutions to the Department of Defense.	KCG-INC Wins U.S. Navy Sole-Source Contract Klett Consulting Group Inc. wins U.S. Navy sole-source contract to provide consulting services for the design of the next generation aircraft carrier under the CVN-21 Program. KCG-INC will lead the development of the Information Warfare mission area requirements, support the communication information team, review existing designs and make recommendations as to enhancements in the networks and combat warfare system spaces onboard the new aircraft carrier.

Janauary 2005
Klett Consulting Group, Inc. awarded U.S. Navy contract to develop, demonstrate and validate meteorological data collection methods and sensors, and to provide critical environmental data and products to the battlefield tactical commanders and their staffs. KCG-INC will utilize the Joint Forces Command’s Joint Operational Test Bed System (JOTBS) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program as a platform to demonstrate the integration of network centric meteorological support capabilities to meet these requirements.

August 2004
KCG-INC's president, Mark Klett, begins Technology Training Corporation national seminar series tour as the subject matter expert for DoD Enterprise Architecture - Integrating Service-Wide Architectures into the Global Information Grid (GIG). Mr. Klett's seminar provides the complete framework for complying with the latest requirements for C2 Constellation, FORCEnet, Army Enterprise Architecture and the GIG. Attendees will learn the latest guidelines and standards for building these architectures, and how they will integrate with new industry technologies. Additionally, they will understand the latest business models and future budgets.

April 2004	April 2004
Klett Consulting Group commences work for Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii. KCG-INC will provide consulting, analytical, coordination and strategic planning services to investigate opportunities to optimize and integrate the existing and projected PMRF capabilities in the Joint, Service, and Coalition Testing and Training requirements, as they are being developed within the DoD Transformation Critical Mass.	Klett Consulting awarded contract to support CDSA Dam Neck, Virginia in the network design and analysis of the CVN-21 IWS . The KCG-INC team will provide technical expertise and resources to review existing designs and make recommendations as to probable enhancements in the networks and combat/warfare systems on-board carriers.

March 2004	March 2004
Klett Consulting Group chosen to provide analytical and systems engineering services in support of the Joint Management Office and the development and implementation of Joint National Training Center architecture requirements. KCG-INC investigates the technical architectural challenges of the Joint Distributed Engineering Plant (JDEP) and Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) integration to support objectives of the JNTC program.	Klett Consulting Group provides technical support, system integration, operational engineering expertise, and technical writing/editing expertise in the development of a Knowledge Management Plan and associated active Knowledge Website for JTFEX 04-2 and associated Collaboration at Sea / Knowledge Web frame work to be employed by the CFMCC and assigned unites.

February 2004
Klett Consulting Group, in cooperation with OPNAV N766 (Network System Integration Branch) and the Anteon Corporation, develops, edits and publishes the paper Open Architecture, The Critical Network Centric Warfare Enabler. Paper deals with the specific requirements to integrate the Navy combat systems into the FORCEnet and Global Information Grid operational architectures. The first edition of paper published within 6 weeks of initial tasking.

April 2003
Klett Consulting Group teams with Red Sky Weather Service and ItriCorp to provided consulting and analytical services to investigate and identify operational surveillance and weapon system sensors (remote, autonomous, and semi-autonomous) that may contribute to the spatial and temporal METOC characterization of the joint battlespace. The team completes initial study on utilization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sensors to collect meteorological information for SPAWAR-PMW 150 August 2003.