Case Studies & White Papers
At Phacil, we pride ourselves with providing the best of service and exceeding customer expectations. To learn more about what Phacil does for its customers, please review the following case studies and white papers.
If you are considering Phacil for an upcoming initiative and would like client references or other past or current performance information, please call (703-562-4250) or email us () and we will be happy to provide you with them.
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Case Studies
United States Navy – Acquisition and Program Management Support |
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Phacil acts as the prime contractor on NAVAIR Lakehurst’s CNI CSE Program Management Support contract. Phacil performs services ranging from assistance with daily administrative tasks to providing technical support for complex CNI equipment and procedures administered by the Navy. Phacil and NAVAIR team members worked together to achieve on-time and under-budget services, while guaranteeing high-level deliverables to our client… More |
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| Missile Defense Agency – Web Information System Support (WISS) |
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Phacil is the prime contractor on the MDA’s WISS contract, assisting other contract development teams with product integration into the MDA infrastructure and portal. Phacil performs services across the MDA enterprise for numerous customers within the agency and has transitioned the portal from the National Capital Region to Huntsville, AL. Phacil has built and customized “out-of-the box” portal functionalities to meet customer requirements... More |
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| United States Army – Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) |
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Phacil is the prime contractor on the US Army’s SBIR program. Phacil personnel facilitate the execution of more than $300 million in Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation annually of the SBIR program. We also develop, distribute and track programmatic and budgetary guidance for over 30 organizations (laboratories, programs, and acquisition and research centers across the DoD). Additionally, we provide technical and IT support to the program, including… More |
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| Missile Defense Agency – Information Assurance |
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As a subcontractor to SRA International for work at the MDA under the GSA FEDSIMS contract, Phacil performed Information Assurance (IA) services, specifically technical and administrative support conducting Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP) activities and procedures for MDA mission systems. Phacil led and supported efforts for MDA’s mission of… More |
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| United States Army – Systems and Software Engineering Support (SSES) |
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As a subcontractor to ILEX/L-3 Communications on the SSES contract for the US Army, Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), Phacil was a part of the systems engineering technical services team that supports life cycle activities associated with Mission Critical Defense Systems (MCDS) software and the software engineering technology and interoperability efforts. Phacil was specifically tasked with the next generation Army Software architecture... More |
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| United States Army – Distributed Common Ground System |
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Phacil was the prime contractor on the US Army’s Distributed Common Ground Systems (DCGS-A). DCGS-A involves the migration of legacy systems and databases into a Net-Centric architecture designed to efficiently provide critical information to users throughout the enterprise. DCGS-A links with Joint and Army-wide systems, bringing commanders dependable information and situational awareness via a common portal… More |
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| NASA - Boeing |
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In the mid 1980's NASA ran numerous applications on IBM SNA/SDLC, 3270 Bisync and 2780/3780 private line networks... Protocom Devices, a company founded by Phacil Co-Founder, Mr. Rafael Collado, developed the PAD technology. In addition, display terminal protocol conversion processors enabled conversations between incompatible terminals and hosts such as an IBM 3270 terminal accessing a Sperry host as a native Sperry Uniscope terminal. This capability enabled… More
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White Papers
Examining the Transformation to Net Centric Warfare |
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Net Centric Warfare (NCW) is a term that has been in the Department of Defense lexicon for over a decade. NCW is a Concept of Operations (ConOps) which produces increased combat power by networking sensors, decision makers and shooters to achieve shared awareness, increased speed of command, higher tempo of operations, greater lethality, increased survivability, and a degree of self-synchronization¹… In a military context, it means reducing or eliminating one’s adversaries’ ability or will to fight with a smaller, more economical and more efficient footprint... More |
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| WEB 2.0: An Implementation and Acquisition Primer |
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This paper is written to provide the senior level manager with sufficient background and facts so that they can gain the perspective necessary to: evaluate what components of the WEB 2.0 story their institutions will embrace; determine how WEB 2.0 can position them for change; and engage in informed conversation with members of their staff, contractors, and colleagues who are stakeholders in their agency’s information technology universe. Phacil engineers have been involved in Internet/web development since the early 1980s and this paper summarizes our view on WEB 2.0… More |
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| Using Quantitative Methods in Contract Management |
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Techniques for applying statistics and other quantitative methods in manufacturing are well documented, but these tools are far less known and
practiced in service companies. This paper discusses the benefits of a quantitative approach, explains how statistical methods can be used, and shows
various methods of applying these tools. As an award-winning, ISO 9001:2008 registered government contractor that provides diversified services to both the
civilian and defense markets, Phacil’s experience in applying quantitative methods in a service environment shows the value of this approach…
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| Cloud Computing: A Formula for Rapid Legacy Application Integration |
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Several information technology architectures have emerged to help stretch IT budget dollars by reducing duplication, better matching resources to requirements and stream-lining the provisioning/sustainment of information technology assets. Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and virtualization have been the most heavily touted. Cloud Computing is emerging as a way to get those benefits without the substantial overhead penalty in terms of times and costs associated with either SOA or stand alone virtualization... Cloud Computing can conceptually offer the best of…
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| Building the Government-Industry Partnership
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The defense of the United States in today’s challenging security environment depends on successfully managing and leveraging technical innovation. This paper examines how the U.S. Army has drawn on the creativity of the U.S. small business community to fuel innovation, and how one contractor, Phacil, has successfully become the interface, facilitator, and integrator between the Army and private industry… The Army SBIR program is designed to give small, high-tech businesses the opportunity to provide innovative research and development solutions in response to critical Army needs…
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