"There are a bunch of operations out there that will give you a low-ball bid over the phone or the Internet that is half of what everyone else bid," said David Sparkman, a spokesman for the association.
But Burnham, from his first day on the job, has seen his prime role as welding what could be a highly divisive bunch of operations into one.
"Our job was to train the Iraqi police, and we went on a bunch of operations" aimed at capturing insurgents, he said.
It gives them buying power, lets them centralize common functions, and allows them to adopt and diffuse innovations faster than they could if they were a bunch of small, independent operations.
This involved putting the three formerly separate aeronautical divisions under one boss, Dain M. Hancock; merging the management of a bunch of space-related operations under Albert E. Smith; and putting electronics and systems into one division, under Robert B. Coutts.
This involved putting the three formerly separate aeronautical divisions under one boss, Dain M. Hancock, merging management of a bunch of space-related operations under Albert E. Smith and pushing electronics and systems into one division under Robert B. Coutts.
There are a bunch of avionics and electronics operations coming up for sale right now, from Lockheed Martin and from the AlliedSignal-Honeywell merger.
As I step into the warehouse that houses the Joylent operations, a bunch of people wearing Breaking Bad-style suits are scooping and weighing all kinds of powders.
As I step into the warehouse that houses the Joylent operations, a bunch of people wearing Breaking Bad style suits are scooping and weighing all kinds of powders.
Uncle Sam didn't release a secret recipe for invisible ink (which dates back to 1917) until 2011, and held on to the "family jewels" of covert operations, including a bunch of failed attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro, until 2007.
National Parks across the country have closed, NASA has shut down operations, and a bunch of government websites went dark but mail is still getting delivered, the military is still getting paid, and city services in Washington, DC, which were rumored to stop during the shutdown, are humming along (for now).
