July 20, 2008 - The department has been awarded five new Research and Development contracts from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) New Orleans. The five contracts amount to over $360,000. All five contracts, listed below, are for one year.

1. Vassil Roussev, "Dynamic Management of Security Policies for the METOC Data Bus (TASK NUMBER: 0103)," $69.920.
2. Shengru Tu, Mahdi Abdelguerfi, "METOC Data Asset and Tactical Decision Aid Integration with Navy Service Oriented Architecture Systems (TASK NUMBER: 0107)," $69,939.
3. Mahdi Abdelguerfi, Shengru Tu, "METOC GIS Data Integration Research Project (TASK NUMBER: 0108)," $69,939.
4. Mahdi Abdelguerfi, Golden Richard, Vassil Roussev, "IA Distance Learning (TASK order 18)," $70,000.
5. Shengru Tu, Mahdi Abdelguerfi, "Legacy System Renovation Research (TASK order 101)," $80,000.