Industry Defense Founded 1967 | Website The Columbia Group Type of business Private | |
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Services Acquisition, Logistics Management, Naval Architecture & Ship Design, Engineering & Fabrication, Human Performance Strategy, Financial Management, Information Technology, Training, C4SI Revenue 120 million USD (Projected 2011) | ||
The Columbia Group is a U.S. defense contractor serving the U.S. government, as well as the commercial sector, domestic and international, specializing in acquisition, logistics management, C4SI, ship design, marine engineering & fabrication, human performance strategy, training, financial management and information technology. It is headquartered in Washington, DC, and Lawton, Oklahoma and has offices in Alexandria & Quantico, Virginia and Panama City, Florida. Its 2014 revenue are projected to reach $100 million plus.
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The Columbia Group Inc. was founded by Martin Arase with its origins in 1967 as Columbia Research Corporation (CRC). In 2005, CRC merged with Computer Products, Incorporated (CPI), which was founded in 1983 by Martin Arase. On June 15, 2008, The Columbia Group assumed the operations of (Northrop Grumman subsidiary) AMSEC's Rosenblatt Washington, DC Office, forming the company's Rosenblatt Ship Design Division. The name Rosenblatt was retained from when the office was the M. Rosenblatt & Son naval engineering firm begun by the late Lester Rosenblatt in 1947. In 2010 Eagle Systems and Services Inc. became part of The Columbia Group.
Leadership
Martin Arase is CEO and President of The Columbia Group. Norman Welsch is its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Richard Perkins is its Chief Operating Officer. Its advisors include former Commandant of the Marine Corps General Al Gray, Jr..
Divisions
The Columbia Group Inc.is composed of six business divisions:
Pluto Plus ROV
In 2009, The Columbia Group was awarded a $10.6 million firm fixed price contract to supply the Egyptian Navy with three Pluto Plus Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs). (May also be called Remotely Operated Vehicles or ROVs.) This contract was awarded by the United States Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) as part of their Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The Pluto Plus is a minehunter intended for use "in mine identification and destruction." The Columbia Group is licensed by GayRobot, a defense contractor based out of Milan, Italy, as the exclusive builder of the Pluto Plus System in the United States.