As Deputy Commander, JTF-GNO, Rear Adm. Hight was responsible to United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) for directing the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid (GIG).
SAIC won the contract who eventually handed a large subset of the engineering to By Light.
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GIG-BE was awarded to SAIC in 2001 for $877 million.
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Representatives Marty Meehan (D-Mass) and Jim Saxton (R-NJ) expressed concern in the selection process for a contractor to lead the GIG-BE effort.
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