ANTEON AWARDED $8M AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM SUPPORT CONTRACT; $1.6M USAF SYSTEMS CONTRACT; AND $3.4M IN CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT VETS.Anteon International Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ANT), a leading information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced recently that it has been awarded a subcontract by BAE Systems to support the Navy's AEGIS ship program. This four-year contract, administered by the Naval Sea Systems Command The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations. NAVSEA consists of four shipyards, eight "warfare centers" (two undersea and six surface), four major shipbuilding locations and the NAVSEA headquarters, , provides support for the AEGIS Combat System The Aegis combat system is an integrated missile guidance system used by the United States Navy. It is both an integrated single ship system and a ship-to-ship network. The Aegis combat system is one of the most advanced and most capable defense systems currently in use. Technical Director. Anteon's support work, if three option years are exercised, has an estimated value of $8 million. Specifically, Anteon will provide support in such areas as combat system ship integration, program management, and AEGIS Test Team support. Work will be performed in Arlington,Va, Bath, Maine, Pascagoula, Miss and Washington, D.C. Joseph M. Kampf, Anteon President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , stated, "Anteon is recognized as a key contractor supporting the AEGIS program and this latest contract attests to the high quality support we have been providing. The AEGIS program has been, and continues to be, one of the Navy's most successful and we are proud to be an integral member of the support team." Anteon also announced that it has been awarded a one-year task order by the Department of the Air Force The executive part of the Department of the Air Force at the seat of government and all field headquarters, forces, Reserve Components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Air Force. Also called DAF. See also Military Department. , Standard Systems Group. Under this task order valued at approximately $1.6 million, Anteon will continue to provide software development improvements for the Air Force's Cargo Movement Operations Systems (CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. ) program. With the award of this latest task, Anteon has been providing continuous software development support to the Standard Systems Group and award-winning CMOS program since 1989. Anteon has also been awarded three task orders from the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) A subset of Visual Basic that provides a common language for customizing Microsoft applications. VBA supports COM, which allows a VBA script to invoke internal functions within Excel, Word and other COM-based programs or to make use of ) with an estimated value of $3.4 million. The task orders are for support in the areas of training and performance support system development/implementation, course delivery system infrastructure, and development of construction-related, Web-based training for VA staff appraisers. Under these task orders, Anteon will analyze, develop, design, assess and implement training products as well as provide software engineering, systems integration and life-cycle support. |
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