Anteon Corporation Awarded Subcontracts for SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston Surveillance and Systems Engineering.Business Editors FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 Anteon Corporation, a leading information technology and engineering services company, today announced that it has been awarded subcontracts for work at the Space and Naval Warfare naval warfare Military operations conducted on, under, or over the sea and waged against other seagoing vessels or targets on land or in the air. The earliest naval attacks were raids by the armed men of a tribe or town using fishing boats or merchant ships. (SPAWAR SPAWAR Space & Naval Warfare Systems Command (US Navy) SPAWAR Space Warfare ) Systems Center Charleston, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , with estimated value of $10 million over five years. As a subcontractor to Raytheon Company on its $71 million prime contract with the Tri-service Sustainment Program of SPAWAR Charleston's intelligence systems engineering division, Anteon employees will provide support for command and control system configuration management. The Company will help to streamline processes for logistics and supportability of the Navy's Information Technology for the 21st Century (IT-21) initiative and other key command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operations. This is an integrated intelligence and operations function. Also called ISR. (C4ISR C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance C4ISR Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance ) programs. In addition, Anteon will provide commercial off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. (COTS) technology insertion and upgrade support for aging all-services platforms and weapons systems. The value of tasking is estimated at $5 million over a five-year period. As a subcontractor to Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc. (EMA (1) (Enterprise Management Architecture) An earlier strategic plan from Digital for integrating network, system and application management. It provided the operating environment for managing a multi-vendor network. ) on its over $40 million prime contract with the surveillance and systems engineering department of SPAWAR, Anteon will principally provide support in the area of electromagnetic environmental effects The impact of the electromagnetic environment upon the operational capability of military forces, equipment, systems, and platforms. It encompasses all electromagnetic disciplines, including electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic interference; electromagnetic vulnerability; . Company technicians will monitor conditions and identify potential radiation hazards to Navy personnel working near shore side and ship-based high power electronic transmitters. The value of tasking is estimated to be as high as $5 million over the contract*s five-year duration. Joseph M. Kampf, President and Chief Executive Officer of Anteon, said, "The C4ISR umbrella today includes a web of integrated systems and we are excited by this opportunity to support SPAWAR as it provides total solutions to complex Fleet requirements. Our focus on SPAWAR objectives, together with the depth and breadth of our technology, has and will continue to produce some of the finest frontline C4ISR systems in use." Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc. is a leading engineering, management and logistics support contractor for the federal government, private industry, and international clients based in Lexington Park, Maryland Lexington Park is a census-designated place and micropolitan statistical area in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,021 at the 2000 census. The town came into being with the establishment of the Patuxent Naval Air Station during World War II, and was . Raytheon Company, based in Lexington, Mass., is a global technology leader that provides products and services in the areas of commercial and defense electronics, engineering and construction, and business and special mission aircraft. Anteon Corporation, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leading technology and engineering services company providing support to the federal government, commercial, and international sectors for 23 years. With annual revenue approaching $500 million, the Company has more than 4,000 employees in 70 offices serving more than 400 customers worldwide. Anteon was recently ranked as the No. 1 Information Technology Integrator by an independent survey of knowledgeable federal government employees performed by Federal Computer Week. For more information, visit www.anteon.com. |
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