BAE SYSTEMS Awarded U.S. Navy Contracts in Excess of $56 Million.ROCKVILLE, Md. -- BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. was recently awarded two U.S. Navy contracts with a total value of more than $56 million as a prime contractor to provide technical services in support of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) is the United States Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons systems associated with Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT NUWCDIVNPT Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport ). Both SeaPort-e contracts were awarded by the Naval Systems Sea Command (NAVSEA NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA Naval Avionics Support Equipment Appraisal ), Washington, D.C., with the vast majority of the work being performed by BAE Systems employees in Newport, R.I. Under the first contract, valued at more than $49 million, BAE Systems and its subcontracting team will provide research, development, test and evaluation support to the NUWCDIVNPT Engineering, Test and Evaluation Department including the Towed Array Test and Evaluation Facility (TATEF). This award continues BAE Systems support of these projects and programs that began in 1984. The second contract valued at more than $7 million provides engineering and technical services to the NUWCDIVNPT Special Projects Office. BAE Systems and its subcontracting team will provide engineering and technical services to the Special Projects Office in their role as Technical Design Agent and Acquisition Engineering Agent, in the areas of operations support, concept analysis, system level design and development, integration testing (testing) integration testing - A type of testing in which software and/or hardware components are combined and tested to confirm that they interact according to their requirements. Integration testing can continue progressively until the entire system has been integrated. , installation support, documentation, training, performance evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return and logistics support. This awarded continues BAE Systems support of these projects and programs that began in 1992. "The award of these contracts to the BAE Systems Team underscores the confidence that NUWCDIVNPT has in our personnel, our strength as a prime contractor, and the talents of our subcontractor team," said Robert Murphy There are several notable personalities named Robert Murphy or Bob Murphy:
BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea and in space. BAE Systems North America is one of America's foremost national security, aerospace and information systems companies. |
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