BAE SYSTEMS Awarded U.S. Navy Information Technology Contract.

HERNDON, Va. -- BAE Systems has received one of five large-business prime contract awards to perform information technology engineering, scientific, technical, and analytical services for the U.S. Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) in Monterey, Calif. The contract, led by GSA Federal Technology Services (FTS), is a multiple-award vehicle, designed to furnish full-spectrum IT services in support of the Center's mission to develop and provide meteorological and oceanographic products to the Navy and other Department of Defense elements worldwide. The contract is valued at $100 million over a five-year period.

BAE Systems is one of only three major prime contractors selected to provide IT support to FNMOC in all six core functional areas: technology exploration, technology exploitation, systems engineering, component development, security/information assurance, and cryptographic development and validation. The core functional areas are critical to the Center's goals to provide real-time distribution of numerical, environmental, global forecast models for ships, aircraft, and other forces throughout DoD. The products and services are essential to DoD's efforts to increase safety of U.S. forces and optimize the use of platforms, weapons, sensors, and facilities anywhere, at any time.

"With our close relationships and extensive experience with the U.S. Navy, we understand fully the significance of FNMOC's vital mission and are confident in our ability to meet this latest challenge," said Dave Belz, vice president for Navy Operations at BAE Systems.

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.