BAE Systems Awarded $71.7 Million Contract to Support U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs.ROCKVILLE, Md. -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $71.7 million U.S. Navy contract to provide system integration support for the Trident II (D5) Fleet Ballistic Missile Strategic Weapon System (SWS SWS Slow Wave Sleep SWS Short Wavelength Spectrometer SWS Sturge-Weber Syndrome (birthmark) SWS Stadtwerke Speyer GmbH (Germany) SWS Social Work Services (US Army) ) program and the nuclear-powered guided missile submarines (SSGN SSGN Submersible, Ship, Guided, Nuclear (nuclear powered cruise missile submarine) ) attack weapon system program. The contract is a continuation of a range of system engineering, test, analysis, information technology, and logistics solutions performed by BAE Systems for the Navy's Strategic Systems Program since 1956. The total value of the contract could reach $165.6 million, if all options are exercised. The work is expected to be completed by September 2011 and will be performed primarily by BAE Systems personnel in Silver Spring, Maryland Not to be confused with Silver Springs. Silver Spring is an urbanized, unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. After Baltimore and Columbia, Silver Spring is the third most populous Census Designated Place in Maryland. . In support of the Strategic Weapon System, BAE Systems will modify and update system test procedures and plan for and participate in SWS testing during submarine overhaul, refit and backfit back·fit tr.v. back·fit·ted or back·fit, back·fit·ting, back·fits To retrofit. . The company will also provide system engineering and integration efforts in the areas of system coordination, interface definition and control, technical documentation, fleet support, information systems, material support, facilities engineering, configuration management and logistics management. BAE Systems will also provide technical services for Tomahawk tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped). Land Attack Missile-nuclear support and advanced systems studies, Strategic Weapon System underwater launch technology sustainment, Trident II (D5) life extension systems engineering, and Trident submarine operation and employment studies. "This award continues a 50 year partnership with the Navy's Strategic Systems Programs," said Doug Belair, BAE Systems' president for Technology Solutions & Services. "We celebrate this milestone and look forward to continuing our support to SSP (1) (Service Switching Point) The local exchange node in an SS7 telephone network. The SSP can be part of the voice switch or in a separate computer connected to it. and their mission to provide credible and affordable strategic solutions to the warfighter." About BAE Systems BAE Systems is the premier trans-Atlantic defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions, and customer support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . BAE Systems, with 88,000 employees worldwide, had 2005 sales that exceeded $22 billion, excluding the group's former interest in Airbus. |
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