BTG Unit Wins $2.3 Million Contract From Cordant.VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1996--BTG, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BTGI) announced that its Delta Research unit has been awarded a $2.3 million contract by Cordant, Inc. of Reston, Va. to support the 45th Space Wing at patrick Air Force Base Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. Patrick Air Force Base is home to the 45th Space Wing and the Air Force Technical Applications Center. in Florida. This contract is the first of a two-phase, $6.0 million effort to provide a turnkey Geographic Information Management System (GIMS) for the development and maintenance of telecommunications and cable systems. This new fully-automated, user-friendly system will integrate existing graphic and non-graphic data. It will include both the hardware and software to implement the GIMS for the space launch facilities at Patrick AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Cape Canaveral Air Station, and downrange down·range adv. & adj. In a direction away from the launch site and along the flight line of a missile test range: landed a thousand miles downrange; the downrange target area. facilities such as the islands of Ascension and Antigua and the Malabar and Jonathan Dickinson tracking stations. The system will be integrated with the mapping features of each location or base, and it will display rerouting possibilities to circumvent communications outages. Aerial photography, Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. data, and existing Geographic Information System geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to technology will be made available to over 100 users through an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . The GIMS will give these users the capability to manage data and transform it into information products (e.g. maps, tables, lists) that can be accessed by other network users. BTG expects to hire twenty new employees for a new Florida office to provide close-in support to the Patrick effort. This win complements Delta's position as a provider of communications GIS to the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense, including the Air Force Space Command headquarters in Colorado, the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites. in California, and Falcon Air Force Base in Colorado. BTG is an information technology company, providing computer-related services and products to government and commercial clients. The company specializes in systems engineering, integration and network systems, Internet/intranet access and services, custom computer manufacturing, and the reselling of computer hardware, software and systems. Additional information on BTG is available on the Internet at www.btg.com, by e-mail at info@btg.com, or by calling 703-556-6518. CONTACT: BTG Inc., Vienna Investors contact, John Graham, 703/761-6675 E-Mail: investor@btg.com or Editors contact, Theda Parrish, 703/761-6581 E-Mail: tparrish@btg.com |
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