CSC WINS FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT TO SUPPORT AIR FORCE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER.

Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) has been awarded a five-year, $36 million contract to provide rapid test support services for the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. Under the contract, CSC will provide mission area research, task decomposition, test planning, test execution and management, and reporting of technical and scientific findings in support of non-traditional test assessments.

The Test and Evaluation Center supports the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff and other U.S. government entities through tests, evaluations and technology demonstrations to determine the operational capabilities and limitations of Air Force and joint systems. The center also provides operational effectiveness, suitability and evaluation expertise from concept development to system employment.

CSC's Aerospace Information Technologies Business Unit in Albuquerque, N.M., will perform the work supported by eight teammate companies who will provide state-of-the-art expertise and experience. The teammates are: The Aegis Technologies Group, Inc., Albuquerque, N.M.; Advanced Research Inc., Albuquerque; Battelle, Columbus, Ohio; Jackson & Tull, Albuquerque; Metric Systems Corporation, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; Mobile Technical Systems, Inc. (MTSI), Las Cruces, N.M.; Southwest Engineering Associates, El Paso, Texas; and Tecolote Research, Inc., Santa Barbara, Calif.