CSC selected as Raytheon team member to develop command and control software.FALLS CHURCH Falls Church, independent city (1990 pop. 9,578), NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. as a town 1875, as a city 1948. There is diverse light manufacturing, including telecommunications equipment. , Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1997--A Raytheon-led team which includes Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CSC) has been awarded a $500 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity prime contract for the Command and Control Product Lines (CCPL CCPL Creative Commons Public License (agreements) CCPL Carroll County Public Library (Maryland) CCPL Cuyahoga County Public Library CCPL Charleston County Library ) Program. The multi-award CCPL contracts were awarded by the USAF's Electronics Systems Center (ESC See escape character and escape key. See also ESC/P. ESC - escape ) at Hanscom AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Mass. Also selected were Hughes Information Technology Systems, Fullerton, Calif., and TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Data Technologies Division, Redondo Beach, Calif. CCPL is an Electronics Systems Center acquisition-streamlining initiative to reduce the overall development time and costs associated with acquiring software-intensive command and control systems. Under the five-year contract, the team will participate in developing command and control systems that reuse commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software or that reuse software developed by the government for previous applications. CSC's Integrated Systems Division, with headquarters in Moorestown, N.J., will provide software, systems and networking/communications skills at CSC sites in Falls Church, Va., and Moorestown, N.J., various Raytheon locations and at Hanscom AFB, Mass. The Air Force Electronics Systems Center is responsible for developing and providing operational command and control systems for multiple Air Force Commands. CSC had $5.4 billion in revenues for the 12 months ended Dec. 27, 1996. The company has headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., and nearly 44,000 employees in more than 600 offices worldwide providing clients with a wide range of professional services, including management consulting, business reengineering, information systems consulting and integration, and outsourcing. CONTACT: Computer Sciences Corp. Bruce Plowman, 310/615-0311 or John F. Gulick, 703.641.2588 |
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