CSC wins $2.8 million contract to continue support to NOAA.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)--June 25, 1997-- Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CSC) has been awarded a follow-on contract in support of the satellite-aided search and rescue system (COSPAS-SARSAT) operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Noun 1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and (NOAA NOAA abbr. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Noun 1. NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; ). The five-year contract has one base year and four one-year options and is valued at $2.8 million if all options are exercised over the contract period. COSPAS-SARSAT is an international, humanitarian search and rescue system that uses satellites to detect and locate emergency beacons carried by ships, aircraft or individuals. The system consists of a network of satellites, ground stations, a mission control center and rescue coordination centers. CSC will provide system engineering and program management support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to upgrade and maintain the U.S. portion of the COSPAS-SARSAT program. The company will provide expertise in satellite communications and tracking, data acquisition, locator transmitter and beacon design upgrades, and search and rescue procedures. CSC also will support integration of local user terminals and geosynchronous satellite A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite whose orbital track on the Earth repeats regularly over points on the Earth over time. If such a satellite's orbit lies over the equator and the orbit is circular, it is called a geostationary satellite. ground stations with the U.S. Mission Control Center. CSC has supported the COSPAS-SARSAT system for 15 years. Services will be performed by CSC's System Sciences Division, which has headquarters in Calverton, Md., and involve computer scientists and spacecraft engineers at the division's facility in Lanham, Md. NOAA is the lead agency in the U.S. for the COSPAS-SARSAT program, which was created in 1979. The system includes the four original partners -- Canada, France, Russia and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. -- plus 16 ground segment providers, nine user states and two participating organizations. NOAA recently signed a new international program agreement with Canada, France and Russia that will continue the program until the year 2003. CSC had $5.6 billion in revenues for the 12 months ended March 28, 1997. The company has headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., and has 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: John Gulick, 703/641-2588 or Bruce Plowman, 310/615-0311 |
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