CSC wins award to provide sounding rocket launch support.FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 1997--A contract team which includes Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CSC) has been awarded a $136 million task-order contract to support the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center's sounding rocket program. As a subcontractor to Coleman Research Corp., Orlando, Fla., CSC's portion of the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract is valued at $12 million. Coleman Research, Orbital Sciences and Space Vector were each selected to compete for up to 30 launches through the year 2002 at sites around the world, including White Sands Missile Range White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds, is a rocket range in New Mexico operated by the United States Army. The range covers an area of almost 3,200 mi² (8 287 km²), approximately three times the size of Rhode Island, making it , N.M., Vandenberg AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Calif., and Wallops Island, Va. Under the contract, CSC will provide engineering, design, fabrication and launch of guided and unguided sounding rockets to be used as targets during ballistic missile defense tests for the Air Force Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Noun 1. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization - an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality BMDO , the Army and the Navy. The contract will be performed at Wallops Island, Va., and supported by scientists and technicians assigned to CSC's Systems Sciences Division, which has headquarters in Calverton, Md. CSC has been involved in more than 2,000 rocket launches since 1970, primarily in support of the NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. sounding rocket program at Wallops Island. The company maintains a team of 230 engineers and technicians in aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau and space research at Wallops in support of NASA, the Department of Defense and other government agencies. At Wallops Island, CSC engineers and technicians use computer-based tools and state-of-the-art computerized technologies to design launch payloads and to assemble and test components under simulated flight conditions. The company also supports launch and recovery efforts. CSC had $5.2 billion in revenues for the 12 months ended Sept. 27, 1996, including revenues from the recently acquired The Continuum Co., which have been combined with CSC's revenues because the acquisition is accounted for as a pooling of interests Pooling of Interests An accounting method, used in mergers and acquisitions, where the balance sheet items of the two companies are simply added together. Notes: The opposite of pooling of interests is the purchase acquisition method. . CSC has headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., and nearly 40,000 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. John Gulick, 703/641-2588 |
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