CSC wins multimillion dollar contract to provide engineering, software support to DoD.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)--April 9, 1997--Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CSC) has been awarded a contract to provide telecommunications systems engineering and software development support to the Department of Defense. The multimillion dollar contract has a period of performance of five years. CSC will be responsible for providing a full range of systems development services in support of a DoD Advanced Technology Center. Services include systems engineering, software development, testing and training. The contract work will be performed by CSC's Systems Engineering Division and involve approximately 100 computer specialists in support of the contract. Teaming with CSC are TRW's Maryland Engineering Lab; Science Applications International Corp.; and Computer Systems Specialists Inc., a subsidiary of Nichols Research, all located in Columbia, Md. The companies will provide software, hardware and testing support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services as required. CSC had $5.4 billion in revenues for the 12 months ended Dec. 27, 1996. The company has headquarters in El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif., and has nearly 44,000 employees in more than 600 offices worldwide providing clients with a wide range of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. including management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects , business re-engineering, information systems consulting and integration and outsourcing. CONTACT: Computer Sciences Corp. John Gulick, 703/641-2588 Bruce Plowman, 310/615-0311 |
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