Contract awarded.Computer Sciences Corp. won a contract worth up to $1.5 billion over 10 years to provide the U.S. Army with engineering, logistics logistics In military science, all the activities of armed-force units in support of combat units, including transport, supply, communications, and medical aid. The term, first used by Henri Jomini, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and others, was adopted by the U.S. and other services. The El Segundo-based computer services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. company is one of seven companies to receive the "Strategic Services Sourcing" contracts, which are valued at about $19.2 billion. Under the contract, Computer Sciences will provide its services to the Army Communications-Electronics In telecommunication, communications-electronics (C-E) is the specialized field concerned with the use of electronic devices and systems for the acquisition or acceptance, processing, storage, display, analysis, protection, disposition, and transfer of information. Life Cycle Management Command in Fort Monmouth Fort Monmouth is a United States Army installation in Eatontown, Tinton Falls and Oceanport, New Jersey, and about one mile from the Atlantic Ocean. The base covers nearly 1,126 acres of land, from the Shrewsbury River west to Route 35, called Main Post. , N.J. Computer Sciences estimated the value of its portion of the award, which has a five-year base period and one five-year option, to be about $1.5 billion if the option is exercised. |
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