SAIC AWARDED CECOM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CONTRACT.Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. ) announced recently it is part of a team that has been awarded a contract to provide systems and software engineering 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 the U.S. Army Communications & Electronics Command's (CECOM CECOM Communications Electronics Command (US Army) CECOM National Center for Communications of the Civil Protection Agency ) Software Engineering Center 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. As a sub-contractor to Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Corporation, SAIC's Integrated IT Solutions Group will conduct the system software acquisition, software architecture and software technology tasks. SAIC estimates the potential value of its portion of this indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract at $172 million. The contract will be performed over a five-year base period and has five one-year options. SAIC's Telecommunications Technology Group and the Applied Software Systems Engineering Technology (ASSET) Group are also supporting this effort. "SAIC will be expanding the work it performs for a very strategic and important customer," says Chuck Sutten, SAIC group manager and senior vice president. "CECOM plays a crucial role in the Army's strategy today and we are very proud to support their mission." |
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