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SES awarded $23.8 million contract by DOD.


Scientific & Engineering Solutions Inc. (SES) this month was awarded the first task ($1.9 million) of a five-year software engineering contract with the National Security Agency worth a total of $23.8 million.

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 Bill Korink, senior vice president for intel at SES, "SES has been contracted to perform software development in the area of multimedia. It is (SES's) goal to use this and other recent contract wins to fully establish the company as a prime contractor on software engineering and other SES core business-related tasks."

As part of its growth strategy, SES has not only redoubled re·dou·ble  
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 its efforts in growing its systems engineering, network engineering and information assurance core areas, but it has also invested in a 5,000 sq. foot secure compartmented com·part·ment  
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 information facility (SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) A Department of Defense (DOD) term for a secure room or datacenter that foils electronic surveillance and suppresses data leakage. ) to accommodate new contract wins requiring off-site space.

SES, as the prime contractor, has as its partners: Hewlett Packard, Pangia Technologies, OMEN omen, sign or augury believed to foreshadow the future. Almost any occurrence can be interpreted as an omen. The typical omen was a natural phenomenon, such as a meteor, an eclipse, or the flight of birds.  Inc., Software Process Technologies, and Expert Network and System Engineering Inc.

This win comes on the heels of a recent $3 million contract win for Information Assurance at the Defense Intelligence Agency Noun 1. Defense Intelligence Agency - an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition
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 and SES anticipates several new contracts being awarded in the coming month.

SES is one of the fastest growing providers of IT services to the Federal Government. Since its founding in 1996, SES has focused on the innovative application of information technology and services. SES's services include systems engineering and lifecycle support, commercial product support, network and enterprise solutions, as well as software development.
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