U.S. Air Force awards $498M IBDSS contract.Jacobs Engineering Group Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC), a publicly traded company with annual revenues approaching $7 billion, provides professional technical services. Headquartered in Pasadena, CA, Jacobs offers support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :JEC) announced recently that the U.S. Air Force awarded a contract 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 (NYSE:NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) as one of four awardees to provide advanced systems for protecting U.S. Air Force bases worldwide. Jacobs is a major subcontractor to Northrop Grumman. The Air Force estimated the value of the five-year contract at $498 million. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity Integrated Base Defense Security System (IBDSS IBDSS Integrated Base Defense Security System ) contract was awarded by the Air Force Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base Hanscom Air Force Base, initially and briefly designated Bedford Army Air Base, is a U.S. Air Force facility in Bedford, Massachusetts. It is the headquarters of the Electronic Systems Center (ESC), one of the product centers of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). , Mass. This contract vehicle is available to any federal agency seeking to enhance its security. Under the IBDSS contract, Jacobs will provide architectural, engineering, and construction management services to support the installation of various technologies and force protection elements that enable the integrated protection of critical assets. "This acquisition will support quick-reaction temporary and permanent fixed-site deployments as well as multiple installations at different locations in parallel throughout the world," the Air Force said in its contract announcement. "IBDSS provides a critical line of defense for all critical assess--fixed, temporary, or mobile--by way of electronic detection, alarm assessment, access control, communications, and command, control, and display capabilities to support and give effective response." Additional members of this comprehensive Northrop Grumman Mission Systems team include Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. Columbia, Md.; Raytheon Technical Services Company, Reston, Va.; Boeing Autometric, Springfield, Va.; CSC, El Segundo, Calif.; ENSCO Inc., Springfield, Va.; Flaherty Technical Services Inc., San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. ; and Advanced Biometric Security, Littleton, Mass. In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Warren Dean stated, "Jacobs brings extensive experience and knowledge in aviation and security projects. We are very pleased to be a member of the Northrop Grumman team supporting the U.S. Air Force." Jacobs, with over 35,000 employees and revenues approaching $5.0 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally. |
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