URS Awarded Contract by U.S. Navy to Support Missile Self-Defense Program; Contract Has Maximum Value of $11.6 Million to URS.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- URS URS Yours URS Ultimate Roulette System URS Uniform Reporting System URS User Requirement(s) Specification URS Undergraduate Research Symposium URS Unified Registration Statement URS Undergraduate Research Scholars Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : URS) today announced that the Company's EG&G Division has been awarded a re-compete contract with the U.S. Navy to provide management, engineering and technical 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 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Program Office of the Naval Sea Systems Command The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations. NAVSEA consists of four shipyards, eight "warfare centers" (two undersea and six surface), four major shipbuilding locations and the NAVSEA headquarters, in Arlington, Virginia. The Company held the previous contract from July 2001 through February 2006. RAM is an international program jointly managed by the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Germany for development, delivery, maintenance and upgrade of a Ship Self-Defense Weapon System. The RAM Program Office provides management, financial and technical oversight for the development, production and in-service support of the RAM MK-31 Guided Missile Weapons System for both the United States and German Navies. Under the terms of the contract, URS will provide acquisition program management, system engineering, financial management, and integrated logistics support A composite of all the support considerations necessary to assure the effective and economical support of a system for its life cycle. It is an integral part of all other aspects of system acquisition and operation. Also called ILS. services for the development, production and fielding of the RAM system. The contract includes a one-year base period and three one-year option periods. The maximum value of the contract to URS is $11.6 million if all option periods are exercised. Randall A. Wotring, President of the EG&G Division, said: "We are very pleased to have been selected to support the Naval Sea Systems Command's efforts. This contract win underscores the breadth of our experience in providing managerial, advanced engineering, technical and logistics services to the U.S. military. We look forward to working with the Navy on this important assignment." URS Corporation offers a comprehensive range of professional planning and design, systems engineering and technical assistance, program and construction management, and operations and maintenance services for transportation, commercial/industrial, facilities, environmental, water/wastewater, homeland security, installations and logistics, and defense systems. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Company operates in more than 20 countries with approximately 29,200 employees providing engineering and technical services to federal, state and local governmental agencies as well as private clients in the chemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, manufacturing, mining and forest products industries (www.urscorp.com). |
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