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2 août 2018 | International, Naval

SPAWAR inks lucrative contract

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The Navy has pulled the trigger on the lucrative engineering services contract for afloat and ashore operations worldwide.

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific awarded Science Applications International Corp. a $116 million prime contract to continue providing a wide range of management and technical support to the Navy's Tactical Networks In-Service Engineering Activity — what sailors call “TACNET ISEA" for short.

The bulk of the work is expected to be performed in San Diego and Norfolk, with some additional help on Navy vessels and shore sites around the globe.

The contract calls for a three-year base period of performance but includes a two-year option that, if exercised, will hike the value of the deal to about $196 million.

In 2015, SAIC landed a similar three-year $80 million deal with SPAWAR.

“We are proud to continue our support to SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific TACNET and are dedicated to ensuring the highest degree of fleet readiness. For more than 20 years, we have assisted the Navy with sustainment services for critical TACNET systems that serve as the backbone of U.S. naval vessels,” said Jim Scanlon, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the Defense Systems Customer Group, in a press release.

With more than $4.5 billion in annual revenues, Virginia-based SAIC is a global technical and engineering titan.

Full article: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/08/01/spawar-inks-lucrative-contract/

 

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