SAIC Awarded $48 Million Task Order by Naval Surface Warfare Center - Crane Division
17 September 2008 - 6:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
Company to Help Develop and Integrate Weapon Systems SAN DIEGO and
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science
Applications International Corporation [NYSE: SAI] today announced
it has been awarded a task order by the Naval Surface Warfare
Center (NSWC) -- Crane Division to provide engineering, technical,
and management services. The follow-on task order, awarded under
the SeaPort-e contract, has a two-year base period of performance,
three one-year options and a total value of more than $48 million
if all options are exercised. Work will be performed at NSWC Crane
and SAIC locations throughout Indiana. The Crane Division is one of
five divisions of NSWC which maintains a full spectrum research,
development, acquisition, test and evaluation, and support
capability for surface warfare combat and weapon systems and hull,
mechanical, and electrical systems. Under the task order, SAIC will
continue to support the Small Arms Weapons Systems Division by
helping develop, integrate and improve new and existing weapon
systems. SAIC will also provide engineering, technical, and
management support in the areas of scientific/engineering analysis,
test and evaluation, field engineering, configuration management,
and overhaul and maintenance. "This task order award continues our
longstanding relationship with the NSWC Crane in the area of
rotary-wing and surface platform small arms systems integration,"
said Tom Baybrook, SAIC senior vice president and business unit
manager. "The work SAIC will perform is vital to providing our
warfighters with the systems they need to do their jobs and we are
honored to be part of it." This task order brings the total dollar
value awarded to SAIC under the SeaPort-e
indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract to over $2
billion. SAIC has been awarded a total of 107 task orders since it
won the SeaPort-e contract in March of 2004. About SAIC SAIC is a
FORTUNE 500(R) scientific, engineering, and technology applications
company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of
vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security,
energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health.
The company's approximately 44,000 employees serve customers in the
Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil
agencies and selected commercial markets. SAIC had annual revenues
of $8.9 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. For
more information, visit http://www.saic.com/. SAIC: From Science to
Solutions(R) Contact: Melissa Koskovich Laura Luke (703) 676-6762
(703) 676-6533 DATASOURCE: SAIC CONTACT: Melissa Koskovich,
+1-703-676-6762, , or Laura Luke, +1-703-676-6533, , both of SAIC
Web site: http://www.saic.com/
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