CSC Wins DoD Joint Theater Air And Missile Defense Organization Contract

MISSILE DEFENSE

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El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2004
Computer Sciences announced Thursday last week that it has won a contract to continue providing scientific, engineering and technical advisory services to the Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization (JTAMDO), a division within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) chartered to provide an improved capability to defend against air and missile threats.

CSC estimates the value of the agreement, which has one base year and four one-year options, to be approximately $122 million if all options are exercised. CSC has supported the JTAMDO for the past five and a half years.

Under the agreement, CSC will provide requirements, concepts, architecture, analysis, interoperability, force protection, engineering and integrated homeland air security support, as well as senior liaison support for the JTAMDO to combatant commands worldwide.

"This contract underscores the CSC team's ability to provide unparalleled operational, technical and management support to the JTAMDO and the Department of Defense," said Paul Cofoni, president of CSC's Federal Sector business unit. "We look forward to continuing this critical work."

Approximately 45 senior analysts from CSC's Defense Mission Engineering and Integration division will perform the work at Crystal City, Va., and eight other CSC locations worldwide.

Members of the CSC team include Booz Allen Hamilton; SYColeman; Systems Planning and Analysis; Dynetics; Teledyne Brown Engineering; SDS International; ALION Science and Technology; Holmes-Tucker International; Advanced Defense Concepts; Paradigm Technologies; Cornerstone Industry and Touchstone Consulting Group.

MISSILE DEFENSE

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