AMSEC LLC Wins Contract Supporting U.S. Navy Space and Warfare Systems Center, Charleston
(VIRGINIA BEACH, VA) 05/09/06 -- AMSEC LLC announced today that it has been awarded a five-year contract to provide support to the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center in Charleston, S.C. The contract has a base period of one year with an estimated value of $58.9 million and a total value of $318 million if all options are exercised.
Work will be conducted primarily out of AMSEC's San Diego office, but also includes supporting SPAWAR Systems Center tasking in Norfolk, Va.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Bremerton, Wash.; and Hawaii. Services performed under the contract include installation of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems on ships, submarines and shore sites.
“This contract enables AMSEC's continued support of Navy sailors, ships and systems as they respond to worldwide challenges, including the global war on terror,” said Jim Taylor, AMSEC LLC business area manager for Maintenance, Modernization and Technical Services - West. “We will install the new technology systems required to help meet the demands of the 21st century on ships, submarines and shore stations.”
Under this contract, AMSEC LLC will continue its current efforts to implement a wide variety of new technologies and systems. AMSEC LLC has been supporting SPAWAR Systems Centers in Charleston and San Diego since 2000.
AMSEC is a limited liability company jointly owned by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Northrop Grumman Newport News. With 4,600 employees nationwide and overseas, AMSEC LLC is a full service supplier to the Navy and commercial maritime industry, providing naval architecture and marine engineering, combat and electronic systems engineering, naval ship systems assessments, maintenance engineering, acquisition program development, shipyard industrial engineering, and complete logistics services from technical manual development to provisioning documents, to spare parts management and training.
Northrop Grumman Newport News is one of the eight sectors of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global defense company headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With approximately 125,000 employees and operations in all 50 states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers.
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