SAIC Awarded $10 M Contract to Support Army Ammunition Systems Management
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Company to Provide Comprehensive Program Management, Engineering and
Management Support for Ammunition Programs
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science
Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been
awarded a prime contract by the Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle
Management Command Acquisition Center. This single-award, time and material
contract will support the Army's Project Manager for Maneuver Ammunition
Systems (PM-MAS). The contract has a one-year base period, four one-year
options and a total contract value of $10 million if all options are
exercised.
PM-MAS is responsible for providing world-class ammunition to the United
States (U.S.) Army, the Department of Defense, and U.S. allies for use by
soldiers and maneuver combat weapons platforms worldwide. Under this contract,
SAIC will provide comprehensive program management support for current and
future small, medium, and large caliber ammunition programs. SAIC will perform
a full range of engineering and management support activities, including
acquisition management, life-cycle and strategic planning, logistics,
training, production development, and testing and evaluation.
The SAIC team will include Camber Corporation and Management Technologies
Associates, Inc., a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business. The
SAIC-led team will perform work at locations nationwide, including Picatinny
Arsenal, N.J., Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Independence, MO., Fort
Benning, GA., and Fort Knox, KY.
"We will combine our deep understanding of PM-MAS operations and its
culture with our management experience to provide outstanding program
management support from a skilled, geographically dispersed workforce," said
Beverly Seay, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.
"The services we deliver to the PM-MAS staff will help them make significant
contributions to the success of warfighters in the field."
About SAIC
SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration
and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military,
agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as
well as to customers in selected commercial markets. With approximately 44,000
employees in more than 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists
solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for
customers' mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.9
billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. SAIC: FROM SCIENCE TO
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only as of the date hereof.
Contact: Melissa Koskovich, McLean Laura Luke, McLean
703/676-6762 703/676-6533
koskovichm@saic.com laura.luke@saic.com
SOURCE SAIC
Melissa Koskovich, McLean, +1-703-676-6762, koskovichm@saic.com Laura Luke,
McLean, +1-703-676-6533, laura.luke@saic.com, both of SAIC
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