SI International Awarded ID/IQ Air Force Space Command Contract

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AFSPC is the major command providing space forces for the US Space Command and trained ICBM forces for US Strategic Command. AFSPC also supports NORAD with ballistic missile warning information, operates the Space Warfare Center to develop space applications for direct warfighter support, and is responsible for the DoD's ICBM follow-on operational test program.

Reston VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2004
SI International Monday announced that the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) has awarded SI International an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract for Advisory and Assistance Services and Engineering Technical Assistance (CAASETA) for Headquarters AFSPC at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

The contract enables SI International to compete with one other large business contract awardee and two small business contract awardees for task orders having an aggregate ceiling value of $610 million over a five-year period.

Tasks to be performed under this contract include management and professional services; studies, analyses and evaluations; and engineering and technical services.

"Through our longstanding relationship with the Air Force Space Command, SI International has developed industry-recognized expertise in space systems acquisitions, military space operations and missile defense to support the Air Force Space Command mission to defend the United States through the control and exploitation of space," said Ray Oleson, Chairman and CEO of SI International.

"We are extremely honored to have been selected by the U.S. Air Force Space Command to assist in the upgrade, modernization, and development of current and new systems." SI International is one of the largest systems engineering, network, telecommunications and implementations contractors supporting the Air Force Space Command.

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L-3 Aims To Buy Northrop Grumman's Canadian Navigation and Space Sensors Business

New York NY (SPX) Oct 14, 2004
L-3 Communications announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Northrop Grumman's Canadian navigation systems and space sensors system division business for approximately U.S. $65 million, payable in cash.

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