LOGICON TEAM WINS AIR FORCE CONTRACT FOR DESIGN ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES
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HERNDON, Va. -- Feb. 1, 2000 -- Logicon Inc., a Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) company, leads a team that has been selected to provide engineering services to the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) through the Design Engineering Support Program (DESP).
Highlights
- Logicon leads one of 10 contractor teams awarded a DESP contract
- Program provides engineering services to Air Force, DoD and other agencies
- Five-year program has an aggregate ceiling of $450 million to all contractor teams
- Northrop Grumman's ISA Sector is a member of the Logicon team
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Logicon was one of 10 large business teams awarded a DESP contract by the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Utah. The five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, multiple award contract has an aggregate ceiling of $450 million for the contractor teams.
"As a designer, developer and integrator of Department of Defense [DoD] weapon systems, subsystems and components, the Logicon team will address the challenges of ownership costs, parts obsolescence, vanishing suppliers and modernization needed to extend the life of Air Force systems," said Mike Anderson, DESP program manager, Logicon.
DESP provides design and engineering support services to all AFMC, DoD and other government agency systems, components and support equipment. This includes systems integration, modifications, maintenance, repair and operations/processes support. The program is a follow-on to the current Design Engineering II Program (DEP II), but will have an expanded scope of work in types of systems supported and tasks performed.
"DESP emphasizes design engineering and the infusion of new technology into existing systems," said Anderson. "Logicon will provide overall program direction as well as task orders in the areas of information technology, systems engineering, testing and support equipment."
Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems and Aerostructures (ISA) Sector is a member of the Logicon team and will provide engineering services in aircraft structures; mechanical and avionics systems integration; modifications, maintenance and repair; as well as other areas.
"In addition to Logicon's and ISA's capabilities, our DESP team members provide industry leadership in propulsion, communications, environmental systems and software technologies," said Roger Fujii, vice president of Systems and Information Technology for Logicon's Advanced Technology (LAT) unit.
LAT, headquartered in San Pedro, Calif., leads the DESP team which includes Northrop Grumman's ISA Sector, Dallas, Texas; Thiokol Propulsion, Brigham City, Utah; Redcon, Bountiful, Utah; Milestone Engineering, Yorba Linda, Calif.; General Dynamics Communications Systems Division, Needham, Mass.; and Object Technology Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Work on the program will be performed in Ogden and Layton, Utah; San Pedro, and other Air Logistics centers, Air Force agencies and DoD sites.
Logicon Inc., headquartered in Herndon, is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. It is a leader in advanced information technologies, systems and services. Areas of expertise include command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR); weapon systems; information systems; training and simulation; science and technology; base and range support; and system support services.
v Northrop Grumman Corporation, headquartered in Los Angeles, is a leading designer, systems integrator and manufacturer of military surveillance and combat aircraft, defense electronics and systems, airspace management systems, information systems, marine systems, precision weapons, space systems, and commercial and military aerostructures.
