Friday, December 25, 2009

TASC Part of Team Awarded Contract to Provide Technical and Engineering Support to the FAA's Aviation Weather Office

Former Northrop Grumman subsidiary has supported FAA for over 20 years
CHANTILLY, Va., Dec. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- TASC Inc. is part of a team that has been awarded the Aviation Weather Office contract by the Federal Aviation Administration, improving detection, forecasting, integration, and dissemination of weather information to reduce the impact of weather on Next Generation Air Transportation System operations.
TASC is a subcontractor to Basic to Commerce and Industry, Inc. (BCI) on this award. The company's portion of the contract has a total potential value of $5 million over a five year period.
"We have a well-established working relationship with the FAA and have been successfully providing it support over 20 years," said Pamela Drew, vice president of enterprise systems for TASC Inc. "This win capitalizes on the company's experience supporting sustainment and modernization weather programs."
Under the contract, TASC will provide technical and acquisition services to support program management, systems engineering, performance management, and implementation of the Air Traffic Organization (ATO)-Planning weather programs.
The FAA Weather Office Contractor Support Team, lead by BCI, Moorestown, N.J., consists of TASC Inc., ITT Industries, Inc., White Plains, N.Y.; Data Transformation Corporation (DTC), Silver Spring, Md.; and Engility, Billerica, Mass. Work on the contract will take place primarily in Washington, D.C. and the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, N.J.
About TASC
TASC is a premier provider of advanced systems engineering and advisory services across the Intelligence community, Department of Defense and civilian agencies of the federal government. For more than 40 years, we have partnered with our customers toward one goal—the success of their missions. TASC's broad portfolio of services includes cyber security; advanced concept and technology development; enterprise engineering and integration; program, financial and acquisition management; system/policy studies and analysis; test and evaluation; and program protection engineering. For more information, visit our website at www.tasc.com .
CONTACT
DeeAnn Connors
(703) 653-5752
DeeAnn.Connors@TASC.com

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