ManTech Wins $118M Logistics and Maintenance Support Army Contract
(Fairfax, Va., June 19, 2008) -- ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT) announced today that is has received a contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command to support a variety of different surveillance systems deployed throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. These surveillance systems, which provide the U.S. military the intelligence required to rapidly respond to potentially hostile acts against U.S. and coalition forces consist of the U.S. Army's Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System, Base Expeditionary Target Surveillance Systems and the U.S. Marine Corps Ground Based Operational Surveillance System. The competitively awarded three-year effort, part of the Strategic Services Sourcing contract, has a total potential value to ManTech of $118 million.
ManTech is a subcontractor to CSC and will provide a substantial level of the services ordered under the contract including deployed fielding support, maintenance and repair; logistics management; sustainment support; and resource management, acquisition and administrative support for unique and specialized systems. These services will be provided in Southwest Asia - including Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We are acutely aware of the importance of these advanced and sophisticated surveillance systems to both the safety and security of the men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces and to the cause of worldwide and regional stability," said Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dave Bryan, President, ManTech Defense Systems Group. "We are proud to be selected to contribute our considerable experience and skill to ensure the achievement of operational success of this mission-critical equipment in remote and dangerous areas of the world."
"ManTech personnel have successfully provided Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Integrated Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems operations and maintenance support to deployed units in hostile environments beginning with Desert Storm and currently for Iraqi Freedom," said Robert A. Coleman, President and Chief Operating Officer, ManTech International Corporation. "This contract expands our efforts into the surveillance and reconnaissance area, which represents a long term solution for our intelligence efforts in the region."
Source : ManTech International Corp.
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