BAE SYSTEMS AWARDED $6.7 MILLION U.S. AIR FORCE CONTRACT TO PROVIDE OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND LOGISTICS

BAE Systems has been awarded a $6.7 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide operations, maintenance, and logistics support for the AN/FPQ-16 Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) radar at Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota. The estimated value of the five-year contract is $37.7 million, if all options are exercised, extending the period of performance through September 2008. The contracting agency is the U.S. Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Under the new contract, BAE Systems Technical Services will support the PARCS radar by performing services that include program management, training, site operations, communications-electronics maintenance, computer operations, local area network/software support, supply support, civil engineering support, environmental management, security, transportation, vehicle maintenance, calibration, Military Strategic Tactical and Relay System (Milstar), Military Family Housing Maintenance (MH), local purchase and safety.

PARCS is run by the 10th Space Warning Squadron, and provides tactical warning and attack assessments of missiles launched against the continental United States and southern Canada. It also provides space surveillance, tracking, reporting and space object identification support.

"The PARCS contract illustrates our commitment to the Air Force Space Command and demonstrates our capabilities as a premier provider of radar systems management and support,� said Bob Murphy, president, BAE Systems Technology Solutions Sector.