General Dynamics Secures Navy Cyber Mission Engineering Contract
The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic has awarded Fairfax-based General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a $898 million Navy Cyber Mission Engineering Support contract. The multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract includes a five-year base ordering period, with one two-year option ordering period, and one six-month option-to-extend-services option ordering period.
GDIT will provide SSC Atlantic engineering and technical services in support of national security mission capabilities, including: research, development, test, evaluation, production and fielding for command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR), information operations (IO), identity operations (IdOps), Enterprise Information Services (EIS) and space-related capabilities.
Under the contract vehicle, GDIT will compete for individual task orders, according to the company.
"This contract offers a new platform to showcase GDIT’s next-generation cyber and electronic warfare solutions to reinforce the Navy’s important mission," said Leigh Palmer, senior vice president, Defense Division. "As electronic warfare continues to evolve, maintaining relevancy and technological superiority is critical. GDIT will support the Navy by utilizing our decades of engineering and technical experience to build mission-focused electronic warfare capabilities across the Navy’s warfighter domains."