News Release-- February 26, 1997
CSC SELECTED AS RAYTHEON TEAM MEMBER TO DEVELOP COMMAND AND CONTROL SOFTWARE
Falls Church, VA., Feb. 26 -- A Raytheon-led team which includes Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) has been awarded a $500 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity prime contract for the Command and Control Product Lines (CCPL) Program. The multi-award CCPL contracts were awarded by the USAF's Electronics Systems Center (ESC) at Hanscom AFB, Mass. Also selected were Hughes Information Technology Systems, Fullerton, Calif., and TRW Data Technologies Division, Redondo Beach, Calif.
CCPL is an Electronics Systems Center acquisition-streamlining initiative to reduce the overall development time and costs associated with acquiring software-intensive command and control systems. Under the five-year contract, the team will participate in developing command and control systems that reuse commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software or that reuse software developed by the government for previous applications.
CSC's Integrated Systems Division, headquartered in Moorestown, N.J., will provide software, systems and networking/communications skills at CSC sites in Falls Church, Va., and Moorestown, N.J., various Raytheon locations and at Hanscom AFB, Mass.
The Air Force Electronics Systems Center is responsible for developing and providing operational command and control systems for multiple Air Force Commands.
CSC had $5.4 billion in revenues for the 12 months ended Dec. 27, 1996. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., and has nearly 44,000 employees in more than 600 offices worldwide providing clients with a wide range of professional services, including management consulting, business reengineering, information systems consulting and integration, and outsourcing.