Mission and Range Services

Air and space, land and sea — CSC is one of the world’s largest providers of mission and range support.

As U.S. defense organizations, NASA and other government entities seek to focus their personnel ever more precisely on core missions, they look increasingly to contractors for support. Many missions, however, are specialized and highly technical. To be effective, a contractor must be thoroughly experienced in both the missions and the culture of the organizations it supports.

How CSC Can Help

As one of the world’s largest providers of mission and range support, CSC has with approximately 5,000 personnel across the globe performing diverse tasks such as:

• Program Management
• Information Technology
• Engineering Services
• Instrumentation
• Data Collection and Management
• Logistics
• Target Handling
• Training and Simulation
• Food Services
• Transportation
• Aviation Support
• Airfield Management
• Security
• Environmental Support

Representative Clients:

• U.S. Army, White Sands Missile Range
• U.S. Navy, Atlantic Undersea Test & Evaluation Center
• U.S. Nary, Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River
• U.S. Air Force, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
• U.S. Air Force, Nellis AFB
• United Kingdom MOD, United Kingdom Defence Training Estates
• U.S. Nary, Southern California Offshore Range
• Warfighter FOCUS
• U.S. Navy, NAWCAD Patuxent River, O&M Support Services for the Atlantic Range and Facilities Department and the Test Article Preparation Department
• U.S. Army, Flight School XXI
• U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen Test Center

CSC employs retired military and other employees with extensive knowledge of our clients' unique environments. We match the most capable and experienced managers with appropriate client programs and give these managers the authority to do what is needed and the responsibility to exceed customer expectations.

CSC's strong commercial experience means we can infuse client environments with commercial best practices. We employ standards and tools such as ISO 9001:2008, Six Sigma and High Performance Work Teams to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. Recent quality and performance awards include NASA's highly coveted George M. Low Award for Quality and Performance.

CSC also has developed an integrated information management system called AppliedInsight to provide our clients near-real-time reports and instant visibility into the programs scheduling, accounting, quality, and resource inventory.

How Clients Benefit

Many clients have achieved operational and cost efficiencies by contracting with CSC. Because our managers can share knowledge across similar programs, they can ensure that application of best commercial practices and other process improvements raise performance standards for all of our customers. By applying performance metrics across multiple sites, we routinely identify areas for improvement.

The buying power of many programs throughout the world means that parts and supplies can be procured rapidly and maximum cost savings can be achieved. Concerning personnel, training can be focused on core functions, and contracts can be structured to allow workforce to expand as contract needs change.