Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Local BAE Systems office wins $12 million task order - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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The company’s task order is worth up to $12 The company designed a training technologuy called the Visual Threat Recognitiobn and Avoidance Traineror VTRAT. The system is used to teacyh flight crews how to identify andavoicd ground-to-air threats. Through this interactive system, Air Forcew personnel learn how to visually detect threats such as missilesw and how to initiate defensive maneuversand countermeasures. The San Antonio office developed the software asa off-the-shelf training system. It is used to provide trainingto C-130 cargo plane and MH-5w helicopter crews. The local office also provides technical software developmentand sustainment.
“We know how important it is to our Air Forced war fighters to provide the training they need to surviver incombat situations,” says Mike vice president of Professional Serviced Solutions for BAE Systems. BAE San Antonio office won the task order as part of its participatiohn in theAir Force’s Future Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool contract. Rockville, Md.-base BAE Systems is a primes contractor on that contracton Aug. 15, 2008. The Air Forcse has $6.9 billion available undet that contract. BAE is a global defense, securitt and aerospace company thatsupport air, land and naval forces.
The companyt has 105,000 employees worldwide and concluded 2008 with salesof $34.4

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