QinetiQ NA assists Marines with engineering and scientific support
Three-year task order also includes acquisition, logistics and programmatic services
- By David Hubler
- Jun 13, 2011
QinetiQ North America has won a three-year, $7.4 million task order from the Marine Corps to provide engineering and scientific support services.
Specifically, the award calls for QinetiQ NA to assist the program management office for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force's command and control systems and the Digital Fires and Situational Awareness program management office of Product Group 11.
Under the task order, QinetiQ North America will provide a broad range of engineering, acquisition, logistics, and programmatic support services across nearly all ground combat element and Marine Air-Ground Task Force command and control programs.
Work under the new task order, which was awarded under the Marine Corps Systems Command's Commercial Enterprise Omnibus Support Services blanket purchase agreement, will take place in Quantico and Stafford, Va., with completion of the base tasks scheduled for December.
QinetiQ North America, a unit of QinetiQ Group PLC, of McLean, Va., ranks No. 43 on Washington Technology’s 2011 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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David Hubler is the former print managing editor for GCN and senior editor for Washington Technology. He is freelance writer living in Annandale, Va.