Titan lands Navy Prowler support contract

Titan Corp. of San Diego announced April 8 that its subsidiary, Titan Systems Corp., was awarded a five-year contract potentially worth more than $40 million over five years to provide technical engineering support services for the Navy's EA-6B Prowler aircraft.

The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, which was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command Weapons Division, calls for Titan Systems to provide hardware and software systems engineering, simulation and test support in all phases of the EA-6B aircraft Operational Flight Program development and maintenance.

The Prowler is a part of the Navy battle groups engaged in the war on terrorism. EA-6B Prowlers provide an advanced electronic umbrella of protection for other strike aircraft, ground troops and naval ships by jamming enemy radar, electronic data links and communications.

The EA-6B is a joint electronic warfare platform flown by Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force aviators.

The award marks more than 15 years of direct engineering and technical support provided by Titan to the EA-6B Program, said Gene Ray, Titan chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Specific programs supported by Titan under the contract include the EA-6B avionics, tactical EA-6B mission support, tactical aircraft mission planning, EA-6B tactical information and report management system and electronic warfare programmability and intelligence systems.