Anteon awarded $94M Navy contract for missile defense support

Anteon International Corp. of Fairfax, Va., won a five-year contract worth up to $94 million to support the U.S. Navy Missile Defense Support Office, company officials announced Sept. 30.

The Missile Defense Support Office leads the Navy's advanced missile defense program.

The Navy's Theater Ballistic Missile Defense program is critical for the nation's defense posture, said Joseph Kampf, Anteon president and chief executive officer.

Anteon is an information technology and systems engineering and integration company with 5,500 employees and 2001 revenue of $715 million.

Under the contract, Anteon will provide systems engineering and integration services, program management and test support for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Project.

The award is one of several recent federal contract wins for Anteon. Sept. 27 the company announced a 10-year task order win worth $66 million from U.S. Coast Guard Maintenance and Logistics Command. Sept. 26 the company announced it won a five-year contract worth $24.4 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center.