Booz Allen to support DOD satellite center

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has won a $9.9 million contract from the Air Force to provide systems engineering and integration services for the Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing.

The McLean, Va.-based company will assist the Space and Missile Systems Center, housed at Los Angeles Air Force Base, with the Global Broadcast Services program and Joint Terminal Engineering Office, DOD said yesterday.

For the JTEO, the company will provide systems engineering, test and evaluation, network engineering and development oversight of all terminal systems, DOD said.

For the GBS program, Booz Allen will implement future systems engineering and integration program plans, define current and future system architecture requirements and analyze alternative approaches for supporting GBS systems. This work also includes site management and risk assessment and mitigation.

Booz Allen ranks No. 13 on Washington Technology's 2007 Top 100 list of the largest federal government prime contractors.