Engility to support soundness of Navy aircraft

Engility Corp. has won a contract option to provide technical and engineering services to help the Navy determine the soundness of their aircraft.

Engility Corp. has won a $9.6 million option to provide technical and engineering services to help the Navy determine if its aircraft are structurally sound.

The contract with the Naval Air Systems Command Structures Division covers data analysis, information systems and software functions needed for the Structural Appraisal of Fatigue Effects Program, which monitors aircraft to determine the conditions of its physical structure.

Work is to be performed in Lexington Park, Md., and is expected to be completed in February 2014, according to a Defense Department announcement.

No funds are obligated at the time of the award.