PAE acquisition rolls up contract wins

PAE continues to reap the benefits of its July acqusition of the Applied Technology unit of Computer Sciences Corp.

This time, the company's new division has won has won a $44.6 million contract for the development, testing and installation of the SureTrak Surveillance System.

The SureTrak system is a fully integrated, multi-sensor, data acquisition and display system that is used for airspace surveillance, waterway clearance, shoreline surveillance and environmental monitoring functions, the Defense Department said.

Under the contract, the company will develop, test and install the SureTrak system for the Navy, Air Force, NASA, and governments in Africa.

Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., Wallops, Va., Lompoc, Calif., Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Pt. Mugu, Calif., Dahlgren, Va., and various locations outside of the United States, and is expected to be completed by November 2017.

This is the third large contract the company has won since acquiring the business from CSC.

In August, PAE won an $81.7 million option on a contract to help manage range operations for the Air Force.

Earlier this month, the company won a $23 million option for Navy range support.

PAE paid $174 million for CSC's Applied Technology division.