PAE continues growth of range business

PAE Applied Technologies won a $20.7 million Navy contract modification as part of the exercising of an option for Navy range support control.

PAE Applied Technologies LLC won a $20.7 million contract modification as part of the exercising of an option for a Navy range support contract.

PAE, which bought Applied Technologies from Computer Sciences Corp. last year, will provide range engineering and operations and maintenance services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Craft Divisions Atlantic Test Range and Atlantic Targets and Marine Operations Division.

The company is expected to supply 228,767 man-hours. Work will take place at Patuxent River, Md., and will run through September.

This is the second range support contract PAE has won this week. On Tuesday, the company announced that it had won a $544 million contract to manage several military training ranges in Great Britain.