Northrop Grumman was awarded a seven-year, $337 million task order in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to design, operate and maintain the department’s classified network infrastructure for its headquarters and directorates nationwide. The network will streamline and modernize the classified data capabilities to facilitate collaboration within the Department of Homeland Security and with other federal agencies and organizations.
As part of the task order award by General Services Administration Federal Technology Service under the Millennia Government Wide Acquisition Contract, Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology (IT) sector will provide secure network services for a pre-defined number of Department of Homeland Security and directorate locations including approximately 600 federal, state and local sites, such as the Department of Homeland Security, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and law enforcement organizations.
“This high-speed data network is a vital backbone for enabling intelligence data to flow between federal, state and local law enforcement,” said Dave Zolet, Northrop Grumman’s vice president of Homeland Security. “This data interoperability across many jurisdictions is critical to our nation’s war on terrorism.”
Northrop Grumman expects to add 60 new jobs in Fairfax, Virginia, with expansion up to 150 positions in 2005.
Other participants win Northrop Grumman in the project are: Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, SRA International, BearingPoint, CHM, ITS Services, Level 3 Communications, Telos Corp., Touchstone Consulting Group, and Omen Inc.. http://www.northropgrumman.com/
