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2005 Press Release
Westar Wins $120 Million Battlefield Automation Support Contract
September 22, 2005, Huntsville, AL. The US Army Aviation and Missile
Command awarded Westar an order valued at $120 Million for Battlefield
Automated Systems Engineering Support. The Westar team will provide software
design, development, engineering, test, and accreditation for software
used in air and ballistic missile defense, fire support, close combat,
aviation, C4I interoperability, ISR, and automatic test equipment. The
contract supports the Research, Development and Engineering Command’s
Software Engineering Directorate at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama where, with
the Company’s offices, most of the work will be performed. The task
order contract was awarded under Westar’s EXPRESS technical prime
contract, an effective multi-year omnibus contract vehicle under which
all efforts are competitively procured.
According to Garrett Martz, Westar's Chief Operating Officer, "We've
been working hard over the last five years to insure our Government customers
get the highest quality software engineering services in the industry.
The Army’s selection of Westar is a result of the hard work of our
experienced professional software engineering team who will again work
to improve system functionality, reduce systems cost, and get these important
systems fielded quickly. We are thrilled at the Government’s choice
of Westar to assist them with BASES.”
Westar is a leading technology services provider to defense, space, and security customers around the world. As a supplier to the US Department of Defense and coalition and allied nations, Westar performs rapid technology insertion, defense systems architecture simulation and design, conducts interoperability analysis, systems integration, engineering and programmatic support, and develops and deploys logistics software. By providing a full range of engineering and consulting services Westar completes broad-based and large scale multidisciplinary projects that deliver improved readiness and lower operating costs to its customers. Westar has 1000 technology professionals in St. Louis MO, Washington D.C., Huntsville AL, Ft. Hood TX and Ft. Campbell KY and at numerous other locations in the US and around the world.
QinetiQ (pronounced ki’ ne tik as in ‘kinetic energy’)
is a leading global defense technology and security company. Founded in
2001, QinetiQ today has grown internationally, with around 11,500 employees
in the UK and US, many of them internationally acclaimed experts, providing
government and commercial customers sophisticated resources to create,
evaluate, test, and deliver technology-based services, solutions and products.
In 2004, it acquired Westar Aerospace & Defense Group and Foster-Miller,
Inc. In 2005, QinetiQ also announced its signing of purchase agreements
with Apogen Technologies and Belgian firm Verhaert. These transactions
are expected to close later this year. Visit www.QinetiQ.com for further
information.