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2007 Press Release
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Army Awards Westar $100 Million Contract to Continue Sample Data Collection and Analysis Services
ST. LOUIS, July 27, 2007─ The Army Materiel Systems Analysis
Activity (AMSAA), an analysis organization of the U.S. Army, has
awarded Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc., a QinetiQ North
America company, a five-year, $100 million re-compete contract for
continued support to its Sample Data Collection (SDC) program.
Under the contract, Westar will collect data on equipment usage and
maintenance from garrison environments, field training exercises and
combat areas, and help the Army provide timely, comprehensive
studies and analyses based on the data. Westar’s data collection and
analysis services will be applied to all Army equipment, such as
ground combat systems, tactical wheeled vehicles and aviation
systems.
“Westar’s job is to help AMSAA improve the performance,
availability, maintainability and reliability of weapon systems by
collecting, analyzing and reporting ‘at-the-source-validated’
logistics data,” said Michael Gross, Westar Program Manager, SDC.
“For example, we collect empirical data during periods of intensive
field training to improve the data base and help the Army to compute
more realistic combat usage factors.”
SDC data are used to optimize the Army’s parts usage, maintenance
and manpower requirements in support of combat, peace-keeping and
disaster-relief forces.
Westar has provided AMSAA with sample data collection and analysis
services since 1992, when the company’s logistics information
management arm was then known as COBRO Corporation. Today, Westar
provides these services at virtually every major Army installation
around the world. In addition to the U.S., this includes
Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait and Qatar.
About Westar:
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc. is a leading systems
engineering contractor with more than 1,200 professionals around the
world delivering high-value engineering, software solutions,
logistics information management and IT technical support services
to the U.S. Department of Defense, allied governments and select
commercial customers. For more information:
http://www.westar.com/
About QinetiQ North America:
QinetiQ North America Operations LLC has more than 5,000 engineers
and technologists who work in partnership with customers to develop
innovative technology solutions to meet the challenges of national
defense, homeland security and information access. QinetiQ North
America is part of QinetiQ Group PLC (LSE: QQ.), one of the world’s
leading defense and security technology companies.
For more information:
www.QinetiQ-na.com.
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Media Contact:
Mike Ruggeri
Vice President, Communications
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc.
636-300-5151 (office)
636-627-9070 (mobile)