FALLS CHURCH, Va., 12 May 2009. CSC won from the U.S. Army a task order to provide systems engineering, technical, and program support for the project manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS). The task order was awarded under the Strategic Services Sourcing contract vehicle originally awarded to CSC in March 2006, and has a one-year base period and two one-year options, bringing the estimated total three-year task order value to $226 million.

PM DCATS provides the Department of Defense with communications transmission systems, such as satellite, wireless, fiber optic, and microwave.

CSC will provide a broad range of support services, including project and technical management; research, design, and development; systems engineering; and training. CSC will support a range of PM DCATS projects at various locations worldwide, including the continental United States, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Germany, and Korea.

Teaming with CSC is General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies, of Newton, N.C.