Wyle wins contract to support U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office

Posted by Courtney E. Howard

El SEGUNDO, Calif., 18 Nov. 2010. Wyle won a contract with a potential value of $66.9 million to support the U.S. Army's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office. The new five-year task order is a follow-on contract to Wyle's Express Task Order from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command.

The Wyle CAS Group will support the program office with systems engineering and integration support, airspace management activities, information assurance, earned value management services, configuration support, C4I activities, modeling and simulation support, international cooperation activities/homeland security/counter unmanned aircraft support, and business management.

The contract will support all Army unmanned aerial system (UAS) programs, including Gray Eagle UAS, Hunter UAS, Improved Gnat UAS, Shadow UAS, Raven UAS, Unmanned Systems Airspace Integration Concepts, Family/Common Systems Integration, Gasoline Micro Air Vehicle, and emerging UAS programs.