Will provide engineering and technical support for C4I testing
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2009--
ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT) announced today that it
has received a five-year, $286 million contract from the U.S. Army
Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) at Fort Huachuca.
“Our successful award on this program is the result of our exceptional
teamwork and leadership, innovative network test tools and resource
optimization applications, and competitive cost structure,” said Louis
Addeo, President, ManTech Technical Services Group. “We look forward to
putting our innovations and efficiencies to work for this critical
component of the U.S. Army testing community.”
Under the competitively awarded contract, ManTech will support testing
for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I),
navigation, and sensor systems for reliability, availability and
maintainability, electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic
compatibility, and security. ManTech will provide a full spectrum of
services including scientific, engineering, technical, administrative,
maintenance and logistics. Other services may include instrumentation
and hardware/software-related development, as well as laboratory/testbed
operations and special studies.
ManTech personnel will support EPG in Fort Huachuca; Yuma Proving
Ground, AZ; Fort’s Hood and Bliss, TX; Fort Lewis, WA; Aberdeen Proving
Ground, MD; and White Sands Missile Range, NM.
“We are acutely aware of the importance of EPG’s mission to provide
quality, efficient, timely, value added test services and comprehensive
C4I system, system of systems and network performance information,” said
Lawrence B. Prior, III, President and Chief Operating Officer, ManTech
International Corporation. “While this is a new award, we have extensive
experience throughout ManTech supporting C4I systems and providing
testing and evaluation services, and we are eager to help EPG achieve
its mission.”
EPG is the Army's C4I developmental tester headquartered at Fort
Huachuca. They are a test center of the U.S. Army Developmental Test
Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, which in turn is part of the U.S.
Army Test and Evaluation Command, headquartered in Alexandria, VA.
About ManTech International Corporation:
Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia with approximately 8,000
professionals, ManTech International Corporation is a leading provider
of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national
security programs for the Intelligence Community; the departments of
Defense, State, Homeland Security and Justice; the Space Community;
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and other U.S. federal
government customers. ManTech’s expertise includes systems engineering,
systems integration, software development services, enterprise
architecture, cyber security, information assurance, intelligence
operations and analysis support, network and critical infrastructure
protection, information operations and information warfare support,
information technology, communications integration, global logistics and
supply chain management, and service oriented architectures. The company
supports the advanced telecommunications systems that are used in
Operation Iraqi Freedom and in other parts of the world; has developed a
secure, collaborative communications system for the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security; and builds and maintains secure databases that track
terrorists. The company operates in the United States and 40 countries.
In 2008, BusinessWeek magazine chose ManTech for its ‘InfoTech
100’ listing representing the best performing tech companies in the
world; Forbes.com named ManTech as one of the 400 Best Big
Companies in the nation; and A-Space, a Web 2.0 enhanced collaboration
tool that ManTech developed for the Intelligence Community was named one
of the Top 50 Inventions of the Year by Time magazine. Also in
2008, GI Jobs magazine named ManTech a Top Ten Military Friendly
Employer for the third year in a row. Additional information on ManTech
can be found at www.mantech.com.
Forward-Looking Information:
Statements and assumptions made in this press release, which do not
address historical facts, constitute "forward-looking" statements that
ManTech believes to be within the definition in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and uncertainties, many
of which are outside of our control. Words such as "may,” "will,”
"intends,” "should,” "expects,” "plans,” "projects,” "anticipates,”
"believes,” "estimates,” "predicts,” "potential,” "continue,” or
"opportunity," or the negative of these terms or words of similar import
are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks
and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially
from those anticipated, including, without limitation: adverse changes
in U.S. government spending priorities; failure to retain existing U.S.
government contracts, win new contracts, or win recompetes; adverse
results of U.S. government audits of our government contracts; risks
associated with complex U.S. government procurement laws and
regulations; adverse effect of contract consolidations; risk of contract
performance or termination; failure to obtain option awards, task orders
or funding under contracts; adverse changes in our mix of contract
types; failure to successfully integrate recently acquired companies or
businesses into our operations or to realize any accretive or
synergistic effects from such acquisitions; failure to identify, execute
or effectively integrate future acquisitions; risks of financing, such
as increases in interest rates and restrictions imposed by our credit
agreement; risks related to an inability to obtain new or additional
financing; and competition. These and other risk factors are more fully
discussed in the section entitled "Risks Factors" in ManTech's Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 27, 2009, and, from time to time, in ManTech's other filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including among others, its
reports on Form 10-Q.
The forward-looking statements included in this news release are only
made as of the date of this news release and ManTech undertakes no
obligation to publicly update any of the forward-looking statements made
herein, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or
circumstances, changes in expectations or otherwise.
Source: ManTech International Corporation
ManTech International Corporation
Stuart Davis
Corporate
EVP, Strategy and Communications
(703) 218-8269
stuart.davis@mantech.com
