By Troy Turner
A Virginia-based company has earned a nearly $63 million contract for work to be performed in Huntsville on the production, integration and sustainment of laser systems and vehicles.
“The systems will provide the warfighter with the ability to effectively identify, disarm and clear unexploded ordnance from an airfield while inside the vehicles,” according to the Department of Defense.
The U.S. Air Force selected Parsons Government Services Inc., Centerville, Virginia, for the work, which will be added to an already robust military and defense industry base in Huntsville researching and developing defense systems using directed energy, including laser and microwave technology.
Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville is the home to several U.S. Army space and missile commands; and to NASA development work, including Marshall Space Flight Center.
Parsons is an industry giant working around the globe in military and civilian infrastructure development.
The company is a provider of engineering services, logistics support and advanced technologies ranging from missile defense system integration to military facility modernization projects worldwide, according to its business profile.
“From Earth to outer space, we deliver tomorrow’s solutions today,” its portfolio states. “Equipped with the capabilities required to take on any defense, intelligence or critical infrastructure challenge, our agile, innovative and disruptive approach enables us to deliver solutions at the speed of relevance.”
Parsons is involved in a variety of government contracts, including one announced Monday in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration selected the company for work on its Traffic Coordination System for Space.
A cloud-based IT system will serve as a space-traffic control operation.
It will “provide space situational awareness and space traffic coordination services to private and civil space operators. Such services are essential for global spaceflight safety and the long-term sustainability of the space environment for commercial, civil, national security and international uses,” Parsons stated.
As the system integrator, Parsons will develop the software backbone for the operational platform. The company’s role also encompasses management of cloud services, cybersecurity protection, and system administration.
The company in February also garnered a $48 million contract award for developmental work in Army command-and-control system integration.
“Our broad experience with systems and technology integration will be leveraged to support real-time situational awareness and decision support for the U.S. Army across the all-domain battlespace,” said Mike Kushin, president, Defense and Intelligence for Parsons.
Regarding the Air Force contract that includes Huntsville, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting agency.
Troy Turner is the editor and senior consultant for AlaDefense.com. He can be contacted at [email protected].
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