MTSI win $28m Engineering Support Contract

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MTSI win $28m Engineering Support Contract

MTSI Wins $28 Million Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Modernization and Engineering Support Contract.

The National Guard Bureau (NGB) has awarded a $28 million modernization and engineering support contract for the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) to Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI), an engineering services and technology solutions provider for the defense industry, intelligence community, and commercial markets. Prior to the award of this OASIS Task Order, MTSI had successfully performed this work under a five (5) year task order for NGB.

“MTSI is looking forward to continue serving the Air National Guard on this project and strategically growing our role in the integration, testing and delivery of critical capabilities,” said Kevin Robinson, MTSI President and CEO. “We provide AATC with rapid integration and full spectrum testing of complex capabilities on test ranges all across the country. This is a big prime contract win for us on the OASIS Small Business contract vehicle. This work will get executed in our Warfighter Capabilities Business Unit under the exceptional leadership of Mr. Vance Drenkhahn. ”

The contract term is for one (1) base year with four (4) option years. MTSI will provide test planning, test execution, data analysis, test reporting, test logistics, and studies/analysis for modernization installations and integration on Air Reserve Component (ARC) platforms, which is composed of the Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) weapons systems. A number of additional technical engineering, program management, and acquisition services were also included in the contracted services. Performance will be conducted at Tucson, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, Jacksonville, FL, and other test sites as required.

Source: www.mtsi-va.com

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