Accenture (NYSE: ACN) picked up a five-year, $6.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to provide engineering services covering hardware and software maintenance in support of the Navy’s efforts to modernize its ships with mission-critical systems.
According to the firm “the SPAWAR Integrated Data Environment and Repository (SPIDER) contract was awarded under the Navy’s SeaPort-e contracting vehicle. Under SPIDER, Accenture will deliver engineering services necessary to maintain, modify, deploy and sustain all of SPIDER’s systems.”
Accenture will focus on the engineering services necessary to maintain, modify, deploy and sustain all of SPIDER’s systems.
“These services are designed to enable SPAWAR to more effectively plan, manage and execute the installation of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) equipment aboard U.S. Navy ships and shore facilities, ” said Vince Vlasho, Accenture senior executive and U.S. Navy account lead.
