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Mitre Awarded $407M Contract to Support Air Force Through National Security Engineering Center


Mitre has received a $406.8M contract to provide support services to the U.S. Air Force through the utilization of the National Security Engineering Center that the nonprofit corporation manages for the Defense Department.

The service branch will obligate $506.2K in foreign military sales funds at the time of award, the DoD said Friday.

Work will take place in Bedford, Mass.; McLean, Va. and other locations within and outside the continental U.S. through Sept. 30, 2019.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the sole-source contract.

NSEC is a federally funded research and development center working to help the DoD address scientific and technical problems in various technology areas such as sensors, electronics and cybersecurity.

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