American Systems has secured a follow-on contract valued at $172.7 million to continue supporting the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s Demonstration and Assessment Team. The award includes a one-year base period and four one-year options, the company said Tuesday.
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How Will American Systems Support the Navy and Marine Corps?
American Systems will serve as the prime contractor, leading a team of operational test and cybersecurity professionals to help the Navy and Marine Corps evaluate emerging technologies and accelerate the transition of new capabilities to operational use. The effort focuses on conducting demonstrations and assessments in realistic environments to provide decision-makers with timely, data-driven insight into system performance.
The will apply its expertise in cybersecurity, unmanned systems, DevSecOps and live-virtual-constructive environments to support secure integration and evaluation of new capabilities.
American Systems said it will also use large language models and generative artificial intelligence tools to deliver information to leadership within compressed timelines.
“By integrating advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence into our proven test and evaluation processes, we help our customers move promising capabilities from concept to the fleet faster and with greater confidence,” John Steckel, president and CEO of American Systems, stated.
What Is American Systems?
American Systems is an employee-owned company based in McLean, Virginia, that provides mission-essential and information engineering services to federal organizations.
In recent years, American Systems secured a $42 million Department of the Air Force task order for enterprise voice services, a position on a potential $33 billion Defense Technical Information Center Information Analysis Center contract for research and development services, and a $26.7 million Defense Health Agency contract to support defense healthcare management systems.
In August, the company received its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2 following an assessment of a third-party organization, or C3PAO, and achieving a perfect score of 110.
