KBR on Tuesday announced it has been awarded a $165 million task order to perform key engineering services on tactical missiles for the Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM) project office within the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space.
The publicly traded company was awarded the cost-plus, fixed fee task order under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (IAC) multiple-award contract.
The work included in the task order will occur at Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville over the next five years.
KBR has served the Army project office for the last 22 years, and the new award will build upon the engineering efforts the company provided via a predecessor contract.
According to a release, KBR will address new and expanding needs for performance, programmatic support and logistics analysis. The company will reportedly research, develop, test, evaluate, integrate and engineer advanced tactical rocket and missile systems as well as ancillary launchers and test sets.
For example, KBR will support the TAGM project office portfolio of weapon systems, including the HELLFIRE missile – the primary air-to-ground precision weapon for rotary wing and unmanned aerial systems for all U.S. services and 18 other nations – and its successor and next generation of aviation-launched, air-to-ground, dual-mode guided missiles, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile System.
“KBR will continue to partner with the Army to develop, field and sustain versatile weapon systems that provide a decisive advantage for the U.S. military and its allies,” stated Byron Bright, president of KBR Government Solutions U.S. “We are proud to serve the warfighter through this task order.”
This work will enhance the government’s ability to produce more rocket and missile systems; identify and mitigate production issues; efficiently integrate weapons systems onto air, ground and sea platforms; overcome obsolescence issues; and develop new capabilities.
Including its joint ventures, KBR employs about 37,000 people worldwide across 40 different countries.
The company’s Alabama operations are housed in Huntsville and Birmingham locations.
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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