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Engility Awarded $50.7 Million Contract To Provide Technical, Management And Analysis Support To Volpe Center
Official Press Release

Award Reflects Company’s Critical Role in FAA NextGen Initiatives

CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2015-- Engility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EGL), today announced it has been awarded a $50.7 million contract to provide technical, management, and analysis support to the John A. Volpe Transportation Center. Specifically, Engility will support the on-going development, evaluation, and management of programs within the Air Traffic Systems Directorate of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Air Traffic Operations (ATO) Program Management Office. Work under this cost plus fixed-fee award, which represents a continuation of existing work, will be performed over 18 months.

Under this contract, Engility will provide support to programs such as En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM), and Terminal Automation Modernization Replacement (TAMR). ERAM enables air traffic controllers at the nation’s Air Route Traffic Control Centers to more efficiently manage air traffic, and TAMR is being used to modernize air traffic control systems at all of the United States’ major airports. These programs are key elements of the FAA’s Next-Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), a major FAA initiative that will shift air traffic control from ground-based radars to smarter, satellite based and digital technologies and develop new procedures to make air travel more efficient, predictable and environmentally friendly.

“Engility’s continued support for the Volpe Center is a testament to the critical role that our engineers play in key programs like the NextGen initiative,” said Engility President and CEO Tony Smeraglinolo. “This contract award is the result of Engility’s nearly 25 years of experience with the Volpe Center and our enduring commitment to the future of air traffic control. It also complements our November 2014 $66 million award to support the Center’s Federal Aviation Administration’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) program.”