Wed, Jan 06, 2010
Will Provide Technical Assistance In NextGen Transition
Engineering consulting firm Tetra
Tech announced Tuesday that it has been awarded the $200 million
Navigation Technical Assistance Contract (NAVTAC) with the FAA.
Tetra Tech will provide engineering and technical support services
for the planning, research, development, implementation,
sustainment, and decommissioning of FAA’s navigation,
landing, and lighting systems. Tetra Tech will also help the FAA
transition to an integrated ground- and space-based navigation
systems architecture and will support the FAA’s modernization
initiatives, including its Next Generation Air Transportation
System (NextGen) effort.
Tetra Tech currently serves as
program manager for the FAA Air Traffic Organization’s
Information Technology Support Services Contract (ITSSC) and has
helped the FAA deploy satellite navigation technologies under
NAVTAC predecessor contracts held since 1998. The period of
performance for this new, single-award contract is two years, with
five one-year option periods. The initial contract award is $70
million; if all options are exercised, the contract value could
exceed $200 million.
“The U.S. commercial aviation industry is expected to
carry one billion passengers annually by 2021,” said Tetra
Tech Chairman and CEO Dan Batrack. “As the number of
passengers continues to grow, the FAA faces an increasingly complex
challenge in making flight safe, efficient, and cost-effective.
Tetra Tech is pleased to support the FAA under the NAVTAC and other
contract vehicles.”
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