CHANTILLY, Va., Oct. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Engility
Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EGL) won a contract with a ceiling value of
$49.5 million with the U.S. Air Force
Lifecycle Management Center to provide engineering support and
sustainment services for the JRE-TEP system.
"Engility's JRE communications systems currently support more
than 1,600 military platforms in the air, on land and at sea," said
Scott Whatmough, Engility's senior
vice president for Engility's Defense and Security Group.
"Continuing to provide combat-proven data link gateways to improve
situational awareness for the U.S. Air Force around the world will
help them successfully complete their missions."
Engility will also provide maintenance, field support,
cybersecurity, block cycle upgrades and testing, and other
technical services to the JTEP program. The JRE software
provides near-real time beyond line-of-sight Link 16 connectivity
and routing throughout a theater of operations, between theaters,
and from theaters to rear-area command and control centers.
The technology also provides the ability to link two dissimilar
data link networks, such as Link 16 and Situational Awareness Data
Link systems.
About Engility
Engility (NYSE: EGL), a $2 billion
technology leader, has thousands of employees around the world
working to make a difference. Our history of delivering
results for the defense, federal civilian, intelligence and space
industries spans more than 60 years. We provide leading-edge
solutions and services on Earth, in space and across cyber by
leveraging expertise in systems engineering & integration, high
performance computing, cybersecurity, readiness & training,
enterprise modernization and mission operations support. To
learn more about us, please visit www.engility.com and connect with
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