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IT solutions and mission support services: We design, build and
operate large-scale, secure IT networks and systems and provide
professional and technical services. The group has been a trusted
systems integrator for more than 50 years.
We support the full enterprise IT lifecycle from designing and
integrating to operating and maintaining complex data, voice and
multimedia networks. Working closely with our customers, we ensure
their network infrastructures are secure, efficient, scalable and cost-
effective. We have extensive experience consolidating, building and
operating data centers. The group’s expertise in building IT and
communications networks extends beyond government customers. We
engineer, design and install networks for several major commercial
fiber-to-the-home providers and wireless carriers.
We are also at the forefront of cloud and virtualization technologies
and services. For example, the group is implementing the Department
of Defense’s (DoD) largest enterprise-wide email infrastructure and a
virtual desktop environment for the intelligence community.
As a leading provider in the U.S. healthcare IT market, we support
government civilian and military health systems, providing critical
services in support of healthcare reform and medical benefits
programs. Our offerings include cyber security services, big data
analytics, fraud prevention and detection software, process automation
and program management solutions for public and commercial health
systems. Our Information Technology business unit operates several
customer contact centers for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, responding to consumer inquiries about key Medicare and
Affordable Care Act programs.
The group’s technical support personnel and domain specialists help
customers meet critical planning, staffing, technology and operational
needs. We also offer advanced training in military operations, range
support, technology-based simulation and professional development.
Mobile communication, command-and-control mission systems and
ISR solutions: We design, build, integrate, deploy and support
communications, command-and-control and computer mission
systems; imagery, signals- and multi-intelligence systems; and cyber
security systems for customers in the U.S. defense, intelligence and
homeland security communities, and U.S. allies.
The group is a leading integrator and manufacturer of secure
communications systems that improve our customers’ ability to
communicate, collaborate and access vital information, including fixed
and mobile ground, radio and satellite communications systems and
antenna technologies. For example, we are the prime contractor for
Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), the Army’s mobile
communications network delivering voice, video and data
communications to soldiers anywhere on the battlefield. In 2015, we
received approval to move forward with full-rate production of the
WIN-T Increment 2 system.
We are also developing and deploying the Mobile User Objective
System (MUOS) communication waveform and integrated ground
segments, which will help provide the satellite link to soldiers on the
ground so they can access cell phone-like communications in the most
remote locations. We are leading the deployment of the MUOS ground
system, which includes four ground stations positioned around the world.
Our Manpack radio is the first military radio to successfully connect with
the MUOS network.
The Information Systems and Technology group provides many of
these capabilities to non-U.S. agencies and commercial customers. For
the Canadian Department of National Defence, we developed, deployed
and continue to modernize and support the Canadian Army’s fully-
integrated, secure combat voice and data network. We leveraged this
experience to deliver the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Bowman tactical
communication system, for which we currently provide ongoing support
and capability upgrades.
In command-and-control systems, we have a 50-year legacy of
providing advanced fire-control systems for U.S. Navy submarine
programs, and we are developing and integrating commercial off-the-
shelf software and hardware upgrades to improve the tactical control
capabilities for several submarine classes. The group’s combat and
seaframe control systems serve as the technology backbone for some of
the Navy’s next-generation surface ships, including the Independence-
variant LCS and the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV). Our aircraft mission
computers are on the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter and the
Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier II aircraft, giving pilots advanced situational
awareness and combat systems control.
The Information Systems and Technology group provides ISR solutions
for classified programs. Our expertise includes multi-intelligence ground
systems and large-scale, high-performance data and signal processing.
We deliver high-reliability, long-life sensors and payloads designed to
perform in the most extreme environments, including space payloads
and undersea sensor and power systems.
Cyber security solutions are embedded throughout the group’s IT and
systems engineering programs. We deliver comprehensive, agile cyber
security-related products and services to help customers defend and
protect their networks from the persistent and growing cyber threat. For
example, we continue to evolve our TACLANE family of network
encryptors, the most widely-deployed NSA-certified Type 1 encryption
device. We deliver technologies that provide access to information at
various security levels, accommodating the increased demand for cloud
computing and mobility. We offer extensive cyber services to help defend
mission-critical national and large-enterprise tactical networks.
Information Systems and Technology’s market is competitive, diverse
and dynamic. We are focused on maintaining our market-leading
position by optimizing the performance and size of the business and
developing innovative solutions to meet customer requirements. In 2015,
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